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October 5, 2005, 8:22 am PDT

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Quote From: jtherr2

I am a stay at home mom of three children. I have 3 year old twins and a 3 month old. On top of taking care of the children, cooking and cleaning, I am also trying to go to school to get a degree. I am so overstressed!! I am trying  to potty train my twin girls, and it seems that they just are not interested. My husband thinks it should have been done already. Is there a quick and easy way to get them potty trained? It just seems like I do not have enough time in the day. Is there an easier way to get everything done? 

  Hello,  wow...sounds like you have a lot on your plate.  I think that it is so neat that you are home with your children.  I too am a stay-at-home mom and love it.   My advice about the potty training for your girls is to not push it if they're not ready.  They say that girls take a little bit longer than boys.  What I did with my son was I made him a potty chart.  I then took him to Wal-Mart and let him choose a package of his favorite stickers.  Everytime he went to the bathroom he was able to place one of his stickers on the chart  and he would recieve MAJOR praise for his success!!  And at the end of the day (even if he did have an accident...because we all know those are bound to happen) he would get a sucker or some kind of reward for his efforts in using the toilet.  It made if fun for him.  He took to that very well and was within 4 to 6 days completely out of diapers.   There are a lot of people who think that their children should be out of diapers at a certain age.  But as we know every child is different.  I would, if I were you, start off by bringing your girls to the bathroom and to go through the whole routine of using the bathroom with them. If that particular day  they don't show any sort of interest. .. would then give it a few days or so and do it all over again until they grab onto it.   

     That's just some of my advice.  Hope it helps! 

 


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