How to Potty Train Your Child in 10 (or more…) Hilarious Steps

How do you potty train your child? Well, this mom, from babble.com, has her own list of steps she had to take to finally get to the point where she could wipe her brow and say, Amen!

Start reading and start rolling your eyes in shared understanding of this poor woman's plight!

1. Start by noticing your toddler’s intense interest in the potty and fascination with flushing anything: all the toilet paper on the roll, pebbles, dolls shoes. Yes! It is time for potty training!

2. Pick up a nice new potty seat. Encourage your toddler to try it out.

3. Cheer when your toddler sets his teddy on the seat.

4. Then change him after he poops in his diaper.

5. Scour Pinterest for the best potty charts: train themed, princesses, spaceships blasting off to potty success. Get the bathroom all set up with the shiny new chart and a massive stack of stickers.

6. Bring a stack of toddler-friendly reading material into the bathroom to convince the toddler to sit for more than two seconds on the potty.

7. Have a “no pants” weekend: a weekend when your toddler stays confined to rooms with hardwood or tile and runs around in just a t-shirt.

8. Hand out one star sticker when your toddler pees in the potty.

9. Step in one pee puddle.

10. Clean up 17 more pee puddles.

And the list goes on… Read steps 11-38 (yes, THIRTY-EIGHT!) on babble.com and laugh yourself silly! I'm grateful that I'm not the only one who didn't have it in 10 steps or less!

How about you, Mommy? What was your potty training experience like? Got a good story to share? Share this story with some other mommies who've been through the trenches, feeling the pain, or are about to embark on this hair-pulling adventure!