Potty Training in 3 Days?????

I had my son potty trained in three days and i didnt order anyting off the internet. all we did was make him a sticker potty chart and everytime he went to the potty we gave him a sticker. every third sticker he got a small prize and he knew when he got the whole chart filled up he could have a swing set. He did wonderful with very few accidents. good luck i hope this helps my son did very will with it

Hi D.,
My friend did the "potty training in three days" method. She has a 3 year old girl. The method she tried came with a doll called Potty Patty. It did work for her. You have to devote the whole 3 days to it. With not having other plans to do other stuff.
The method did work for her. She got the program and doll a bit cheaper, off of ebay i think. So good luck to ya.

if he is ready you can try but i have a 3 yr. old and we are just now getting it. I tried to early and he just didn't want to do it. I can't believe that you could do it in 3 days even if he is ready. I think it would be a waste of money and if it worked for someone i would say it has to be because they were ready.
This is the one thing that they have control of and you can't do it for them. Just let them have fun with it with treats for do good.

Dear D.,

I potty trained over 25 kids and they are all different. My son was potty trained at 18 months and here is what we did. He didn't want top quit playing to go potty so we would fill up a coke bottle and mark on the bottle how much he did. Next time he would try to go higher than the last mark. He thought it was so funny and we had no trouble potty training him. With my grandbaby I heard Dr. Phil talk about having a potty party. The info is on his website. I bought my grandaughter a new potty that played how dry I am, and I got her a baby doll that would pee when you gave her a bottle. I brought a cake and balloons and we had a "potty party" when her doll wet in her potty. Then after making a big deal about the doll wetting, Jade couldn't wait to try it. She was potty trained from then on. She gave up her diapers that day and is now six. We tried the same thing with my second grandaughter and it didn't work quite the same. She liked the party and she used her potty, but she wasn't as happy as Jade had been about giving up her diapers. It took a little longer, but not very long.

Good luck to you.

K. A.

There is a book also. 1..2..3 Potty Training, I think is the name. If I remember correctly, I paid less than $10 for it. I did the techniques and they worked, but I never tried the intense approach over the weekend. I used the more laid back system.

Hi D.,

I bought the $24 ebook in January. At that time my daughter was
28 months. It worked great! In 3 days she was potty trained. I even had some interruptions like visiting the in-laws but when we got home I continued as she said in her book. I would definitely recommend it!

I also used Potty Training 1-2-3 for both of my kids- I basically taught them how to pee first and then did it in a weekend. My son took 2 days, my daughter 90 minutes--LOL (second child thing). I still have a copy of the book. If you want it- it's yours. My email is ____@____.com and I will drop it in the mail. My kids are 5 and 3 and I won't need it anymore.

Mel

Three days? That's funny!

Anything that sounds "too good to be true" is always "too good to be true! Save your money.

I can honestly say that my son, who is now 6, was potty trained in 24 hrs! I used the Dr. Phil method and it worked like a charm. He never once used a pull up, not even to bed at night. You can find a brief description of this method on the Dr. Phil website (or at least you used to be able to). The main idea is to have the child teach a doll that can pee how to use the potty. When the doll pees in the potty you make a big deal about it. The child gets jealous and wants the same reaction. Get party goods from his favorite character and when he goes on the potty throw a big party for him. I even had my son call my sister who acted like Dora who my son loved at the time. He got to tell "Dora" that he peed on the potty and he thought that was the coolest thing in the world. When a mistake is made, you run him to the potty and then away from the potty then to the potty and away, etc about ten times. The idea is that it gets the reaction to go to the potty whenever he needs to go. Also, do it during the weekend and have no plans to go anywhere. Let him run around either naked or in underpants so he can feel and see when he goes. I hope that helps a bit!

The way I potty trained my son when he was little (he's almost 28 now) but while I was shopping, I picked up a pack of little boy's underwear, not training pants or anything like that, just plain and simple boy's underwear. and oh brother was he excited about wearing underwear. he went straight to the bathroom, pulled his diaper off and put those underwear on, and never had an accident. I am sure this probably wouldn't work for everyone, and lucky it worked for me i suppose. I was a single parent and concerned about how I was going to potty train him. I really lucked out on how it turned out!!!

sur eyou can do it in 3 days you can do it in 1....IF the child is ready. If the child is showing signs (knowing when hes wet telling you ect) then work with him. you dont need a book to tell you how to do it tho. its all trial and error. not every child does things by the book. try diff things and see what works for you!! good luck!

I got my first 3 boys trained in a weekend, the last boy was the hardest, he just got trained this week after several attempts. We just put underwear on them and made sure that we had no where to go that weekend. My best piece of advice is to have them sit on the potty backwards. They are going to face that way anyways, it is easier to wipe their bottom when you need to and the toilet seat is more narrow at the front so their bottom fits better and they aren't afraid of falling in and it isn't hard to hold themselves up. Good luck.

If this book was written by Joanne Ceaser? "the potty trainer," yes it does work! I did my daughter in 3 days (pee, poop took a little longer) and have passed my book along to at least a dozen people and it worked for them. You will get the results if you stick directly to it. You have to devote 3 entire days to it. It is well worth it.

yeah right! I potty trained my son in months! IT all depends on the child!

I don't know about the video, but I potty trained my two several years ago and a couple of other little boys. My best advice to you is once you make up your mind to do it then do it. Many people use pull ups because they are convient but I believe the best way is to get real underwear and the old plastic pants if you can find any. That way they really know what wet feels like and do not usually like it. Also get a routine down to taking them to the potty every 15-20 minutes. I know it sounds awful but until they get use to using the potty there will be several accidents. This really worked for me when I was doing it, in about 1-2 weeks they were broke. Good Luck, remember in the end it will be easier.

I don't know about that specific program/website, but $24 seems like ALOT of money (a scam) to give just a little advice, that may or may not work on YOUR child. Like someone else mentioned, not every child goes by the book!
7 years ago, I bought a similar book (for about $5) called Potty Training in One Day, and of course was skeptical, but desperate to train my son who was 2 yrs 10 months at the time, and had 7-8 DIRTY diapers a day, and I had a 15 month old also.

So we did the whole weekend of giving him lots of water and juice to drink, staying in the kitchen the whole time, naked as a jaybird, he had plenty of toys and either me or my hubby was always in there with him. Lucky for us at the time, our downstairs bath was just off the kitchen, so no carpeted room to walk through. We put the training potty in the kitchen with him, but he didn't like that thing, wanted to always sit on the big potty! We gave him access to both, and constantly reminded him to tell us when he felt ready to pee or poopy. He seemed to do great (and poop MUCH LESS often) that whole 3 days, with only a couple of accidents. The funny part is that my dtr was also in the kitchen with us alot, running around in her diaper, and she would pull off her diaper and pee in the little potty and also stayed dry the whole weekend! It was too good to be true! She unfortunately reverted back to normal and didn't fully train herself until almost 3 yrs also! But she was my third and I tried not to stress too much, figuring they just do it when ready.

As for my son, he started wearing big boy undies right away and for the most part kept them dry the rest of that week, but then started getting too "busy" to come inside if he was playing. My 4 yr old would come tell me he pooped in his pants AGAIN! That got nasty, cleaning him in the tub, usually having to throw away the underwear or do a really nasty clean up job! So he just went back and forth until he was finally ready to stop soiling himself, a couple of months after 3rd b-day.

I would not spend any kind of real dough on these tricks, as most of it is common sense and probably will not work for most kids. Heed the advice and methods of others you have asked and see what will work.

I will agree that although I went back to Pull-ups for a while, esp at night, with all 3 of mine, they do slow the process down I think. But then again, your kid will not likely be in diapers until he is 5 unless he has some sort of handicap. So just remember that this too shall pass and enjoy them being this small - I miss my "babies" so much now it makes me tear up thinking about it!

All the best,
A.

Hi D.,

I am a bit far removed from the potty training days - daughter 16, son 13 - but I have very vivid memories in regard to this issue. Three days sounds rather intense. If you do not have any outside pressure to potty train, letting nature take its course is very successful.

With both of my children, I initially tried the traditional potty training with little success and great frustration. Eventually I decided to let it go and stay the course with diapers. As they matured and often followed me to the bathroom, observing and asking questions, they chose to shed the diapers on their own. Both children literally announced to me that they wanted to wear big girl/boy pants.

They were a bit older, 3 and close to 4 for the boy, but once they made the decision for themselves, we had no problems. They were dry day and night. Accidents were a rarity.

Looking back on these experiences, I feel that the natural process allowed my children to mature at their own rate and take control of this very personal bodily function.

Hope this helps and good luck! K. H

i wouldnt waste the money. it took me 3 months with my 2 year old, and every child is different yo have to do what works for them, and there is no quick way to potty train it takes time and PATIENCE. I used the sticker system with mine Use the potty-get a sticker to put on a sticker board i made him. Ive heard of ppl using m and ms, but i didnt like that b/c im stricy about candy with my toddlers.

There is no way I would pay $24 dollars to teach me how to potty train. I potty trained my now 5 year old when he turned two in three days, without paying any money. What I did was take one weekend that you don't have any plans. Turn off all entertainment for him. Only leave a few books, sticker books for him. Then, put some big boy underwear on him (he will have lots of accidents on the floor, but don't get upset about it). Sit him on the potty every few minutes, entertain him while he's there with a sticker book or any other book that he enjoys. If he even pees a drop, I gave my son one m&m. With my son, I told him that Santa Clause took his baby diapers away and brought him big boy underwear. At night, only use pull ups. I never went back to diapers. Only pull ups at night and big boy underwear during the day. He was potty trained in three days. Now, the poops took a few days longer, it always does for that. But, it'll come soon enough. I hope this helps. I wouldn't waste my money downloading any advise. Feel free to ask me any questions.

I think it's garbage but sounds good and sells a lot of books.
Potty training is supposed to be a process that can take up to a year for some chidlren. So to expect it to work in three days sets up mom to feel like a failure when it didn't work. Now, that's just my opinion.
I've heard from a few moms that said it actually did work, but that happened to be with much older children. So my guess is they were mature enough (physically and mentally) that it would have worked without the book. I know a couple moms who said it did not work for them but they were also trying it on younger children.
I'm surrounded by toddlers and small chidlren in my personal life and the best success stories I've seen are the ones that took longer. Seems that the ones that happened over a weekend, ended up regressing at some point, usually a few months later.
The obvious thing here is....all kids are different. Some really can get it in just three days. Some are going to need months. So there's no harm in trying the 3 day method, just don't beat yourself up if it doesn't work.

I used it and it worked, no joke, But my son was almost 3 and knew how to do it, he was just lazy. And befor eyou pay for it, heres what it says. Go to the store and stock up on all of the liquids your child likes, as well as lots of underwear(let them pick), we had about 20 pair. Throw away all of your diapers before you start. That way you can't quit and you have to follow thru. Starting in the morning make them feel like a big boy/girl and let them pick out the first pair of underwear they get to wear, then offer a cup of juice or something. Keep offering liquids all day long, in excess!! The more liquid your child has the more they have to go and thats more of an opportunity to train. Next stay within arms reach of your child all day, as soon as they start to go to the bathroom immediatley pick them up and take them to the designated potty chair(I used the reg. potty). Make them finish there and then make a big deal about it. Offer more juice and stay close.....Thats basically the gist of it. ffer tons upon tons upon tons of liquid and make sure you stay close so you can catch them in the act and also there wont be any large accidents for you to clean up. Make sure your washer is empty so you can just throw the wet underwear in there and start it at the end of the night....GoodLuck

Don't throw your money away, especially as how high gas is! All children are different & it's done in their timing, not ours. I definately should know because I have 4 children, 4 nieces, & 4 nephews. They move at their own speed on everything-crawling, walking, potty training, interest in learning, etc. Be patient but consistant with it. Praise him or her when they do potty, telling them what a good job they did & how smart they are! You might even want to bribe them a little with snacks, or cheap toys out of a quarter machine like at Walmart for when they do good. When he or she don't use the potty, don't discourage. & just let them know that its ok, it was an accident and next time they will make it to the potty and then they can recieve another snack or cheap toy then. Bribes help alot!

I also read a book, I think it was called Potty Training in a Day, or something like that. Sounds like a similar approach. Lots of liquids, treats for reinforcement, no diapers. Personally after training both of my girls, I don't think I would spend any money on that type of thing. Really its about spending the focused time with your child working on it, but you also have to be flexible. If your child isn't ready to train it will be a frustrating experience for both of you regardless of the method you are using.

Hi~
I've potty trained my own 4 and have helped with two 'grands' (so far). Seems as if the responders who've tried the 3-day method are real advocates, but if you decide to do it the 'old fashioned way', I also recommend not using pull-ups. Also, remember that if you use plastic covers the child doesn't feel the 'cold', wet sensation. There has to be evaporation for anything wet to feel cold, and the plastic pants prevent the evaporation (I was on about my 3rd kid before I finally read this somewhere. Duh! LOL) Just use thick (or doubled) training pants or even cloth diapers if you go WITH the child each time. I would always check them if they got fussy around early morning, and I was lucky in that a couple of my kids started sleeping 'dry' through the night very early on. Then I just started taking my kids 'potty' every time I went and any time I thought about it in between times (every 1 to 2 hours).

I got the newsletter that goes along with that training site. It was insightful, but nothing we haven't all heard before.
I have to say the birthday suit method has worked great. I received an email from either Fisher Price or pampers suggesting this style. It has taken a month of birthday suit weekends (me and hubby both work full-time, and they might frown upon no clothes at daycare), but my little one has gotten the hang of it. I think a weekend is a little too short to be truly potty trained.
My son wet himself twice. He hated it and was so ashamed. We have given him incentives like goldfish crackers as a snack or a matchbox car.
*As a side note we put down towels on the carpet just in case, but his accidents occurred on the bathroom floor (thankfully).

I wouldn't waste your money. My babysitter helped us potty train our daughter and she has been doing it for 50 years. If she can't potty train in three days no one can!! Buy some training underwear not pull ups, since it is summer keep him in those at just keep taking him to the bathroom.

I know it has worked for some of my friends in just 3 days. I am trying something similar right now. My son is 2 1/2. I was hoping it would be that quick, but he has tended to be the exception to the rule in many areas. I do think it was a good kick-off for the process at least.

We stayed home completely the first 3 days. I started out taking him every 20 minutes and increased the time gradually. I did the sticker charts, treats, etc. We also used a teddy bear to pretend with instead of a doll. He was really excited the first day, but the novelty wore off the second day. I will warn you it is messy! The first day for us was one accident after another. If your backyard is private enough, you may want to do the naked thing. We did that part of the time and it definitly made him more aware of what was going on. We are on day 10 now and he is staying dry all day, but he is avoiding pooping on the potty. So we have a poop accident everyday right now. I think I just haven't found the right incentive for that one yet. Plus, he is not regular like most kids. If you have a kid that poops around the same time everyday it will be much easier to catch them before the accident happens.

I have put a pullup on him 3 times during this training and he pees in it almost immediately. So for some kids, there is no difference between that and a diaper.

I may be posting my own question soon because my son still doesn't tell me when he has to go. I just have to take him often enough.

I would like to hear if this works for you in just 3 days. I hope it does. Good Luck!

im also curious about the program my 2 yr old needs potty trained and im clueless

D. , I have not read that but when our oldest was 2 1/2 we let him go buttom naked one weekend and just stayed in.He potty trained himself. Of course we talked about the potty before that , read the books, he watched daddy go. And that weekend he just went on the potty every time( I guess they realise more when there is nothing on down there:)). He still had some accidents till he was a little over 3. But overall it was really a stress free experience.
PS My SIL boys were almost 4 by the time they were potty trained, even though she started at 2 1/2 as well.....but they just were not ready.

I would say its all a bunch of bull. And I definately wouldnt pay for it. They may give you some lame things to try and then youve wasted your money.

Hello D.,

I have a little boy he had interest at 18months to potty. With a little practice he was doing it and having a few accidents. We moved during this process. That was a nightmare back to diapers we went. It was two weeks before his 3rd Birthday before we were ready again. THe more I insisted the more he resisted. I just let him do it in his own time. He has never had an accident and goes all night with out mistakes. My advice would be find something they really like. (Buz Lightyear was my saving grace> We went to the mall and he fell in love. I let him take it home and play with Buzz. The moment he put him down I put Buzz up on a high shelf in Bathroom. I told him that if he would use the big boy potty then I would get him down to play. He got mad and cried but I did not give in. He eventually went and this worked for me. Each time they get through playing with the TOY. _Do not forget to put it back upon the shelf. That is the key. I also did a little chart with stars and rewarded him after getting 5 stars with a little treat. This is how I did it and believe me I had tons of people telling me different methods and none work except this. But find what works and stick to it. Stay calm and they will do it when they get ready. I don't think this is a situation that should be forced it only causes problems. I have seen it in my girlfriends children. They wet the bed, they have accidents and it is just not a good situation. Good luck I hope this helps. Pray also. God is an BIG GOD. M.

The book (or a similar one) is available at any library! Don't waste your money on the info when you could spend that on some new undies for him! lol. I've never been able to COMPLETELY potty train mine in 3 days...but I'll be the first to admit that it takes a lot of patience...which I do not have an abundance of! lol. AND he has to be ready, my son just got in the habit of going with his older sisters. When they go, they take him. When I go, I take him...and so forth. Now he goes on his own.

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