Celebrity Potty Training Anecdotes

omg thats crazy what they have to do to get their kids to go "potty"

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I don't have kids of my own but I'll never forget the time we were camping and my best friends daughter, who was about 2 1/2, came running up to her uncle with her FULL potty chair and stuck it in his face to show what a good girl she was for going #1 AND #2- needless to say her uncle was extremely hung over and just about barfed all over her. But of course he just smiled and praised her... then he barfed out of view.

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The M&M's worked for my son for daytime but he could have cared less for night time duty. He had surgery on his little "willie" and he couldn't get it wet. So we would wake him up a couple of times a night to take him potty. He got to the point that he hated to be woken up when he didn't have to, that he informed us he didn't have to go the first time but when we woke him the second time he would go. Pretty soon he went by himself turning on all the lights to the bathroom.

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I think people start way too early trying to get their children potty trained. They expect a 1 or 2 yr old to gain control over their bodily functions and their emotions and it does nothing but create stress for both parties. Each child is different and there should never be punishment for accidents..EVER. Telling them a monster will get them or their clothing if they have an accident is child abuse and should be treated as such..no wonder there are so many messed up people in the world.

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Scary little sayings won't cause trauma, I never tried that though. Both my boys were 2 1/2 and they never had any bed wetting accidents. Sometimes they got busy playing and pee'd in their underwear, I did what I was told by a Dr. I believe, explain to them we come to the potty don't pee in our pants, and after a few times they were fine. The poop was something harder, always would hide and I would discover the surprise in the floor, once in the tub. I just kept talking to them and telling them we poop in the potty, finally with asking them if they needed to go constantly and watching them when they would hide it all worked out. If they were hiding and face turning red, I would grab them up and run to the toilet with them, it took a few wks. but they finally got it. Weird how both my boys did the same thing with potty training. Now I would turn the faucet on and get a little cup to pour warm water on their pee pee while they sat on the toilet, then they would usually pee, I would smile and praise them for going pee pee, that helped with getting them to want to go pee.

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doesn't anyone on here realize that hormones and brain development play a huge role in the toilet training process? and every child is different with regards to those hormones and brain development? also, children sleep much more soundly than adults--plenty of research proves their little bodies don't register the urge to use the restroom while sleeping. while many kids do toilet train easily from a young age, accidents are totally normal, and for some children they are normal up to 4 or 5 years old! yes, let's scare the crap out of our kids or scold and reprimand them for something they aren't ready for developmentally and thus can't help. let's make them feel ashamed about themselves and their bodies. it's like making fun of the disabled child for something he/she can't help. with parents like that, no wonder there are so many traumatized kids out there!

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then why are you reading this? maybe we'd all be better off if your parents thought you were a waste of time and money. wait, they probably did and that's why you're such a jerk.

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Everyone uses different approaches for this milestone and everyone has advise...Theres no set rule. My daughter was a breeze,she started following me in the b/r when she 15mo.,when I was on the big potty,she would use her potty.By 18 mo.she was done!! MY son was a little more stubborn.. I tried the reward system and anything else that I thought would encourage him. Finally I ask a friend for advise..She suggested staying at home with him(like no shopping or leaving the house) for a week and every 20-30 mins offer the potty chair. Of course when he made peepee or poop it was a big deal...It only took three days and he was done...I realize that approach might not be pratical for workin moms, but it worked for us.... I dont think intimidation is the best method..MY husband has a friend that couldnt potty train their three year old child and after spanking and takin things away didnt work they deciced to make him wear a PINK pullup in front of all their friends!!! Of course this horrible embarrassing approach didnt work,they decided to make him go out ont he porch and clean himself up after#2 diapers and change his own wetones....Now that worked!!!

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My kids were easy, I lived with my parents d/t my hubby being in the Army and overseas. She ran out of diapers on a winter night and I explained that he was going to wear some big boy pants and he had to use the big potty and he did, he was 3. My daughter would get you diapers and wipes and then poop, but didn't want to use the potty I spent 1 day holding her on the potty and she got it. They never dreamed of peeing in the bed, My granddaughter would follow people to the bathroom at 15 mths and wanted to do what we were doing. As far as bribing or threatening any of them it wasn't done. If you start bribing children you will do it forever.

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My son was almost 3 before he was potty trained. He never showed any interest so I didn't want to push him, but with his 3rd bday coming up I decided to put him in big kid underwear. Everytime he had an accident he would be the one to take his clothes off, put them in the wash, jump in the bath and get new clothes on(same went for his sheets at night). It took less than a week and he was fully potty trained:) Girls potty train a lot faster and my daughter was out of diapers by 18months:)

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I have 3 kids and they All were trained at different ages. My oldest girl was very easy, the first time I put her on the toilet (1 week after her second b-day) she used it and I never put on another diaper again...even at night..so when my second child(boy) was born and potty training time came along I thought it would be easy ...How Wrong I was..lol...I started training at 2 yrs and finished at 3 yrs and my third child (girl) was basically the same as my second.....All kids train different...When they are Ready to use the Potty they will!!! Encouragement Always helps and being consistent but some kids are just stubborn!!!

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When children learn other responsibilities such as cleaning up their toys, following directions, ect. THAT is when they are ready to train.
Letting them go commando and peeing and pooping all over your house is insane and unsafe as well. Watching Daddy pee on the tree or the lawn or in the woods? Give me a break. You cannot pee wherever you want to. Part of potty training to is learning to hold it until you can get to a bathroom.

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I can not believe some of these crazy posts. Parents not having their children potty trained until they are 5 years old! Who is in control here??? My daughters were both trained before they were two years old and there were no special prizes or gifts given. You have to start out being patient, understanding and most of all CONSISTENT---no lazy parenting. If this doesn't work, you have to let them know you mean business --for me the tone of my voice. You back that up with love and praise and you have disciplined kids. I don't have to spank them because I use the "tone" to let them know I mean what I say. When we are out somewhere I always get compliments on my kids. My husband and I were out to dinner with our oldest daughter who was 4 and when it was time for the bill, we were handed a napkin and found out that the gentlemen setting behind us had taken care of our check because we were such a nice family. The napkin said to continue to love and respect each other and was signed "out of towner" It pays to make your kids mind and let them know that you make the decisions.

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My son was potty trained in 1 day. He was 3 years old and went to daycare. He was very adimit about being a big boy and not a baby. So one day I told him only babies use diapers, big boy's wear underwear. So I put him in underwear and told him if he wanted to be a big boy he wouldn't go potty in his underwear but in the toilet. For the first day I asked him every 15 minutes if he had to go. Everytime I asked he went. After that day he went all by himself and I would say 'look at what a BIG BOY you are'! He was very proud. No accidents and he is now 5. (and he never needed pull ups at night).

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it is not mean to tell your child that . my child is almost 7 and she has only wet the bed 2 times since i potty trianed her . her name is aerika may i call her maykat . and i told her that my dryer would want her dirty underware i understand if beleved in monsters but she told me that the fib police would aresst me and we laugh about to this very day

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How many of you actually remember when you were potty trained?? My guess is not so many, and if that is the case, then what is the harm in these antics that some mothers / parents use? I would rather see these parents use what ever will work, (because each child is different), than those that want to go word for word from a book! AND before I get flamed for that, I'm not saying that books are bad, but you have to take what will work for each particular child and modify it!

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Honestly, it sounds to me like there's a lot of well trained parents, not well-trained children! When children are ready and willing, they will let you know. My daughter, now 11, wanted Power Puff Girl panties. I simply said those were for big girls who used the potty. The diapers were gone that afternoon, and she never had night accidents (but she usually woke with a dry diaper by that time). She had just turned 2. My son was 3. He wanted to be in the "bigger" preschool classroom. We told him he couldn't because he had to use the potty by himself before they let him in that room. Again---boom---by the end of the week he was ready. No monsters, no sitting on the potty for hours, no yelling. A happy, healthy child wants to grow up and be a "big kid."

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My daughter was just over 2 and we had been introducing the potty for a few weeks. Meg and I took a road trip with the portable potty and I put her in big girl panties, we stopped often on that 1200 mile trip, in the snow and rain along I-80, but she didn't have an accident and she soon was sleeping through the night in undies also. Of course my daughter is the greatest!!!

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I think everyone does what they think is best, with my daughter is was really easy to train her she was 15 months old but my son was a different story, he would pee and poo his pants, not all the time but every once in while he would, so I got sick of cleaning out dirty underware so when he made a mistake I would have him help me clean himself up wash his underware, bedding ect. and he hated it as much as me, so he started to understand the consequences of doing things he shouldn't be and he now thinks before he does thing, he know that he is responsible for his actions, which is something that alot of kids dont understand now day...

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Oh my goodness! Why do you people want to rag on others tactics they use to train their children? They took the time to do it and I applaud them! Others sharing their stories is precious to me. Attic monsters are accepted as long as it's done with imagination and not trauma. We have Halloween and it's all an imaginary "put on" night of the DEAD! OMG.....do we need to send all our children to therapist because of scaring them with the stories that surround HALLOWEEN? My girls are now grown and I used a lot of scare tactics. But they soon learned better and they turned out very nicely. No mental or emotional issues from either of them. I have 5 grandkids now and they aren't scared of ANYTHING....except Papaw, lol.

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