i have no idea how to get started with potty training

Amy - posted on 01/27/2011

The best advise I got about anything was to have patience and not force anything that my child will let me know when they want to train or learn something and they were right. We told our child she could have a barbie jeep if she went pee and poop on the potty, well it only took two week and she was doing it. There were a few days we had to use diapers for poop because it is a huge change for the kids, but now she is doing it all on the potty. She got her jeep. Now we just have to keep working on dry nights. Some are dry and some are not, we do get her to wear a pull up over her panties which helps as she won't wear the pull ups as she says they tickle her so this was the compromise. She just last night woke me up in the middle of the night having to potty so we are still making progress. It's in her time, not ours, we cannot and should not force them is what I live by because I don't like it when someone tries to force me to do things I don't wanna. Don't give up and keep a positve attitude about it. Good luck. Target sells the cloth training panties and it helped by printing out a picture of the barbie jeep she wanted and when she said she wanted it we just reinforced that she had to pee and poo on the potty to get it. Good luck.

Jane - posted on 01/27/2011

get a book/dvd combo. play thr dvd at the same time every day and read the book once a day, night. once she shows interest, give it a try. limit it to a few hours only-you'll both stress out if you try to do it all day long. if she's not ready, try in 3 months. my 1st was ready at 2.5. i started trying at 18 mos but it was fruitless.

Laura - posted on 01/25/2011

Check out www.3daypottytraining.com Seriously, I bought the ebook and trained my 3 year old TWIN Boys in 3 to 5 days. You won't regret it, and she recommends starting them at 22 months. Great step by step process.

Sara - posted on 01/19/2011

what I have done in the past is I"ve brought the potty right into the room that My kids use the most so the living room that way if they are playing they are more likely to go potty because it's in the same room as they are and they don't think they are missing out on the fun, I also tend not to fully dress them or just put them in a dress so they have less to pull down when they are trying to get to the potty,
Hope that these help

Savannah - posted on 01/18/2011

my daughter is 21 months, we bought her a cute little comfy potty for her a month ago, every time mommy or daddy go potty we let her come in the bathroom with us so she can see that it's the "big people" thing to do. Throughout the day I'll just ask her "you wanna sit on your potty". It's always an excited "YEAH". She's only gone in it once, but my goal right now is to get her used to the idea :)

Amy - posted on 01/18/2011

i had a potty for my daughter for quite some time before starting to train so she would get used to it and knew it was HER potty. i started using the 3 day potty training by lora jensen as a guideline for my 2 1/2 year old, but did not do the nap and nighttime potty training because i have a newborn so my hands are pretty full. at nap time and bed time she wears pull ups, i made it clear to her they were not diapers because she does not wear diapers any more since she is a big girl so we call the pull ups her princess panties. she is on her 6th day since we started potty training and has been accident free for 2 days! just be prepared to stay home for a few days in a row and clean up accidents, have all rewards before starting (we give her 2 m&ms every time she pees because she never eats candy so its a huge treat for her and 3 when she poops), and lots of pretty panties. i let her pick out her panties every morning so it seems more special for her! good luck! once you decide how to do it exactly stick with it, the consistency will be good for her with whatever method you choose!

Aireal - posted on 01/18/2011

My daughter is 18 months and I'm just starting to potty train her. I don't give her toys because she's already spoiled enough and I don't want her to get the idea that every single time she does something good she's going to get a toy. So I give her one cheerio for going pee, and two for poop. The honey nut kind because they're a little sweeter and resemble candy! I just put her on the potty chair every hour (I'm a stay at home mom). And right after she drinks a lot. Because my daughter pees LOTS! Hope that helps. Good luck!

Angelic - posted on 01/18/2011

My son was not ready for potty training until he was 3 years old. I was told not to start until about 3 years old, with my son, I brought a toilet for him and taught him how to sit on and I put him on it about every half hour so he would understand that it was the best place to use the bathroom at. I also brought dollars store toys and everything time he used the bathroom I would let him get one and I did that for about a week and it helped me potty train him.