Potty-training brings out the advice-givers in all of us who’ve been through it, and thank goodness!, because other moms love to hear these ideas.  Since we’ve had a couple more suggestions on potty training that were e-mailed after our post, I want to pass them along for those of you still in the throes of toddler-hood.  If you have other ideas, please continue to leave them in the ‘comments’ section, so you can help other moms who are desperate to ditch the diapers.  Here’s what our friends had to say:

When my third child was ready to potty train, it was simple.  His oldest sister, Brittany, looked at me and said,” Why don’t you just tell Timothy you don’t have any more diapers?”  And then she took them and hid them under Bethany’s bed.  That was it.  Done.  Simple.  Just thinking about it brought me a smile.  (Rena)

We bought Caleb a fishing pole and told him when he didn’t go in his diaper for 3 days, he could open it and play with it.  He eyed it with anticipation and it was a few weeks later when he started letting us know when he had to go (thanks to Elmo’s “stop what you’re doing and go” slogan).  When I had realized it had been 2 days since going in his diaper, we put on his big boy underwear and he graduated that day.  That was over 2 weeks ago and he’s only had 2 accidents (both times when we were busy and not reminding him).  We also have transitioned from jelly bellies to pennies in the piggy bank as a reward. (Erin)

Today I’m also posting over at Midwest Parents, where you can read about my wanderlust and my admiration for the Granger family, who took a plunge few other families ever will.

-Kirsetin