Did you give a reward the first time or two to positively encourage it? Or did you just wait til they filled a chart/mastered it?
We started casually training and yesterday I figured what the heck. Threw some underwear on her. She had one pee accident and I got her to the potty in time for a #2 (she was about to go in her undies). I made a huge deal bc she was nervous so I was thinking of taking her to pick a reward today - hoping it'll encourage her to keep trying!
blogger / watermelon / 14218 posts
I have heard that cool underwear is good incentive because you can teach them to not get (blank) dirty... like minnie mouse, or rapunzel, etc! And since it's just underwear you can let them pick whatever... I don't like the kids wearing too many licensed characters but their underwear can be whatever they want!
hostess / wonderful honeydew / 32460 posts
We just cheered like crazy for both kids and it was enough to keep them going!
hostess / watermelon / 14932 posts
@mrs. wagon: She has Doc McStuffins but didn't seem too phased that they got wet! She was more concerned that her legs were wet lol!
GOLD / wonderful apricot / 22646 posts
We gave him a marshmallow once a few weeks ago when he randomly went #2 on his potty. We started formally training a few days ago and he hasn't needed rewards aside from Our clapping and praise! He does like his Mickey and Thimas undies though 
cantaloupe / 6164 posts
She got a few M&M's minis and a sticker for her chart for each pee/poop in the potty. She got a bigger reward when the chart was full. She was plenty excited by the M&M's and stickers though!
pomegranate / 3375 posts
I've never thought of incentives. We are doing a slow, casual approach, and we don't really even celebrate it when she uses the potty. Just a simple, "You peed!" ... "You pooped!". She's also really young (14 months), so I'm not sure rewards would work. -- Thinking about it though, how cute would it be to see your LO get excited about an m&m or sticker? So cute!!
honeydew / 7303 posts
We gave an m&m and frozen stickers each time for the first few days. It worked really well!
pineapple / 12566 posts
We gave M&Ms for about a week! I think it helped because I would let him have 1 every time he tried.
pear / 1699 posts
1 sticker for the chart and 1 chocolate chip for pee and 2 for poo. Once he gets a line on the chart (started with 10, now it's 20) he gets a kinder surprise egg (the ones that are $1). He's 33 months and as happy as we show him it makes us he needs a reward - he's very reward driven.
eggplant / 11824 posts
She gets to put a sticker on the reward chart, which is enough momentary reward, and then when the chart is full, LO gets a magic clip little doll. So far she has earned 2 of them, and definitely wants more! Haha
GOLD / wonderful pea / 17697 posts
Thomas underwear, lots of cheering and singing a special (and silly) potty song, making a big deal about what a big boy he is, and raspberries the first few times.
pomelo / 5866 posts
Sticker on the chart. And once in awhile I gave her m and m to sit and try.
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