I potty trained my toddler in just 72 hours – it’s so easy with my 3P rule, anyone can do it
A MUM who potty trained her toddler in just 72 hours revealed how easy it was using her 3P method, and says that any parent can do it too.
Courtney Ryrie, originally from Scotland but living in Florida, has two boys under the age of four.
She often shares parenting tips with her followers on TikTok, and interacts with other new mums on the platform.
In one of her recent videos, the mum shared her special 3P rule for potty training a child in three days or less.
The mum managed to get her three-year-old son Kolsyn Kai to use the toilet in just three days with her special method.
Courtney says the three important steps involve persistence, patience, and praise.
She shared: “This video is for all the mums that are at the potty training stage of parenthood.
“So the method that I use was very close to the three day method. I’m gonna call mine the 3P method. Ironic, I know. Persistence, patience, and praise.
“And I’m going to break them all down for you to make it a little bit easier.
“Also just to prepare you guys before you make plans, your child is going to be naked the whole three days and you will not be able to leave the house at all for those three days, so make sure you plan around a time you don’t have to go out and do anything.”
She went on to tell parents that they need to start by giving their child plenty of liquids and putting them on the potty every ten minutes for an entire day.
She said: “Persistence. This is the most important in the first day, or however long it takes for your child to grasp it.
“Personally for us it was one day to know where the pee goes. Every ten minutes you’re going to put your child on the toilet and say ‘Do you need to go?’
“The whole day you’re going to fill them up with juice, any juice they want. For three days it’s not going to matter. And every single ten minutes, toilet. Toilet. Toilet. You do that until it’s bedtime.
“Now while our son was in the toilet we’d let him use his iPad to keep him on it because at first he was like get me away. But after a couple of times he got the gist.
“He got his iPad so he wanted to go on it. And he kind of tried tricking us sometimes by sitting on it for like 20 minutes so he could watch 20 minutes of his iPad, but we kind of let it pass the first day because it is his first day.
“At the end of the first day he knew wait, I need to pee, so he’d come and get us so we’d take him to the toilet.
“By the time the second day came he was going to the toilet by himself. That was great for us.”
Courtney also pointed out how important it is to have patience with your child if they have any accidents during the training period.
She explained that a toddler will be used to doing their business in their nappy, and won’t understand when to use a potty at first.
She said: “When it comes to patience, the reason you need this is because the first day especially there’s going to be a lot of accidents.
“Anyone would have that. We actually had to replace our play mats because he peed on them a couple times.
“If they miss, no big deal, clean it up. Because if you make them feel negative about it, they won’t want to do it anymore.
“By the end of the first day the accidents reduced a lot, and we had no accidents for us personally on the second day in regards to the peeing department.”
Finally, the young mum advised followers to reward their kids as positive reinforcement when they do get the hang of using the potty.
Courtney and her hubby gave Kolsyn Reece’s Pieces as a prize every time he used the toilet, but she said parents can use whatever will encourage their child to keep going.
She added: “You cheer, you celebrate them, lift them up, give them – whether it be a sticker, candy, a toy, whatever you think will motivate them.
“By the end of day one, Kolsyn was coming to get us every single time he needed the bathroom for us to take him to the potty. By the end of day two, beginning of day three, he was going all by himself.
“Honestly, I was so shocked at how fast he did it!”