Potty Training - Birmingham,AL

panties!!!! No pull-ups, trainers, or diapers. Let her feel that nasty wet/poopy pants feeling a couple of times; she'll get the hint. Just don't buy anymore diapers.

I had a lot of success by reading "Toilet Training in Less than 24 Hrs." by Foxx and Azrin. I've used it for each of my 6 boys. What's awesome is that you reward for dry pants. On the day you start (or restart in your case), You give him and m&M or skittle every ten minutes when you check his pants and they are dry. You can give more when they actually go. When he has an accident,
You need to "practice". When your son has an accident, have him "help" clean it up. You will do most of it but get him involved. Show no emotion, don't get mad just be matter of fact. Then you practice. This is how: You ask him very enthusiastically, "You are playing Legos and you feel pee coming out, what are you going to do?" You both yell together, "run to the potty." Then run with him to the potty and quickly go through the motions, of pulling down, pants, sitting/standing to go, pull pants up, do a real quick fake hand wash. Then make up different scenarios from all different rooms in the house: you are reading a book with mom and feel pee-pee, what are you going to do? You're helping mom with dinner....etc. You are supposed to do it 10 times. I usually did it about 5. You really should read the book it will motivate you. It's got clever ideas I haven't read elsewhere.

I had my Son & Daughter-in-law take my granduaghter to the bathroom every 30 minutes,(had them put her in Panties) regardless if she went or not, she was Potty Trained in less than week!!! She is 2yrs. 4mo. old!!! Very Successful!! No more Diapers :) Good Luck, we tried the Skittle's & M&M's, it didn't work.

try panties and then pull ups over them. This is what the day care did for my grand daughter and it worked.
Good Luck!

I just fought this battle with my son who will be 4 in Feb. I do believe they have to be ready. What worked for us, after we had had some success using the potty is to make my son clean up his own messes. I learned this from the director of his MDO. Without emotion you show them what to do for each accident. For my son, he had to take off his wet clothes and put them in a plastic tub, get in the bathtub and wash off, dry himself, get new clothes and put them on. The poop was the worst as you can imagine. He had to take the dirty clothes off, put as much poop in the potty, flush the potty, put undies in plastic tub, get in bathtub and clean himself... This was hard to allow but I did it matter of factly and did not get angry. He got to where he would moan and groan from all the work involved. I did go in after him and clean the bathtub and toilet with antibacterial cleaner to my heart's content. The hardest part, not doing it for him. I just sat on the bathroom floor and reminded him of each step. We are now clean and dry 24/7.

J.,
Hello. What worked for us was moving to regular underwear and a few other tips I have. I let my daughter pick her underwear out at the store and our motto is to keep them "clean and dry", we say this every time we put our underwear on, I tell her she did a good job keeping them "clean and dry" when we go to use the potty (if they are), and remind her again when we pull them up after she uses the potty. Find about 3 days when you can just stay at home or in your neighborhood. I would take her to the potty - to just try every hour and then explain that she won't have to go so often if she starts to tell you when she has to go pee or poop. I would still be aware of the time; children do get busy playing and don't want to stop. So, if it's been over 2 hours, I'd just say it's time to "try" to pee or poop.

Accidents will happen, and I never made a big deal out of it; however, it was my daughter that had to clean it up - meaning, she had to take her own shorts and underwear off, wipe herself clean and if it got on anything else like the floor, I gave her a wet cloth to clean it up (of course sometimes I would still need to go over it more), and then she had to carry her wet clothes to the washing machine, come back wash her hands and get re-dressed. I would ask, "Where do we put our pee and poop?" She would say, "In Potty" and I said "That's right, let's do that next time." I have always been kind and understanding (even when I just asked if she needed to go potty), and just talked her through each step of clean up. It's just natural consequences. After about two to three days of having to fully clean up after herself, I think she will start using the potty. I would be kind and understanding at all times during the potty training process.

I would move to underwear and have her clean up when accidents do occur, but that's just me. We did still use pull-ups for nap and night until those can be mastered too. Sorry this is so long, hope it's helpful. Best of luck to you.
~ J.

I would suggest quit trying for a little while. Every child is different. Some are ready early and some takes a little while to get the hang of it. After a few weeks try again. Start slowly. Let her know that if she does need to go potty to let you know. I know its tough. There for awhile I didn't think my son was ever going to get the hang of it. He finally did. We would have him go to the bathroom after he ate, drank, or nap time. When you start trying again be patient and start slowly. It takes time. We quit buying diapers and pull ups. Believe me I was doing alot of laundry. After awhile though my son hated to pee in his pants. I hope some of this helps. I know its difficult at times. My sons doctor did say the average child isnt potty trained till they are 5 or 6. Good luck.

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Take her to the store and let her pick out some "big girl panties" with a character she likes (princess, tinkerbell, minnie mouse, etc). Put her in those, and tell her "character name" doesn't like to be pee-pee'd on. She'll not like the feeling of being wet if she pees on herself, and you can tell her the "character name" is sad when she pees on them. I can't help you with #2, as my 3yr 3mth daughter still poops in her panties.

My advice is to be patient. My daughter learned when she was barely 2, but my son was 4 years and a few months. When they are ready, it is easy.

A. :)

I was always told that girls were so much easier to potty train. So not true. I have two boys 8 and 9 years old. Potty training with them was a breeze they were both trained by 2 maybe 2 1/2. My girls are 3 and 4. I was so afraid that they would be in pull-ups until they were 16 until I just gave up. The four year old trained about four months before she turned four and my three year old is on her way she is wearing panties during the day and pull-ups at night. However, she has more accidents at home with me than she does with here grandmother who keeps her everyday. She would rather go to the potty with her than with me. I don't know why. She also does better now in public and in church. Finally, my advice give her time. I would suggest keep using the pull-ups. The pull-ups always made my girls feel like "big" girls and in the diapers they would refer to them as baby diapers. The cliche about girls being easier just does not hold true. Good Luck!!!