Historically, toilet training success of a two year old has been measured in:

1. # of “productive” visits to the toilet per day.
2. # of trips out of the house without an accident.
3. # of loads of laundry avoided.
4. # of naps/nights the child wakes dry.

I agree that will give you good information, but there is a simpler way…

Today is day #2 of potty training my 3rd boy and I propose the following theory:


A day’s potty training success is directly proportional to the number of hairs remaining on the mother’s head.






May God bless my potty training soul.



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52 Comments

  1. 🙂 I like that. I’m potty-training my second child, first boy. There are good days and then there are most days.

  2. in my opinion… boys are a lot harder to train than girls. so maybe if you can convince your son he is a girl… ONLY for potty training measures and ONLY till he is fully potty trained you can do all this without ripping your hair out! 😉 just a thought I had.

    good luck!! xoxoxoxo

  3. My sister is in the middle of trying to rid her laundry room of pee smell because her 3 year old is um potty training right now….and sometimes he just doesn’t make it.And much to her chagrin…the pee scent has decided to remain indefinitely.

  4. I am just pondering potty training #2…She's enamored with her new pink potty and even tinkled in it! But I've got plenty of time.

    Best of luck, M&M's worked like a charm for my oldest daughter. One for tinkle, two for poop.