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post #1 of 8
8/25/05 at 1:37am
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I would love to start potty training Brandan who is 2 yrs 2 months but he doesn't talk yet so how do I start the process. He can already stay dry overnight and and for a few hours during the day. He was showing a lot of interest in the toilet but we put a stop to that until we figured out a way to work with him. Would love to finally be out of diapers after 7 straight years.
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post #2 of 8
8/25/05 at 2:49am
There is an awesome book call Toilet training in less than a day. By Azrin and Foxx. You can get it on amazon, maybe ebay. It really is the best thing ever. Bascially by this method, which is lab/ study tested, if your child is capable of following instructions, pulling his pants up and down and stays dry for long periods of time, then they should be ready. The authors successfully trained all children over 20 months but only 60% of those under 20 months.

The general method is: you get a doll that can "wet" (walmart $10) and you help your child teach the dolly how to use the potty. With rewards for a job well done and verbal repremand and 10 repetative practices for having wet pants. Once the child understands the general idea of what the dolly is doing then you start with your child. You spend about 8 hours around the potty. By day 5 they are (our 3 were) trained through the night and everything.

This is an unbelievable short and cut synopsis of the book and method but I am telling you it is amazing.

hope that whatever you do works, good luck
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post #3 of 8
8/25/05 at 9:25am
Good luck...keep us updated.
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post #4 of 8
8/25/05 at 9:27am
I know girls are alot different than boys, but here is what I did with Jen and she was actually completely trained within a couple weeks right after her 2nd birthday. I start by picking up children's books focused on going to the potty and reading those primarily to her and pointing out how good it was to go to the potty. I would take her into the potty with me everytime I went and have her sit on hers as I would go - even if she didn't have to go she liked sitting there with me because we would talk or sing. I was then told by someone I work with to just let her run naked and keep a close eye to catch her. There will be accidents, so be ready for the cleanup - but all in all, kids do not like the feeling of having that on them, and will eventually get the idea to make a run for it when they feel it. Another thing that I think really helped was that I had one potty in the bathroom and another that I would keep in whatever room she was playing in (i.e. the livingroom, her bedroom, etc.) so that it was close and convenient. It was pretty frustrating because she would have one awesome day, then the next act like she had no clue. After a couple weeks, though, she was going to it on her own every time.
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post #5 of 8
8/25/05 at 9:38am
Do you use sign language or signals at all with him? Cody didn't talk until he was 3, so honestly, I didn't even try until then, but we were using sign language for certain things and if I felt he was ready, we could have easily either used the sign for bathroom or made our own.
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post #6 of 8
8/27/05 at 6:33pm
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He only knows two signs and this more and all done. But we are trying to teach him more it is just taking a long time to get him to use the signs. I have some potty training books to read him and maybe I will see if I can find that book. Potty training my girls were so easy and I have no idea how to teach my son so it will sure be interesting.Thank you for all your ideas.
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post #7 of 8
8/27/05 at 10:18pm
good luck! i was thinking of trying the doll method myself, i saw they had an elmo doll at wal mart a while ago
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post #8 of 8
9/8/05 at 11:39pm
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Well I guess he isn't interested yet because he made it pretty clear that he still wants diapers. I borrowed a potty chair that I was told was pretty comfortable for the kids, its the once upon a potty. I asked him if he wanted to use the potty he shook his head no, I asked him if wanted the diaper and he shook his head yes. I tried to sit him on the potty chair and he kept pointing to his diaper. I guess it's my fault for not letting him do it when he wanted to.
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