1. Target practise

I had to include this great tip as an activity that encourages boys to pee in the toilet. Drop a ping pong ball or toy plastic boat into the bowl and ask toddler to hit the target to sink the boat!

2. Toilet rhyme

This is the rhyme that appears in my "I go to the toilet" book. I said it over and over with my daughter when she looked like she needed to go to the toilet and after a few times she began saying it herself. "When I feel I need to go, I hurry to the toilet, I can't be slow. Pull my pants down, past the knees. Sit down relax and do the wees! The aim is for the toddler to identify that 'feeling' and rush to the toilet quickly. You could think of you own rhyme with your toddler - lots of words rhyme with poo!

3. Toy role modeling

If having trouble toilet training, pop your child's favourite toy on the toilet and pretend it went to the toilet and praise it's efforts. Get creative with sound effects or yellow food coluring or a fake 'number 2's and show your toddler. This had a friends son going within an hour! From Nicole in Busselton WA.