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Potty Training
Written by
Jen M.
on September 21, 2008
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Looking for any suggestions that I may not have tried. My daughter is 3 and I am having the hardest time with her and the potty. It seems that as soon as I think we are there then she turns around and decides that nope she doesn´t want to go on it anymore. I think I may have tried almost everything but wondered if anyone else has had or has a stubborn toddler and can give some advise?
Last Edited on September 21, 2008.
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I´ve only been at this a few weeks--my son is 2 1/2 and seems to be doing well (so far-fingers crossed). He still has no desire to poop in the potty. We have a potty chart that he gets a sticker for every time he goes and once he gets a certain number of stickers, then he gets a prize. The thing is, my son wanted to SEE the prizes (all inexpensive things), so I displayed them all nicely on the mantle. Daily he wants to get up and check them out so he can figure out what his next "potty prize" will be! :) Good luck, and please share if you have any other tips!!
-Manda
Posted on September 22, 2008.
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Manda
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There is going to come a day when your little girl decides "this is it". And it has to be when she is ready. There is nothing you can do
that will make her do anything she doesn´t want to do when it
comes to potty training. This is the one thing she has control over. I went through it with my daughter when she was 3 and am going through it again with my 23 month old. It felt like the most frustrating thing I have ever been through and then one day she made the decision to use the potty forever and I was like HUH? You just have to be consistent on your part in encouraging her to use the potty, praise her every time, make a big deal about it. I used a potty chart too like Manda. My daughter loves Chuck E Cheese so I told her if she used the potty all day for 3 days we would go and she did eventually. I also gave her a sweet tart every time she went potty and an m&m every time she went poop. And she got a sticker for her chart so we could keep track. I hope this helps. But please believe me its going to happen before you know it.
Posted on September 23, 2008.
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Hilary
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I let my daughter pick out her prizes at the dollar store so I would know they were things that she would be motivated by. Tattoos and stickers worked especially well for her. But the turning point came when I took away the Pull-ups and put her in cloth training pants. She loved wearing her soft, beautiful, big-girl underwear, and cared much more about getting them wet than she ever cared about diapers or Pull-ups. It was messy for the first few days, but it really hurried things up. Good luck--she´ll get there soon!
Posted on September 25, 2008.
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Jenny
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I know i told my 3yr old if he did not use the potty he could not go to school. Sounds so bad. but it worked. I use to give him candy or stickers when he to the bathroom. I also bought him a toliet thing to go over the big toliet.
Posted on October 1, 2008.
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Gina
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My second son was almost 4 years old and I tried EVERYTHING! 2 months before his 4th birthday I told him, "If you go poopy and potty 5 times in the toilet you can be 4 years old! We will have your birthday party!" He didn´t budge. On his actual 4th birthday he said, "Ok, I don´t need diapers anymore." He has been potty trained ever since. When it is a stubborn will thing you just have to let them decide. Pick your battles. Believe me, as a mother of 3 boys, this isn´t one that you want to pick.
Posted on February 4, 2009.
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Liberty
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