It’s been 2 weeks since we began potty training our 22 month old girl and 33 month old boy. Since they are close in age, we decided to try to train them both at the same time. Before embarking on this little adventure, my wife did some online research and found The Official “3 Day Potty Training” Method by Lora Jensen. I’ll be the first to admit that I thought it sounded crazy that we could potty train out kids in 3 days, but I was curious, so we bought the ebook from Lora’s site. After talking to other parents who have spent months training and after reading the 3 day method book, it sounded worth trying.
So on Friday, May 15, 2009, we started the “program”. It’s a cold-turkey-all-or-nothing-deal. I won’t go into all the details, but we tried to follow the method in the book as much as possible. That means throwing away all the diapers in the house. No pull-ups, no training pants, no diapers for night time or long car rides… it’s game on kids!
Surprisingly enough, it really works! The first days were about as messy as you would expect. After a day and a half, it all “clicked” for our little girl. By the end of day 3, our boy was catching on too.
Lora’s method says that 22 months old is the ideal age and older kids can have a harder time learning since they are “old” and “set in their ways” a little more. I would certainly agree. Our 22 month old has it all nailed. She has had only a rare accident in two weeks and usually wakes up dry after nap and night time. Our nearly 3 year old boy is still usually wet in the morning, but he has made it through a few nights dry already.
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