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Potty training: story time! |
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by dtoombs  (January 2009) (rank 500+) |
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My daughter potty trained early, but the difficulty in the beginning was getting her to sit on the potty for long enough to have a success. I really wanted her to succeed by 'performing' in the potty, even if she only managed to produce a small amount, so that she
could see what it was all about. She was ready for it, being at the stage when she would tell me she had something in her nappy. But when put on the potty she would stay there a few seconds & jump up again, with the potty clean as a whistle.
So I started making potty time story time. We had a couple of stories that were her favourites, & kept these near the potty. She would sit on the potty & I would read. I got so sick of the little duck who loved the rain, & birthday bear! In the end, I think I must have known those stories by heart. Anyway, eventually she managed to produce what she was there to produce, & we made a big fuss of it, & that was the big turning point.
I'm sure others of you have probably found similar methods to make kids persist on the potty, maybe even the same method. It takes patience, but it did work for me!
!! Thank you for sharing - I will put it to good use!!
