We have a potty chart that Sam gets to add a sticker to each time he goes to the potty. This time when the chart is filled he gets to get a Star Wars Rocket Ship. In the past we filled 3 charts in about 2 months. We have been working to fill one chart for about 4 months b/c Sam had lost interest when he saw how many spaces he had to fill. So he has been getting a sticker here and there, and we were feeling a little defeated as parents trying to potty train. Last night we noticed that he only had 3 more spaces to fill for his rocket ship! He had a renewed interest and he went "tee tee" 2 times and "poo poo" once all this morning!!!!! I was thrilled seeing the possible end to buying a second box of diapers for my two year old. The bad news is that as soon as he got his last sticker, we jumped and cheered, then he ran straight to his room and grabbed a diaper to put on. This goes to show they CAN do it when they WANT to. I am not going to push him too hard just yet. I think I may try a smaller potty chart to get him interested again and see what happens.
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We had the same experience with longer charts, about a weeks worth of stickers and smaller gifts worked well for us for starters and eventually he just got to where he wanted to go on his own. It may be a bad thing but we would compare him to friends of him that were potty trained and asked him didn't he want to be a big boy like that, all i can say is that little peer pressue can be a positive thing in some cases.
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