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Target & Pull-Ups are offering FREE Disney Character calls to children celebrating being potty trained!
It has been many moons since I had to think about potty training.
I remember using every trick in the book to get my kids potty trained. I couldn’t wait until the day I could leave my diaper bag at home for good!
My son was easy, but my daughter was harder because we allowed her to form a habit of taking a bottle to bed with her. We were so young and didn’t realize that it would be a bad habit that would be so hard to break.
We finally had her completely potty trained except for night time. We knew then that the bottle had to go, but she would have none of that!
Then we came up with a brilliant plan that worked overnight!
We invented the Bottle Fairy who would come and take away all the bottles and leave behind pretty pajamas, movies, big girl cups, princess underwear, and other goodies.
We explained to our daughter that the Bottle Fairy could not come and bring her all those treats until she decided she no longer wanted her bubba. Being the greedy logical child she decided right then that she was ready. The Bottle Fairy came that night and that was then end of potty training for us!
You just have to use what will work for your child.
Pull-Ups® training pants and Target have teamed up to bring you the “Disney Character Calls” program to assist moms through their child’s potty training and development.
“We all know that potty training takes encouragement and time, so here’s a cool way to reward your child for going potty! For a limited time, your child can receive a free call from a Disney character! Just visit bigkidcalls.com or bigkids.mobi to have a Disney Princess or Disney/Pixar Cars character give your Big Kid® a congratulatory phone call on your cell phone.”
The FREE Disney Character calls will only last through July 8th, but check back for FREE potty training tips in teh comments section below.
I am giving away a $25 Target gift card to help you successfully potty train your child!
Here’s how to enter:
Leave me a comment telling me your biggest obstacle with potty training, or if you’ve successfully potty trained a child please leave your best tip!
This giveaway is open to all legal residents of the US age 18 and older and will end on June 27th. The winner will have 48 hours to reply to my email or I will choose a new winner.
Here are some ways that you can earn Extra entries
(Be sure to leave a separate comment for each entry)
- Follow me on Twitter
- “Like” Saving Dollars and Sense on Facebook
**Although the product for this giveaway was supplied to me free of charge on behalf of Target and Pull-Ups, all opinions expressed are solely mine.
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About Kristie Sawicki
Where was this blog 2 years ago? I really could’ve used some of the advice given here! My youngest was actually potty trained at age 2. Then we got a puppy and she saw the puppy make “accidents” and regressed! It was frustrating! Fast forward 2 years later, and she is finally ALL dry day and night! YAY! My only advice is take your time. Don’t stress out about it and your child will eventually see that it’s the way of the world. Mommy, daddy, grandma, grandpa, the teachers, friends, EVERYONE goes to the potty. I exposed my kids to the bathrooms in every place we went and I took them with me when I went. Eventually, they got curious enough to do it themselves.
I just followed you on FB.
I just followed you on Twitter, too.
The biggest obsticle I have is that my son just has no interest. Once every few weeks he will wear underwear at daycare for the day. He has no accidents. The next day, he doesn’t want to do it. I think he wears the underwear every so often just to prove to himself that he can do it.
The key to potty training is consistency. I found the best way is just put the toddler on the toilet every 20-30 min. every waking hour. All four of my kids have been day trained within a week.
I’ve never actually potty trained a child, although I’ve taken care of kids that were being potty trained and found that having regular meals and keeping track of when they drank water helped a lot in making it to the bathroom in time!
I follow you on FB. As for any tips, be consistent and patient. This does not happen over night and you just need to be understanding with your child. Some take off quickly, others it takes a bit longer. Don’t try to compare your child to someone elses or a older child of yours.
I like you on facebook.
best tip…..BRAG! My daughter would go to the potty and ask, “Aren’t you proud of me?” Often if we went a whole day without an accident we would call an aunt or Gran and let her tell them what a good job she had done. She really worked hard to be able to tell everyone, “I was dry all day!”
This is great, I am potty training at this time. We are having a hard time. My son, will almost always when he needs to go #2 but not #1. I love reading all the comments, great advice. Thanks
I follow Saving Dollars and Sense on Facebook
I follow on Twitter
Our biggest challenge I think will be that my son has mild ceberal palsy.
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I like you on facebook:)
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follow you on twitter-margretsmom
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Honestly – my biggest obstacle was constipation! Crazy but that was it….
The best thing I did was make my son were undies and set a timer for every 15 mins, and send him to go potty
my daughter is doing so good right now on the potty, she is 2. my best advice, take a lil potty with you everywhere!
Lots of encouragement! I tried to be patient and love them no matter what. That was easier said than done, but I did find the less I stressed over it and let them pick the pace, the easier it was on all of us.
I’m struggling with where to begin, my oldest just turned 2 & 7 months. I feel like it’s time, but where do your start?