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Read all 21 responses: "We've been wondering which is best - the little seat that attaches to the big potty, or his own special little potty?
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- Either is ok, the main thing is to have encouragement. 18 months is not too late to start but start immediately. Have the dad take the son in with him most of the ti...
- Hi A., I use the attachment because that is what Ive seen work best and it seems to be less work because no nasty clean up. My daughter is 22 months and i think she'l...
- Most of them are both and I would try that. The one we used for our daughter is a 3 in one: starts as a little potty that has a seat and a removable cup, then the se...
Seeking Potty Training Advice!!
Read all 38 responses: "I am needing some help!! My 2 1/2 year old daughter woke up yesterday and decided that she didn't want to wear diapers any more.
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- One behavioral technique that we've started using with our daughter for all sorts of things is "you go when the bell/alarm/whatever" goes off. We started this at Chri...
- There is a great book I used in the 70's with my children...Potty Training in Less Than a Day..while it took a little longer than a day, this book has some great ideas...
- If she is showing interest then now is definitely the time to do it. A book I recommend to all moms is Potty Training in Less than a Day. They use a doll (which I di...
Potty Training Advice
Read all 8 responses: "I have been working on potty training my three year old twins (boy/girl) for several months now. My daughter is done...........YEA!
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- I just read bits and pieces of Potty Train Your Child in a Day by Terry Crane, I think. It was geared to kids older than ours, so I didn't spend much time in it, but ...
- Have you shown your DS how to stand up to the potty and go? This was the key to training our now 6 1/2 yr old son. We struggled with him, until we showed him that he...
- Sorry to say boys just take longer. My boys were interested in it at 3 but weren't interested enough until 3 1/2. My advice is to wait until he is more ready. Less ...
Need Potty Training Advice
Read all 15 responses: "We are starting potty-training at my house. I don't know if I'm quite ready yet, but Hannah seems to be!
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- sounds like you're on the right track, just make sure to be consistant. i would ask her throughout the day if she needs to go the bathroom. sometimes kids forget so ...
- Ditto the 'she may not be as ready as you think' - both of my girls peed on the potty pretty consistently off and on from 19 mo , but neither were fully trained until ...
- I think what you are saying is just fine. When I potty trained my second child I downloaded a book from the web. Her advice was to try and stay home for 3 days strai...
Potty Training Advice
Read all 42 responses: "Hi There - My husband and I have just started potty training and I have no idea what I'm doing. Normally I do an insane amount of ...
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- A., send me an email to ____@____.com. I will email you back with a PDF potty training guide. ( I cant figure out how to email it from this site) This guide has w...
- Hi A., First of all let me start by saying that your daughter is to young to start potty training. It's a great idea to get her comfortable around the toilet, but b...
- A.- When we potty trained my son, we gave him stickers and a small Tootsie pop for going to the potty (at first) then after it got easier we "upped the ante" to get...
Seeking Potty Training Advice
Read all 7 responses: "My son is nine months yesterday. He began tearing at his diapers and putting up a big fight for changes so we switched to reusable ...
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- I believe 9 months old is too young to potty train. My daughter is 11 months old and has been fighting changes since she was 8 months old because like the car seat an...
- I just read an article about infant potty training at www.babycenter.com. I thought it was a very fair article that talked about both sides of the early potty training...
- My professional opinion is 9 months is too young. I am studying developmental psychology and child development and family studies. Check out this developmental websi...
Needing Potty Training Advice
Read all 12 responses: "My 27 month old is about to start potty training. I know many people are Anti Pull Ups but I think this is the route for us.
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- Yeah its potty time! Im so happy for yall! My kids are speech delayed and my daughter has seizures so she regreesses alot after a seizure. When we were potty trainn...
- Pamala B had great advice for you and I did everything that she suggested but I did one extra thing Whenever I went to "potty' I took my child with me and sat...
- I used to teach the potty-training class in the preschool/daycare setting. I also have a child who was diagnosed with PDD. I hope you will take my advice. To answ...
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Read all 16 responses: "Has anyone out there tried the "one day" potty training and if so, did it work for you? I have been reading up on the different ...
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- My mom had 3 girls and every one of us was trained the same way. She took us to the store to buy some very pretty underwear and then told us we had to use the potty i...
- The only thing with trying to potty train right now when the baby is born she might think it is ok to potty in in her pants again.. I have 3 boys all grown now and I t...
- Kelly, check the past postings as I believe this was covered last week. Several people wrote in on the potty training book that boasted you can train in one day. I ...
Potty Training advice-Urinates in Toilet Perfectly but Poops in Pants Daily
Read all 17 responses: "I have a 3 1/2 year old son that uses the toilet everytime hes pees without having accidents (for the most part) But I can not get ...
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- Same thing happened to my cousin. It sounds harsh but she just told her son, if you're going to go poop in your pants, you have to clean it up. So after one time of hi...
- Children potty train at their own pace. The most important thing to know is to never punish (take things away) for not being able to go. For example, if a child didn't...
- My son was the same way at 3 1/2. He would pee on potty but wouldn't poop. We tried bribes, stickers, letting him poop in underwear...nothing worked. Finally over t...
Potty Training Advice
Read all 6 responses: "Hi Moms, I have read conflicting advice from the "experts " about potty training. We are having trouble with our 2 year old.
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- I would suggest you go straight from diapers to underwear and skip the Pull-Ups. My son's preschool recommended this and it worked really well. I think he may have onl...
- Hi, I have a 2 1/2 yr old boy. We started potty training months ago and he just now has the hang of it. I think it is more of a determination on my oart that has...
- This may be a little long-winded.... The method used at my daughter's preschool really seemed to be a good one for boys and girls alike. First, they don't even think...
