When Sarah was two and half, she refused to use the bathroom on the potty. I tried every trick that I could come up with, but without success. Finally, one day I was in Walmart and saw a book by Teri Crane entitled "Potty Train Your Child in Just One Day."
I thought it sounded crazily impossible. But by this point, I was desperate, and splurged on the book. Well, I am now a believer! It worked for Sarah. By the end of the day, she was basically potty trained. It took about 3-4 more days to complete the process, but it was done.
So, on Friday, it'll be time for Kevin's potty party. Here's the basic idea:
The house gets decorated with balloons, streamers, etc. In the morning, the child teaches a doll how to go on the potty. The doll has some success, some "accidents." (I will wet the doll's diapers with a sponge when Kevin's not looking. Also, I have chocolate pudding for bad accidents!) The baby doll gets lots of treats for his efforts. Finally, at lunch time, the baby doll gets a potty thrown for him, since he's now a big boy and doesn't need diapers! There are noisemakers, toys for the doll, the whole nine yards.
After lunch, you explain to the child that now it'll be their turn. If they also learn how to use the potty, they will get a party, too. You put the child in underwear, not diapers. Then you start giving the kid tons of fun things to drink. I have silly straws, caprisuns, koolaid, Dr Pepper, juice, water, you name it. You throw caution to the wind on potty party days when it comes to junk food. The drinks give the kids lots of opportunities to use the bathroom. If the child's underwear is dry, you make a huge deal out of it, using stickers on charts, treats, etc. I will decorate a muffin tin and place a variety of small treats in each hole for him to chose from, such as M n Ms, chocolate chips, little crackers, etc. Then, if the child goes in the potty, you scream, holler, dance around the room, act as if it's the greatest thing since sliced bread.
After all is said and done, you have a potty party. Sarah and her dad
will come back home for this aspect of things. I have presents (for both kids), a cake mix, we can play games, etc. As part of the party, Kevin will throw his pull-ups in the trash. (I will still use something similar, however, for night time for a while.) We will go out to eat at Chucky Cheese afterwards to continue the celebration.
This worked for Sarah. She was refusing to go at all. But during the potty party day, she went on the potty 7 times and then went to Chucky Cheese in underwear! Kevin already goes on the potty several times a day. However, he absolutely will not have a bowel movement in the potty. I'm hoping that this party will encourage that. I'm going to try to focus on that a little more, since he already can urinate in the potty.
It's a crazy way of doing it, but it does work! At least, we're hoping it does!
http://www.tericrane.com/about_book.shtml
This worked for Sarah. She was refusing to go at all. But during the potty party day, she went on the potty 7 times and then went to Chucky Cheese in underwear! Kevin already goes on the potty several times a day. However, he absolutely will not have a bowel movement in the potty. I'm hoping that this party will encourage that. I'm going to try to focus on that a little more, since he already can urinate in the potty.
It's a crazy way of doing it, but it does work! At least, we're hoping it does!
http://www.tericrane.com/about_book.shtml
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