Monday, August 1, 2011

Potty Training Tips: Making it Fun

In an earlier post, we suggested trying to make using a potty fun for your little person.

There are many potty toys on the market.  Examples include the talking potty training Elmo doll.  You give the Elmo a plastic sippy cup to "drink" from.  A sensor in the mouth of the Elmo doll senses the cup and Elmo "drinks."  Then a few seconds later Elmo announces he has to go potty.  You help Elmo out of his underpants and put him on an Elmo-size plastic potty.  The doll senses it is on the potty, and Elmo does his thing (sounds only; there's no liquid or solid coming out of this doll, which is good).  If you don't put Elmo on the potty in time, then Elmo announces that he has had an accident; better luck next time.















Of course, you don't need to take this sort of elaborate approach to making potty training fun for your toddler.  You can just use a stuffed animal and pretend that it is going potty on your toddler's potty chair or potty seat.  Doesn't have to be a big production.

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