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Weaning off potty training rewards

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bumpysleighridejack · 12/09/2019 20:08

Help! Been potty training DS 3 for the past couple of months, he's done really well and now only has an accident or 2 a week. So in the beginning we did a reward chart and chocolate/ edible treat if he'd done well. He cracked wees very quickly this way. Poos was a lot of hard work, and a couple of weeks of washing out poo-y pants 2 to 3 times a day (and washing DS!) nearly broke me. DS did not care about being dirty. I researched endlessly and realised poos are a lot harder to learn. DH then had the idea to up the reward stakes with mini Thomas toys for very poo on the potty/ loo (he's Thomas mad.) within a few days we had a break through, and we've had a 90% success rate for the last month. But, we've spent £60/£70 on these toys and our house is getting over run! As soon as he's done his poo he asks for his Thomas 🙈 for info he's not worried about having a poo, goes at home and out, no other issues. I just need help to stop the cycle now without him getting lazy and deciding not to use potty/ loo. I have 1 Thomas left in the house and no chance of buying any tomorrow! I tried to tell him mummy doesn't have any left but he just said I could buy more, cheeky monkey. I wondered about moving to a weekly larger treat, but I don't know if he's going to manage that. Help?! Advice?! Please?!

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bumpysleighridejack · 12/09/2019 21:13

Bump?

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queenofkale · 12/09/2019 21:19

Sticker chart? Could you do Thomas stickers and once he has 5/7 (however many you think really) he gets a toy. Or switch to chocolate buttons or something?

We did chocolate buttons and then tried to distract straight after so I'm not sure we did them for as long as a month. I agree you should stop them - he has probably got to a stage where he won't want to be dirty.

Maybe change to a chocolate button or sticker to get the instant reward and then working towards a weekly treat?

bumpysleighridejack · 12/09/2019 21:26

Thanks for the reply, I think I have let it go on too long. We did sticker chart/ chocolate to begin with and he lost interest very quickly. I've tried offering him chocolate rather than Thomas but he wants Thomas. I think tomorrow I'm just going to have to bite the bullet and say no more Thomas, and hope it doesn't make him go backwards. I need to be brave that he's learnt well enough by now!

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