Potty Training Advise

If what you are doing is working okay, why change it? The best advice I would say is stay consistant, and try to go without pull-ups completely.

If this is the 1-3 day training I've read about, it calls for giving the kid lots of stuff to drink and hanging around the bathroom. I'm not too keen on this idea, since it's forcing the kid to go through artificial means and when they are completely full, not noticing the normal feeling of needing to use the potty.

I haven't used that exact method, but I do think quick and concentrated is the way to go. Your child definitely has to be ready and interested in going, or it won't last. My oldest was 'potty trained' 3 times. The first 2 he'd be accident free for a few weeks and then decide that other things were more interesting and he didn't care. My daughter has a great motivation at our pool kids only get to swim in the big pool if she'd potty trained.
With both of them I went straight from diapers to underwear. Pull-ups make it too optional for them. But the first day I let them run around without anything on. It makes them realize what they're doing a little more. Pile on the praise, rewards, etc. when they go and good luck.

I never read those books! I have 4 kids and I trained them all the same. THey were all potty trained by 3 day and at night with a pullup. During the day its a constant reminder to tell them do you have to go? Go try? etc... at night I would wake up even if they were sleeping.....pick them up bring them over to the bathroom pull the pullup down and sit them on the toilet (they are still sleeping mind you barely awake) ANd I swear I would say go to the bathroom, and they would go. I would wipe them pull the pull up up and place them back in their bed, tuck them in wash my hands and go back to bed. It may not work for everybody but it worked for all of mine. Same with the books they tell you one thing but it doesn't mean it will work for your child.
GOod Luck,

Annie R

[Potty training comes up a lot! I'm going to pick Devra's brain on this one, or better yet, turn her on to the site! She's the oldest of nine and is very relaxed around kids. I thought she would be a little more stressed about her own as opposed to just siblings, but I was wrong. (Wants as many of her own as she can possibly have! EEK!)]

If I had heard of this Audio, I might have tried it. But one thing I can tell you out of my one child experience, they can be physically ready, know the words and all, but in the end, they have to WANT IT. You might be able to gently encourage, but in the end, there's very little you can do to control it. If you push the issue it will take for-EVERRRRR. I too, started traning my girl at 2...two and a half years later it's finally done. *sigh*

If you get the 1-3 day thing let us know how it worked out!

i have 2-year old twins with another baby due in sept. so my incentive to have my kids out of diapers was big. i bought the 'potty training in 3-days' and did it. we are on day 9 diaper free, but there are still accidents and bed/nap times are hit and miss. the truth is, yes, you can certainly get them to "get" the concept of potty training in 3-days, but unless they have older siblings whom they want to be like,or are interested, they will "train" when they are truly ready. my friend also did the program with her 2-year old to diastrous results. on day 2 her daughter panicked (as many kids will) and started withholding her poop until she got sick and was forced to 'go' with multiple suppositories. so my answer is: yes you can get them started in 3-days, but if they aren't ready it won't be completely over until they are.

S.,

I have never heard of this book but I did potty train my oldest in one day. He had a rash and cried when his diaper was on so I let him run around the house with no pants all day and told him he MUST tell me when he had to go. The next day he was in big boy underwear, NO PULLUPS. He was 29 mos. I plan on training my youngest the same way.

Good luck to you!

K... SAHM of 2 boys, 5 and 2

Hi S.,

Here is a web site for potty-training:

http://www.parentingtoddlers.com/pottytraining.html

Hope this helps. Good luck. D.

Best advice I ever got about potty training? "Wait til your child says they want to use the potty. No kid has ever started kindergarten in a diaper."

I tried all the tricks with my first and finally gave up. I was training myself to nag him constantly about the potty and we had wet clothes and beds everywhere. Finally I gave up and before he turned three he said, "I go pee on potty" changed to underwear and never had an accident. Second child I had a potty hanging around from the time she was 18 months when she was two and a half she decided she wanted to wear panties and never went back to diapers. I say wait til they decide they are ready, diapers are not that bad and they beat sure beat public restrooms with toddlers!