OT- Anyone use the book "Toilet Training in less than a day"?

[emmababy]

We started potty training my daughter. Using stickers,underwear, m&m's, etc... Things have been going well. No poopy's in the toilet yet.

I found this book and was wondering if anyone has had success with it. It would be great if it worked. Before I went and bought everything it asks for, I just wanted to hear some feedback.

Also, if anyone has any help on getting dd 2.5 to go poop on the toilet, it would be greatly appreciated!

 

[tkme4ard]

no but if you try it let me know how it goes LOL my 2 yo is ready IMO but we're waiting till we get back from our trip. The auto flushers scare her for one, but also I think diapers are easier then cleaning up accidents or having to find a bathing RIGHT NOW LOL

 

[tkme4ard]

as far as pooping in the potty goes it just takes time, she'll get it that its yucky to have to clean up the mess. You can take her to the store and let her pick out a toy and tell her if she poops on the potty 5 times she gets that toy. And then fill in her sticker chart with 5 blocks with a picture of the toy at the end?

 

[Hillbeans]

Well, i'm skeptical about being able to do anything "in one day" and my son who is 3 years, 3 months old just started pooping on the potty a few months ago. We are about 85% potty-trained during the day and still use pull-ups at night.

For us, it's just taken that long for him to feel comfortable to do it. I don't want to make him uncomfortable and pushing him to do it sooner and getting upset about it got me nowhere

 

[puffkin]

Ok, I am putting my flame suit on........

My DS trained fairly early. Shortly after his second birthday, he started doing the "go hide and squat in a corner" pooping thing....usually right after we got home from work/daycare. So, everytime he did it I would grab him and take him to the potty (regular toilet with a BabyBjorn toilet ring on) and sit him there. I would NOT let him get up no matter how much he cried. I tried to stay very calm and encouraging, talking to him in a soothing, mellow voice. Everytime he tried to get up I made him sit back down, even though he was crying and screaming. I told him all about how good it would be if the poopies came into the toilet and how we could flush them away and then get a treat (m&m's) and call grandmom and tell her all about it etc. Eventually he did it on the potty and I made a HUGE deal about it and how great it was, etc. Took about 30-40 minutes the first time. Day 2 took about 20 minutes, Day 3 10 minutes etc.

After that if I caught him giving the "signs" I would throw him on the potty and he would go fairly quickly. Within about 2 months he started telling me and hasn't had a pooping accident since this summer. He was also pee trained at home from about this time but not in public. Around 2 1/2 he decided he wasn't going to go in the diapers/pull ups anymore either and he has been accident free since October except for the occasional wetting at nap time/overnight. But no accidents while he is awake.

I know many will not agree with "forcing" them on the toilet, but he was giving all the signs. It just seemed stupid to not "teach" him that the acceptable place to do it was in the potty. I am a big fan of not letting the child have "control" over the adults and I think a lot of potty training issues are control issues. I just don't get how they are supposed to learn acceptable behaviour if we don't teach it

 

[tzolkin]

My DS just potty trained two weeks ago. He still has some issues with pooping. He just thinks it's very gross and gets very upset when he does it in the potty. (Which is strange because he didn't mind being in a poopy diaper at all.) He goes on the potty, but as soon as it comes out he tenses up (I don't think he's completely done sometimes) and starts crying that it's so yucky like he did something wrong. We've been encouraging him and telling him he's a good boy when he does go on the potty. Hopefully he won't be so upset soon. Also, the past few days he keeps saying he has to poop and sits on the potty several times for just a few seconds before he will eventually go.

My middle DD had some issues with pooping as well. She trained very easily, but would always go hide to poop. I quickly realized that she needed privacy. So she would tell me that she had to go and I would leave until she called me back in. She's still very sensitive about it. (She's 4) She never closes the bathroom door, but if she has to poop and you walk near the bathroom she'll shout "I need my privacy, please. I'm pooping." She has no problem with me wiping her butt though, so I guess she doesn't need that much privacy.

 

[PrincessMom4]

A tip for anyone with a toileting (either about to start, ahve started or are trained) take the yellow post-it notes and put it over the automatic sensor that way when child is done you can have him/her pull the sticky off or you do it for them so they don't get scared.

 

[puffkin]

My middle DD had some issues with pooping as well. She trained very easily, but would always go hide to poop. I quickly realized that she needed privacy. So she would tell me that she had to go and I would leave until she called me back in. She's still very sensitive about it. (She's 4) She never closes the bathroom door, but if she has to poop and you walk near the bathroom she'll shout "I need my privacy, please. I'm pooping." She has no problem with me wiping her butt though, so I guess she doesn't need that much privacy.

My DS also needs privacy, so weird that a 2 year old even understands that concept. He will yell "go away, I'm pooping" if we come in the bathroom or walk by. So I just stand outside and off to the side until he is done.....

 

[Leleluvsdis]

ERRRR... I just have to rant for a few!!!

My Sis-in-law is basically refusing to potty train my newphew!!!He is a little over 2 1/2. He has BEEN ready to train IMHO!!! He will pee in his diaper then go get a diaper and wipes from where ever they are and bring them to you and say "change dipa peas" AHHHH then to top it off... he makes sure his diaper is clean them goes backs up in a corner and squats like he's on the toilet. you can say " Cole whatcha doin?" and his immediate responce is " I poop" AHHHHHHH It absolutly drives me INSANE!!!! I gotten several potty books for him as kind of a hint hint, but her responce is always " Well I probubly need to start trying him, but it's going to be alot with a baby and a potty trainer?" AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!! Yes, she is having a baby in May, but I personally would think having 2 in diapers would be much more difficult than 1 diaper and 1 potty trainer if nothing else for cost and everything you have to take everywhere. With 2 in diapers, that's 2 different sizes of diapers?
I'm sorry all, I am just to sooooo agrevated. She has bought 3 or 4 potty's saying "I ask him to sit on the potty and he says no, and I don't want to make him so he pushes away more" Well obviously if you don't make a 2 1/2 year old sit down he's not gunna!!! OOOOHHHHHHHH MMMMMMYYYYYYY!!!!!! I know everyone says you should say your kids aren't going to be like this, but seriously, this isn't the kid!!!!

OK sorry... rant over. I appologize if I have offended anyone, but this seriously agrevates me. The best part is he's in a size 6 diaper, and can only wear pampers size 6, the other brands are to small, and these are getting tight on him. So i guess next is pull-ups, from what I've seen with my little cousins, they are not meant to be used as diapers as they seem to leak.

So I guess what I'm getting at is, if anyone has any suggestions on others was of encouraging, it would be greatly appreciated!!!

 

[GeorgiaPeach8]

I'm so glad you posted this. I actually haven't posted for awhile. I've been overwhelmed at work. I just started training my twin DS-2.7! We tried the potty in one day method. Well, we didn't have "one day" success but I think it is going pretty well. We are one week and 4 days in--both boys are going to pee regularly in the potty. We have moved from me asking/reminding to them coming to me and saying they need to go. We have had some accident free days.

Here is why I'm glad you posted...I was actually going to post asking how long it takes kids to poop on potty after they are comfortable with pee. I have had NO luck in the poop department. Neither boy has pooped in potty yet.

I have no experience with this--first I did train DD at about the same age but girl was different. Second, I didn't go cold turkey with DD. I used pull-ups and worked on potty more gradually with DD. Training took about 2 to 3 months.

 

[labdogs42]

So I guess what I'm getting at is, if anyone has any suggestions on others was of encouraging, it would be greatly appreciated!!!

Hmmm....not your kid, not your problem. If she wants to let him wear diapers, that is her call.

I still don't know the secret to potty training success. I thought we were all done with potty training with my DS and then he started having some poop accidents again this week. Maybe it was all the holiday stress or something. Hopefully we'll get him back on track again soon!

 

[mjkacmom]

Two of mine pee and poop trained at the same time, another took 3 extra months, the other 6 extra months, but it was no big deal, because they would ask for a diaper, and never go in their pants.

I've found that 2 1/2 is a GREAT time - not too early, not too late. Nakey butt, potty in the room, Once Upon a Potty DVD, and you're good to go - the 3 that I used this method were done in under a week, 100%.

To the above poster whose nephew won't sit on the potty, get the DVD - My dd was 4 when I was training my twins, and even she wanted to sit on a potty - heck, I wanted to sit on a potty! BTW, with nakey butt, you never tell them to sit on the potty - it's all about them discovering what it feels like to have to pee, and for some reason, while they'll pee in underwear, they don't like peeing on the floor.

 

[Karlzmom]

A tip for anyone with a toileting (either about to start, ahve started or are trained) take the yellow post-it notes and put it over the automatic sensor that way when child is done you can have him/her pull the sticky off or you do it for them so they don't get scared.

Great tip, Princess! thanks

 

[NiftyJ88]

Sorry I can't be helpful. My daughter was a dream to potty train. She started peeing on the potty on her own at about 12 months. By 15 months, she refused to poop in her diaper and by 18 months, she was in big girl panties.
She was willing to go most of the time. About every hour or so, we would put her on the potty and she usually peed right away.
I lucked out. She is now almost 3 (in March) and wears a pull up only at night and that's only because some nights she sleeps with us and after having one or two accidents at night in our bed, we went back to pull-ups. Usually once a month she has an accident overnight.
Good luck with the potty training!

 

[mom2princessj]

Well I wish either of mine would have trained in one day alas it never happened that way! Potty training can be frustrating.
I started too early with both kids and I have to say that both kids decided when they ready and did it at their own pace. I tried 'forcing' them to go and really it just created more headaches for them and me.
My dd was trained at 2y 8m ds is day trained and has been for about 8 mos now but he has yet to have more than a few nights dry. That has been very frustrating!
As for pooping in the potty...that can be tough. I had a much harder time with dd than ds. He caught on pretty quickly but dd took several months.
I'll be so glad when ds can stay dry overnight...I'm so over pullups/diapers. He's a very heavy sleeper and I just think he doesn't realize he's going and doesn't wake up. I'm going to talk with my ped about advice as to how to handle this. I often wonder if I just put him in underwear would he wake up or stay dry???

 

[WDWFAN9]

Yes, years ago! My oldest DS was literally trained in two days at the age of 23 months. I didn't use every suggestion in the book (like the doll that pees) but the check list for physical and verbal readiness was great. We had talked for a few weeks about how Daddy got to wear big boy pants because he put his pee in the potty, and I would make comments that someday DS would be able to wear big boy pants too. When training day arrived we literally did nothing but that.....I put DS in training pants (remember this was nearly 30 years ago) and asked him if he was dry - which of course he was. We called daddy at work and both of his grammas so he could proudly announce that he was dry. Every 5 minutes or so I would ask him if he was dry and then reward him with gold fish crackers and juice. After a while I put him on the potty and eventually he went. Oh boy, talk about a celebration! Called everyone we could think of so DS could boast that he put his pee in the potty. From that day forward he only wore diapers at night. He never had an accident. The next three weren't quite as quick, and the training age got older with each since it became more difficult to find time to devote exclusively to training, but really, there were very few accidents. If only the rest of parenthood had turned out as easy as potty training!

 

[emmababy]

Two of mine pee and poop trained at the same time, another took 3 extra months, the other 6 extra months, but it was no big deal, because they would ask for a diaper, and never go in their pants.

I've found that 2 1/2 is a GREAT time - not too early, not too late. Nakey butt, potty in the room, Once Upon a Potty DVD, and you're good to go - the 3 that I used this method were done in under a week, 100%.

To the above poster whose nephew won't sit on the potty, get the DVD - My dd was 4 when I was training my twins, and even she wanted to sit on a potty - heck, I wanted to sit on a potty! BTW, with nakey butt, you never tell them to sit on the potty - it's all about them discovering what it feels like to have to pee, and for some reason, while they'll pee in underwear, they don't like peeing on the floor.

Where did you get the dvd, do I have to get it online or is there a store that has it?

 

[Leleluvsdis]

Hmmm....not your kid, not your problem. If she wants to let him wear diapers, that is her call.

I still don't know the secret to potty training success. I thought we were all done with potty training with my DS and then he started having some poop accidents again this week. Maybe it was all the holiday stress or something. Hopefully we'll get him back on track again soon!

Yes I realize it's not my immediate problem, but it does effect me. I keep him quite regularly, and sometimes it seems like his poop is as much as mine (rather disgusting I know). So yes it is my problem. I will sit him on the potty when he back up into a corner, but that's not going to train him, when it's only 2 or 3 time a week it happens.

 

[juligrl]

My DS also needs privacy, so weird that a 2 year old even understands that concept. He will yell "go away, I'm pooping" if we come in the bathroom or walk by. So I just stand outside and off to the side until he is done.....

My 2 year old DD is like that too. She says "Coe (close) the door," as she shoos you out of the bathroom. It really is kind of cute.