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I think we're going to do reward-based potty-training, with stickers and toys. I have an idea of how I want to do it but would love to hear success stories from others. He's 2.7 yo now and been sitting on the potty before bed for a year, so he knows what to do on the potty. We just need to find a way to encourage him to use it all the time. Thanks....
19 replies [ Reply | Watch | Options ]I guess I'm planning on doing both -- taking him out of diapers and trying to make the toilet more attractive through rewards. Does this make sense? Definitely don't want to do the halfway thing....
[ Reply | Options ]OR - a combo of both is good. My DD got really upset when she had an accident, and didn't get a sticker on her chart, so that didn't work well for us. We told her that once she was using the potty all time, she would get a big treat.
[ Reply | Options ]Interesting. I could see him reacting the same way, so I was thinking that at first the stickers would simply be about using the potty -- he gets one if he pees, two if he pees and poops. So, it's not like he wouldn't get a sticker if he had an accident. Then when he got, say, five stickers, he'd get a toy prize.
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i didn't need to do rewards for my dd either. she was just ready and we put her in underware. she was done in under a week. i was open to rewards too, she just didn't need them. so see first if you need to reward, because it will be more effective in the end if he does it because it makes him feel like a big boy rather than for a reward
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I didn't like the reward system, but I also didn't care when dcs were trained - it just wasn't a battle I felt like fighting. so I waited until dc were really ready and put them in underpants - took 2 days, and neither has ever had an accident since (its been 8 and 5 years respectively).
[ Reply | Options ]Thanks. It's different for everyone. I want him trained before pre-school this fall. And he knows what to do; he just needs the push to do it. But I appreciate your perspective.
[ Reply | Options ]yeah. I'm a very laid back mom. I found there are always a handful of moms who stress about the before preschool thing, and depending on the kid it can become a real power play between them. my kids both trained in the first month of preschool - they saw the other kids with cool underwear and that did it.
[ Reply | Options ]Not stressed, just a goal. If it doesn't work out, that's OK. But I also tend to think kids potty train too late these days. 3 seems like a reasonable goal to me.
[ Reply | Options ]that's how old my kids were. I just find the longer you wait the less of a goal-thing it becomes. at three they just sort of do it.
[ Reply | Options ]I get what you're saying -- thanks. And it's good to know that if it doesn't work out in time for pre-school, seeing other kids in their underpants might do the trick!
[ Reply | Options ]yeah. my only advice is to know that it will happen, and to not make it a bigger deal than it needs to be. oh, and one last thing, if I may be so bold, no food as a reward - that just sets a bad precident. although, conversely, my ds used to love trying to 'shoot' cheerios floating in the toilet.
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