Kick Off Potty Training With a Balloon-Filled Potty Party

on June 17, 2009 at 7:00 AM

True, almost 3yo, with her Potty Party Balloons

Remember our friend Rubyellen and her fun home tour? Well, she's also a mom with a very cool potty training plan. It's a plan that begins with a potty party and balloons! Now that's a reason to get on the potty and go.

Here's how Rubyellen and her husband Ben kicked off potty training with her daughters.

"To get potty training started, we had "potty parties" all week long. We veer away from using food as a reward, so we decided to use balloons to encourage our girls Brave, 1.5 years, and particularly True, almost 3 years, to learn how to use the potty. We didn't pursue Brave's potty training as actively as True's, but thought might as well get her used to the idea.

For each pee, True got a yellow balloon, and for each poo, well, a brown balloon.

The girls were always so excited when Ben would be on his way home cause I would call him with the day's verdict. Then, he would come home with the appropriate balloons, and we did a lot of cheering and dancing to celebrate the day's accomplishment. The girls would be quite proud and would run around like crazy with their balloons.

It was just what we needed to get potty training started."

Dad arrives with the congratulatory balloons

Both girls with celebration balloons

True takes on potty training! Yay!

This is an awesome idea, Rubyellen. Thanks so much for sharing with us.

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Comments (8)

LadyKiki

on Jun 17, 2009 at 9:53 AM

That's probably one of the most creative potty training ways I have heard :-D. Very neat!

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nattysmommie

on Jun 17, 2009 at 10:04 AM

my daughter is almost 3 years old also and i have a really hard time getting her to poo in the potty. she pees in it every chance she gets now but i need her to get the other half of the idea down lol. i dont think balloons would really work with her because we dont live anywhere near a store that hold balloons...is there anything else i could try to get her to go. i have tried food already that dont work since she has learned how to get in to the cabinets and fridge i have just tried encouragement and praise and nothing seems to work. i was told by a friend to spank her every time she poops in her pullup but i will no spank my daughter for pooping in her pants you never know if they just couldnt hold it and i dont want her to thing that im going to spank her for every little thing under the sun. so if you or anyone else has any other advise for me please email me i would love to know what the heck to do.

Cafe Sheri

on Jun 17, 2009 at 10:11 AM

nattysmommie, maybe stickers or some other type of reward system. rubyellen chose the coveted balloon — all kids love ballloons. try to think of something your daughter really loves or have her pick out something (stickers, trinkets, art supplies...) that she can rack up when she succeeds!

FIVEHAPPYHEARTS

on Jun 17, 2009 at 12:10 PM

WOW CAN WE DO LIKE A TRESURE CHEST OR A CANDY JAR WELL I GOT SOME IDEAS HER I GO I WILL TRY THIS OUT AND SEE IF IT WORKS

MyRyandKel

on Jun 17, 2009 at 5:43 PM

you could buy a "balloon time" party kit at walmart ect...they come w/ balloons string and the helium tank for around 20$....you could choose a color a day or something.

daphniela

on Feb 6, 2010 at 3:33 PM

This is a great idea. I am having a Potty Dance Party in a few weeks and there is going to be a bunch of toddlers here. I may give them a balloon as a prize whenever they use the bathroom. I was thinking of also blowing noisemakers every time someone uses the potty.