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by Jennifer Houck

Potty training does not come easy with every toddler. Some toddlers need little incentives to make them finally go on the potty. Start out easy then progress each week until the potty training is official.

Moms, first you need to make a chart with each day of the month. Let the toddler help you design the chart so you can begin the talking process about the potty. Then you will need to buy some special stickers the toddler likes or cartoon characters they are into.

The very first week, you can start them by sitting on the potty. Just taking different time slots throughout the day and having them explore by sitting on the potty. If they do this just fine, then allow them to place a sticker on that day of the week. Each time they sit on the potty let them put one sticker on the chart.

The second week of training can involve actually trying to use the potty. If they actually sit on the potty and use it, then allow them to place two stickers on the chart.

The next few weeks can just be focusing on using the potty and slipping away totally from diapers.

Now moms you can make the rule to however many stickers allows a reward. I think 25 stickers is a pretty fair number to allow a new toy or whatever reward you would like to treat them with.

There you go moms, a great potty training reward system. Hopefully this will make potty training a little easier and give incentive for the little boy or girl to potty train faster.

Jennifer Houck is the owner of http://www.ilovebeingamom.com, the Free Parenting Resource for busy moms. Sign up for our newsletter and stay up to date on the latest mommy buzz!

by H. Barnard

You want to start potty training with your child, they are approaching the right age, so you go to the store and pick up a potty… easy right?… Well no! not so easy… maybe 10 or 20 years ago but now the choice of potties can be overwhelming. To help you with your choice and to discover the best model for your child we present you with brief resume of some of the different models available.

Basic Potty

This is the basic traditional design, normally a one piece coloured plastic potty that sits on the floor. They are cleaned by tipping the contents down the toilet and can be easily rinsed out. These are the cheapest option and as such some people have several in different rooms of the house in case of emergency.

Basic Potty Chair

The basic potty chairs are usual made of one piece of plastic and are designed to sit on the floor. It can be cleaned easily by dumping the contents into the toilet and rinsing the bottom which is convenient. Basic potty chairs are relatively cheap as well so it’s easier to keep one in several rooms of the house. It’s not fancy but it does its job.

Theme Potties

These are basically designed to help motivate the child to use the potty. They can be quite large and expensive. They include amongst others:

- Royal Thrones, a high backed seat with armrests and four legs and a potty bowl sunken into the seat of the chair.

- Full miniature copies of a regular toilet complete with seat, lid realistic flushing sounds.

- Musical potties that play a tune when something is deposited in the bowl.

- Potties shapes as trains, cars, animals and all manner of things including television and film characters.

Toilet Seat Hole Reducers

This does exactly what the name sounds. It is a mini toilet seat that sits inside the existing one effectively making the existing ‘hole’ smaller. These are very useful for the child as it can bypass the whole ‘potty’ stage letting the child sit on the proper toilet comfortably without fear of falling in. It also gets the child used to using the toilet and makes them feel more grown up as they are using the toilet just like the rest of the family. If the toilet seat reducer is used then it is very important to use a non slip step or box for the child to the actually get up onto the toilet on their own and also to rest their feet on once sitting down. This has the added advantage of not requiring special additional cleaning.

Hybrid Potties

There are models which include all of the above models in one. A base with a potty bowl inserted that will probably play music that has a seat and a lid too. As the child progresses the seat can be removed and used on the toilet and the base upturned and used as a step.

This is an outline of just a few of the different models available today. You should choose the potty which will best suit the needs of your child. If you are having trouble deciding then you might want to take your child to the store with you to show you which one they like the most. This will also help in your efforts to get them to use it.

At http://pottyaid.com there is lots more information and other articles similar to this one. There is also the 5 day email course you can sign up for free of charge – Potty Training made easy.

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