Potty training. What comes to mind when you hear those two words? Does fear strike deep in your heart?
I know I felt a bit terrified when starting this process with our firstborn. I briefly considered waiting until he was in jr. high…but quickly changed my mind when I thought about paying for all those diapers.
Thankfully, we are in that brief hiatus before potty training our second son. But, I’m feeling a lot more confident this time around. I thought I’d share some of the (free!) tools that helped make our first go-around a lot smoother than I expected.
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Sticker charts were a life saver for us. PottyTrainingConcepts.com offers free printable potty training charts in themes such as Cars, Disney Princess, Thomas & Friends, and Winnie the Pooh. We used the Chuck E. Cheese printable rewards calendar for Griffin. (We used our own rewards system, but kids can receive 10 free tokens for taking a completed chart into Chuck E. Cheese.)
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We also signed up to receive this free potty training DVD from Pull-Ups. Griffin loved it–he still occasionally asks to watch it! As I recall, there were also some great Huggies coupons included as well.
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Huggies also offers a free Pull-Ups sample here, along with a few other tips and tools.
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Are you a little further along in the process, but still working on night-time? Wal-mart also has a free sample of Huggies Good-Nites here.
How about you? I’d love to hear about your tips and tools as well!
You must have read my mind! My DD is only 15 months but showing signs. I began to research potty training today! Thank you.