3 Day Potty Training - Mechanicsburg,PA

I waited till my daughter was totally ready- mentally and physically.

bootcamping can often backfire and lead to regressions.

let us know if it works for you, though! =D

I have 2 toddlers I care for whose mothers would be over the moon if they were potty trained.

Never heard of it. You cannot potty train a child unless their bladder is physically ready to hold urine for longer periods. 3 days are for the rare children who are more than ready to train physically and emotionally. I had one child out of five who was able to train pretty instantaneously. That was all her and nothing to do with me.

K. B
mom to 5 including triplets

Nope. I let my son go at his own pace.When he was ready (3 years, 4 months), it was relatively easy and he was pretty successful. He started in August, since then we have had about a dozen accidents (three were while he was sleeping-- and he wears underpants to bed.) Let me give you a great website:

http://www.betterkidcare.psu.edu/AngelUnits/OneHour/Toile...

As someone who has worked with youngsters for nearly 20 years, my feelings regarding potty training programs are simple: either they work because the child was already ready, or they don't, because this is an adult-contrived agenda. If your son was bent on learning how to use the toilet, it would happen. If not, then take a step back. I love the Toilet Learning approach because it honors the child's process of learning, intrinsic motivation and because the goal is for the child to learn how to respond to their own bodies. We could not 'train' our babies to walk, talk or eat... they had to figure these things out on their own, in their own bodies. When you step back, let your son take the lead when he's ready, he'll benefit more and the results will be longer-lasting.

(and there's sometimes a little regression too.;))

Please take a moment to check the site out. It's worth it and might save you (and your family) a lot of heartache.

In theory that sounds AWESOME but name the last thing you learned in three days? (I'll wait.)

Give them time, it DOES happen when you LEAST expect it. Only a month ago I started letting my son go to bed without an Overnites diaper on and now he REFUSES to wear even underware to bed!

He hasn't had an accident yet but the WEIRDEST thing is he can "hold it" for hours after waking up. I know I can't get to the bathroom FAST ENOUGH in the morning. He's a freak of nature!

Worked for me (twice!). The key is that YOU have to be ready, not the kid (like everyone tries to tell you). Like anything else with a 2 year old, your child will test the boundaries to make sure you REALLY mean it. (Do you? ;) Once the child knows you mean business (if indeed you do), they get on board pretty quickly.

I followed John Rosemond's "$60 and naked" method - google it. It is the simplest thing ever. Kid naked from the waist down, you take them to the potty every 10-20 minutes (set a timer). The $60 is to clean your carpets when you're done. ;) Like I said, it worked great for me, and the thing I had to wrap my head around was that *I* had to want it to happen enough to spend 5 out of every 10 minutes taking the toddler to the potty. But, I did it and it worked. Both girls were potty trained right at 2 with no issues. No pull-ups, no regressing, no drama. 3 days and done.

Good luck!

Nope. I tried it and it did not work for us. There are some great suggestions in the book, but it did not happen in three days for us. My SIL used it with her oldest daughter and it worked well for them. Really well. And my SIL has several friends who swear by it. I tried it twice. After it didn't work the first time, my SIL convinced me to give it another try. It still didn't work. I was feeling like I must have done something wrong somewhere. I was very relieved to learn that my younger niece did not take after her sister...it didn't work with her either. It's worth a shot, I suppose. :)

I used the book "Becoming Pottywise" part of the whole "Babywise" series, by Dr. Ezzo. It worked. It is not necessarily a 3 day program, but does say it will happen quickly. It took a week for my daughter at 2 yrs. 4 mos.

the book offers tips on how to tell if your son is ready, and also how to build it up. the key is going to undies, without looking back. NO PULLUPs. diapers only at night and nap as long as needed. rewards for staying dry and going potty. eat, sleep, breathe, live potty training for the week, and it will be worth it.

my daughter was not dry at night when we started, but after a few days, she was dry at naps and night. she had 2-3 accidents in the first month after stopping diapers (2 weeks into training), then none after that. depends on the child and how heavy they sleep.

i highly recommend the book, as it helps you get ready for the potty training "event"!

ha ha Look at my questions...I asked the same thing...
It 'kind of' worked for me..it was a great platform
I took off work on a friday and Friday-Sunday my DD was diaperless unless it was nap or nighttime..she peed all over herself a few times and got the hang of it. I rewarded her with tiny M&ms....1 for sitting on the potty, 3 for pee and 5 for poop....by sunday we didnt have the accidents and she really liked the game. NOW my kid was under 2 when we did this so for a 2.5 year old may be different.
It didnt go too well at first but again it was a PLATFORM....NO she was not potty trained in 3 days but we were rolling within a month...I will suggest that once you start..>DONT LOOK back...They WILL get it..My DD was fully PT during they day within a couple months (not the 3 days)...but once we started the PT 'ing...she would have a couple/few accidents per week. nothing major.
Good luck

I know so many moms who thought this was a solution for them, when baby #2 was on the way, and none of them were successful in 3 days. Most of them took 8+mos, mostly because they were trying before the child was ready. Had they waited, it would have been successful in 3 days.

My son is 34mos and decided around 29mos that he wanted to stop wearing diapers, and he fully embraced the learning and going every 20-30mins. His problem is that he loves water and drinks a ton of it (30oz before lunch), so he was having to go every 20mins and not enjoying life. He wanted the diapers back and I'm fine with it. I don't want to wean him of drinking water, which is a great habit. We'll try again after his 3rd birthday and over the summer and see what happens. Had it not been for the water intake, he would've been trained in 3 days, but because he was ready, not because of a system. Good luck!

Every child is different. My son took about two weeks to master the art of peeing then I had him pooping. I had him run around with out underware when we were home. The harder part was to get him to pee when we went out. He was scared of the loud toilet,lol. Now,it has been almost a year since he has been potty trained. Give rewards and lots of praise. Good luck.

we didn't really use a method, but the only advice i have is to make sure he's ready before you start. ours wasnt ready until after he was 3 years old so anything we tried before that just wasn't working. he just wasn't ready. so make sure the signs are there before you start. this is def one of the hardest things to do! sticker charts and m&m's worked for us too. good luck!

If you son is ready, he will get it in 3 days no matter what method you use. If he's not ready, it won't work. This was my experience, anyway.

I tried with my son (who showed interest) when he was 2. At the end of 3 days, we were both frustrated and miserable. Total failure. Tried again 6 months later and it was really easy, no problem. The first day he had 1 accident, and the second day he used the potty every time.

For those 6 months in the middle, we talked about the potty. I put him on the potty most mornings as soon as he woke up (usually nothing happened, but just for practice and if he said he didn't want to, I didn't push). We watched a video about using the potty every now and then. And I let him pick out some big-boy underpants. So maybe you could say that I was potty training for 6 months, lol. All I know is that when he was 2 1/2, it was really easy because he knew what was expected and he wanted to do it.

There are so many 'methods.' It sells books.

In the end, a child has to be ready.
It is not necessarily per age of the child.

AND, even once a child is potty trained or knows how... bear in mind that accidents and/or regression, WILL occur.

100% potty mastery... is never a slam-dunk 100% everyday perfect thing, sans mistakes.
Mistakes, will happen.
It is childhood.
Its okay.

Then, there is Night-Time dryness. This is a totally SEPARATE process, from daytime pottying. Night-time dryness, is not something that is physiologically/biologically attained nor mastered, until even 7 years old. So, even if a child is day trained, for naps or night-time, a diaper is still used. And is normal. And does NOT 'confuse' a child.
My daughter for example, was potty trained during her 2 year old age... but even at 5 years old, was still using a night-time diaper for naps and sleep. And this is normal. And per our Pediatrician.

Then, there are age related fluctuations, per accidents. At a certain age, they 'think' they can hold their bladder... but cannot hold it as long as they think they can. Thus, they may have pee accidents or poop accidents. Normal. Normal. Normal.
It being childhood.

ALL of my Daughter's Preschool, Kindergarten and 1st Grade Teachers, ALL said that kids at these ages have accidents. And at night they wear diapers. Normal. So then they have the parents bring in extra clothing/underwear for the child to keep at school. Normal.

A child's organs also has to be developed, enough so that they child can mentally 'know' their body's cues.

I tried it when my son was just about 3 1/2. It took 4 days for him to "get it" but he was pretty smart and decided he just didnt want to do it anymore by holding in his pee for long periods of time-about 15 hours one day! On day 3 he pooped and peed just fine. We put him back in diapers and waited about 3 weeks till I figured out what bribe would work, and that time I just put him in his undies and basically let him be the boss, not by a schedule. The 3 day method prepared him and got him ready by knowing when to go, but didnt work completely for me. Some people say that waiting till they are ready works better-my son showed all the signs but loved his diapers and wasnt ready to be a big boy quite yet. The boys take longer from what I hear. It took about 2 months for him to stop complaining and going regularly and for him to get his grand prize. If they arent ready, it really sucks and is very very frustrating. I waited till my son was waking up dry almost every day between naps and night time, he also told us that he was peeing in his diaper before we started the training. Good luck!

I have many (probably 15 or more) friends who swear by the 3-Day Potty Training method. It only took us about 3 days with each of our boys, but we didn't use any precise method. We just waited until they were really ready. One was 3 years and 4 months, the other was 3 years and 2 months. Once they decided they were ready it was a piece of cake. They trained day and night very easily with hardly any accidents after that first weekend. I was ready to train them much earlier, but decided to wait until they were ready. I'm so glad I waited. It made it so easy.