Complicating Factors: Puppets

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Potty Training for Boys

I've been reading about potty training, and I know my 2 year old son isn't ready yet. I'd like to ask those of you who have potty trained or is potty training boys. At how many months did you start the training and how long did it take? I hear it takes a lot longer for boys than girls to be trained. There are some literature out there that say potty training could be done in 1 day or 3 days. I'm wondering if that really works, especially for a strong-willed and active boy?? What are some of the tricks to get him to sit on the potty long...

At Night

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Potty Training for Boys

I've been reading about potty training, and I know my 2 year old son isn't ready yet. I'd like to ask those of you who have potty trained or is potty training boys. At how many months did you start the training and how long did it take? I hear it takes a lot longer for boys than girls to be trained. There are some literature out there that say potty training could be done in 1 day or 3 days. I'm wondering if that really works, especially for a strong-willed and active boy?? What are some of the tricks to get him to sit on the potty long...

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Accidents at Night

My three-yr-old is fully potty trained; however, she still has accidents at...

Twins or Triplets

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Cold Turkey Potty Training - Do I Just Stick It Out?

My almost 3 1/2 year old daughter is working on potty training. We've got it down to underwear in the day, diapers only at naptime and bedtime. For the last two weeks, we've had many accidents in her underwear and only a few pee-pee's in the potty. Very intermittent, no consistent time of day. No poops on the potty, either in her underwear or diaper if it's on. I tried the every hour for the first week, now I backed off to every 2 hours (even this can be exhausting!) Incentives, potty charts, etc don't seem to matter. It's like she'd...