Tips for Moms by Moms

You are in the middle of cooking dinner for your family and your child walks into the kitchen and says "Mom, can I have a cookie?". Your response is likely to be "No". This irritates your child and the conflict starts. Child: "Why not?" Mom: "Because dinner will be ready in a few minutes" ... more > >

By ClubMom Member Betsy, Beaumont, CA Chair, a book, and even a dance spelled potty-training success for this toddler When my daughter turned two we bought her a potty chair . We also bought her pull-up diapers, big girl underwear , a potty book , and a potty video . (Yeah, kinda of ext ... more > >

"How to talk so Kids will Listen & Listen so Kids will Talk" by Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish Here is a parenting tip that will help you improve your communication with your children! What sort of response do you get when you ask your child about his/her day at school? Do you ... more > >

By ClubMom Member Danielle, Poca, WV Release your creative side during training time I've been able to get my little girl to use the potty more by making a potty tree. This idea has really helped me out a lot. Each time after she asks to go potty, we put a little sticker on her tree. She does ... more > >

By ClubMom Member Sarah, Lancaster, NY A favorite doll sometimes does the trick when you're potty training Potty training is the most difficult thing to teach your children. I learned that while trying to teach my daughter to go on the potty. I found a good bit of advice from a potty book ... more > >

By ClubMom Member Naomi, Arlington, TX One intensive weekend has a young child using the toilet Our daughter started going to the potty when she was eighteen months. We potty trained her in just three days. Here's how we did it: My husband decided to take a three-day weekend to stay at home ... more > >

Meredith Jameson is a freelance writer and proud mother of two children, ages 4 & 2, and is pregnant with her third. According to Mrs James, these are here top 5 things you should know! Be patient Be ready to back off Be positive Avoid the negative Be c ... more > >

By ClubMom Member Amanda, Murfreesboro, TN Giving little ones the incentive they need to get going I had the hardest time trying to potty train my son. One piece of advice I got was to stick a star (see My Wee Friend ) on the bottom of his portable potty and tell him to try and hit the star. ... more > >

Rather than using a Potty Training sticker chart ... I let my son stick a sticker right on to the base of the potty chair... We both are enjoying watching his potty chair come to life every time he goes. Links to: Potty Chairs Potty Stickers / Free Potty Stickers Potty ... more > >

Article By: Valerie Garner, mom and proud grandma When I was potty training my two young boys, I discovered this method of potty training that made it an enjoyable, yet very effective way to potty train toddlers. First, make sure your child is ready for potty training, shows interest, wants " ... more > >

By ClubMom Member Mary Jo, Farmington, MI These ideas will help I have found that potty training can be somewhat tricky depending on the child. Here are some tips. Find out if your child is ready to begin potty training . Does she not want to stay in her wet di ... more > >

Meredith Jameson is a freelance writer and proud mother of two children, ages 4 & 2, and is pregnant with her third. Listed below are the logistics of how she potty trained her son Nathan. Be sure to read her other article on Potty Training a Toddler - The Top 5 Things to Know ! Now, ... more > >

Here are a number of potty training tips directly to from ClubMom members. ClubMom ® is the premier online destination for moms, by moms - bringing together the best of what real moms have to say on topics they care about most. Through quality content submitted by thousands of mom contrib ... more > >

Author: Penny Crane Penny Crane is a mother of three young boys. She runs a Mother and Toddler Club... You want to make this trip to the shop as much fun as possible for your toddler. So what’s on that shopping list? You should get: An anatomically correct doll (a boy doll if ... more > >

For my son, I took a tip from gentleman that was a single dad with 3 girls. "Buy panties/underwear with their favorite character (my son was fascinated by Winnie the Pooh ) put them on and tell them that if they peepee on the character, they'll be upset with them. He was about 2 & a hal ... more > >

If your child has a favorite cartoon or something similar, try buying the underwear that has the character pictured. Many parents will say that this just does not work, but the idea of wearing underpants with their favorite character on is something exciting for little ones. They will not wan ... more > >