Potty Training

yup. its simple, bribe the little tyke. Every time he uses the potty, give him some candy or another favourite treat, It won't be long before he learns that this is indeed a good thing.

when my son was learning to use the potty, he liked "Bob the builder." i bought him real underwear that had "bob the builder" on it. i then put vinyl pants (which i bought at walmart. . .some people call them plastic pants). he wore these over the underwear. i told him to try not to pee on bob. everytime he was wet, he felt it right away and let me know. . .within 1 week he was trained to go on the potty

I'm getting ready to buy a book I saw at walmart called potty training in a day. (I think that was the title) If its any good I'll let you know, I should have it read in just a couple days.

I like keeping a sticker chart. Every time they remember to go the get a new sticker. At that age they love watching the stickers add up. I also like to remind him of all the big boy things he'll be able to do when he can go potty all the time: big boy underpants, preschool, no more having to lay down to be changed etc. I really dislike pull-ups for around the house. It's one thing when you're going somewhere. You don't want them to have an accident in the car on the way there. But when they're at home there's really no reason for pull-ups. My son is still not fully trained and I completely blame it on the fact that he's always wearing one. I'm the only one that will just put him in underwear. His dad doesn't want to deal with accidents and I guess it's easier for him to change a pull-up than to change a whole outfit or just remember to remind our son to go if it's been awhile. I'm glad to hear you're using positive reinforcement. I've been around kids who were yelled at or spanked for an accident. I didn't seem to help any. They had just as many accidents, sometimes more, as other kids, the only difference was that they were terrified of anyone finding out about the accident. That can't be healthy.

I also bought the underwear that had the cartoons on them and it helped some (although they always wanted to wear them back words so they could see the picture lol) another good trick to try is if its a little boy put some cheerios in toilet and have him aim at them and try to hit them.(they can be flushed so you don't have to worry about moving it.) and with my daughter put different colors in there like food coloring and when she potties in it, it turns a different color. just some ideas I have been tout and used with my children. I have 5 ranging from 16 to 3 so I have been there and no the frustration. Hope this helps

Let them tell you when it's time. They'll know. Make sure that they know what a potty chair is for, and talk to them about growing up and becoming a big boy or girl, but be sure to stress that they will always be your special little one. Stickers worked well for us. My son would put them on his shirt every time he was successful. Then, he had great pride showing his sticker covered shirt to Daddy when he got home from work. Give it time. Kids are so funny about this kind of thing. They'll seem to hedge around it for the longest time, and then it's like a light bulb goes off and boom! No more diapers! Good luck!!

reward use the targeting method and make sure it is easy and safe to get to and use the pot.