Re: Experience with potty training : need help

[Guest guest]

Get the book, " The Road to Independence " by Batts. The potty

training plan is in there. It is three days. It worked for us.

[Guest guest]

Try this :

http://www.bbbautism.com/pdf/article_25_toilet_training.pdf

Claudette

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From: lesliemom99@...

Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2011 09:58:38 +0530

Subject: [ ] Experience with potty training : need help

My 3 year old sone is not potty trained yet. How do we pottytrain him.

Is the 3 day pottytraining program by Lora Jensen good?

He is removing his diaper whenever it is wet.

Any suggestions will be helpful.

Thanks

[Guest guest]

When was young my son never gave me an indication one way or another

that he was ready to be toilet trained. We read books and watched videos

about " the potty " long before we ever started training. Since he never

showed me the signs he was ready, I waited until he was three and a half. I

woke up one day and decided it was time for him to start.

I used the same methods I did with my " typical " daughter. Although

acted oblivious to all my actions, he wasn't. I put up a piece of

construction paper on the wall of the bathroom. We got in the car and went

to Target. I made a big deal out of picking out stickers at the store. One

kind of sticker was for " Pee Pee " and one for " Poopie. " We also picked out

" big boy " underpants.

We stayed home for two days and I put him in the underpants. (I didn't use

pull-ups because our kids hate the feeling of being wet) We continued to

read potty books and talk about it even though he gave me no indication one

way or another he was listening to me.

When I had to use the restroom, I would put him on the toilet next. My

needs reminded me not to forget to put him on the toilet. The first time he

used the toilet, we danced around the house, called Dad, and were singing

with delight this stupid song that our family always sings when something

great happens. Within two days, he was trained for daytime. I didn't even

attempt nighttime until he woke up dry. Then I yanked off the diaper and

put him on the toilet.

If you wait for signs, it will never happen. That is part of the problem

with our kind of kids. I never knew one way or another if he cared or

understood a thing I said. This is truly a big issue with language too. I

think parents sometimes stop talking to their kids because they get no

feedback, a smile or clue they are hearing us. This is a common mistake

parents make. The hardest thing I ever did was to keep talking to a kid

that was unresponsive. It wasn't until he was older that I realized he was

listening but didn't know how to respond or us the nonverbal signs that

showed he was listening.

Hope this helps,

Marcia