How Long It Takes: Elmo
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Potty Training
Asked by H.D. from Boston
on March 8, 2008
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Any advice for potty training my 2 and 1/2 daughter??? Any ideas would be appreciated. Thanks, H.
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- Positive behavior modification...i.e. bribery. We used a sticker chart for peeing with our son (also 2 1/2). He picked out the stickers and got excited about putting...
- My best advice would be to pull a paper bag over your head and pay someone else to do it. Signed, Another mama in potty training HEEEEELLLLLLLL
- thank you for starting this topic! I am in the same boat with my 2.5 year old son! We do have a little Elmo potty for him, and he'll tell us when he needs to poop (t...
Potty Training
Asked by T.R. from Dallas
on July 25, 2008
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I am looking forward to helping my son (he is two and half) with potty training pretty soon. Does anyone have any tips,advice,books,potty recomendations to look at tha...
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- My biggest tip is to get him interested in it. If he wants to do it he will train so easily rather than trying to coax him along. Maybe targets (cheerios) to shoot i...
- My son is three & 1/2 and he has been fully potty trained before he was two. (nights and all) First of all, all children are different. So don't take every thing a...
- The target idea works wonders! I found when I taught preschool that toilet paper works just as good as cheerios (target is bigger, and you can find it in ANY bathroom...
Potty Training?
Asked by H.D. from Dallas
on February 17, 2008
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Hi, moms! This is kind of long but I am very anxious about this. This is for those of you with little ones you've recently potty trained. My son is 22 mo. and my pedi ...
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- H., I just remind myself that my son will be potty trained at some point. He'll be 3 in June. He loves to go on the potty but does not remember to tell me. The mo...
- The best advice I can give you is to relax. It does sound like he is showing signs of interest but it still may take a little while. The best book I can recommend is...
- Hi H., My name is A.. I have a 7 year old boy, and an 8 month old girl. I found that potty training has everything to do with the child. I started potty training Gavi...
Potty Training
Asked by D.E. from Detroit
on March 5, 2008
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Hi! does anyone else have trouble potty training? i have a daughter who will be 3 in may and she was doing really well until recently she started going both number 1...
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- The last thing you want to do is go back to diapers! You have to stay firm and on track. My daughter LOVED her diapers. I had to finally take the diapers away from ...
- what worked well with my son was EVERY time he went to the potty we let him have a dumb dumb sucker. After he mastered the #1 part and was having troubles with the #2...
- I say take away the pull-ups. I never used those with my oldest (alomst 4) and he was potty trained 2 weeks after his 2nd birthday. I have seen people use the pullups...
Potty Training
Asked by K.M. from Tallahassee
on December 15, 2009
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My daughter just turned 2 in November. We have been getting accustomed to the potty for a few months and I have recently started being consistent with potty training ...
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- I am a mother and grandmother who has potty trained 8 children. You can buy cotton training pants. They are a little thicker in the area they need to be. When they wea...
- Get rid of the pull ups. Either make the switch to the potty or stay in diapers. It was much easier w/ both of my girls to just do it!! Only a couple of accidents e...
- Good morning K., I am a mother of two beautiful daughters.....17 and 10! I have to tell you my first child was the hardest to potty train. They are so smart at th...
Potty Training
Asked by B.A. from New York
on October 14, 2007
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I am a first time mom and I have a 26 month old daughter. She has shown some interest in the potty and I figured that it is about time to start potty training. To be ...
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- She may not be totally ready. Some children have issues with letting a part of them go into a toilet, kind of an attachment thing. Just encourage her and make sure tha...
- Hi B., I am a first time mom of a 3 year old. She showed great interest in the potty around 2 and would go once a day. After a month or so, she stopped showing inte...
- Hi B., the amount of time it takes really all depends. Often if you wait longer, it takes less time. My daughter trained in 4 days at 3 yrs, 1 month. I started with...
Potty Training
Asked by A.G. from Philadelphia
on June 4, 2010
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The age old Toddler dilemma - potty training. My three and a half year old boy is resisting the whole thing. Still wears diapers, and will pee in the potty when prom...
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- same thing here. We have a 'star chart' and he just doesn't care.....we've tried ignorning so he'll do it on his own, sticker chart, star chart. He goes all day at d...
- My grandson is terribly interested in whatever he's doing all the time, and doesn't want to stop to use the potty. We've addressed this several ways, all of which make...
- I had the same problem with my son. He was still not going on his own at age 4. Here is what I learned with him. First, I stopped asking him if he has to go. I jus...
Potty Training
Asked by C.S. from Sherman
on March 1, 2007
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My daughter is 2 years old and is very ready to potty train. She takes her diaper off and likes to run around naked. She likes to sit on the potty. When she does, she ...
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- I bought a big bag of Jolly Ranchers, although I'm sure just about any kind of candy would work. If she took the effort to go and sit on the potty, she could have a p...
- Hi C., It does sound like she is getting ready. Just take your time with her and make it fun. So many people get in such a hurry then the kid gets stressed, beca...
- Try putting some blue dye in the potty and show her that when she pees in it turns green. My daughter thought that was neat
Potty Training Tips/Experiences
Asked by S.L. from Philadelphia
on October 15, 2010
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I'm in the process of potty training my son. It's going well, but I was just wondering how you other moms have done it. What worked, what didn't work, how old were y...
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- First child, our son, took over a year to train (started at two and a half). He had no interest, no motivation, nothing. We bought the "potty train in a day" books, di...
- My son was about 2 when he started telling me he'd peed or pooped in his diaper but i knew he wasn't ready then. At about 2.5 he started telling me when he had to pee ...
- We let my son lead. He was in the 2's class at daycare and the teacher has potty trained many kids. My son started showing interest when he saw the other kids using ...
Potty Training
Asked by V.M. from Norfolk
on December 22, 2009
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My son at 3 yrs and 4 months has finally decided to start peepeeing in the potty all by himself (yeah!!!), after many long hard months of trying on my part. We had gr...
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- Hopefully, you'll be writing in a few days that you're completely potty-trained. If not, don't panic. Boys take longer than girls. Our son was almost the same age a...
- Hi. My son is also three and did the same thing! I just resolved to leave it alone and not press the poop issue. Then one day he just starting going and I haven't had...
- My 3 yo son still wakes up soaked. We had my daughter in a nightime pullup until she turned 4. some kids take even longer. As for the pooping, well, we still haven't ...
