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10.32 again.  I debated about saying this, but I think I'm going to.  Get off your high horse.  Potty training books recommend tons of things that I would never do (bribing with food or new toys, making things take longer as punishment).  I potty train the way that my mother, grandmother, great-grandmother potty trained their kids, with one small variation.  My mother and grandmothers sewed ruffles on the seat of little girl's underwear and appliques on the hip of little boy's underwear.  As long as the child stayed dry, they could wear the underwear during the day, but if they wet their pants, they were in a diaper for the rest of the day and could try again the next day.  For messes, they were in a diaper until the next time the child had to go.  When I potty train, I [b]use character underwear and the child gets to put the dry underwear in the clothes hamper and put on a new pair each time they go; if they wet or mess their pants, they wear a diaper until the next time they go in the pot.  I don't do bribery, [/b]it's just a way to teach children to want to change their underwear (and it gradually is scaled back once they are fully potty trained), and it's not a punishment to wear the diaper, it's just a way to make sure that we don't have to clean up a huge mess again.[/quote]

UM, that IS bribery- with character underwear. Doesn't matter if it's underwear, gummy bears or a new toy for the potty -- it's all bribery.[/quote]

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