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Underwear and potty training
Filed under: Development/Milestones: Babies
We have been trying to potty train our 2-year-old daughter. I say "try" because, with the exception of one time, we haven't been very successful. But, I'm going to keep hoping.I've seen many suggestions about buying your child some "big girl" underwear to use as a reward. I've tried to hype up the "pretty Dora panties" as much as I possibly can without trying to sound like some freaky Dora pimp. But, here's my question: Should I go out and buy the underwear now to tempt her with, or should I wait until we actually have results?
What worked for you? The promise of a reward, or seeing the reward in person? Or, should I just bite the bullet, put her in her underwear and hope for the best?
(And, please, no "maybe she's just not ready" comments. I've been there, done that and really just need some help right now.)
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ReaderComments (Page 2 of 2)
11-03-2006 @ 7:58AM
ana said...I personally will only donate one day to potty training, and my mom taught me to do it that way. One intense day and you`re done. My sons haven`t even had accidents, but I did wait until they were 3, its way easier then.
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11-02-2006 @ 10:41PM
Kthomas said...For my son, (I know totally different than a girl), when he put the character underwear on, I told him whoever was on it.. say Shrek, would not be happy if he pottied on him. He started running to the bathroom when he felt the need to go so that "Shrek would not be sad". It worked for us.
Then soon after he got it, we switched to just regular underwear, he could care less about anyone being on it now.
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11-02-2006 @ 11:49PM
courtney said...Well my advice-which may be off because I have two boys-is that potty training is a long process with lots of stops and starts. We just threw caution and rugs to the wind and went comando for a few days...oh and we got a cool little potty from target (looks like the bjorn one) I brought the potty into every room we went in and sometimes he made it and sometimes he didn't. I think the biggest thing is being consistant-go with the flow-follow your child's instincts and know that she won't be going to kindergarten with diaper on-only an extra pair of clothes just in case ;) Oh and my oldest son turned 3 the end of august and he is diaper free-even at night! Good luck!
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11-03-2006 @ 5:14PM
Amy said...Bite the bullet and put her in underwear now. Or go bare-assed. My daughter (28 months) will still poop in her underwear, but not if she is bare assed. She is almost fully trained, and we just started last Saturday (but we never wear diapers anymore except at night)
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1-18-2007 @ 11:14AM
Potty Expert! said...I'm sure your potty training escapade is well under way (if not completed), but for all the mothers and fathers out there wondering the same thing, you should buy the underwear right away - it's not an award, it's necessary! Take your child along to help them get even more excited. The underwear is going to have to be worn anyway - in other words, they're going to get them dirty! Good luck to all!
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