Potty Training with ease!
I have been trying in vain for a couple of months to interest my daughter, Zoe, who is 2 years and 4 months old, in using the potty. She just doesn't like it. She fusses more about sitting on the potty than she does about going into time out.
At least she used to.
I have found a solution that, at least for the last few weeks, has worked wonders to change her whole attitude about potty training.
I searched Amazon for a potty training sticker chart, thinking that the stickers might just be what she needs to interest her. What I found instead was something that takes the reward system a step further than just stickers. I purchased this Potty Training Chart for $9.95 (also available for boys here), based mostly on all of the rave reviews.
It's a laminated chart, and comes with a dry erase marker, 192 stickers, and a keepsake certificate.
My daughter earns stickers each time she sits on the potty, and the stickers make a path on the little road to the treasure chest. Once she reaches the treasure chest, she gets a pre-determined prize. We have a box of books that we got for free from Border's last week (as far as I know that coupon code is still working) and we're using the books as her rewards.
She is loving it. We set our own requirements to earn stickers - 1 for trying, 2 for going pee, and 3 for poop. She LOVES picking out the stickers, and watching me put them on the chart to see if she's at the treasure chest yet. If she starts to seem reluctant to sit on the potty, I produce the box of books for a few minutes to look at longingly, and that gets her motivated enough to want to earn stickers again.
After over a year of frustration when I was training my first daughter (who is now 10) to use the potty, it seems too good to be true that it could really be this simple. I wish I knew then what I know now!
At least she used to.
I have found a solution that, at least for the last few weeks, has worked wonders to change her whole attitude about potty training.
I searched Amazon for a potty training sticker chart, thinking that the stickers might just be what she needs to interest her. What I found instead was something that takes the reward system a step further than just stickers. I purchased this Potty Training Chart for $9.95 (also available for boys here), based mostly on all of the rave reviews.
It's a laminated chart, and comes with a dry erase marker, 192 stickers, and a keepsake certificate.
My daughter earns stickers each time she sits on the potty, and the stickers make a path on the little road to the treasure chest. Once she reaches the treasure chest, she gets a pre-determined prize. We have a box of books that we got for free from Border's last week (as far as I know that coupon code is still working) and we're using the books as her rewards.
She is loving it. We set our own requirements to earn stickers - 1 for trying, 2 for going pee, and 3 for poop. She LOVES picking out the stickers, and watching me put them on the chart to see if she's at the treasure chest yet. If she starts to seem reluctant to sit on the potty, I produce the box of books for a few minutes to look at longingly, and that gets her motivated enough to want to earn stickers again.
After over a year of frustration when I was training my first daughter (who is now 10) to use the potty, it seems too good to be true that it could really be this simple. I wish I knew then what I know now!
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