Help! Tips for potty training?

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The first question you need to ask yourself is 'does your child seem interested in potty training? Girls tend to potty train faster than boys, I am not saying it's not possible but most boys aren't fully potty trained until they are 3. My second question is, Is your child sleeping through the night and waking up with a dry diaper? If he/she is then they may be ready to be potty trained. First thing is to get take your child straight to the potty when she wakes up (after night time and naps), if your child has been dry all night he will surely have to go in the morning. I did the rewards system at first with my child (gave him a sticker) but soon gave that up, most health professionals will tell you not to give the child a treat or whatever that the going to the potty like a big kid is the reward. So cheer and clap and make a big deal when your child goes. I tried to potty train my son when he was not quite two and a half, he was pretty advanced in most areas and seemed interested in the potty. It turned out to be too early. He ended up holding his bowl movements and getting constipated so I stopped trying to potty train and just trying to get him to have regular BM's -TMI I know :)! So about 4 months before my sons 3 year b-day he was doing better with his BM and I could get him to go number 2 on the big potty if I caught him in his I am about to go squat so I figured he was now ready to start potty training again. I didn't mess around with pull ups I just put him in underwear (my secret was I put a thin panty liner in his underwear so if he did have an accident it wasn't that bad. I would then have him go to the bathroom every 20 mins and try and go most times he could squeeze a little out. After a couple of days with no accidents I would wait longer and longer between trips to the bathroom. After a while he started holding it on his own and I could then tell when he had to go and I would take him. He was fully potty trained in less than 4 days.

I think what worked best for us was making sure he was really ready and putting him in underwear. I did use pull up during nap and bedtime for about 3 weeks but when he always woke up dry and put him in underwear to sleep in and he has done great. The "big boy" underwear act as a great reward for using the potty it he is having too many accidents you can tell him he has to go back to the baby diaper until he earns the underwear back by staying dry. GOOD LUCK!

Another good point is to be patient, getting frustrated with your child for peeing on the couch will only make him more anxious. They don't want to disappoint so you just state things matter of fact, 1 time is an accident 2 times means we need to put baby diaper back on
until we can stay dry.

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always have potty handy stay in for a week thats how i was trained

are you potty training a boy or girl? i am potty training a 2 and a half year old boy and i tell you what...other than giving birth to that boy, this is the hardest thing I have ever done! Everyone always says that it is not stressful and that is a fun time to bond, but i am thinking....HOW? You have to be completely dedicated to it. begin by making it fun for them and offering rewards like gummy snacks that aren't full of sugar. then ask them like ever 20 mins. or even spend a day recording the times that he or she goes potty so you can work out a schedule. then when you take them you talk to them about telling mommy and daddy that you have to poo or pee. GOOD LUCK! but my best word of advice is that if you work and you can't be around him or her 24-7 then make sure the babysitter is enforcing it! otherwise you are screwed! trust me, i had that problem! Have them walk around nude and punish them for shitting and pissing on the floor.
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that what my mom did 2 me.

ok u can buy a book and whichevergender your chld is u can get one wuthg pics of kids sat on pottys,also if u go out take spare clothes and wipes.
when your child goes on the potty make a really big fuss clap and give it a sticker or a small treat,
when they have an accident dont make a big deal of it just say calmly "next time u need to go on your potty" this should work good luck :)
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my 5 kids

Every morning sit the child on the potty, and every 20 to 30 mins after during the day, most likely the baby will not want to sit there but let him know that he have to make pp
first then he can get up. praise him every time. assist to pour it out, then you could say something like, "bye bye pp" as the baby flushes the toilet, clap for him. I've trained my sisters kids at very early ages the youngest was about 13 months when I started and at about 15 or 16 months she said to me I have to p I almost fainted
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Be consistent, let her make mistakes. when a accident is made tell her no PP or dodo on the floor thats a no no. Its really important to let him take down his unders and put them up thats the way most toddlers learn to just sit down by them selfs when they have to go.please email me nil_buster_20042003@ yahoo.com if you have questions

Get her excited about going. Let her pick out stickers to decorate her potty with so it's more special (assuming you have one of those plastic potties that go on the bathroom floor lol). Let her pick out her own big girl panties so she actually wants to wear them. Also, let her pick out her own rewards (maybe a bag of her fave candy or even some of those really cheap popsicles that come in a box of 50...they are very very skinny so it's the perfect little treat that she can have whenever she goes..I think they're called flavor-ice).

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