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Milk and toilet treats

By Luci McQuitty Hindmarsh, on August 7th, 2012

So What (Monkey on Toilet) Art Poster Print, toilet treats, mother.wife.me

Yip, you read that correctly. Milk and toilet treats. What are toilet treats? They are an ingenious idea conjured up by a friend of mine who has a daughter a few months older than the Tinkerous Toddler.

It is invaluable to have friends with children a few months ahead of your own, because they are able to give you top tips on all the stuff that they’ve just dealt with that you are about to deal with!

Anyway, back to the toilet treats, as I’ve still yet to reveal what they actually are. Toilet treats are treats that you give to your child if they manage to pee or poo on the toilet. In TT’s case, if she does a poo on the toilet. We’ve got the peeing pretty much nailed after a serious bout of sofa abuse from her – I can recommend Dr. Beckmann’s for removal of pee stains from cream sofas btw!!

My friend and her daughter were here yesterday when TT scored yet another direct hit on her pants. Not the worst of the week, that happened on Sunday, when she had a bout of diarrhoea whilst we were several miles from home, in a playground far, far away. Unfortunately for both her and me, I’d forgotten the wet wipes, so the direct hit resulted in one of the most gross experiences of both our lives and a rather gruesome looking pair of pants being jettisoned into a bin. I do home the park keeper didn’t get too close to the bin as he emptied it.

So yes, yesterday. TT scored another direct hit and that was when my friend told me about toilet treats. A couple of hours later, we headed to the shops to get both a new supply of pants and some toilet treats. As we bought them I explained to TT what the score was.

And here we are. It is not long past the early hour of 8am and the first thing that the Tinkerous Toddler did this morning was a poo ON THE TOILET. In return she got her usual morning milk and… toilet treats.

Milk chocolate buttons to be exact. Though I must admit to being a little cunning with the toilet treats, as I’m not crazy enough to give her a whole mini pack of them before breakfast… crazy (and desperate) enough to give her some, but not a whole pack. So, I martyred myself by eating a few for her, ahead of giving her the pack. Sometimes, that’s just what mums have to do.

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  • http://www.sscb.org/site/sscb_babies.htm gemgemmum

    Gemma has just started potty training this week. I have a sticker chart and she is happy with that so far. When chart is full she will get a little gift,I bought a few little books at the weekend.

    Will remember the sweet treats though if stickers don’t do the trick.

    Definitely great having friends with wee ones a little ahead to help with the next step. My niece is 9 months older than gemma so my sister is a great help. The second hand things are fab too!

    • http://www.motherwifeme.com mother.wife.me

      Oh good luck with it all, it all seems a bit daunting at the start – and half way through when you’ve cleared up yet another puddle or tried to soak up yet another pee stain from the sofa!!

  • http://cocoapowered.blogspot.co.uk/ CocoaPowered

    I’m always a fan of Hotel Chocolat and they do little pots of chocolate drops called ‘Tiddly Pots’. My son used to get one for a pee in the loo and 2 for a poo :) Drops, that is, not a whole pot! I found it useful to be able to give something small – esp if before brekkie or after bath, etc. Certainly the bribery did seem to work!

    Husband should try the same with me and housework! :-D

    • http://www.motherwifeme.com mother.wife.me

      Must get me some of those. Bribery, especially of the chocolate variety does seem to be a winning formula! No amount of chocolate could ever entice me to do more housework!!

  • http://oldersinglemum.blogspot.co.uk/ Anya from Older Single Mum

    Well done her – as well as you for your suffering chococlate a.m. I used to give mine chocolate buttons for a poo on the loo – only ever had one accident with them both, but we called them ….chocolate buttons!

    • http://www.motherwifeme.com mother.wife.me

      chocolate buttons for chocolate buttons, love it!!!

  • http://older-mum.blogspot.co.uk Older Mum (In a Muddle)

    Oh yes! Bribery works – we have reward stickers for doing a wee, and another special set of stickers for doing a poo, and so far its worked – the incident in the park, far, far, from home, sounded gross!

    • http://www.motherwifeme.com mother.wife.me

      I might well move to stickers if the lure of chocolate begins to wear off… though as she is my daughter, it is unlikely that will ever happen! Incident was mega, mega, mega, mega gross.

  • http://www.claras.me Clara

    Approve heartily of bribery – and there should ALWAYS be a few buttons for you: think of it as a mum’s taxation, very much deserved!

    • http://www.motherwifeme.com mother.wife.me

      I like that, I might apply the mum’ taxation to all forms of chocolate within this household… and outside of it for that matter… x

  • http://www.honestmum.com HonestMum

    Fab idea-my little man took to toilet training really easily luckily-think we used mini milks as treats. So funny reading this Toddler Taming book from the 80′s and today I read about a father ruining his daughter’s toilet training by putting a poster of a monkey in the toilet on the back of the toilet door scaring her so much she refused to sit on it. So weird that I read that today and saw your post!

    • http://www.motherwifeme.com mother.wife.me

      Oh that’s too funny, luckily this monkey pic only lives on the blog and not in our bathroom!!! x

  • http://grenglish.co.uk Grenglish

    We used chocolate button treats for a poo too! Worked brilliantly and Z has been completely dry for about 3 months now… although he still sometimes asks for a chocolate button when he does a poo :)
    Good luck with it all x

    • http://www.motherwifeme.com mother.wife.me

      Good to here from someone else that it really does work. We are still a bit hit and miss, but only in week 3! x

  • http://www.3childrenandit.blogspot.co.uk Suzanne Whitton

    Toilet Treats are a must! We used smarties – less likely to get mistaken for ‘poo’ than choc buttons! They worked a treat for my daughter who, managed to ruin many a pair of pants and like you, I threw them straight in the bin. Ooh another top tip – if they mess their pants, rather than washing it out in the sink, flush the toilet right over the messy bit and that gets the worst of it off!

    • http://www.motherwifeme.com mother.wife.me

      Oh you have made me titter! Next multi-pack I buy will defo be Smarties!!!