In light of yesterday's discussion about potty training, we wanted to show you an incentive idea that one of our readers shared with us: a crown for your child to wear upon their "throne."
Potty Training Incentive: Achievement Crown
Using small rewards like stickers or treats is a successful strategy for many parents in the throes of potty training their child. Riffing on the idea of felt birthday crowns (like Remington's), Amida made a plain felt crown for her daughter. As both incentive and reward, she sews a button of her daughter's choice onto the crown after each successful session. Her daughter loves choosing a button from Amida's collection and, as you can see, she is making a lot of progress - you might even call it a "crowning achievement" (har, har, har).
You can check out more of Amida's good ideas on her blog, Journey Into Unschooling (remember the grocery store she made for her kids?)
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Pretty.
I'll show my son but I bet he would ask for one, like it about twice, then lose interest.
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as for potty training i asked our daycare ( first time momma here) about starting him. he is 19 months now and really he wouldnt understand at all what was going on. he cannot say bathroom potty pee pee yet. she said her first girl was potty trained at a year and another one of her daughters was three. three seems old to me...what age is a good one to start??? ball park here?
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jackied302 --
check this out:
http://www.smartpottytraining.com/book.html
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@ jackied302
Every child is different, they will let you know in their own time when they are ready to be potty trained, it is not good to force them just because it suits you timewise (speaking from experience here!). My son is almost two and a half and only now is beginning to grasp the whole idea of using the potty/toilet. Often boys show signs of wanting to use the potty/toilet later than girls. Your little boy sounds too young yet to be potty trained. Once he is able to tell you he needs to use the potty/toilet, then that is a good time to introduce it to him. Hope that helps!
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I love this idea....I think we may make one this weekend! YAY!
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