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101 opinions for Kids Health Notes give-away: Playdate Kids potty training book

• Carol
  Jun 10, 2008 at 6:06 am

  I’d love to win.

• sandy
  Jun 10, 2008 at 6:16 am

  love to win too

• amy delong
  Jun 10, 2008 at 7:29 am

  my son is getting to that age,this would be a great help!

• Michael Capp
  Jun 10, 2008 at 8:08 am

  I want to win!

• Wynnde
  Jun 10, 2008 at 8:51 am

  I would love to have this!

• Catherine KingChuparkoff
  Jun 10, 2008 at 9:37 am

  Wonderful prize and website!

• charline s
  Jun 10, 2008 at 10:29 am

  I always used the reward system. I used a chart with stickers and when they got the required stickers (about 2 or 3) they got a small reward of some kind. I think it was also easier with me having boys I potty trained them in the summer months and being outside watering the grass or whatever helped. LOL

• Linda Moeller
  Jun 10, 2008 at 10:56 am

  Nice prize.

• Stephanie V
  Jun 10, 2008 at 1:21 pm

  No advice yet as son is almost one, but I am petrified of the whole process.

• Carol Blevins
  Jun 10, 2008 at 1:59 pm

  I could so use this.

• Suzanne B. (Crunchy Green Mom)
  Jun 10, 2008 at 3:09 pm

  Oh… Thank you so much for pointing me to your giveaway!

  With two little girls under the age of two, I’ve introduced the 1.5 year old to the potty, she’s used it once, but she seems apprehensive.

  I could so use this!

  With six kids total, I’ve been potty training off and on for years. But since my oldest three are in their teens, its been a while.
  I remember the reward system, lots of stickers and ice pops!
  Oh.. and new panties, those seemed to work really well!

  I hope I win this, any new ideas would be great ;)

• Monique Rizzo
  Jun 10, 2008 at 4:02 pm

  Stickers, Treats and charts oh my!

• Adrienne Gordon
  Jun 10, 2008 at 4:29 pm

  the potties that make noises seem to interest my kids.

• djp
  Jun 10, 2008 at 4:50 pm

  this better work!

• David Benedict
  Jun 10, 2008 at 5:03 pm

  this would be perfect as my son just turned 1 year old

• Tesa Shelton
  Jun 10, 2008 at 5:59 pm

  Boys respond well to rewards! However, if they wake in the middle of the night and you’re not up - they are apt to pee in your flower pots. So if you notice your flowers dying for no other reason, and you have a little boy, that could be it!!! :)

• Shirley Younger
  Jun 10, 2008 at 6:41 pm

  Hope I win

• Christy
  Jun 10, 2008 at 9:47 pm

  I wish I had advice, but we’re just starting. At this point, I could use all of the help I can get!

• Noelia Gutierrez
  Jun 11, 2008 at 12:49 am

  read stories to them, and also don;t force them, that is the main thing.

• Phillip Fry
  Jun 11, 2008 at 12:57 am

  First time parent that would love to win!

• Heather U
  Jun 11, 2008 at 6:26 am

  We have a little while before we’ll start potty training, so I don’t have any first hand advice. But my mom said she would pour warm water between our legs while sitting on the potty to make us pee.

  BTW, thanks for your great comment on my blog yesterday! I hope you’ll visit again soon!

• Kristi Cochran
  Jun 11, 2008 at 9:24 am

  I need this to help potty train my son.

• Teresa Hoyt
  Jun 11, 2008 at 5:08 pm

  This may sound insane,but with a boy try giving him a “target” (square of toilet paper). Lol, I know it sounds strange, but it can turn an unpleasant experience into a fun one!

• Belinda A.
  Jun 11, 2008 at 7:54 pm

  Be excited about every attempt made by the child to go potty.

• Deanne S
  Jun 11, 2008 at 9:20 pm

  We had a party when my son used the potty all day…..He never went back to diapers. We told him if he went potty all day we’d have a pee pee and poopie party with cake, streamers balloons and a present. He worked hard to earn it and after the party day I just used little reinforcements like M’M’s, stickers, hand stamps etc. to keep it fun.

• Julie J Donahue
  Jun 12, 2008 at 9:32 am

  I have no tips. I need some.
  Well…one tip. Don’t make it a power struggle. You won’t win!

• Rachel Fox
  Jun 12, 2008 at 1:39 pm

  I’d love to win this for my brother! He and his wife are having a really hard time training their little girl, and just had a little boy, so they sure could use this! Thanks for the offer!

• Susan C
  Jun 12, 2008 at 1:47 pm

  My tip is to make the toddler excited about training. Rewards work well!

• Teresa Hoyt
  Jun 12, 2008 at 2:48 pm

  The best advice I can give is that every child IS different and some take MUCH longer to potty train, so don’t panic if “Timmy” isn’t trained as quickly as “Susie” was!

• Carol Blevins
  Jun 12, 2008 at 4:10 pm

  Thanks for the contest. We could use this at our house.

• Sara
  Jun 13, 2008 at 3:36 pm

  This would be great to use at the daycare center I work at!

• Belinda A.
  Jun 13, 2008 at 9:16 pm

  Implement a reward system, a little treat for each time the child goes potty.

• Steve Scott
  Jun 14, 2008 at 7:29 pm

  I keep thinking about the money that I could save if we could get out of diapers. I like the reward system idea. Thanks

• Belinda A.
  Jun 14, 2008 at 9:00 pm

  Let your child help pick out the potty, because if there’s something about the potty he doesn’t like, he won’t use it!

• Teresa Hoyt
  Jun 14, 2008 at 9:29 pm

  Let your child pick a favorite book to peruse while sitting on the potty.The more they relax, the sooner they will do the deed!

• Adrienne Gordon
  Jun 15, 2008 at 11:07 am

  persistence is important

• mary boemmel
  Jun 15, 2008 at 6:28 pm

  This would be great for my grandson.

• Andrew Gordon
  Jun 16, 2008 at 11:41 am

  Never give up!

• Mel
  Jun 16, 2008 at 12:05 pm

  I think the key to the whole process is establishing a routine. Sitting on the potty at certain times each day is what made it a lot easier to potty train my daughter when she was younger.

• Teresa Hoyt
  Jun 16, 2008 at 2:48 pm

  Play favorite music or give the child a favorite book so they can relax!

• Tesa S.
  Jun 16, 2008 at 7:00 pm

  Use rewards that toddlers understand, like small pieces of candy.

• susan varney
  Jun 16, 2008 at 8:00 pm

  sounds like a cool idea

• Tammy
  Jun 16, 2008 at 9:30 pm

  I’d gift this to my sister who has a little one, almost ready to train - but I used Toilet Training in Less than a Day book and it worked for my 2 1/2 year old.

• Anna Thurman
  Jun 16, 2008 at 10:54 pm

  I wish I had some tips, right now I’m in need of potty training tips myself!

• Barbara Baker
  Jun 16, 2008 at 11:40 pm

  My way of successfully potty training a toddler is to lavish them with praise. It works every time. Oh, and don’t forget to through out those diapers (or take them to your local good will store). When my children turned two (the day of) I told them it was time to be a big girl/boy and began coaching them, praising them, asking them a million times a day until the knew they needed to go and last but not least…we didn’t go anywhere until they were trained. As a reward when they successfully went pee on their own in the middle of the night…we would take them to their favorite place to eat…”Cracker barrel”.

  It works every time. Shoot, if you praise an adult you can get a lot of success their too (LOL).

• dean
  Jun 17, 2008 at 7:10 am

  this would help with my toddler!

• Susan C
  Jun 17, 2008 at 10:20 am

  My tip is to take your child shopping for “big kids” underwear, and make a big deal out of it. They won’t want to get them wet.

• Candis Hansen
  Jun 17, 2008 at 10:47 am

  My tip is M&M’s

• Kari Follett
  Jun 17, 2008 at 1:44 pm

  Make the switch to big kid underpants, not pull ups. They didn’t work for us because they were too diaper-y.

  This ends on my birthday so..pick me, pick me! :)

• jennifer bowen
  Jun 17, 2008 at 2:21 pm

  wow how cool now this i could realy use thanks

• Wynnde
  Jun 17, 2008 at 6:52 pm

  Count me in!

• Belinda A.
  Jun 18, 2008 at 12:07 am

  I started out using pull ups because they’re quicker to get off than diapers and little ‘accidents’ were no big deal. Once my charge began to understand the concept, we transitioned to thick underwear.

• Molly Capel
  Jun 18, 2008 at 2:34 am

  The best tip I can say, is that pullups during the day are evil! lol It’s better (be it messier) to just switch them straight into undies. Yeah, more laundry to do, but at least they will know when they are wet & hopefully help them understand the whole concept of going on the potty better.

• Evelyn
  Jun 18, 2008 at 1:24 pm

  I’m in

• Tesa S.
  Jun 18, 2008 at 10:26 pm

  Cheerios as targets work pretty well!

• Ivelisse Jimenez
  Jun 19, 2008 at 12:56 am

  having a lot of trouble training my little girl. She is 33 months old. She says “No” to the potty and runs away. Tried the little potty, the insert seat to the big potty. Videos, etc. This would be a great help.

• Nancy Blaisdell
  Jun 19, 2008 at 6:48 am

  We are trying to train our 2 year old granddaughter. She’s been a challenge, and we need all the help we can get!

• Sandy M
  Jun 19, 2008 at 8:53 am

  Tip: wait until he/she’s ready. And don’t expect perfection right away. They’re smart-they’ll figure out that clean pants are better!!

• Ann Streng
  Jun 19, 2008 at 8:59 am

  Having a hard time training granddaughter at 2 1/2.

• sandra kao
  Jun 19, 2008 at 3:52 pm

  our day care provider did most of the work

• shawna
  Jun 19, 2008 at 8:50 pm

  I really need this for my daughter!!

• Roger Deming
  Jun 19, 2008 at 11:05 pm

  This would be great for my daughter who is will be starting to potty train her first.

• Belinda A.
  Jun 19, 2008 at 11:43 pm

  Don’t try and start potty training if there are other big changes going on in your child’s life. Make sure there are no major disruptions, so that kiddo feels relaxed and receptive to your potty training.

• Anthony Hedden
  Jun 20, 2008 at 3:29 pm

  Encourage them

• Tesa S
  Jun 20, 2008 at 4:21 pm

  Fruit Loops in the bowl provide colorful targets!

• Debbie Criss
  Jun 20, 2008 at 10:47 pm

  I only raised boys, they always went to the restroom with their dads or older brothers. Please enter me, thank you

• Adrienne Gordon
  Jun 21, 2008 at 9:29 am

  don’t forget to install proper hygiene habits as well.

• Heather T.
  Jun 21, 2008 at 1:57 pm

  We are trying to potty train our son right now and we have a potty chart on the bathroom door. Every time he goes potty he gets to put a sticker on the chart. The chart is homemade so it was very affordable.

• ~ HeLeN ~
  Jun 21, 2008 at 11:53 pm

  Reward system, using a chart with stickers. When she gets the required stickers (about 3 or 4) she gets a small reward.

• Belinda A.
  Jun 22, 2008 at 1:20 am

  I wouldn’t recommend getting a potty with too many gadgets/toys. We found a basic potty worked far better than the more expensive potty with all the bells and whistles: too many distractions.

• Amanda Dickerson
  Jun 22, 2008 at 8:18 am

  I made a big chart next to his potty chair. I put stars on the chart which mean Gold-I did it! Blue-Almost and Red-I tried. My daughter really enjoys this as it not only encourages her to go but even if she does not quite make it, she still feels good as she knows I am proud of her for trying.

• camille ludwig
  Jun 22, 2008 at 10:50 am

  need to win

• Pamela White
  Jun 22, 2008 at 3:54 pm

  I found cool tonka truck, put it on a shelf in the bathroom with a sticker card. After going potty in the toilet 10 times by himself(with help) he got his prize. To help him get better aim while standing I used targets that float on top of the water and when hit with urine sink.

• Janet
  Jun 22, 2008 at 4:54 pm

  I like the reward system idea and trying when they appear ready. Thanks
  4 the contest!:)

• philip halter
  Jun 22, 2008 at 5:56 pm

  great prize

• Ed
  Jun 22, 2008 at 9:36 pm

  Patience lots and lots of patience.

• Sherri Siler
  Jun 22, 2008 at 11:37 pm

  This is perfect. We just started potty training and it is not going well.

• Carla Pullum
  Jun 23, 2008 at 1:29 am

  Tip would be working with your child and not waiting. Rewards and explaining! This all helps!!
  Show your child how happy you are by his or her accomplishment even approaching the toilet! Pretty soon it all works out.

• Esperanza Dodge
  Jun 23, 2008 at 2:34 am

  Oh wow, my baby is nearly a toddler and this would really be helpful! Cool I luv the jungle

• Suzie G
  Jun 23, 2008 at 3:47 am

  My daughter is just starting to potty train again. We were at it for a while in the past, but then her brother was born and she sort of backslided and it didn’t want to push it while she was adjusting. What worked for us even though I know a lot of people don’t recommend it, was offering her a treat for going on the potty. I kept a jar of M&Ms and everytime she went she’d get 2. She was peeing on it almost everytime, we’re starting to work on potty training again, with Elmo’s Potty Time DVD. The M&M thing works pretty well though.

• Janet
  Jun 23, 2008 at 5:29 am

  read stories to them

• kathy pease
  Jun 23, 2008 at 9:57 am

  you have to be consistent with taking them to the potty :)

• Elsie Sutton
  Jun 23, 2008 at 10:12 am

  i WOuld love to win

• Pamela White
  Jun 23, 2008 at 10:22 am

  My son found freedom and accomplished peeing while standing by peeing outside. We went walking in the woods and his father showed him how to pee. Care be taken, he liked to pee in our front yard after that so tell him when it is appropriate.

• Terre Neesham
  Jun 23, 2008 at 10:39 am

  I have potty trained a girl and a boy, the boy was quicker. Girls don’t like to use “ugly” toilets while out shopping and boys can just pee on the grass. I am about to potty train my last child (boy) and I have waited until summer to do so since we live in New England.

• Marion B
  Jun 23, 2008 at 10:56 am

  I know they say to throw a party for a doll who pees on the potty. I wish my son would be interested- he wants nothing to do with the potty. He actually loves diapers and calls underwear “stupid”.

• Carina Jung
  Jun 23, 2008 at 11:09 am

  I think the best way to potty train is to let the kid decide when he is ready to use it and not trying to push him into doing something he can’t or doesn’t want to do yet.

  I would so love to win this book

• Brooke
  Jun 23, 2008 at 11:35 am

  Keep the door open when you pee and wait for them to show interest.

• Tesa S.
  Jun 23, 2008 at 12:30 pm

  Boys love to pee off the porch!

• Joan Koczon
  Jun 23, 2008 at 1:01 pm

  Don’t put them in those pull ups but just let them wear a nice pair of ‘undies’ that they can feel ‘wet’ when the pee and they will want to keep the nice undies dry and will try harder.

• Ed Nemmers
  Jun 23, 2008 at 3:00 pm

  Consistency creates a routine

• Amy W
  Jun 23, 2008 at 4:08 pm

  Ugh! My son is two and I am starting to stress about the whole potty training thing! We bought him a potty and he really has ZERO interest in it!! I have no advice to give but am desperately looking for anything new to try!

• Renee Turner
  Jun 23, 2008 at 4:52 pm

  For boys: In the summer- let them run around naked. They can really feel when they have to go and they will pick it up in no time. They love to pee outside!

• Denise
  Jun 23, 2008 at 5:29 pm

  I wish I had some tips, because my 3.5 yr old boy is not making any progress.

• sarah woods
  Jun 23, 2008 at 6:29 pm

  My ideas are the many zillions offered: 1. Reward sticker programs; 2. The girls loved going on the muscial potty seat; over the adult toilet. Many Thanks SW

• Tammy
  Jun 23, 2008 at 7:05 pm

  I posted earlier that we had used the Toilet Training in Less than a Day with our daughter and it really worked. One of the things that you will use if you use that method is one of those dolls that can go potty.

• ! MiC
  Jun 23, 2008 at 11:08 pm

  Always use positive reinforcement.

• Belinda A.
  Jun 23, 2008 at 11:37 pm

  Don’t make a big deal of setbacks, they are inevitable and eventually the little one will get it down:)

• Trisha Dowling
  Jun 23, 2008 at 11:37 pm

  we put the boys backwards on the toilet. it seemed to help.

• Colleen
  Jun 24, 2008 at 11:36 am

  I wish I had a tip for you. I’m in the same place you are. My 3 year old son refuses to use the potty. Knows how, just doesn’t want to, definitely not number two. I’ve tried lots of rewards. So far the best thing that’s worked is to put him in regular underwear around the house. There are accidents to clean up, but it seems to make him more aware of it, and he does try harder to keep those clean than a Pull-Up.

• Kelly H
  Jun 25, 2008 at 10:43 pm

  Put a cheerio in the water for the little one to “aim” at. So simple yet effective!

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