<p>This is a hilarious thread for a college website.</p>
<p>D1 woke up one morning and told us she doesn’t wear diapers. That was it.</p>
<p>With D2, we told her they stopped making pullups and that she would have to wear underwear when we used up what we had left.</p>
<p>D3 stopped wearing diapers because she wanted to be like her older cousins.</p>
<p>My son started nursery school at 2 and needed to be potty trained. I went to the dollar store and bought about 30 little tchotkes, wrapped them up and put them in a big bowl on the table. He asked what they were and very nonchalantly I answered that every time he went on the potty he could open a present. He couldn’t wait to open the gifts. I also made sure I took a few the first night when we were invited to a BBQ at a friends. He spent all night going to the bathroom!</p>
<p>Two days later he was completely trained - day and night.</p>
<p>When my son was a baby he liked to be held high over my head. He got especially excited if he could reach up and touch the ceiling. So, when he turned 2, I told him that every time he went in to the potty by himself, we would hold him up high enough to touch the ceiling. He was instantly trained! All day long he would go in to go, then come running out, wanting to touch the ceiling. I really appreciated not having to change his diapers anymore, but geez, holding a chubby toddler overhead really got to be a pain in the back!</p>
<p>My favorite training story: a neighbor was a single father of 3 boys, 1 year apart. He trained them by throwing an unlit cigarette in the toilet and they all gathered to see who could sink it first. It worked very quickly.</p>
<p>Oldfort -</p>
<p>Thank you. I am blessed. Yes, I do have 5 kids, but my D is number 2. Her brothers, all of whom are taller than her and weigh more than her, “fear” and adore her. She’s definitely not spoiled and she long ago apologized for peeing on the floors!</p>
<p>Joan</p>
<p>We told our S that he couldn’t have his 4th birthday unless he went to the potty.</p>
<p>I have no idea how my boys were potty trained. Never had a potty chair, never even started the process. When the oldest was about 2, I went to the grocery store one afternoon, leaving son, in diapers, and husband home alone. I came home, son was in underpants, playing happily. He very proudly told me “I learned to use the toilet, I don’t need those diapers.” Asked husband what happened, he said “You said you wanted to start training him, so I just showed him how.” Almost same story with second son. Both boys are well adjusted, have a great relationship with their dad so i guess I’ll never know.</p>
<p>lololu–What is a great story!!!</p>
<p>My grandmother, who potty trained her ten children, told me the secret was “Think good thoughts, Dear.”</p>
<p>In other words, wait until the kid is ready and then remain positive.</p>