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| My sister-in-law also used candy for potty training her 3 yr old. She started training right before she was two and went consistently for a whole year. I started my daughter about 9 mo ago, at 27 months old, and tried to wean her off of the candy and try doing stickers instead at around 6 months in to the training- it backfired on me. We were pretty trained and suddenly she had two poops and about three pee accidents. I would be wary of trying to quit too soon. I think now my sister-in-law doesn't have to give her daughter treats each time. I will check and see. One thing to do, is not to give candy any other time. You could also cut back on juice or other sugar foods, until you get in the clear and well trained. Hope this helps. And it definately is easier for the second one. My son who is only 22 months is already starting to want to wear pull-ups and he's going pee in the potty at least three - four times a day. Yeah! |
| posted by Jennifer on 06/19/2008 04:01 PM
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I have been doing the same thing with my son who is also 27mths. I didn't realize they did that on the show (which I love)
I just did it cos I used it with the special needs kids I used to teach. At first he got 1 m&m if he sat on the potty and I also use 1 for pee pee and 2 for poo poo. He was doing great but for some reason no longer wants to sit on the potty. Anyone have any ideas that will help? |
| posted by Rae on 06/19/2008 06:51 PM
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| My duaghter is also 27 months and has been sitting on the potty for a long time now. She was always just playing, so I switched her to the big potty with her Dora seat cover, and the other day she was making a face like she was about to go poop, so I asked her if she wanted to go poop on Dora seat and she went in and yes she POOPED, I was so excited, and clapped and made a big deal and gave her 3 m&m's. But the next day I didn't catch he rmaking a face and she pooped in her pull up. SO how do I get her to do it everyday in the potty |
| posted by charise on 06/20/2008 09:05 AM
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| Well my daughter doesn't always tell me when she has to go so I kind of have this system where I ask her every hour, unless I know she drank alot of liquids then I ask her more often. If she tells me know and she hasn't gone in a while I take her there myself. I tell her if she goes on the potty like a big girl she can flush the toilet herself(which she loves because it makes her feel so grown up). If that doesn't work I tell her she can take a toy in on the potty with her when she goes. Sometimes that makes her want to go. She is peeing on the potty very well now but she's only pooped twice on it. I try to put her on after meals when she is more likely to poop. I also try to keep an eye on her and if I see her poopy signs(red face, quiet, standing in one spot) I quick grab her and make a dash for the bathroom. So I hope this help a little for you. So far she is doing wonderful. I was afraid to try sooner because I have an 8 week old daughter too so it's so hard to focus the attention on potty training when I constantly have a baby with me. She's had a few accidents in her underwear but she feels incredibly guilty about them and cries because she thinks she ruined her pretty underwear. That's another thing you can try. Let her pick out her own big girl undies. If she really loves them she's less inclined to ruin them! |
| posted by Heather on 06/20/2008 10:15 AM
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I saw that episode as well, and thought to myself that the bribing was a good idea, but the candy was not. How about a sticker chart? :)
My son's 22 months and I'm not going there yet...ha! :) |
| posted by on 06/20/2008 10:55 AM
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| Yes I am also tossing all these these in the air and I decided I will start trying a sticker chart that she can put the stickers on... it is really hard to have the consistency thing when I leave every day with her in the afternoon for my babysitting job... so wish me luck ladies I will need it!! |
| posted by Samantha on 06/20/2008 02:04 PM
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I haven't gotten to this stage with my daughter yet, but my sister used the sticker chart method with her daughter and it worked great! Once she filled up the chart, she got to go to the store and pick out a toy. Soon enough she was just going and not thinking about a reward.
Good luck! I am very nervous about this stage. |
| posted by Christen on 06/22/2008 09:48 PM
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| Try replacing the M&M's with a Fruit Gummy...that might work, and it sure is better for her :) My son LOVES them, so that's what I'm planning to do with him during potty training time :) |
| posted by meagen on 06/25/2008 03:19 PM
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my daughter is 27 1/2 months and she is finally potty trained. on a rare occasion an accident. I did do the MM's but she no longer gets any. I only actually gave them to her for maybe three weeks. What I did was make a huge deal each time she went and if she told me she had to go poop and went I made an even bigger deal and gave her a few MM's... I gradually started not to give them to her and just made the big horray, big deal for her.. If she asked I gave her one but if she did not ask I did not give her the MM's anymore.. So I guess what I am saying if she does not ask do not give it to her when she goes. I found that if she went and I started making a huge deal for her... she kinda forgot to ask.. we even called daddy a few times to make the BIG DEAL out of it.. Now we go out in public and no pull ups so I am pretty excited. I only put a pull up on her at night and she usually wakes up dry unless she sleeps in really late..
good luck!!
Michelle |
| posted by michelle on 06/25/2008 06:55 PM
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| I don't know if it would be too late to try this but have you tried biting them into pieces before giving them to her? I did that with my daughter and she would get a quarter or half and m&m each time. The only problem was I would eat the remainder of it each time! |
| posted by Jen on 06/27/2008 01:39 PM
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| My friend used that system with her son and after a few weeks it just turned into a habit (going to the potty) he quit asking for them, I think she gives them to him everyone once in a while for a treat so he's not totally m&mless. Maybe he got tired of m&m's I don't know but he didn't ask for them after a few weeks. |
| posted by amy on 06/27/2008 02:52 PM
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| We used the gerber graduates fruit puffs instead of candy, but we called it candy. That worked really well. My daughters started to forget to ask for the candy so I wouldn't give it to them unless they asked after the initial training period. |
| posted by Dawn on 07/07/2008 08:52 AM
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| I have been in the process of potty training my almost 20 month old for the past month. The only reward we have used is clapping and praise. Its working great. She goes to the potty on her own, usually without prompting, and she gets so excited when she uses the potty. This may be kinda strange, but I haven't been using pull-ups or panties during the day, and that seems to make it easier for her to use the potty, but it also removes from her the ablitiy to use the pull-ups like a diaper. |
| posted by Keshia on 07/10/2008 11:49 AM
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