DIY: Potty Train Chart

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The other day my 2.5 year old son said to me, "Maybe Santa will bring me a potty train for Christmas." I didn't understand what he meant, until later that day he mentioned that he wanted a potty train and big boy underwear. The whole time I had been talking about being potty trained his little mind thought of an actual Potty Train. He is so dang hilarious!

And so I was inspired by my little man, and came up with this potty chart.

The train actaully moves with the help of a magnet on the back of the poster and on the actual wooden train.
When he goes potty he can move the train on the track, earn a sticker and earn a little piece of candy. Yea, I am serious about this and totally pulling out all the stops!
Each time he goes potty he will put a sticker to put on the track. Once the entire track is filled we will take him on the local city Trax train as a reward.

I have stocked up on juice and other fun drinks. Every hour on the hour my phone's timer makes a choo choo sound and we head for the potty. While we are there we read books and watch potty movies on my iphone.


Please oh please let this work!!! Wish me luck!


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8 comments

  1. AnnDecember 13, 2011 at 10:04 AM

    What a cute idea!! Good luck!

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  2. AnonymousDecember 13, 2011 at 10:33 AM

    this is soo cool, i have to make one for my 2, 4 year old son. i really want him to be potty trained unitl the winter arrives. (in 6 months). GOOD LUCK!!

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  3. The StonesDecember 13, 2011 at 1:53 PM

    Looks like you've got it all covered! It's so hard, but one thing that helped Jack (we'll see with Emma) was having a small standing potty in our main room so when he had to go (which was that very second) he could make it to the little potty. He progressively got better. GOOD LUCK!

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  4. AnonymousDecember 13, 2011 at 4:05 PM

    Wow, great idea! It sounds like your prepared and ready for anything everything. Good luck!

    Natalie
    www.projectdowhatyoulove.wordpress.com

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  5. SarahDecember 15, 2011 at 8:56 AM

    Adorable idea! Anything that can get them trained as quickly as possible!

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  6. Savannah RobertsDecember 15, 2011 at 11:58 PM

    CUTE how he thought it's a Potty Train. This is such a cute idea!

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  7. AnonymousJanuary 10, 2012 at 10:11 PM

    Great idea! I have pinned this on pinterest! Hope you don't mind! And I'm making my Thomas enthusiast his own potty train tonight!! Hope it's working for you!!

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  8. UnknownJune 3, 2015 at 10:08 PM

    i realize you might not remember since it looks like you did this several years ago but, do you remember how long you had him on the potty every hour before deciding to take a break and try again later when he didn't go? once my daughter gets on the potty, she'll sit there all day playing games and watching videos if i don't make her get up! lol

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