- Check out fun children's books about Going to the Potty.
- Everyone Poops
- Dinosaur vs the Potty
- Once Upon a Potty for her
- Potty
- Diapers are not Forever
- Check out adult books about Going to the Potty.
- Potty Training for Dummies
- On Becoming Pottywise for Toddlers
- Potty Training Girls/Boys the Easy Way
- Watch DVDs like "Once Upon a Potty for him/her"
- Demonstrate using the Potty
- Some kind of distraction as he or she is on the potty (like books)
- Have the tools ready and handy for them:
- Step Stool for climbing onto the toilet
- A Potty Seat
- Some kind of Reward: Stickers/Candy/Chart
- Toilet Paper
- Develop a System/Schedule for them to constantly go to the potty. Consistency helps!
- Trainers
My Experience:
It has been a month or so since we started Potty Training. In all honesty, this is me being trained as to how to do the training! Went to the library and borrowed about 20 books/dvds about the Potty! A handful of parental books for me to thumb through and learn, and a bunch of children stories about the potty for her!
By far the one lesson I have learned in all this is just not putting pressure on my little one. She is two and half. As a mom fears come up and thoughts tell me that she needs to accomplish this before she is three. Or Else...I am not a good mom! BLOW that thought life away. It will make life stressful for both the child and you. I was stressed and it does no good for a little one in learning. I am making it a priority not to force her, but to keep it a positive moving forward experience. It is Hard not to feel pressure as a mom...so...making it a positive experience is a good challenge for us right?
Watching and Reading Potty books has greatly helped. I feel like things are clicking here and there in her brain. I am so excited and thrilled with her every time she tries to use the potty! :)
Little by little we are getting there. I am thrilled to be her Coach, Encourager, and Teacher in all of this. I cannot believe she is growing up right before my eyes. I am so proud of her. In all of the potty training experience I love it when her face lights up when I praise her for using the potty. She is all rapture when she sees that her little tinkle has gotten my approval.
Picture: So...this picture was one I got when she was "potty" training Penguin and Bear! She usually sits on the potty while I read her books to pass the time away. I love being a mom when these moments happen.
It has been a month or so since we started Potty Training. In all honesty, this is me being trained as to how to do the training! Went to the library and borrowed about 20 books/dvds about the Potty! A handful of parental books for me to thumb through and learn, and a bunch of children stories about the potty for her!
By far the one lesson I have learned in all this is just not putting pressure on my little one. She is two and half. As a mom fears come up and thoughts tell me that she needs to accomplish this before she is three. Or Else...I am not a good mom! BLOW that thought life away. It will make life stressful for both the child and you. I was stressed and it does no good for a little one in learning. I am making it a priority not to force her, but to keep it a positive moving forward experience. It is Hard not to feel pressure as a mom...so...making it a positive experience is a good challenge for us right?
Watching and Reading Potty books has greatly helped. I feel like things are clicking here and there in her brain. I am so excited and thrilled with her every time she tries to use the potty! :)
Little by little we are getting there. I am thrilled to be her Coach, Encourager, and Teacher in all of this. I cannot believe she is growing up right before my eyes. I am so proud of her. In all of the potty training experience I love it when her face lights up when I praise her for using the potty. She is all rapture when she sees that her little tinkle has gotten my approval.
Picture: So...this picture was one I got when she was "potty" training Penguin and Bear! She usually sits on the potty while I read her books to pass the time away. I love being a mom when these moments happen.
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