Hahahaha, this is how I found Jackson after 15 minutes of trying SO hard to go potty! We made a big deal out of Joshy going potty so Jackson wanted the attention too, the poor guy was trying SO hard and couldn't go! HOW CUTE DOES HE LOOK? ALL HE NEEDS IS A NEWSPAPER!!! So I don't really know how to go about things with Josh and I'm looking for suggestions!?!? I would love to get him potty trained before we leave for the east coast! Today he wore pull ups and was SO proud! He kept it dry all day except for one accident tonight. I am so proud of him!!! Anyways, those of you that have boys in the 2-3 year old range that are potty trained I would love to hear your suggestions on how to potty train Josh!!!
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hahahaha i love this picture.
No suggestions for you, mainly because I have a girl and she's not quite 2 yet! But, way to go for trying to potty train! I'll be coming to you for advice in the next 6 months or so :) Good luck!
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Hey Jenn,
This is Hillarie. I have talked to you through email about gluten-free diets. I am a friend of Tara's and noticed on her blog your recent potty training post so I read it because I am potty training my 3 year old. Hope you don't mind. But, I have found some really effective techniques with my boy. I use the reward system. I made an "Aiden's Potty Chart". I made 5 columns across and 5 columns down. He gets 1 sticker every time he pees. 2 if he poops. And after every time he goes to the bathroom he gets a treat, 2 chocolate chips. Double if he goes #2. After he gets 5 stickers he gets a Special Treat which is a packet of fruit snacks. When he fills up his whole chart we go to the dollar store and let him pick out 1 thing to buy. After he goes to the bathroom I act all excited and say "Yay!! Aiden good job!!! Now you get a sticker and a treat!!!" He gets so excited even just for the sticker and chocolate chips. And it isn't enough sugar to get him all hyped up because he only gets 2 little chocolate chips. It really works for Aiden. A lot of times after he goes to the bathroom he will want a "special treat" but I show him how many more stickers he needs to get his special treat. I have him count with me, which is great because it has helped him learn to count.
Hopefully I was of some help! How is the gluten-free diet going? Sorry some of my suggestions didn't work before. Hopefully you were able to use some of the info.
Good luck with the potty training! I don't think i'm of much use with my 2 girls. I'd have no idea what to do with a boy. But I think good praise and not being too pushy is always a good rule of them.
Anyhow, good luck!!!
Potty training!!!! How fun!!!! The first time of training, for me anyway, was very difficult. But after I got the hang of it, it wasn't too bad. If possible, I would try to give him some alone time. With William, my mom had the older two boys with her for a couple of days, so I was able to spend time and really focus on William. I did a lot of positive feedback. Being consistent helps ALOT. Either potty train, or don't, the in-between phase just does not work. Make sure you can focus on him, and do not have any outside plans or plan on doing ANYTHING else for the first couple of days. If you really focus on him, and do things he enjoys (like read to him) while he's not on the toilet, he will feel supported and not forced.
One trick I have learned is that for the first couple of times, when they are on the potty trying to go pee, get a cup of warm water and pour it down on the top of their tummy. The warm water causes them to need to pee, and usually they'll just go. It helps for them to understand what muscles they need to work with.
Anyhow, Good luck, and really, he can do it, it's usually the parents that hold the kids back;)
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