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potty training advice
My daughter is a few months from 3 and has started taking off her diaper becasue she doesn't want to wear them anymore. But, she refuses to use her potty or the regular one.
Any helpful hints on potty training? We're having a tough time getting started...
Thanks so much!
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Re: potty training advice
We did it over Christmas break when I could be with her for 2 weeks. She was 3 months shy of being 3. I laid a tarp out on the living room floor and hoped for the best. (I had new toys, so that really helped!) I set a timer on my phone and every 15 minutes when it would go off, she had to go and sit on the potty. She would earn 1 M&M every time. We had more accidents on that first day, but it worked. (She always peed right after she got off of the potty.) Day 2 the timer went off every 20 minutes and she did better. Day 3 was every 25 minutes and day 4 was every 30. She pretty much had it down by then and only got the M&M when she peed on the potty. We struggled with poop, but we are FINALLY good with that. Now she just wears a diaper (not a pull up) at bedtime. I used an app, Potty Time (we love the Signing Time program) and she got stickers and to call Rachel every time she used the potty.
Good luck!
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DD on the other hand was a breeze. Daycare started putting her on the potty. We did one weekend boot camp, and bam she was fully potty trained in about 3 weeks! Still in pullups at night bc she has rarely woken up dry so I think it's too soon at 2.5 to worry too much.