Any help for potty training, please?

Question

How should you start potty training when you work full time? I want to do as much as I can at home, without having to burden the babysitter (at her house). Have any of you dealt with this, any suggestions?

Answer 1

sorry, chick. Your going to have to burden your babysitter with this. You can't potty-train part time, but if she's a great babysitter, and really cares about your child, she'll do it.
Try this:
Here it is- it has worked for my 2 kids,and others after I tell them........

1. get m and m's handy
2. get a small potty chair
3. get a couple books about potty
4. you need to be home for about 4-5 days straight
5. now you can start. let them run around bare-but
6. Set the timer for 1/2 hour. Tell him/her to sit on the potty for 5 min. (read them a book in the mean time if it's to long for them.) If they go, give lots and lots of praise!!! I mean go crazy!! Give them about 3 m and m's.
7. Set the timer for 1/2 hour
8. Avoid asking the question "you got to go potty?'
9. Timer goes off- ok! What does that mean junior? Time to go potty again he or she would say, or you say it if they don't
10. repeat process all day long. If they go # 2 in the potty, reward with a handful of m and m's. They are very colorful and kids love them!!

11. Praise praise praise. I do spank my kids for behavior problems such as lying, disobedience, and bad attitudes, but never for having an accident. If there is an accident, clean it up queitly, and don't say much at all. Remind them it's ok, but try to make it in the potty next time, or in your own words.

Good luck!!! Hope this helps you. My girl was potty-trained in two days with the method. Took my 2 1/2 year old son a week. Leave pull-ups on them at night just in case.
p.s. if this doen't work at all, try again in a few months.

Answer 2

The babysitter will have to part of this. If they are good caregivers, they will probably be glad to help...less diaper duty for them in the long run! I tried everything I could think of to help my son. He resisted everything. I finally told him (the day after he turned 3) that it was now up to him to decide what he wanted to do, but kept mentioning how big boys use the potty and he couldn't start preschool until he used the potty. 1 month later he decided it was time and he has been diaper-free since that day. Tell your babysitter to do the same thing you will do at home to keep it consistent, but try not to worry if it takes a good while. Eating and pottying are the only things they can actually control. If you've got an independent little person, it may take longer than the miracle "toilet traing in one day". Good Luck!

Answer 3

Potty training is a 2 way street, the babysitter also has to help if he/she is the care of someone while you are working, it will do no good just for you to do it at home and than away from home put the child in pull ups or a diaper, I have been through this......... good luck

Answer 4

I have a daughter and i potty trained her as soon as i can see that she was able to put down her pants and let her sit on a plastic, colorful potty. But this is during day time. AT night time, I talk to her before going to bed and explain to her why she should wake up mommy when she feelslike urinating. Of course this does not always work but i believe in explaining things to her like an adult. Then observe her at night since i am a light sleeper and she sleeps with me. When i notice that she keeps turning, I carry her to the potty or sometimes i keep a timer. Usually she urinates every 4 hours. I did this for a week then after that she just did it on her own.

Answer 5

When you work full time, and leave the child with a baby sitter, make sure when the child is with you at home that you give as much attention to that child as possible. To potty train, first you should get them used to the idea of using a toilet, and then over time establisha routine of having them go to the bathroom when "nature calls" (you should can have them tell you when they need to go, and take them there yourself---BUT ONLY FOR THE FIRST FEW TIMES, it's vital that they establish the routine of going to the bathroom themselves.

I hope this helps.

Answer 6

If you work full time, it's hard to do to potty train. When at home though, sit your child on the toilet and turn on the water in the sink. The sound of the water trickling always aids in making them go pee. And when they DO go to the bathroom while you are in there, reward them with a cookie or juice. They usually come back and ask for juice, tell them then go potty and then you get juice.

Answer 7

I used to have a daycare and I used stickers for the children, I had a chart and each day when they went potty they got to put a sticker on their chart, also when they used the potty the first few times we would call a parent or loved on they phone so they could praise them. Bottom line is if your going to work at it at home the sitter needs to be doing the same at daycare.

Answer 8

I was lucky to stay at home with my kids, but I have a friend who babysat for years. She took it on herself to potty train her charges instead of waiting on mom and dad. It was easier than changing diapers. If you have a good babysitter then she should be more than willing to help you out on this one!

Answer 9

I like to use my home facilities as well but if I'm out and really have to go then I use public restrooms or the bathrooms at work. I don't find it too bad on me really. I try not to go when I stop at the babysitters to pick up the kids.

Answer 10

i just potty trained my 2 and a half yr old 4 weeks ago i got one of the old fashioned pottys and a packet of stickers and every time he went he got a sticker on his potty it worked for me as i had tried other things and was losing patience