Potty Training {Take Six}
June 9, 2010 by Christine - From Dates to Diapers
Filed under giveaway, potty training
Today is Day 3 of potty training Noah, and I have to say it’s going very well. I’m thinking it helps that his older brothers and sister remind him that he needs to use the potty like a big boy, rather than going in his pants. Most of all, though, I know he was more than ready to shed the diaper.
Even though I have been through this training process five times before – four, really, since Ben trained himself – I still dreaded it this go ’round. All of my boys were close to three when I began, so they all picked it up pretty quickly, especially with our potty training system.
I’d like to share some items we’ve had handy with each potty training experience ::
Books — Books that provide helpful, step-by-step stories that introduce girls & boys to the concept of toilet training are incredibly helpful. There are a couple of books by Samantha Berger that we’ve had the opportunity to enjoy. Pirate Potty is a pirate-themed, toilet-training book that is fit for the little swashbuckler in your life. This book includes a pirate’s hat and reward stickers, while Princess Potty follows the same theme, but is fit for the Royal Highness in your life, complete with a tiara and reward stickers!
A Potty Chair — For the first little while, it can be intimidating for your little one to sit on a great big, adult-sized toilet. I can only imagine the sense of feeling like I could fall in! There are many different types of potty chairs, from simple to deluxe, but we have found that we really only need a basic chair with a removable “bowl” to easily rinse out between bathroom breaks.
Rewards & Incentives — While stickers work as rewards for some children, others need a bit more incentive to sit on the potty and avoid going in their pants. I let each of my children choose their own reward. Some of our favorite incentives have included licorice nibs and M&M’s.
Flushable Wet Wipes — Toilet paper can be rough on a tiny tush. Using wet wipes will help prevent rashes and also ensure a clean little booty.
Pull-Ups — I firmly believe that, once you toss out the diapers to begin potty training, you should steer clear of any type of covering that keeps the little tush dry. An accident is more apparent when wearing undies and we want our little trainee to know that s/he has had an accident. That said, we do use Pull-Ups at night, just until we can have dry nights.
A Potty Training Kit from Pull-Ups — This kit includes a $50 AMEX gift card (so you can stock up on new Pull-Ups – while supplies last – and everything else you need to get started), a Big Kid Central Potty Training Success DVD (with techniques, tips, songs and games to help you and your child succeed), two coupons for FREE Pull-Ups, and two Disney DVD’s – Toy Story 2 and The Princess & The Frog.A Potty Prize Pack — This prize pack includes a Boon Potty Bench and copies of both Princess Potty & Pirate Potty.
Princess Potty & Pirate Potty — Two winners will also receive a copy of each book.
There are two ways to enter::
- Leave me a comment with your answer to the following question – What are some of YOUR potty training essentials?
- Tweet the following message – I just entered the Toy Story 3 @PullUpsBigKid #pottytraining kit giveaway. http://bit.ly/aisH4W Thanks @youngmommy! – and leave me a separate comment.
Four winners will be chosen at random, at 9pm on June 29th, and notified by email.
Pull-Ups® training pants provided me with product coupons to try out the new Learning Designs Pull-Ups® with Toy Story 3/Princess and the Frog characters. I have also received Princess Potty and Pirate Potty to review. However, my opinions are entirely my own and I have not been paid to publish positive sentiments towards Pull-Ups® products or the Potty books.
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Potty books, a washer & dryer, & a steam cleaner for the rugs. Yeah, there are going to be a lot of accidents.
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Books/Songs, Rewards/Incentives, Washer and Carpet Shampoo’er.
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The essentials are a potty, cheerios, and a portable foldup potty seat
My potty training essential is a sentence that was told to me by an older friend of the family who taught kindergarten for 30 years. She said:
They WILL walk, talk & be potty trained by the time they start school, don’t worrying too much about it.
That’s helped me so much. We’re not potty training a little girl we have welcomed into our home from foster care. She’s been delayed because she hasn’t been in 1 place long enough to get a good system down. So we’re using praise, patience & a Laurie Berkner song on the iPod to reinforce using the potty. When she goes, we give high 5s, and then dance our booties off
Good flushable wipes are another essential!
I tweeted here http://twitter.com/Leighbra/status/17316693928 Thanks!
I would say patience is essential and cleaning supplies for when he doesn’t make it to the toilet.
I do not believe that there are any potty training essentials. When the child is ready the child is ready. I let my boys run around in the back yard without a diaper. When they started seeing what happened when the pee’d something clicked for them and they understood the process. Both were completely potty trained by 18 months.
potty training essentials
potty
pull ups
chocolate chips (reward)
stickers (reward)
lots of water (to drink adn make pee)
Need a treat to bribe but even that was just not working well! LOL
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Potty and something that entices the child – cheerios, books
Stickers to reward them each time they go. Pullups help a lot too. A comfortable potty chair and lots of patience and praise.
My potty training essential is a Pee Chart! It worked amazing with my daughter and it’s helping a ton with my son!
Thanks!
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I don’t have any potty training essentials since I haven’t potty-trained my son yet (in a few more months…) but I’m guessing I’ll be needing lots of training pants and patience!
Pullups are a main tool!
Treats for successful potty visits and books to look at during the deed.
#1. Have patience.
#2. Find some videos & books on potting training.
I tweeted the giveaway.
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funny books,some treats,carpet cleaner&cool underwear!
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potty
stickers
treats
pull ups
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Music during and a reward for after!
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patience is the most important potty training tool also persistance
We are about to start….I stocked up on some Pull-ups awhile back and have a book we’ve been reading. Oh, I hope it goes smoothly!!
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Thanks for the great giveaway…..
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Some potty training essentials are lots of little rewards like stickers, small toys and candy!
My potty training essentials:
potty
pull ups
stickers & chart (my reward system)
patience!
So far so good with potty training, however, I have always kept the portable potty close, in the living room or kitchen….might sound strange but they need to be able to get to it quick and having them see it constantly is a neverending reminder…After all, we empty it right away anyway.
Thank you for the entry,
Nikki
I follow you on twitter and tweeted giveaway, nikkidavis05.
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Thank you again,
Nikki
My potty traing essentials are a pair of big boy/girl undies so that they feel more confident and ready, a great sturdy potty seat and lots of child friendly foam hand wash.
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Some of our potty training essentials were lots and lots of patience. We always highly praised them when they went to the potty and made it a fun experience.
ardy22 at earthlink dot net
Our essentials and books to read and rewards for afterwards
Patience and a sense of humor. thanks for the contest.
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portable foldup potty seat
patience!! lol and a sturdy potty chair!
Patience
Some essentials would have to be favorite books and music (for the long waits!) and candy or other rewards for reinforcing a good job. Thanks!
A kid, Potty seat,,time to deal with training and a big bottle of aspirins
My potty training essentials are a stool for them to climb on the potty and letting them roam free!
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Offering a treat.