Summary of toilet training in less than one day

busymom

Thu, Jul 28 2016, 12:03 pm

I'm not familiar with it but all I can tell you is that unrealistic expectations will make the process extremely frustrating. And you train most effectively when you aren't worked up.
I recently trained my youngest child. I have several older ones so I've learned a thing or two about having realistic expectations. Going in I knew that there WILL be an accident at some point. This is the only way for them to learn.
I half-way followed Dina Friedman's method. Basically, the goal for the first day is simply awareness. The child should understand that he's making and know how to stop midstream. (This alone can take a day or two.) Every time ds made in the toilet, I fussed and rewarded with a chocolate chip. Also, instead of constantly talking about not making wet, I kept commenting that, wow, his underwear is dry.
As expected, there were a couple of accidents, but incredibly, this child trained in 2 days and has made almost no accidents since. It was the calmest and most rewarding training I've every had.
Having said all the above, no matter what method you use and how well you implement it, some kids are just harder to train than others. Not every child can be trained in 1-2 days, even if you do everything right.