Potty Training Tricks

Our little granddaughter is in the process right now of being trained. She goes to preschool and they do the marshmallow method. When a child pees in the potty chair, they give that child 3 little marshmallows. It's working well at home also. Our kids were trained by the time they were between 2 and 2 1/2. I can recall sitting in the bathroom with them reading books. It was a long process for me but worked!

I can say that you have a wonderful idea, the visual key for children is very important and will quickly take into effect. Whatever path you chose to take, remember; Stick with it! If you decide to go with the prize, you have to follow thru or future training. When you train to use the potty, also train to learn to wipe. You will thank me later!

My eldest I put on the potty at same times, worked great before she was 2 years old she was trained. For a short time I gave her 5 cents for each time she did something on the potty. Number 2 and 3 (also girls) were very fast as well. My son I never really trained on a potty, I tried but it did not work. so it took very long and perhaps that also is a part of the reason he did not care? Or perhaps it's because boy mostly care less (same in the animal world and with men). My youngest daughter I also did not really potty train, she was a bit older and I put her on the toilet instead of a potty. She was very quickly trained too day and night just like her 3 older sisters.

This is my situation these days. I am busy potty training my 2 year old. I am having tough time with her. Reading other posts here I think I got late in training her... At least I have got now new ideas for her...Normally I show her potty training videos on my cell or engage her with one or the other thing...trust me its not so easy!!

I have 2 children. My oldest is potty trained and he is a boy. Everyone always says its waste to train a girl then a boy. I beg the differ lol. All I had to do for my son was tell him to go pee on a bush or a tree and that was it he was trained from that time on. My little girl on the other hand she is kinda trained but not really. She will go for everyone else but me. She even goes to the bath room at school and at day care. The one thing that I have found that my little girl likes that I learned from my nana is the tinkle fairies. She thinks that it is just the neatest thing to sit on the potty and be very very quiet. With you being quiet when you pee pee in the potty you can hear the tinkle faries or the potty fairies. She loves to sit there and I take her with me to the bath room and we do the. Wry same thing sit there very quietly and listen to the tinkle faries talk when mommy pee pees. I like your sticker idea. I just might have to try that cause my kids love to go to the store every weekend and buy a new toy. Thanks for you great idea. How many stickers are you thinking about making her have before you buy herbs toy?