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Reward chart? What about a potty seat? Daniel Tiger potty episode? A potty book?

J is 3 (today!) and I swear it just clicked a couple weeks ago. All of a sudden he just got it and more so wanted to do it "all by myself!" It's so awesome! I never really stressed but I did push for months and honestly I think he was just ready. He gets a pez candy after ever pee and a Hershey kiss after every poo. And I very rarely prompt him to go.

He dosent like the baby potty - he much prefers a kid toilet seat that fits on our toilets. We bring one out with us to friends/family. He wears underwear in the house but still uses pulls up for bed time, outings and when we play outside but he's always dry, I think I'm just scared. Plus I reuse the same one all day so it isn't pricey or anything.

They're all so different, good luck!

My dd likes the potty but is just indifferent to potty training. Today I decided she's going diaper free unless we leave the house. I'm just hoping she'll get sick of peeing on herself...eta, she's almost your daughter's age, and I'm due with #2 in the first half of October.. so we are pretty much in the same boat!

@plantains: My DD was NOT a fan of going bottomless so I got her disney underwear and that got her on board. I think you can get some Minnie underwear from Target as another incentive.

I think going naked at home was really helpful for us.

Also, you need to figure out what kind of reward works well for your child. For my LO, food was not effective. We did a rewards grab bag--I bought a ton of tiny Cars themed favors, and every time he wore underwear (one of our battles) or went on the potty, he got to pick something. Once he was motivated, it worked very quickly.

ETA my LO also got REALLY mad when I tried to force him to go every hour or two hours. At 2.5 he is perfectly capable of holding it for 3+ hours, so don't be surprised if your LO doesn't need to/want to go as often as you might think!

@plantains: yeah, I thought that I needed to take him every 30 min to 1 hour, and he would throw a fit. Finally, I just decided that if he was able to hold it, that was ok--I had to kind of trust that he knew his body. One friend told me her son held it for 12 hours while potty training!

@plantains: We did a combo: Daniel Tiger's potty episode (and religiously singing that song almost every day a few times a day), new undies, reward chart, and her nanny share friend is potty trained. Reward chart didn't work for us, but the undies, DT, and having her friend potty trained did work.

The bottomless thing didn't work for us either, but I know it's worked for a lot of people. Good luck!

Well so far today dd did run and sit on the potty to pee.. In her clothes.

@Me3: This is interesting...thanks! My son turned 3 in April, but we've been potty training for MONTHS. He does not consistently pee on the potty, and has pooped exactly 3 times. I have no idea what the deal is, but we do remind him a lot. He also never asks, and has never gone on his own unless he's naked. But it hasn't really felt like a power-struggle, so I don't know. Maybe I'll try just not talking about it and switch to underwear 100 percent of the time. I tried the 3 day method a few months ago, and he just wore his poop/pee underwear and clothes around like it was no big deal.

@plantains: DS did this too on/off for about a week. Def agree with @hilsy, that it's just takes a lil longer time to get used to going sitting down!