Potty Training a Toddler
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Potty Training a Toddler
There really is some truth in the whole "when they are ready, they're ready." We tried to push it at a little over 2 with my oldest and there was no way. Then when he had just turned 3, we had a weekend where the diapers came off for good and he was more or less trained in a day. Definitely think he wouldn't have done it that quickly before.
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The summer before my son turned 3, I showed him 3 packages of diapers/pullups, and I told him that when these diapers/pullups were gone, that there weren't anymore and he had to wear big boy underwear. By him seeing the diaper stack go down, he realized that he needed to start using the bathroom. He was potty trained within 3 days after the diapers were gone. My daughter was 2 1/2 years old and is very strong willed. If she wasn't ready, she just wasn't ready. The only way that we could get her to go potty on the toilet, was to tell her that if she wanted to go to school when she turned 3, she had to be potty trained, no more diapers. It took her one day!!! She cannot wait for school to start. She turns 3 next month and knows that school starts after summer vacation to Great Wolf Lodge in Ohio. She's so ready! I also heard many comments from my mom and inlaws about the ages of my children when they were potty trained.
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