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if nothing else, raising children has given me patience with other people's kids doing/saying horrifying things in front of adults, while their parents are looking on silently horrified themselves
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Bribery. A sticker on a big chart for every time they use the potty. A prize for completing a row or the whole thing. Our kid also got a smartie for every pee and a gummy bear for every poop. It might seem like spoiling them, but it's not for forever and it's about finding something that motivates them. One of my friends bought a bunch of cheap matchbox cars which were doled out as rewards.
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Nov 9, 2025 06:23
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Seconding bribery. We used a wooden reward chart with nice wooden stars you could stick on with velcro. Didn't even have to give an actual reward, kiddo loved getting the stars and sticking them on the board
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Nov 9, 2025 07:31
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SixFigureSandwich posted:Seconding bribery. We used a wooden reward chart with nice wooden stars you could stick on with velcro. Didn't even have to give an actual reward, kiddo loved getting the stars and sticking them on the board Happen to have a link for that chart?
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Nov 9, 2025 11:48
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We got a potty timer watch and tied its music with getting a marshmallow and now every time the watch dings she drops everything and comes screaming ‘potty potty!!!!’
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Nov 9, 2025 11:53
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My son got 2 M and M’s for a pee and five for a poop. We kept them in a little cup with a lid so he could see how many we had. Once he was reliably using the potty we told him once the candy was all there would be no more and that was that.
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Nov 9, 2025 12:41
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Gamify going potty Grind out those potty points
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Nov 9, 2025 13:29
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Potty is a dump skill.
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Nov 9, 2025 13:32
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4 year old is happy to go to the potty and sit there for ten to twenty minutes. She just won't go. She has bowel control because we can see her hold out until a new pull up is put on. How do we break the diaper to pee/poo connection and switch to potty to pee and poo.
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Nov 9, 2025 13:47
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Slaan posted:4 year old is happy to go to the potty and sit there for ten to twenty minutes. She just won't go. She has bowel control because we can see her hold out until a new pull up is put on. How do we break the diaper to pee/poo connection and switch to potty to pee and poo. Stop giving diapers
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Nov 9, 2025 14:56
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Tried that. She just peed through the training panties and kept trucking
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Nov 9, 2025 15:33
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Pantsless weekend
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Nov 9, 2025 21:44
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Slaan posted:4 year old is happy to go to the potty and sit there for ten to twenty minutes. She just won't go. She has bowel control because we can see her hold out until a new pull up is put on. How do we break the diaper to pee/poo connection and switch to potty to pee and poo. My suggestion once again is bribery. It might take a little while, but once they associate using the potty with reward, it becomes a lot faster. Our kid took a long time to tell us she needed to per/poop, but long before that we could just take her and she'd go once she sat down
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Nov 9, 2025 22:02
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We did the cold turkey no pants weekend a little over 2 years old, and after that pull-ups only for sleep. It mostly worked. Accidents still happen but are declining. We had some potty-only fidget and wind-up style toys that maybe helped entice potty time, but mostly we just plowed through it and do frequent potty checks/attempts.
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