Comments on: Potty training begins….

By: amy

amy — Tue, 20 May 2008 02:25:17 +0000

I have tried every thing or so i thought . really good feed back for potty training,thanks.

By: The Random Yak

The Random Yak — Fri, 21 Jul 2006 18:45:46 +0000

My suggestion: jellybeans. When Yak the Younger was potty training (eons ago) we kept a glass jar of jelly bellies in the bathroom. He got one for “number one” - two for “number two.” Jelly bellies are small and have few calories - not enough to matter - but boy did they have a big impact on a kid who otherwise didn’t get candy. And no, we didn’t have a problem “phasing out” once he’d learned. We let him get them until the jar was empty and that ended that.

By: Mama G

Mama G — Wed, 19 Jul 2006 20:41:50 +0000

Patience … that’s my suggestion. My V has shown interest a few times and I’ve gotten all excited with anitcipation only to have him not even remotely interested in it a week later. He’s 2-1/2 and tells me he loves his diapers. It’ll happen at some point, I’m sure. In the meantime, I’ll just drink more wine.

By: sarahgrace

sarahgrace — Wed, 19 Jul 2006 15:50:41 +0000

If he’d interested now, go for it! Foster the interest, jump on it while you have the chance. Otherwise…yeah, be patient!

By: JGS

JGS — Wed, 19 Jul 2006 15:35:55 +0000

I seond the take it slow, let Little Duck dictate the pace. Our Okapis took a very long time - despite our bribery attempts and demonstrations and urging (out of desperation). When they were ready it took about a week. From the moment we started showing them the potties, it took over a year. Sigh.

Patience, patience, patience. You can make him do it, but it is probably not worth the effect it would have on him. If you have time, try to let him do it on his own while you try to make it easy for him to do it however he wants.

By: Karen

Karen — Wed, 19 Jul 2006 13:36:30 +0000

I was just looking at your toddler website list- we’ve outgrown most of it, but Jack loved Noggin.com, too.

By: Karen

Karen — Wed, 19 Jul 2006 13:35:08 +0000

my only advice- wait until he’s ready, and you have an entire week to do nothing else. at all. get some extra underpants- you’ll need LOTS. and when it’s over, treat yourself to something really nice you’ll have earned it!!

By: Hsien Lei

Hsien Lei — Wed, 19 Jul 2006 11:50:02 +0000

*waves hi to Kailani*

Hi! Made my way here via ProBlogger. I think the best thing to keep in mind about potty training is that every kid has his/her own timeline. I gave my son a lot of opportunities and reminders but every time he made a breakthrough was almost a total surprise to me. Like the day he came running over to tell me he’d used the regular toilet all on his own (without falling in!) and the day he actually did #2 and wiped himself up perfectly.

Enjoy the (sometimes wet) ride!

By: killired

killired — Wed, 19 Jul 2006 02:54:29 +0000

bribery.. i mean treats!
when son #1 went thru pt… he got 1 sweet tart everytime he peed and 5 when he pooped…. since he was son #1, he got all the new, cool underwear

when son #2 went thru pt, he picked out what candy he wanted, which was m&m’s…. he started them stopped and refused to pt. told my mom last summer, he was 4.5 yrs old, that he was going to poop in his diaper for the rest of his life! so my mom tells him that she will have a potty party for him when he is pt’d…. with a pooh cake. it worked… he finally got pt and we went thru with a small pooh cake… he loves pooh to death!

now that son #3 is attempting… he turned 3 at the end of may and is the youngest of the 3 of them to start this early… i think he was just ‘ready’. i think kids are naturally ready when they are ready and not when we are ready… becuase this is what i have experienced with my 3. i pushed #1 and also #2 and they were harder to train… #3 is loving it! he picked out the krabby patty gummy treats and gets 1 when he pees. poop gets him 2 treats. i also printed out a really cool pt sheet for him to put stickers on it: http://www.pottytrainingconcepts.com/images/Potty-Training-Chart2.gif
it’s the best pt chart i’ve seen so far because it has so many squares!
good luck… by the way, i came over to see if you had your ww up yet! mine is up!

By: Kailani

Kailani — Wed, 19 Jul 2006 01:24:46 +0000

I was lucky, my daughter pretty much trained herself. We would be in line at the cashier when she’d announce that she “had to go:. I was the one saying, “Just go in your diaper.” But she insisted on finding a potty.