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The Chirping Moms

Ways to Make Potty Training Fun {& This Week’s Giveaway}

July 22, 2014

As Moms, we are expected to take on many roles, perform many tasks, and teach our growing children so many things each day. One thing I’ve accepted, is that there will be some “mom tasks” I am good at, some I am great at, and then some that i’m pretty awful at, but still have to do. If there’s one thing that I certainly do NOT do well, it’s potty training. I’ve attempted potty training 5 times…. and I only have 2 children. Yes, that’s right, it never worked the first time around for either of my girls. I read websites and books, asked for tips from everyone, etc. I’d say it’s that my kids are “tough to train”, but my girls are so very different in personality, that I am quite sure it’s my poor potty training skills that are at fault here. So, if you try the “3 day boot camp” and the results are not so hot, here’s my advice (if you even want advice from a “not so hot trainer”): relax, know that eventually it will happen, and try to make it fun. 

My most recent trainee needs to be potty trained by the 1st day of school, which also happens to be her 3rd birthday. My first trainee wasn’t potty trained until quite some time after her 3rd birthday, so I was getting a little nervous. I was stressed, and knew that wasn’t going to help matters at all. So we got the 5 items pictured above and started making the potty seem “fun”. 

1. Books: Our favorite is Princess of the Potty

2. Corolle Drink and Wet Bath Baby Doll: This doll comes with a little potty and a bottle. You can fill the bottle and watch the baby go on the little doll potty. This was very entertaining for my kids. 

3. Let’s Potty board game: Even though we are done with potty training, we still play this game almost daily. My kids think it’s fun and the fact that Mom seems to always draw the “Super Pooper” card, makes them laugh hysterically. This game is as simple as Candy Land (actually very similar to it). Kids get to move ahead in the game for selecting cards that relate to potty training milestones. The Let’s Potty game certainly made our potty training a lot more fun and involved the whole family. 

  4. Get fun stickers to hand out when they “go” on the potty

5. Gold BABYBJÖRN Smart Potty

She was still not interested in actually “going” on the potty UNTIL I announced that a special delivery came in the mail from the royal castle: it was a golden princess potty, that the queen lent out for little princesses ready to give up their diapers. Well, it worked. After trying most other techniques,  all it took was a golden potty. A few days later, no tears and no accidents, we are a diaper free home (for a whole 3 months, until the baby arrives!)

The gold Smart Potty is a limited edition potty from BABYBJÖRN.  You can’t order it online, but one lucky winner will receive one. Along with sending us a golden potty, BABYBJÖRN was kind enough to offer some real potty training tips, since I am far from qualified to provide any (besides the fun ones).

These tips come from Dr. Robyn Strosaker, a pediatrician at Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital:

Potty Training Tips
When?
  • Most children can be ready to start potty training between 18-24 months. Children will train easier before 24 months; some can become willful after that point.
  • Both the family and the child need to be ready. Review the signs of readiness and make a plan with your significant other.
  • If your child is having trouble, stop for 2-4 weeks and then try to restart.
  • Find a time when you can be around during the week to start potty training. Summer vacations or holidays are the best times.
How?
  • Sticker charts are great. If your child earns a certain number of stickers, they can earn a non-food reward.
  • If your child still wants to go in their diaper, take them out of it. If they are wearing underwear, they will feel uncomfortable when they are wet. If you are concerned about the mess, you can put the underpants on under the diaper. For those kids who don’t like wearing underpants, encourage them to wear them for a short time and offer rewards when they keep them clean and dry.
    • As a side note, there is nothing developmentally different between pull-ups and a diaper. Training will go quicker with underpants.
Where?
  • If your child has a certain area of the house he/she prefers to go potty in, it might be a good idea to get a portable potty and let him/her try that.
  • Put the portable potty in a room where the child typically plays to help them get used to the idea.
Other Considerations
  • Most kids aren’t ready to be dry at night until they start waking up dry from naps and some mornings.
  • To help keep them dry at night, stop liquids 2-3 hours after dinner, depending on your child’s bedtime.
  • When traveling: take a portable potty or potty seat with you, but you may need pull-ups for long car trips or plane rides.

We’ve teamed up with BABYBJÖRN for this weeks giveaway and they’ll be  sending this “royal seat” to winner! You can enter using the Rafflecopter below. Good luck fellow potty trainers! 

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Comments

  1. Maggie says

    July 22, 2014 at 4:37 am

    Would like my sister to have it when her little one comes, mine are all well trained 🙂

    Reply
  2. Wendy Jabkowski says

    July 22, 2014 at 5:48 am

    I'd like to win this for my son!

    Reply
  3. Bridget Heiple Reich says

    July 22, 2014 at 11:46 am

    I think you just need to be patient and wait until the child is ready. My daughter (who is now 7) was pretty easy to potty train. My son is almost 3 and he does not want to sit on the potty, so that is my frustration right now!!

    Reply
  4. Bridget Heiple Reich says

    July 22, 2014 at 11:46 am

    If I win, this would be for my son!

    Reply
  5. Ann Cochran says

    July 22, 2014 at 12:27 pm

    I would LOVE to win this for my daughter! Anything to make the process of potty training go smoothly 🙂

    Reply
  6. Anonymous says

    July 22, 2014 at 1:54 pm

    my son would have been easier to train if I had been ready 🙂 I was pregnant with my second child and just assumed it would be soooo hard to get him to use the potty but once I started it just took consistency and patience. now onto my daughter….

    Reply
  7. Liberty Thompson says

    July 22, 2014 at 2:54 pm

    I would love to win this fancy potty for my sweet niece who is about to turn 1! I have tried potty training with a little boy I babysat and just getting him to sit for long enough to go was always a challenge.

    Reply
  8. Breenah A says

    July 22, 2014 at 3:09 pm

    My daughter just went on the potty for the first time yesterday and our biggest issue has been her not wanting to give up diapers. She would wear her big girl undies and sit on the potty, but when it was time to actually go she'd ask for a diaper again. Crazy kid. If I won, I'd probably give it to my sister. She's pregnant right now and wouldn't need it for a while, but she will need it!

    Reply
  9. AndreaC says

    July 22, 2014 at 4:03 pm

    Take a portable potty with you in the car!

    Reply
  10. AndreaC says

    July 22, 2014 at 4:03 pm

    I'd like to win one for my daughter to use!

    Reply
  11. Anna Julien says

    July 22, 2014 at 4:36 pm

    Great tips! My daughter is a bit young, but all the information you provided is very useful for when she is! 🙂

    Reply
  12. Jeanna Johnson says

    July 22, 2014 at 5:53 pm

    I'd love to win this for my niece!

    Reply
  13. Lisa Dorsett says

    July 23, 2014 at 3:28 am

    I would like it for my son. I am starting to potty train…still going….lol,,,

    Reply
  14. Lisa Dorsett says

    July 23, 2014 at 3:31 am

    My 3 year old will go on the potty..but then, nothing. I do this ever so often. The challenge is that he knows he needs to use the potty, will use it (do nothing) and then after he has the new pull-up on, he does it in the pull-up.

    Reply
  15. Zana Zen says

    July 26, 2014 at 6:39 am

    ehh we are not yet at this stage 😛 so I do not now yet how potty train will be

    Reply
  16. Zana Zen says

    July 26, 2014 at 6:40 am

    but I will love it for my son whne he will be on potty train

    Reply
  17. Anne N. says

    July 28, 2014 at 11:30 pm

    You need to stay home for 3 days and so they or you can run them to the potty to help train their brain to hold it go in the potty. My daughter would love this as her princess potty of gold!

    Reply
  18. amanda whitley says

    July 29, 2014 at 1:18 am

    i would love to win this for my son.

    Reply
  19. amanda whitley says

    July 29, 2014 at 1:18 am

    my tip is to be persistent and dont give up!

    Reply

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