We started Potty Training 3 days ago. The first day we had no successes, the second day 3/5 were successes, today we are back to no successes. I did not change my method or anything we do. Is this how the first few days/weeks are?
Our method:
- Big Boy Pants
- Big Boy Toilet
- Cookie after Potty
- High Fives After Potty
- Sticker Chart After Potty
- Pull Ups At Night Only, Not During Naps or The Day… they are "Night Pants"
It is defeinetly a roller coaster! You just gotta be encouraging, asking him if he has to go every no wnad then. When he says no say "But Mommy will be reeaaallllyy happy! And you’ll get a cookie…" If he is trying to go and wont, always ask him to try for just one more minute…but dont keep going if he get supset. Good lUck!
Oh, yes, the first days and weeks can be rough. My daughter’s been at it for 5 weeks, and is still struggling some days. Give it a full week. If he’s still having "no success" days, then either give up and try again later, or ask him if he wants to be done with the big-boy potty (if he can understand that!)
But you should see some more successes soon. Good luck!
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It is defeinetly a roller coaster! You just gotta be encouraging, asking him if he has to go every no wnad then. When he says no say "But Mommy will be reeaaallllyy happy! And you’ll get a cookie…" If he is trying to go and wont, always ask him to try for just one more minute…but dont keep going if he get supset. Good lUck!
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How old are we talking? I really think it depend on the age and maturity level of the child. My first was ok. I got a lot of pressure from other people saying he’s almost 3! Get him on the potty! I even had a daycare then who threatened to charge me extra if he wasn’t potty trained by his 3rd birthday!.
I put him in pullups – useless. They were more absorbant than diapers! I finally just gave him "big boy" undies – he went once in them – said "eww gross" and that was it!
My 2nd child was so lazy. I had to put a timer on and not force him to go – but remind him constantly (watching when he had a drink so on and so forth) I was pregnant with #3 and refused to change 2 butts!! He finally got the hang of it before #3 was born but he was 3 1/2 by that time.
My third – I VOWED to have trained by 3 years old (I’m talking trained trained – none of this going sometimes and Oopsy’s others) I started a little earlier with her. IDK if it was because she was a girl? ( I always heard boys were easier LOL) but she got it right away. As soon as I introduced pull ups that was it! Not even a night time accident! (We had some but not nearly as much as the first two) We even went on an 8 hour trip and had no accidents except at the hotel when we couldn’t get the darn door open fast enough.
I have 18month old twins now – I’m already getting the push from grama but they are the babies – our LAST babies and with them I’m just going with the flow.
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Life. I think the kids pick up on your anxiety. You need to just go with the flow. I don’t believe there’s a perfect age to potty train – it depends on the child.