I want recommendations of books / methods for toilet training that people have utilized with success.
Total success! My husband did all the heavy work! (I work full time, my husband stays home with our son. ) We had the potty chair in the bathroom for months ahead. We used the 3 Day Potty Training Method by Lora Jensen. We did lean toward toys for rewards not food rewards. It took us four days. My son has done very well. We had a few accidents at night and some timing issues with getting to the potty but otherwise 100%.
My husband notes, for a child that would sneak off and hide to go #2, our son truly needed privacy even though when on the potty chair he would say that he did NOT need privacy. That was a breakthrough moment.
IMO, the best advice is just wait for them to do it. They will....I haven't seen a kindergartener yet in diapers!!
L.
Hi R.
The one true advise is to have lots of patience. I am a mother of 4 (1 boy and 3 girls). With my son, who was my first, I had the worse experience of all. Maybe your husband can step in on this one. The one thing that helped me best with the girls was that I payed close attention to when they did use it and tried potty training around that time. For instance when my girls had there oatmeal and milk early in the morning they normally did the number two right afterwards. After breakfast we would both go into the rest room and potty. They way they were not left alone and they remain comfortable with the situation. They were trained not too long after they were 1 years old if not sooner. So if there's a certain time of the day or a particular feeding time or foods, take that as a guideline and hopefully it helps. I believe this would work for both boys and girls. Good Luck!
We put the little potty seats in the bathroom for several months prior to actually tackling the project. We invited the girls to sit on it, try it, showed them what it was for, etc, encouraged them but never really made it a big deal until we were ready for the big weekend. Then Thanksgiving weekend (a long one) after a lot of build up and conversation, the "Once upon a Potty" book had been read a bazillion times by then, we had a jar of m&m's for each kid and rewarded each time they went. They were pantless all weekend and there were no more diapers during the day after that.
They went to school that Monday in pants. There were a lot of accidents but they caught on, one faster than the other. We called it potty boot camp.
"Toilet Training in Less than a Day" The authors last names are Azrin and Foxx (I think that's how you spell them). They teach a doll first and are also taught how to pull down/up their own pants. They use accidents as a training tool, going back and practicing from the spot they had their accidents. When "Scotty Potty" had an accident I'd say, "We don't like accidents, but we love Scotty Potty!" They are so proud of themselves! And just when you think they won't get it, it clicks! They say the average child trains this way in about 4 hours. Ours took all day. My oldest was then dry through the night but our youngest still wore diapers at night until he was about 3 1/2. (but he also had sleep apnea issues and didn't get into REM sleep which was probably a big factor)
Both of my boys were trained around 2 years old and it only took a day. Awesome! have fun!
:o)G., late 30's mom, married, 2 boys 4 & 6.
My son is obsessed with books, so I took him to B&N and let him pick out 3 books that he could only read while he was on the toilet (we did not use a little kid potty, that grosses me out, instead a kid seat on the toilet). He was trained in 5 days.
"Potty Power" on DVD is wonderful. Bought it at The Right Start store for my youngest a few years ago. When she was ready, she trained in a weekend (around 2.5 years.) We were in Target one day and I had pushed the cart up next to the little girl undies display (quite by accident) while I was looking for socks for her big sister. She started singing "No more diapers for me," a song from the DVD, and she started picking out panties. That was the end of diapers. Just like that. It was quite blissful since I tried way too soon with the older siblings and it seemed to take forever. Good luck!
Early Start Potty Training - it's an elimination communication method. I started my son half-heartedly at 6 months old, he has been diaper free from the time he was 27 months old. I think this made it easier for him to recognize the signs and communicate his needs to me early on. I also used the 3 day potty training (3daypottytraining.com) method at the end and wished I would have used it on my older child!
Toilet training by vickie lansky.. it comes with a kids book koko bears new potty..
I bougtht it at babies r us.
My daughter was trained in 2 days at 2 years and 4 months.. it was super easy.. I think the secret is wait until the child is ready..
From about a year old-if I saw her pooping I told her that she was pooping.. so eventually she told me she was pooping..I trained her on poop first... just put her on the potty if I caught her " in the act" within a week she was telling me before she pooped and running to the potty..
It really is pretty easy..
Hi R.!
In our house we practice Elimination Communication. Basically that means that since my daughter was a very little infant we have been allowing her to eliminate on a toilet of some kind. "Diaper Free Baby". EXCELLENT book. Love it. Own it, will give it as a shower gift to those moms whom I think will embrace it.
It is geared toward early toilet communication, however, having read the book cover to cover a few times you CAN use it with an older child. I think you will find it very helpful. It provides a lot of insight into the whole elimination process. I think you will find the 'language' of the book to fit in with your living style quite well.
I don't have a book but with my first one we did stickers. He had a book and each time he went potty he got to pick a sticker to put in his book. He was potty trained by three. With my second one we ended up having to do a basket with a mixture or little toys, candy, and stickers in it since he was a bit more stubborn. He ended up being potty trained by 4. Remember to be patient and good luck.
