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How did you Potty Train? How'd that go? (lemmy.world)

submitted 21 hours ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Getting ready for the literal and figurative shit storm that is potty training. I would love to hear some experiences-

What method did you use? Was it from a book or a parenting blog? How long did it take? What would you do differently? What did you do right?

I plan to record evidence of our triumph so I can show her when she get sassy and says I don't do anything for her. Welp kid, you'd literally be an animal defecating on the floor! Let's watch exhibit A, shall we?

(I'm not really recording my child, I feel like I have to say this for the former FBI agents who recently have so much time on their hands. I was being entirely facetious...which sounds like feces)

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago)

Yeah, that was a bit difficult with junior - but in another way. At the age of 5 he used the toilet but for reasons (nostalgia perhaps) he refused to flush. We were greeted daily with unflushed turds.

So I upgraded his pocketmoney to 70 Cents and presented him this web-app I wrote on our family tablet:

"See, you now will get 70 Cents at the end of the week"

His face was filled with glory.

"Now you didn't flush today, see what happens." I said while pressing the coin and turning it to a turd and reducing his amount to 60 Cents.

By the end of the week I never had to show him this app ever again. Call me cruel.