I was going to try the 3 day potty training when my son is 22 months old. I have off a week just incase it takes longer...
Any tips? How old was your little one when you potty trained? How long did it take? Did the 3 day potty training work?
Also, can I let him be naked instead of wearing underwear? My son is still in the crib so he wouldn't be able to get up and tell me he has to pee, how should I handle that?
Thanks
Re: 3 day potty training advice??
why are you rushing it when he's not even 2?
I alsway thought the "3 day method" was a sort of hard core way to do it when your kid is 3+ and you've tried other methods?
My 4 yo was easily trained between 2 and 2.5, where we started going to the bathroom at regular intervals (still in pull ups) and high fives for going potty and encouraging her to tell us when she needed to go. She was wearing underpants starting around 2.5 yo, but only recently stopped wearing pull ups at night.
Potty training should be easy if you wait until your kid is ready.
My kid was nowhere near ready at 22 months old. We actually never did the 3 day potty training, but I let her tell me when she was ready and at 2.5 years old she decided she didn't want to wear diapers anymore and wear underwear. She was also sleeping in a big girl bed and could get in and out of the bed herself if she needed to go.
I would offer the potty, but I definitely would not push it.
lovelylittleworld
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Well there's certainly nothing wrong with giving it a whirl at this age if you think he's ready - you would know
Don't give up if it doesn't click right away...though if it doesn't click after a 5-7 days then yeah, I would give up for now.
The optimal age for this method is around that age. Dd was trained right before 28mo. I think she prob would have been fine at 22, it just wasn't something really on my radar. I wasn't going to push her but I also was not waiting until 3 or longer to just see if she did it on her own. I was very head strong on my feelings about potty training.
I would give it a try but not push him. I wouldn't give up after a day either. Dd was fine within hours but I know others took until the 2nd day to start getting it. Don't force sitting for long periods of times, encourage him to tell you (it says not to ask them but I would remind her to tell mommy of she has to go), I also had a rule 'no pee pee on Dora', so that became sort of her thing---mommy I no pee pee Dora--
good luck! I think the 3 day had great info but I didn't follow exactly. I modified to what I felt would work best for dd.
I did the 3-day method with DD1, but she was 33 months old. She was ready, and only had one real accident. There were a couple of times where she peed on the floor a bit as she ran to the potty. I had her go bottomless, no undies, for a couple of days, then started putting her in panties. She got it so fast and it was super easy, but she was older.
FWIW she still isn't night-trained, so her being in the crib at that time was a non-issue. I personally think expecting him to night-train at 22 months is unrealistic, and would just use diapers at nap and night time.
We used this method when my son was 26 months. He hadn't used the potty previous to us starting the training. For about two weeks before we started, we got a potty book and read it to him every night. I did it over a long weekend and it was really hard. He had 15 accidents in the first three hours (they tell you to encourage liquids....we gave him a new juice with water and Popsicles...). I was ready to give up, but he didn't have any accidents during his nap. He was still in a crib at the time. We kept him in undies and a t shirt for the entire three days. At the end of the three days, he was still having tons of accidents. But, he made it through naps and bedtime without a single accident. When he went to daycare the next day, he didn't have a single accident. After that, we still had several accidents, but never in his bed.
I liked this method, but it was hard. I say "we" but it was really just me....and I literally didn't leave the house for three days. The training says that 22 months is within the age range...I would think that as long as your son can communicate, that it would be worth it to try it. The person who recommended it to me was also successful at traing her 26 month old daughter.
Good luck.
I used the method with both of my kids. Thye both got it in a reasonable amount of time within 4 days. B was 2.5 and C was about the same age. The e-book does say you can start around 22 months. It's really about communication and them being able to let you know that they need to go. The most important thing I got out of it was that they tell you about the potty, not you asking them. You're just supposed to say "Let me know if you need to go potty."
There will be accidents. C is still not night trained but there are days where she wakes up dry. B has been night trained since this past summer. Our pedi said that it's not really something you can push. Some kids are just deep sleepers and don't even realize they are going or need to go.