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s/o Would you pay someone to PT your LO?

If so how much? 

I know everyone kiddo picks up on PT differently, but most people seem to say two-straight days of 'bootcamp' seems to be the way to go. 

I know someon who just paid $500 for a woman to come to her house for 8-hours a day, for two consecutive days, to PT her LO.

At first I thought it was nuts, but the more I think about it I see exactly why they did.  The least of which being the price of diapers. They have other kiddos with play dates and practices and homework etc and the time you need to invest in PT is extensive.

would you pay more than $500? 

Re: s/o Would you pay someone to PT your LO?

  • I offered my mom money to do it for me. She declined and told me I had to suck up and do it.

    I wouldn't use someone I don't know to do it. let alone pay them $500

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  • Eff no I wouldn't pay $500.

    And I also don't fall into the "most people seem to say two-straight days of 'bootcamp'" is the way to go. That's not what I did with DS1 and not what I plan to with DS2 either. I also feel my PT experience was laid back and non-stressful.

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  • LOLOLOL!  She got ripped off.

    I'd let someone pay me that much, but PT isn't THAT hard!

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    um no.  That is totally weird.  There are certain aspects of parenting that just shouldn't be outsourced.
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  • LOL! What would she do if her child regressed and went back to diapers a week later? Did she get a money back guarantee??
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  • Before I actually potty trained a child I would have paid for the service. . . I was freaked out about it.

    After I actually did it, I laughed because it was much easier than I was making it out to be.

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  • imageMakinroom4baby:
    LOL! What would she do if her child regressed and went back to diapers a week later? Did she get a money back guarantee??

    LOL My DD just peed on the rug! You owe me $500 - and a new rug!

  • $500? How many months' worth of diapers can you buy for that?

    No - I wouldn't pay someone to PT my child. DS was pretty easy, although I guess I technically paid someone to assist. He was going to daycare while going through the process

  • 500.00 for potty training?!! No, I wouldn't pay that.. I feel potty training is all about timing, take cues when your child is ready and go for it. I potty trained both DD's this way. It was really only two days of reminding them obsessively, and it was done...
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  • No way - every child is different and there isn't one style of PTing that will work for every child. As my DDs parent, I figured out what worked for her, which was not the 2-day method.

    Plus, how weird to have a stranger hanging around your house for 2 days........

  • not 500 bucks but yeah I would have seriously paid someone to PT Michelle.
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  • I would pay someone to let my kids run around their house with no diapers.  My brother's MIL PT'd all his kids in one week that way, pretty stress-free too, because eventually, they just get tired of peeing in their pants.  

    But we have way too much carpeting and soakable furniture to do it here.  


  • No, I wouldn't pay anything. I think $500 is outrageous.
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  • Sleep train, yes- pt, no way.
  • I wouldn't pay and my husband certainly wouldn't go for it.  PT is a pain in the butt for sure and I'm pulling my hair out over it but I still don't think it is worth it.  No one method works for every kid or every time for the same kid.  Of course, we tried the child-led, stress free approach and have been doing that for over a year.  Now we have a deadline (pre-school) and he has to be fully trained and able to wipe himself.  Now we're doing the bootcamp type stuff. 
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  • imagehikerbeth:

    Before I actually potty trained a child I would have paid for the service. . . I was freaked out about it.

    After I actually did it, I laughed because it was much easier than I was making it out to be.

    Ditto this! Oh and don't get me wrong, I did have a couple of freak out days, but by day 4, DS didn't have a single accident.

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  • As difficult as I made it out to be, no, I would not pay $500 for someone to potty train my child...he just wasn't ready before now, but in the last week (today marks one week with no accidents in big boy underwear!) he has finally "gotten it."  It was truly just a matter of dedicating myself to reminding him constantly at home AND on-the-go to use the potty, and he got it.  He has not woken up wet from nap or nighttime in many months, so physically he probably could have done it before now...but we finally are on the same page, and he knows where to go.  That said, I need to remind him to go now!
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  • No, definitely not.

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  • imageMarce921:
    imagehikerbeth:

    Before I actually potty trained a child I would have paid for the service. . . I was freaked out about it.

    After I actually did it, I laughed because it was much easier than I was making it out to be.

    Ditto this! Oh and don't get me wrong, I did have a couple of freak out days, but by day 4, DS didn't have a single accident.

    Me too.  Much scarier to think about than actually do.  

    However, if people are willing to pay $500 for 2 days' work, I'm available!

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