How To Potty Train Your Toddler In THREE DAYS – Or Less

Potty training has a habit of being one of those not-so-fun development milestones and can often seem daunting to parents.

It can take months for a child to conquer and the whole process may include fights, tears and many a tantrum.

BUT all is not lost. With the right approach, there’s no reason why you can’t have your little one using the potty in little to no time – as one US parenting expert is determined to prove.

Lora Jensen’s a mum of six who is getting the parenting world in a tizzy because she appears to have found the magic solution to potty training.

Jensen claims to be able to potty train any child in three days or less. Yes, even the most stubborn tot.

The mum has put pen to paper (or should we say fingers to keyboard) and released an eBook outlining one of her own children’s success stories – who she says she potty trained over a weekend.

“I do believe that all kids are ready to be potty trained both day and night, pee and poo, by the time they are 22 months old,” she says.

The book claims to provide ‘all the information a parent needs to be successful’, including how to work with a child that has zero interest or motivation, how to address your child’s fear of using the loo and how to correctly address regression or relapses.

But of course it’s one of those things that has to be seen to be believed, so ABC News took it upon themselves to send two willing toddlers to potty training boot camp.

Ava and Rocco are both two-year-old children whose mums were eager to get them out of nappies and using the potty.

Over the course of three days, Jensen used her technique to help the toddlers master potty training – starting with stripping the children of all distractions.

“It really means staying home and doing nothing,” she says. “Just focusing all your time on that child for three days."

Jensen’s method over the three days also included giving the children praise and small rewards for doing well. Miraculously, by day three both Ava and Rocco managed to master the potty – leaving their mums incredibly happy.

“I think the results are the fastest and most successful that I’ve seen,” says Ava’s mum, Katie.

Many experts stress that timing is key, when it comes to potty training. If you force your child into it before he or she is ready then it can make the task 10 times harder.

While Jensen advises that toddlers should be potty trained by around the 22-month mark, it’s important to remember that all children develop in their own pace – so try not to panic if your little one isn’t ready yet.

You can get more advice on potty training from the NHS.

Do you have any potty training tips to share? Let us know in the comments below.

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