Positive Reinforcement
Today we tried a new approach to potty training. This involves a chart where the boy can earn rewards by placing stickers each time he succeeds at using the toilet. The first reward, a little toy truck, came at five stickers on the chart. Well, somehow, the kid contrived to go five times tonight in the space of about two hours. That’s about the number of lifetime attempts prior to today, so wow. Stickers and trucks are the answer.
One potential pitfall: in spite of lots of three-year-old grunting, there’s been no success with Number 2. The other potential problem: we may run low on chart space pretty quickly at this rate, and I’m not sure what our truck budget looks like. Still, there’s no arguing with results.