rowan's riding the potty train. here we go. he potty trained fast. we started at 2 years 4 months. that's my theory. 3 boys all trained for the most part in 1 day at 2 years and 4 months old.
i've waited until now to really tell anyone how we potty train. both jack and finn potty trained in one day. dry at naps. dry through the night. day one.
i know, kinda crazy.
i've been reluctant to mention that to all of the moms who struggle with a year long battle of training until i was confident in the method. now that i've officially had three children all train that easily, i'm ready to reveal.
here's how.
here's
the book. it was written by the same authors who wrote the sleep training material we've used. it works because the children are used to routine and training and order.
read it. reread it. understand it.
i'd say wait until you're sure when you start your child is ready. i thought all three boys could do it much sooner, but really they needed another month or so. it's worth it to not start and stop multiple times. once we go to undies we never use another diaper. ever. or pull-up.
one of my favorite things is to take a date with the 2 year old to get all geared up.
when i'm sure i can
completely block off three days or so to do
nothing but potty train we kick it off with a trip for goodies.
rowan picked out mickey undies. i bought a big ole bag of m&m's for a reward (a friend of mine used gummy snacks to limit the sugar and their little one got constipated :-O ), tons of juice boxes and mini sprites (neither of which we EVER buy) and salty snacks to keep him drinking.
the goal is to have them drink a TON on the big day so there are lots of opportunities to do potty.
ready for accidents.
the distinguishing factor in this method is rewarding for staying dry. that way the child understands how he's supposed to feel and he gets rewarded for something YOU can control. asking him if he's dry. otherwise you're waiting around for them to go potty on their own and you can't reward them until
they decide.
it puts the control back in your corner.
and they eat a ton of chocolate. a motherload. but hey, it's just for one day really. then you back off. if it works, one day of candy isn't gonna kill them.
#2 is the part that hasn't gone quite as smoothly for us. this is a suggestion in the book for after you've tried poopoo training unsuccessfully, but we just start with it.
on that date for gear and goodies, we let the potty trainer pick out a poopoo present. after three consecutive successful poos on the potty, they get their present.
we found if we let them pick it, buy it and leave it in the bathroom in the package where they can hold it while they try, but can't play with it until they have success it's really motivating.
jack's was a little thomas train "diesel 10," finn got geo tracks, and rowan wanted "flynn the fire engine."
then we ate chips and drank juice and sprite while watching movies and going potty all. day. long.
rowan did great. we started it's been just over a month since we started, and i don't even think about it any more. he's done. the kid potty is back in the storage room, and the m&m's are long gone.
i'd say rowan took a bit more than a day to be completely accident free, like, maybe a week. mostly because there are two other kids going on and we were lazy about it.
jack probably potty trained him as much as anyone. he loves his little "fluff ball" and loved taking him potty, giving him candy and cheering him on.
holler if you have any questions. i have a lot of suggestions and a pretty specific way i do it :)
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