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Tip #4: Stay Home and Let Her Go Naked
First, plan on staying home and not going anywhere for a couple of days to a week.
Second, leave your child naked from the waist down for that entire time -- not even underwear or pull-ups.
Third, use positive re-enforcement. If candy is what it takes, GO for it! You can also try stickers, little trinket toys, or anything that the child doesn't normally get. I use candies in a bowl (lots of different options) and let her pick from it after every succesful potty.
And lastly, DON'T push! The harder you push, the worse it is. Just leave her naked and let HER learn why she wants to make it to the potty.
"Most kids her age (2) will go in anything that they are wearing," says heather.darin, mother of 2 year old Destiny (in photo above), who contributed this tip. "NOT wearing something helps them to remember that they aren't wearing a diaper. This trick has helped several moms. After they get going to the potty down, you work on the panties. I suggest to NEVER to wear pull-ups. It just confuses them."
Be sure to check out these groups:
Potty Training Moms Support Group
Potty Training Just for Boys!!
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Comments (21)
I started PT a couple of days ago and this is exactly what I did! We are totally day trained and it only took a couple days! I really thought training twins was going to be hell but it went really well!
we did this over the weekend and he loved being naked but didnt want to potty so much or would just potty all over the place. so i dont know what we are going to do just yet but i think naked is a good way to go too
Don't you spend all weekend scrubbing the carpets? I wish I could try this with DD, but I can't imagine the mess it would make! Did you start small and work your way up to this so they had some idea of what they were expected to do? I'm too scared to let her loose!
I too am potty training my 2 year old son , have been trying too for quite sometime now and I used the pull ups and regret it because now he is use to going in his bottoms, and now I am having trouble getting him to go all the time, He has made a game of it himself by saying he has to go constantly so we use the pot quite often throughout the day... But the key to it is to just stay consistant and keep a lot of towels handy for messes because you will have them.... And patience, LORD lots of it... but no matter what method you use stay consistant...
I totally agree about going naked. My son had a BAD diaper rash and was running around naked when he was 1. By the time he was 13 months (the rash still had not gone away his old doctor insisted it was fine) he was refusing diapers and he had learned how to use the potty (since he could see exactly when he had gone). I truly believe that is what led him to potty train at such a young age!
I agree with AMartinez8307. We live in a rental with white carpet, and I can't risk staining it. Maybe if we owned a house or didn't have white carpet, it would be a great idea, and I wish we can do it. My son is 26months and isn't even showing any signs of being ready. He isn't on a schedule either when it comes to needing to go.
The best time to try "going naked" is when you notice that your child tries to use the potty when they ARE naked, such as right before or after a bath, while changing clothes, etc.
Don't just steal their clothes and say, "Go use the potty!" Do it when you notice that they ALREADY show a behavioral difference when they're naked.
i did this w/ my daughter when i potty trained her. She only peed on the floor 2 x's & then after that it worked perfect!
Going naked worked WONDERS for my dd. She didnt understand pullups where diffrent than diapers. She peed in panties. She would go from toilet to floor & pee... One day she was running around naked (after peeing in panties) ... Lo.N.Behold "Mommy I peed in potty!" she went to her lil potty all by herself & peed! That sealed the deal I knew right then she needed to go naked for a while. so we kept a big night gown on her for a week & she did amazing!
going naked was a life saver!
This is how I trained my now 3 year old and it worked great. We have linoleum everywhere except the bedrooms and he learned quickly that he didn't like leaving puddles everywhere and within a couple of weeks were in undies all day long. It's so much easier than trying to train by using Pull Ups.