Has anyone tried this while Potty Training?

Kelly - posted on 08/08/2010

One great suggestiong that I heard was to let them run around in the nude! Outside is nice! :)

Another idea is to stock up on juice or kool-aid or something they'll drink a lot of and spend the morning in the bathroom. If you have them drink a lot they'll need to pee a lot and you'll get in a lot of reinforcement that one morning. I did that with one of mine and she never looked back!

Lyndsay - posted on 08/08/2010

Never heard of it before. I guess if it works for that person's child, kudos to them. Personally, I don't think it would work for me... my son does not mind having wet underwear or poopy diapers.

JuLeah - posted on 08/08/2010

Kids in cloth diapers are potty trained months sooner then kids in huggies or pampers because they can feel when they are wet. When our parents were small, and their parents before them, kids were trained fully much much sooner, because the kids were in cloth diapers and the parents had to wash them.

Wendy - posted on 08/08/2010

I haven't tried the underwear under a pull up or diaper and honestly I feel that it might be a bad idea. When my oldest son was ready we quit buying diapers and just did underwear and he did NOT like the feeling of wet underwear. However when it became a major problem with him going in the underwear he had to help mommy clean them and put them in the dirty clothes. I know, I know alot of you are going to say that a child shouldn't do that but it came from his body and in all reality if your supervising and making sure the wash and clean thier hands good it is perfectly safe. This helped more than anything because then he knew what he was doing and he didn't like cleaning it up anymore than mommy did. Within 2 weeks he was fully trained and we didn't have accidents at night either.

Belinda - posted on 08/08/2010

Hi Sharon, yes I've done the undies under pull ups for over night sleeps, and I think it does feel wet and icky but it doesn't make much difference. He still wets himself every other night - but I think that has more to do with being winter in Australia and the bathroom tiles are COLD!
my son was introduced to the toilet at 2.5yrs but took ages to get it. my friends said "be consistent and persistent" and I had to be to get through it.
We used a reward system which worked wonders.
I stuck up a calendar on the bathroom mirror.1 little sticker for wee and 1 big for poo. He also got the promise of going to the zoo when he got it. Anyone in the house got called to join us to celebrate any success! it was hilarious.
After 2 weeks of doing really well he wet the carpet while watching TV.
I was so frustrated I yelled at him" if you go on the carpet again, no Poko or Play School" his 2 fav shoes and within an hour he wet the carpet again. I said "no Poko today" and he carried on, as they do. then in the afternoon Play School was denied - He finally got it and hasn't missed the toilet (or a tree) since. I can only imagine it's harder with girls!
Night time we're still working on, it's cold, our house is cold. I can't blame him. Hope to nip that in the bud in Spring (tooo many sheets to clean during winter!)
Again - in my opinion it's all about the mother's commitment and capabilities - imagine working full time and trying to do it.
Let me know if the rewards work or if you try the undies, I don't think it's backwards, it seems forwards especially if they're her favourite character. Let us know how you go.
Good luck

Jodi - posted on 08/07/2009

I haven't heard of it as a tactic before. Personally, once I decided my daughter was ready, I just removed the diapers from the house so it wasn't even an option for her any more. Daytimes, underwear or nothing. I had pull-ups for night time (and also if we were going out somewhere, but I tried to clear my schedule totally for 2 weeks so we could just focus on the toilet training). By the time I did this, she was already well familiar with the potty and knew how to use it, was just refusing to use it half the time. She used to ask to have the diaper put back on too.