Does anyone use a reward system like stickers for potty training? I haven't really pushed potty training yet. We sometimes use the potty before bath time. But lately my son hasn't shown much interest. I'm not too worried and I'm not going to force him into. I just wondered if some sort of chart would motivate him. We bought some Mickey Mouse underwear that he picked out and he thinks they're cool but doesn't seem to concerned about wearing them! We just found out we he's going to be a big brother so I'm hoping to have him potty trained by then. Any motivators that worked well with your preschoolers?
Stickers worked for little while with my daughter...but then she lost interest in that. We tried charts...no luck. We took her to the store and let her pick out panties, which she seemed excited about and talked about a lot, but they actually didn't really seem to hold much motivation for her. Pull-ups didn't work, either. They were too much like diapers and she didn't care if she went in them.
What worked for us was just putting her in panties. She had a couple of accidents, and that was that. The accidents were no fun, but it taught her that she didn't like being wet - and I think regressing to diapers after she'd been allowed to be "big" wasn't something she wanted to do. She started staying dry.
I think every child is different, though, so the best you can do is just experiment and hope for the best.
Charlene
What finally worked for my daughter was M&M's. She would rarely get candy so it was a special treat. We kept a little container in the bathroom and she got one for "#1" and two for "#2". That's what finally did the trick for us.
-shannon
Honestly, incentives didn't work at all with my son. He finally just did it when he was ready. The only thing that did slightly motivate him was the "being a big boy" concept.