What I Wish I Had Known Before Potty Training: 3 Day Method
Potty training can be a daunting task for any parent. It can be a stressful and time-consuming process, and it can be difficult to know where to start. The 3 Day Method is a popular potty training technique that can help make the process easier. In this article, I will discuss what I wish I had known before potty training using the 3 Day Method.
What is the 3 Day Method?
The 3 Day Method is a potty training technique that involves a three-day intensive period of potty training. During this period, parents are encouraged to stay home with their child and focus solely on potty training. The idea is that by focusing on potty training for three days, the child will learn the necessary skills and habits to become potty trained.
What I Wish I Had Known Before Potty Training with the 3 Day Method
Before potty training with the 3 Day Method, there are a few things I wish I had known.
Be Prepared
The first thing I wish I had known before potty training with the 3 Day Method is to be prepared. This means having all the necessary supplies on hand, such as a potty chair, potty liners, wipes, and extra clothes. It also means having a plan for how you will handle accidents and rewards for successful potty trips.
Be Consistent
The second thing I wish I had known before potty training with the 3 Day Method is to be consistent. This means sticking to the same routine and schedule each day and not giving up if your child has an accident or doesn’t seem to be making progress. Consistency is key when it comes to potty training, and it’s important to stay positive and encouraging throughout the process.
Be Patient
The third thing I wish I had known before potty training with the 3 Day Method is to be patient. Potty training can be a long and frustrating process, and it’s important to remember that it’s a learning process for your child. It’s important to be patient and understanding, and to remember that it may take some time for your child to become fully potty trained.
FAQs
How long does the 3 Day Method take?
The 3 Day Method typically takes three days, although it may take longer for some children.
What supplies do I need for the 3 Day Method?
You will need a potty chair, potty liners, wipes, and extra clothes. You may also want to have rewards on hand for successful potty trips.
What should I do if my child has an accident?
If your child has an accident, it’s important to stay calm and not get angry. It’s also important to clean up the accident and help your child get back on track with potty training.
What should I do if my child isn’t making progress?
If your child isn’t making progress, it’s important to stay positive and encouraging. It may take some time for your child to become fully potty trained, so it’s important to be patient and understanding.
Where did you get your kiddos bed from!?
It makes me tear up listening to you speak about parenting. You are so intentional and kind with your children. It’s so refreshing and inspiring! You’re doing great!
Hi @megan, thank you for your video and content.
Where is the twin bed from that you purchased? Thanks!
Thank you for making this video! I’ve been so nervous about starting potty training but just hearing how another mama got through it is so reassuring 🫶🏻
What if I’m doing the big little feelings method and it’s not working. I’m at my wits end and so frustrated. She pees in the potty most the time but refuses to poop
Megan, I’m sort of laughing at myself as my son turned 32: on the 16th and I’m watching your potty training video! It brought me right back to his experience , though, and wish that I’d had seen this then. Great advice!
Thanks for this, Megan! Would you consider doing one for sleep training as well?
Thank you Megan, there are so many expectations about potty training! But you made it more realistic and I’m happy the 3 day method worked for you, that’s exactly what I want to do with my toddler ❤
I love his big boy bed! We’re starting to prepare for potty training and big boy beds with our 2 year old son. Where did you get his bed? ❤
This was so good!!
I had to potty train during the start of the pandemic when the stores were cleared out of diapers in Honolulu and I didn't have any cloth ones. We were in lockdown and the kid and I was isolated from the husband (ER doc). It wasn't too bad, but I don't recommend potty training this way! 😂
For both my kids we waited until 3 years old I just felt they would understand more idk lol. My boy had way more accidents than my daughter had and I've come to realize that when a boy has accidents the pee just kind goes everywhere and for the girl the pee just soaks all in the underwear and down the leg. Way less mess to clean up when potty training a girl haha. My daughter I'd say was way easier than my son. She started going in the public restrooms 2 months into potty training and it just so happened it was a porta-potty lol we were at a pumpkin patch at that was the only bathroom available. My son wouldn't use a public restrooms until he was almost 3 and half. It's crazy how different each kid potty trains when you have multiple kids. My boyfriend works all day so I basically trained both my kids by myself. We just did underwear all day and pull up at night until we got to potty training at night time.
It sounds like you guys had great luck with the BLF method, but I think you were also right to wait and let Rowan "be ready". I've only seen success stories with the BLF method, but it didn't work for us at all, and I wish I'd listened to my mom who told me not to push my daughter. I followed the class to a T with my daughter at 27 months. She had already occasionally been peeing in the potty and had shown all the signs of readiness. We did the 3 day holiday weekend thing, no rewards or punishment, stay calm with accidents, etc. It was a DISASTER. She freaked out the minute I told her we were saying "Bye-bye" diapers, but still she got a few pees/poops in the potty the first morning and I thought we were on a roll. But then after that it became an unintentional power struggle – no idea what switched in her little toddler brain, but every single pee or poop went straight on the floor and every morning was a meltdown that I was taking the "sleep undies" off. By the end of night three we said forget it. She was just not emotionally ready. So here we are a few months later, she definitely seems closer to being ready now, and I think she'll sort it out on her own with a little more time.
Loved this video! Currently in the thick of that now with my 27 Month old and definitely understand the pressure to get them potty trained right before two years!
We love the folding portable seats. We got a green frog one and a yellow owl one. My son refused to go on the potty so these little seats on the toilet have worked great and also gave him familiarity for public toilets so they were never a problem
Thank you Megan!!! My daughter is TERRIFIED of public restrooms and she's only 2 (as of tomorrow). So I know that potty training while away from home will be a struggle for us at first. I appreciate this video ❤
My son was potty trained at 18 months. We stayed home one weekend and put undies on him and he peed in it about an hour after starting. No coaxing, no demanding. He then continued for the rest of the day. The next day he was quite and I went looking for him and he was standing on tippy toes, trying to stretch his little doodle up over the rim of the toilet 😂. I put the seat on for him and he used it all the time. He never had an accident and at 2 I notice that the nappies were dry over night, so I told him one night no more nappies and again, no wet beds. He showed no signs of even wanting to use the toilet prior yo us starting. I used the same technique for the other two and the boy was fully trained by 2. My girl was fine for using the potty but wouldn’t do no 2 in the toilet. Around 20 months I would put her on the toilet and sit with her reading a book to her. It took a few weeks but once she used it once for no 2’s she then continued. None of my kids wet their beds. It is definitely individual to each child but. I was lucky that none of mine had ongoing issues. I did find with my grandkids that the ones that slept solid and were not easily roused, were the bed wetters. I think we believe that it is going to be so hard but in fact the majority of the time it is pretty easy. I love the idea of a tap out word between parents. 😊
I’d love to potty train my son, he’s a little younger than Rowan but he is autistic and nonverbal. I have no idea how to even go about potty training😅 if anyone has any experience with that I’d love some advice!
Love your hair!❤
Thanks for this video! My son just turned 2 and is starting to show signs that he is ready, but we got a little push back from daycare when we brought it up previously, because he doesn't do the same things there as he does at home. So I think we are going to wait until the fall when I am home full time. Maybe baby sis will spend a day or two with the grandparents so we can fully focus on him!
My daughter has been using the potty since she was 1 off and on so when we fulling potty trained she was ready and knew how to use a big girl potty. I never bought a small potty. She goes in there by herself now. She’ll be three in august!!! Good luck ladies!!
Thank you megan this was perfect timing and so encouraging thank you!❤
I'm curious if he still pees/poops in a pullup or diaper during nap and nighttime. My little girl has been potty trained for a while but she still goes so much at night and nap! She's not holding it either because she goes plenty during the day! It's just funny because one indicator to start training is a dry diaper, but I'm so glad I didn't go off just that and went on her other cues because she was definitely ready!
We potty trained our son at 20 months because he would poop in his diaper, then go get his diaper bag, pull out the pad, the diapers and wipes and throw them at us! Lol. For our second son, we’ll wait until we see a similar sign – even if we see it much later! But at that early of an age, you just can’t expect good communication. As long as we put him on the potty regularly he was good to go.
Yes, so much pressure to do it early! We waited and it was a breeze. Also, I forgot stickers the first time my daughter was in a public restroom and she’s still terrified 🤦🏻♀️ So def stickers or a thing of post it notes went into the diaper bag! She can’t avoid public restrooms forever 🙂
Thank you! So, so helpful!!
Clicked so fast.. my girl is potty training, a few months younger than Rowan.. Idk what to do
Thank you!! Hoping to do this a few months before little sister makes her appearance!
I feel that there is so much mom peer pressure to potty train early when many kids just are not ready until 2.5 to 3. Both of my boys were not ready until closer to 3, and when they were, the whole process was a breeze. Our 6 month daughter has DS, so I'm expecting her to be in diapers longer than her brothers, but you never know. She could surprise us.
Thank you so much for this video! I’m sure I’ll be referring to it in the future! My son is 27 months and only showing a few signs of readiness, but this will definitely come in handy in the next few months!!
I needed to see this. My 2.5 year old is showing signs but he’s also on the spectrum so I’m struggling with this.