potty training resources?

sara1014

My 2 have shown a little interest in the whole potty thing...curious about what we're doing in there, saying "poo poo" before actually going, etc.

I bought 2 potties this weekend at the advice of a good friend who said she bought one and would let her son sit on it when he was interested, before/after baths, after naps, etc.

They've shown a little interest today and we've spent a good deal of time on the potties, but with no "going".  

I think I need a little information about the whole process though.  I am certain we're not ready to be fully potty trained, but I want to allow for that natural curiosity...but I don't want to spend all day in the bathroom with them either!   

 

ETA:  Resources for someone completely clueless are what I need.  I've had many of my childless friends ask (out of curiosity) how PT works...and I don't even know what to tell them!! 

klr210

 

I'll start by saying I've ONLY trained a girl. I know people say boys are different, as is each child. But, I in general, believe in training earlier (closer to 2) than later (closer to 3).

We were in full potty immersion mode for a couple months before I went cold turkey on diapers with my DD at 26 months.

I bought a couple of potty story books and we rototated them into our nap and bedtime story routine, we kept a potty in our bathroom, we ordered the potty dvd off of huggies.com or pullups.com or something like that. it's free. and the biggest pre-potty training method was modeling.. or allowing the kid(s) to watch what you do.

I am very much in favor of doing it earlier than later. From my understanding I've come to believe that the longer you wait (closer to 3) than the more of a PITA it becomes for kids, they may fight it or be afraid or something else. I also did cold turkey on diapers while awake and no pull ups (more expensive diapers really) except during naps/bedtime and during outings at first. And, I cancelled all playdates/plans and spent a good 3-4 days helping my  DD to connect the urge with eliminating on a potty. That meant allowing the potty in the living room and making it convenient at first so she could watch tv and try. If I tried to put it in the bathroom she'd have zero patience. My big goal was to get her to have success, make a HUGE deal about it and build on that.

erinruns

If you google 3 day potty training bootcamp, you'll get a lot of resources.  

My two didn't have any successes in the potty until we did a bootcamp weekend.  They wore just undies all weekend and we spent a lot of time outside so that clean up was easier.  They also drank a lot of juice so they had a lot of opportunities to use the potty.  

But, after the bootcamp I could tell they weren't ready so I didn't push it.  Daycare put them on the potty after every diaper change and I let them practice at night when we were home.  One day, they asked to wear undies to school and that was that.  It took a while to get rid of diapers at nap and night time and there was a month where we hit every potty in a 5 mile radius, but we did get there.  I agree on the no pull ups thing.  They really are just expensive diapers and I think they confuse kids.