I've been working on potty training Parker for almost a year now... granted, I haven't been too serious about it for all of that time. I mean, I had a potty, and would ask him every once in awhile if he wanted to go... but past that? Not a whole lot... until about 4 months ago. He was about to move into the preschool classroom at daycare, and many of the kids in that class are potty trained or close to being potty trained. So, I've been trying. We did the whole you-get-a-treat-when-you-try, but that only resulted in him wanting to go pee every 2 minutes (he just wanted the m&m). Then I tried the you-get-a-treat-if-you-actually-go-in-the-potty. That worked for a while... at least more than before. Lately, though, he has been regressing. I was told a few weeks ago that they were going to postpone his swimming lessons (they give them at school!) because every time he got in the pool, he pooped. Not. Good.
So, finally, today I went to the store and got supplies to make him a potty chart.
He seemed pretty excited about it, because a) he got to pick out the stickers and b) he loves stickers and wanted to put them on the chart. This is hanging on the wall between the bathroom and his bedroom.
About an hour later, this is what we have!
TA-DA!!!!
Charts with stickers and little treats like m&m's and gummy bears go a long way toward getting a kid trained well! Good luck!!!
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