I just potty trained my son a few weeks ago using the book "Toilet Training in Less Than a Day." I'll admit freely that it took 2 1/2 days, and that they were the longest two and a half days of my life since he was born, but it's done now. He's 2 1/2 years old, and was dry through the night before we started training. I just wanted to know if any other moms out there have tried this and what their experiences were.
I used the treats, tasty drinks, wetting doll, and lots of praise. I also made sure to mention all the people he cares about who are "big girls and boys" who use the potty, and We made him clean up his own mess, practice running to the potty 10 times when he had an accident (with pants checks in between, making him tell me that his pants were wet and that he had an accident) and I did keep him away from distractions for the entire first day. Where I varied from the book was my refusal to use the potty seat in the kitchen. I hated cleaning out the potty chair for my 5 younger siblings when they were training, so I trained my son in the bathroom on the real toilet with a stepstool and seat reducer. I also allowed him a couple of toys before he was going to the bathroom on his own without reminders. I was just going crazy talking to my son about the potty without any distractions for hours on end.
I really liked that the program did not make my son feel like he was a bad kid for having an accident, and that there were no punishments. An accident just meant that he had to practice. The pants checks made sure that he knew the difference between wet and dry pants, and he knew that, while I loved him, I didn't like wet pants.
I love that this system rejects disposable pull-ups. I've always know that those things just elongate the training process to make more money. My little man wore cloth training pants during training, and now he is proud of his cute little boxer briefs!
I used the treats, tasty drinks, wetting doll, and lots of praise. I also made sure to mention all the people he cares about who are "big girls and boys" who use the potty, and We made him clean up his own mess, practice running to the potty 10 times when he had an accident (with pants checks in between, making him tell me that his pants were wet and that he had an accident) and I did keep him away from distractions for the entire first day. Where I varied from the book was my refusal to use the potty seat in the kitchen. I hated cleaning out the potty chair for my 5 younger siblings when they were training, so I trained my son in the bathroom on the real toilet with a stepstool and seat reducer. I also allowed him a couple of toys before he was going to the bathroom on his own without reminders. I was just going crazy talking to my son about the potty without any distractions for hours on end.
I really liked that the program did not make my son feel like he was a bad kid for having an accident, and that there were no punishments. An accident just meant that he had to practice. The pants checks made sure that he knew the difference between wet and dry pants, and he knew that, while I loved him, I didn't like wet pants.
I love that this system rejects disposable pull-ups. I've always know that those things just elongate the training process to make more money. My little man wore cloth training pants during training, and now he is proud of his cute little boxer briefs!
