I am WAY behind on this post because Harper has been potty trained for a little more than one month now!
I don't really have any stories to tell - good or bad. Harper was so easy to train. We were very fortunate.
Although it took almost a month of us asking her every.single.day if she wanted to pee on the big girl potty - she one day decided that it was finally the day. I strongly think it was because she was flipping through one of my textbooks and saw a toddler sitting on a potty chair, while reading a book. After seeing that picture she decided that she wanted to give it a try. So we sat Harper on the potty with a basket of books and the rest is history!
Harper already had two books about potty training that made noise and did all sorts of fun stuff. I think she needed to see a real person going potty, someone her age, which she saw in my textbook. So my advice is to find a book with real toddlers featured in it, not cartoons.
My other advice is to praise, praise, and praise! We cheered, danced, jumped, and sang for the longest time after Harper went potty. We also gave her a few M&M's. She was so happy and proud of herself after we celebrated her victory; this made her want to please us again. We also used an incentive chart. For every 5 times that she went potty, she earned a trip to the library. Because she caught on so quickly, the chart was filled in two days!
We didn't follow any specific potty training program. We started Harper out in pull-ups during the day and diapers at night. She only had a few accidents during the 1st week. After the 1st week we let her wear underwear during the day and diapers still at night. I think she had two accidents in her underwear. She did amazingly well! We are so proud of her!
We are trying to get rid of the diapers, so she still wears diapers at night, just in case. She wakes up dry 90% of the time. When her diapers are gone, she will wear pull-ups to bed. Harper even wipes herself and flushes the toilet by herself!
Overall, potty training was so easy for Harper (and us). We are very thankful, as we didn't think she would ever decide to give potty training a try. My pediatric textbook says that the average/optimal age for potty training is 27 months, which is how old Harper was...weird!! So don't panic if your child isn't potty trained yet - every child is different. So don't freak out, especially if they're not 27 months yet.
I don't really have any stories to tell - good or bad. Harper was so easy to train. We were very fortunate.
Although it took almost a month of us asking her every.single.day if she wanted to pee on the big girl potty - she one day decided that it was finally the day. I strongly think it was because she was flipping through one of my textbooks and saw a toddler sitting on a potty chair, while reading a book. After seeing that picture she decided that she wanted to give it a try. So we sat Harper on the potty with a basket of books and the rest is history!
Harper already had two books about potty training that made noise and did all sorts of fun stuff. I think she needed to see a real person going potty, someone her age, which she saw in my textbook. So my advice is to find a book with real toddlers featured in it, not cartoons.
My other advice is to praise, praise, and praise! We cheered, danced, jumped, and sang for the longest time after Harper went potty. We also gave her a few M&M's. She was so happy and proud of herself after we celebrated her victory; this made her want to please us again. We also used an incentive chart. For every 5 times that she went potty, she earned a trip to the library. Because she caught on so quickly, the chart was filled in two days!
We didn't follow any specific potty training program. We started Harper out in pull-ups during the day and diapers at night. She only had a few accidents during the 1st week. After the 1st week we let her wear underwear during the day and diapers still at night. I think she had two accidents in her underwear. She did amazingly well! We are so proud of her!
We are trying to get rid of the diapers, so she still wears diapers at night, just in case. She wakes up dry 90% of the time. When her diapers are gone, she will wear pull-ups to bed. Harper even wipes herself and flushes the toilet by herself!
Overall, potty training was so easy for Harper (and us). We are very thankful, as we didn't think she would ever decide to give potty training a try. My pediatric textbook says that the average/optimal age for potty training is 27 months, which is how old Harper was...weird!! So don't panic if your child isn't potty trained yet - every child is different. So don't freak out, especially if they're not 27 months yet.
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