Best potty training solution?

First timer here about to get my hands hopefully not so dirty

I used the 3-day method where I kept them both pants-less and underwear-less for the 3 days. It worked for both kids 2 years apart. My son didn’t take well to the pooping aspect as he basically kept himself in pain until running to do so, but everything else took immediately.

It required some supervision, and maybe removing the rugs. Other than that, the craziness was over quickly

Find a character she is into and get their potty book. 3 kids. Worked every time. Like my daughter is really into Elmo. You wanna sit on the potty like Elmo says?? Ya elmo says sit potty. Then she just sits there until the poop comes out. Also that song is pretty cute. I would definitely suggest using the real potty with a smaller seat (or not if your kid is big enough). Moving poop from the little potty to the real potty is not fun.

My advice from having done it 4 times is to not force the issue. We stressed about my first born potty training by certain ages based on what we heard others doing. It was painful and ineffective and we gave up. Then one day he was just ready. It was 2 or three days of minor accidents but no stress on him or us. We have followed the same approach with our other children. Each has been pretty painless and out of the 4 kids I think we’ve had 1 accident in the bed.

Lol we’ve been delaying it forever. Following for tips.

Also done four kids. Agree with everything else on here, but want to add that we never used a smaller ring on the normal toilet. The kids had to learn to keep their balance and aim correct on a normal sized seat.

The main reason we did this was that we didn't want to carry a potty ring with us to other people's houses or restaurants.

Every kid is different. We had to spend months potty training our son and we did it by having him pants-less while home and then transitioning him to cloth underwear. If he wore pull-ups he would just treat them like diapers. He was still in pull-ups/diapers while in pre-school until we had an extended school break and the training finally took hold. I’ve never been so happy to see poop in a toilet bowl in my life!!!!

Get the book Oh Crap Potty Training it’s genius. You start naked for a couple days then commando for as long as you need (2-3 weeks for my son). The book explains that pull ups are confusing for little ones muscle memory of having a tight band around their waist and thighs that they were allowed to potty in from birth and now being told not to.

My best tip is to make sure your kid is somewhat verbal so you can do the books and treats if they help. Also suggest not doing nighttime at the same time unless the kid is already like 3.5. Took my son a full year between daytime training and nighttime.

At what age did you guys start potty training? We did it for me son 2 weeks and he is fully trained know. He is 3 years 2 months old.

iPad - toddler can only play on the iPad while on potty. Worked like a charm.

Umm… your hands are def gonna get dirty. And if you’ve got a boy so will the floor, the wall, maybe the mirror. I truly never imagined I’d have to say the words “don’t forget to tuck your penis”

Joking aside, we had a Thomas the train (our oldest was into that show at the time) training potty that played a song when the bowl got wet. And, we had an M&M reward jar. I think the prescribed mom-approved reward system was like 1 for trying, 2 for No 1, and 3 for No 2.

Although, despite getting in trouble with my wife, my rewards were pretty heavy handed. Successful No 2 was pretty much a handful.