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Poll: What is the best way to potty train?

What is the best way to potty train?
Options:
Rewards/treats for going
Letting the child run around naked for 3 days
Putting child on potty every 20 minutes
Pray athey figure it out before college
Results:

Rewards/treats for going
36%
Letting the child run around naked for 3 days
16%
Putting child on potty every 20 minutes
31%
Pray athey figure it out before college
16%
Total votes: 108
Created by Meagan
Posted on 01/01/2008 11:39 PM
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Comments:
We're not there yet. When he's ready I plan on doing the every 20 minutes with Pull Ups and praising him with hugs and kisses when he goes.
posted by Melinda on 01/12/2008 06:29 AM
my daughter potty trained at 2 years old and let me tell you it was the easiest thing we've ever done. All that happened was we were trying to make her go and all then gave it up for a month and then one day she walked up to my mom and said "I wanna go peepee in mommys bathroom" and that was it.. She has been using the big peoples potty ever since that day!! The funny thing is she never even used her little training potty and I spent so much money on it... dang!!
posted by Sarah on 01/13/2008 07:04 PM
Lots of praise seemed to work best for our son.
posted by Julie on 01/16/2008 11:07 PM
I am not there yet with Morgan but I remember potty training my niece and the every 20 min worked with her. I remember giving her books and stuff so she would have something to do on the potty. It seemed to work with her (she is 8 now) Oh and it also worked with our dog too when she was a puppy so...LOL
posted by debra on 01/24/2008 01:56 PM
I think a combination of some of the choices is good. Sit him/her on the potty every 20 minutes (while in between giving him water), and praising when the job gets done....then pray he gets used to that habit before college!
posted by FirstTimeMommy on 02/04/2008 03:09 PM
lol when my oldest daughter was almost 2 we ran out of diapers and wouldent have money for any untill monday...(it was like a friday) so i just told her tell me when you have to go cuz there arnt any more diapers...i never had to buy another pack! she just said ok and that was it! she told me from then on! and she wasnt even 2!! i thought "man! what would have happened if i told her that a few months ago!:
posted by Melissa on 02/26/2008 04:43 PM
my daughter is 14 months and showing signs of interest so right now we are putting her on through out the day just to get her used to the idea and then we will do the every 20 min and maybe stickers or something if she has a problem with pooping on the potty. Right now though she prefers to sit on the big potty instead of her own with is fine with me cause that means I might not have to ever emty her chair...LOL
posted by Anne on 06/16/2008 11:33 PM
I think pull ups are a waist of money. Kids know they are diapers. You can't fool them. I think a combination of several of the things listed work the best. I strip the kids down and put reg. underwear on them for a week. I leave the bathroom open and tell them to tell me when they need to go. I also take them every 20min to 1/2 hr when i go. It works like a charm. I have all the kids trained in a week or less. You can let a girl run naked but boys have to have underwear on the first time they pee with out them they realize how fun it is. You can't let that lesson be learned..lol But girls don't like to pee down their legs....
posted by Rachel on 06/26/2008 03:19 PM
our personal situation was that our oldest is 3 1/2 and he just got potty trained ...we didn't even bother training him until this past May because he had surgery on his foot in Febuary...anyway He is completely potty trained now! (except night time) what worked for us was he would dit down to pee and one accidental peeing on my leg I turned into a game (yea gross I know but you can't make them feel bad about it) so then he saw daddy pee and now he's been clean and dry and in big boy undies for 2 weeks now wanting to pee like daddy.

we gave him a small toy / sticker each time at first then a toy per week, now we're going to give him "prize dollars" print our own money and give him 1 per day that he stays dry & we are going to do the same for eating better too!

now to get his little brother (almost 2) potty terained! :P
posted by Melissa on 07/24/2008 09:11 AM
  
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