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3 Day Potty Training Method

PregoPumaPregoPuma member
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We just completed the "3 day potty training method" over the weekend.  We're having 1 or 2 accidents per day but overall he's doing really well.  I've read that Fellom recommends going naked from the waist-down while at home for the next 3 months!  That seems excessive to me and I'm wondering how necessary it really is?  Has anyone successfully used this PT method and either put undies on sooner than 3 months?  Or at least pants on but let them be 'commando' underneath? Any feedback would be much appreciated since I don't want to undo all the progress I've made, but I also don't really want him to run around naked for the next 3 months either...TIA ladies!

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Re: 3 Day Potty Training Method

  • DawnJM25DawnJM25 member
    We didn't use the "3-day method" with DD, but she took to potty training in a few days.  I agree with you that leaving a child naked from the waist down for months seems unnecessary.  What if you are running errands or at a friend's house?  Part of potty training is developing the habit of knowing how/when to pull pants up and down.  If they get used to being naked, then won't they have to get used to wearing clothes again?  DD always wore underwear and normal pants.  For a couple of months I would help her pull her pants up and down to go, and now she does it on her own. 
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  • ashiscuteashiscute member
    I didn't do the 3 day method.  My DD wore underwear the first day.  I don't see any benefit of leaving them naked for 3 months.  They are going to have to learn eventually.  Yes, my DD needed help at the beginning getting both underwear and pants down but she figured it out.  
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  • cedentoncedenton member
    edited September 2014
    My son seems to do better in underwear (not training pants, just underwear). It's like a reminder not to have an accident.  He is still naked plenty (if he refuses to put the undies back on) but at home he's had more accidents naked than in undies.
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  • Leap08Leap08 member
    I did Lora Jenson's 3 day potty training. She has you start with undies and after a 3 days or so move to regular clothes. My girls were very very very excited about wearing panties and I think that actually helped motivate them to go potty. We talked a lot about keeping their panties dry. They go to daycare full time, though, and couldn't be naked all day. Both of them did great and had very few accidents after the first 10 days or so. Basically, I think it's your call, but I don't think you have to go the naked route for that long.
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  • PregoPumaPregoPuma member
    See I put "undies" on him Day 1 of training, but he pooped & peed in them intentionally because he learned by doing that he could pick a new pair & he was so excited by all the fun colors & prints he kept wanting to pick a new pair!  It became a game.  That's why I switched strategies and did the naked method instead...

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  • PregoPumaPregoPuma member
    Thanks for this I was thinking of trying "commando" for about a month because in undies he goes in them (even the regular thin ones)!

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