Brain Fertilizer

Use caution with the negative training. It can backfire causing children to shed wet diapers in hidden locations.

One technique is an all day affair (and what my wife and I will try fairly soon in hopes of training our 2y2m old before the new baby shows up). Our daughter loves juice. On that day, she'll get all the juice she wants, straight up, no watering down. We will have her drink constantly and take her potty every 15 minutes or so. Eventually, we'll catch her then praise her and reward her with M&M's. If you can do it several times, it should catch on in her head.

Granted, my daughter already loves to sit on the potty and really wants to wear big girl panties so I think we've got a head start. She also wants to wear a bra like mommy, but that'll have to wait.

Sure, but when she's not in the mood for it, even just making her sit on the potty is a negative experience.
So far, we did it one day, and got our first success. It's not a big, angry experience, it's just one spat on the bottom to get her attention, because up till now she was always too busy playing to even notice she was soaking wet.

Panties and pottys. You guys are cracking me up. betcha never thought you'd be having this conversation! :-)

Are you kidding? I live for this!

...although I am beginning to think that "women's liberation"'s main success was freeing men to be more involved in their children's lives...

It is my life's complete goal to ensure that I am a major part of my children's lives and that means everything from diapers to discipline, from play time to pray time.

It's the most rewarding experience I've ever had in my life.

I can't say I had deliberately intended being this involved. But I don't think I will ever regret it.

Nathan, buy the training pants, cut the sides and attach velcro tape. Then when an accident of the more disguting nature occurs, it is much easier to take clean up. The other thing to attempt to lessen your laundry is to buy plastic pants (Wal-M) that are for cloth diapers. They fit perfectly over training pants and keep the pants from getting completely soaked, but by using the cloth panties, she still feels the wetness. I can't believe that you have forgotten my thirteen years of experience....

***seriously leaving now and considering if I should come back.....***

I feel your pain, Nathan! My oldest, a very intelligent girl, would not be trained for anything (candy, toys, Disneyland). After countless hours of attempts, bribery and tears (mine), I resigned myself to the fact that she was going to do it when SHE was good and ready, not me. My point is, let it go. A good parent is not always the one whose child reaches milestones on time, it is the one who recognizes his child's need to do things in her own time! Good luck! And if it helps...my boys all did it on their own by 2 1/2 years (using the "no pressure method").