I've got myself a three year old (next week) and potty training has been an uphill battle both ways. Lexi's dad is a soldier and just returned home from deployment. Lexi and I were pretty much there on the potty training before Nick came home. I was using "candy dinosaurs" to get her to go potty as an incentive. When that stopped working I switched to .25 for "potty" and .50 for "number two". That worked pretty well for a few days and then the "shiny" wore off. I've learned now that Lexi is three and while rewarding her for learning something useful and valuable is great the way you do it helps. Lexi is much happier getting just simple high fives, hugs and kisses, and good jobs from Nick and I. Call me crazy but I think you should reward your kids for potty training. They did after all accomplish something they couldn't do previously.

Quoting Jenna Lake:" I've got myself a three year old (next week) and potty training has been an uphill battle both ways. ... [snip!] ... I think you should reward your kids for potty training. They did after all accomplish something they couldn't do previously. "

Beautiful advice. Thank you.  

Ryan pooped in the toileet this morning!
He's only 14 months but I think we are going to give it one more month and start training him at 15 months
I was just excited and thought it was funny

How often did you take your LO to the potty when you first started training them?

Quoting Rachael aka Mommy!:" How often did you take your LO to the potty when you first started training them?"

I didn't take him...that creates a situation for power struggles where LO says no and tantrums against you. We made it his responsibility by reminding him he needed to go when he felt the pee/poo. With every accident, we reminded him when he felt like that then he needs to run to the potty.

Quoting Mom of a Genius:" I didn't take him...that creates a situation for power struggles where LO says no and tantrums against ... [snip!] ... to go when he felt the pee/poo. With every accident, we reminded him when he felt like that then he needs to run to the potty. "

Thanks  

Ryan's only 14 months so we still have a little while before we are seriously going to try to start potty training. Just everything I read said to take them every so often and sit them on the potty

Quoting Mom of a Genius:" I didn't take him...that creates a situation for power struggles where LO says no and tantrums against ... [snip!] ... to go when he felt the pee/poo. With every accident, we reminded him when he felt like that then he needs to run to the potty. "

We tried taking my son all the time, but it ended up being a huge power struggle, so I decided to let him take the initiative, and just kept reminding him to go as soon as he felt he needed to and kept an eye on him for accidents. That has worked soooo much better!!!!
I am doing it now with my daughter, and it's been much nicer not having to deal with the power struggle!

Little man is doin great with p-ting :-D We have been doin it since he was 18 months old he will be 2 in june and has maybe 4 pee accidents all day! He hasnt had a poopie accident in a LONGGGGG time! so close :-D

we're trying undies after nap today. my LO was working on potty training back a few months ago, but decided he was done. Now we're getting ready to try again!

Gonna be undertaking this task soon so figure I better watch the topic in case I need help of any kind

What was the most successful method of PTing for you ladies?

Quoting I ♥ My Boys!!!:" What was the most successful method of PTing for you ladies?"

going naked and being around other children also training...and rewards: hot coco, fruit snack, chocolate piece, etc.

Quoting Mom of a Genius:" going naked and being around other children also training...and rewards: hot coco, fruit snack, chocolate piece, etc."

Thanks  That's what we were thinking of doing

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ok. i've been giving my toddler choices lately. this morning I said 'do you want underwear or a diaper?' he picked them both then I told him he could only have one of them and he choice his underwear. he didn't want to pee on the potty yesterday so he kept having accidents and I put him in a diaper. I had to ask him if he wanted to pee like a baby or like a big boy an dhe said baby. i'm so frustrated with the potty training. he's 2.5 and i've been trying to pt him now for so long. he has days where he does really well and then the next day he decides he wants nothing to do with it.

I need some help. he's already in size 6 diapers. I want him to be able to go to preschool this fall. He LOVES school. he cried when it was time to leave from daycare, not wanting to go home. Preschool wont take him unless he's fully PT'd.

I developed a chart system but it hasn't worked out so well yet.
we have a sheet of 100+ gold star stickers that he always wants to play with. so I told him everytime he pees in the potty he can have a gold star on the chart. for every 3 stars he can have 1 piece of candy. If he doesn't have any accidents at all he can have 3 pieces of candy an animal sticker(he really loves stickers).

there are no stars on the chart. just several x's for accidents. i'm about to give up yet again. Am I doing something wrong? I take him and ask him if he has to go every 10-15 min.

Quoting OGDirty LurkerTBTM:" eeeeeeeeeeeep ok. i've been giving my toddler choices lately. this morning I said 'do you want underwear ... [snip!] ... accidents. i'm about to give up yet again. Am I doing something wrong? I take him and ask him if he has to go every 10-15 min."

Sounds like he's not emotionally ready but is physically ready.

Offering choices is good, but I would suggest making it a choice of "which undies" not "undies or diaper" kwim? And what helped our LO is having him help throw away all diaps in a trash bag to get the kinesthetic and visual cues of "oh smurf...this IS it"

Going naked also helped a lot more than with just undies...I can only assume when they feel something on them they equate that to pee in it since that's what they've done literally their whole lives.

And our LO took until 3 when he was behaviorally/emotionally all onboard.