Bringing a baloon to daycare for potty training reward?

Question

What does everyone think about bringing a ballon to school for potty training a 2 year old. I think I 've got a strategy here. I'm thinking about bringing her one anyway when I pick her up on her birthday (this Wed 8/30), and well how about, (making association with positive reinforcement, and positive things, such as birthdays) I bring one on the day when she pottytrains and have them give it to her. This would maybe be the same day or second day when I bring the pull ups there? What does everyone think? Will she expect a balloon every time or is this a good idea? Could it also be helful that the other kids see her getting a balloon, and balloons could be given out whenever a kid pottytrains. It should be easy to help train younger kids? I had a small yellow balloon with a happy face in mind for the potty training, and A big pretty Happy Birthday! balloon for her birthday.

FYI she is currently going very well at home, She just seems uncomfortable at daycare...

Answer 1

Depends on the ages of the other children in the group, typically you don't want to give a balloon to a child under 3 for fear of popping and then them putting the pieces in their mouth and it obstructing an airway, and I would ask her provider how they feel about it. I also don't think balloons are a good "reward" however the idea itself is good, I think special stickers would be a better reward, that's what I use with my son and so far it's working great and it's not something that my daycare has to worry about as much around the younger kiddos, my son is 2 and we do allow him to have a balloon but only when he is supervised.

Answer 2

Bringing gifts to daycare for just one child isn't normally advised because it can cause problems with the whole group. You're totally on the right track with positive reinforcement though :) Just do it in the car on the way home so it doesn't end up with another child crying for her treat since that will actually accomplish the opposite and make it a negative experience.

When I was working in a daycare, the best motivator was just seeing other kids going in to potty. We normally didn't stress with 2 year olds and I didn't ever see a child graduate out of nursery school wearing a diaper :)

I'm the mom of boys and had great success with the "sink the cheerio" method but my sisters and sis-in-laws with little girls found two methods that worked great for them. For my neices who are real li'l girly girls, my sis took them out and let them pick out a pair of big girl undies each time they pottied properly. For both, within about a month, they had a dozen pair of panties and were well on their way to being able to use them. My other niece really couldn't care about clothes but she is a total candy monster (in a good way) and my sis found some really cool ladybug chocolates that she would dole out when everything went right.

Your balloon idea would probably work really well for home though. The most important thing to remember is that a child will learn to toilet properly best if they do it when they're ready. If she is "stubborn" about not using the potty, pull back for a few months and try again at a later time.

Answer 3

I would suggest picking her up from daycare, hugging her and changing your schedule so that your really are Mommy!
Daycare is not being your kids Mom. Which she really wants is you and what a great birthday that would be! We always worked different schedules so that we could be our kids parents and never trusted anyone else! I don't mean to come off judgemental but what is more important than raising your own baby!
I hope you will think about it!
There is no amount of money for what you are missing.
Good luck!

Answer 4

I think you should start with a smaller reward like two M&M's everytime she goes....or a sticker chart and when she goes three times she gets a ballon

Answer 5

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