potty training

Viola - posted on 03/08/2009

thanks i'll definately give that a try she does try but its hard today she toook her diaper off (a poopy 1) and decided to play in it my husband wasnt to happy about lol but he got over it thats the first time shes done that playing in it at least lol but thanks again for the idea

Audrey - posted on 03/08/2009

I had trouble getting my 2yr old boy trained but a little determination and patience go a long way. I did the 3 day potty training with him and it worked well for the peeing. You get her to throw out her diapers (if you have any left), and tell her what a big girl she is and how proud you are of her that she is getting so responsible... etc. Make a HUGE deal! You can even call friends and grand-parents and talk really loud so she can hear you and tell them all about her successes and stuff. You put her in nothing but a t-shirt and underwear. Make sure you tell her to tell you when she needs to go like a hundred times a day. (you will get annoyed with yourself but this works). You have to follow her around everywhere she goes or make sure that she stays with you. If she starts to have an accident, rush her to the toilet and sit her on it and gently remind her that she needs to keep her underwear dry. (you can even try rewards for when she makes it on time... i like the mini m&m's that way they don't get hyped on sugar since they are so small. lol.) Every time she makes it to the potty make sure you make a BIG deal about it. Nothing is more of a motivator that the feelings of pride this wells up in her.



Anyways, this worked for me for peeing but my son was really stubborn about pooping. I finally got so sick of cleaning up poopy underwear that I told him that I didn't want to clean it up anymore because it was too yucky and if he pooped his pants he was going to clean it up himself. So, as predicted he pooped his pants. I again told him that was yucky and that he was going to clean himself up. I took his shirt and socks off, put him in the tub and told him to take off his own pant. (He did NOT like this as he was getting poop on his legs as he was pulling them off.... YUCK!) Then I made him rinse his underwear in the toilet and ring the out himself (all the while he is crying that this is sooooooo yucky and I of course agreed with him and told him that if he pooped in the potty that he wouldn't have to do this) then he had to put his dirty pants and underwear in the hamper. Then I put him back in the tub and rinsed him off and made him wipe the poop off the bottom of the tub with his bare hands while i held the shower head to help rinse. I know it sounds horrible but I was totally exasperated and it totally worked! I took 1 1/2 days and we never looked back. Now if he has an accident he still has to clean it up just so he doesn't get any ideas, but this almost never happens.