Potty Training Tysen

We've taken a short hiatus in our planned activities in an attempt to potty train Tysen.  A friend of mine had purchased and used the 3 Day Potty Training method by Lora Jensen.  It worked for her, so I thought it would work for us, too.  Why wouldn't it?  Someone I know personally had used this method with success, thousands of others have used this method with success, and it's guaranteed, but we have not been successful.

We just finished Day 6 with Tysen and still seem to be no where near being potty trained.  The website says even stubborn and difficult children can be potty trained with this method.  While Ty is stubborn, he can't be more stubborn than other kids out there, can he?  Granted, Tysen is a full year older than the 22-months of age recommended by this author as the age to potty train using this method.  Older kids, she states, can take longer and be more difficult to train, but when you're told potty training will be done in 3 days and you do EVERYTHING the program outlines, let me tell you, you will be frustrated, disappointed, even angry.

But to keep things in perspective, Koen took over eight-months to potty train.  I figured if I could do it in three days I'd be thrilled!  I didn't think about the fact that eight-months of frustrations would be crammed into 3 days (and then more!).  Don't get me wrong, we have had some successes -- few and far between; this just isn't what I planned on.  I said to Seth that this program should be renamed, "How to Potty Train in Less than One Year," and then when it worked for people in 3 days, 6 days, or however many days, people would be ecstatic!  He didn't think it would sell as well.  

So we're still not there yet, but I'm praying it'll take less than eight-months to potty train Ty.  Who knows...maybe tomorrow is the day it'll all "click" for him!  And honestly, I've already thought about trying this method with Brielle...when she's 22 months.  Maybe it'll work at that age...  

I'll keep you posted on this.