I Need Help with Potty Training

Hello! All depends on the toddler. I have two boys and right when I took them off the bottle at 12 months, the potty training began. Fortunately I stayed home at that time and took the diaper off completely and had the potty chair in visible site. My boys were easy.

So....my advise would be to keep the potty chair in site all the time, take off the diaper and constantly ask them if they have to pee. At night, still use the diaper, but my sister did that to my nephew when he was almost 3 and it worked. I did that when my kids were 12 months old and they were trained in about a week. I think I lucked out.

Good luck!

My son just turned 4. I worked on potty training the entire 2nd and 3rd year. What worked for me was a celebration after the deed was done clapping, saying "good job", and a little treat, like 2-3 gummy bears. I started that with peeing, then didn't give him a treat until he pooped. He sometimes asks for the treat now, but has learned it's a daily function and a job well done.

My son was really hard he wasnt potty trained til after he turned 3! the only way that I could get him to go is to get rid of the diapers and put underwear on him and when he peed and it went all over him he didnt like that and he started going by himself! he still wears pull ups to bed and when we go somewhere in case we cant get to a bathroom in time! it was hard for me! they will go when they are ready is what I herd but I wasnt waiting around!

Hi I am a 23y/o with a 22m/o son. I can just say that we talk about going potty a lot and sit him on the toilet a few times everyday and ask him to go. Hes actually gone tinkle quite a bit and #2 once or twice, of course we praise he a ton when he does do it so that it is a fun thing and Ive read not to put any pressure on them whatsoever cause then they are more likely not to want to go at all!!
Our son is very good at it and likes to please us (most of the time) so he is easy to train but I know of plenty of little boys who were potty trained at 2 1/2 and plenty of girls who were 3 or older so dont worry about stereotpes!!!
Good Luck!!!

21 months is kind of young for a boy. My son didn't potty train until about a month or so after his 3rd birthday. We made a really big celebration every time he went, singing, dancing, the works. That only worked for peeing. He refused to poo and kept going in his pants until we found his currency. He loved to watch my husband play Star Wars the video game. My husband told him no Star Wars until he went potty. My son was completely potty trained in 24 hours.

As the mother to 3 boys, 12, 4 and 1 I can tell you that they can be very difficult to potty train. All I can suggest is that you be very patient. What I would suggest is to wait until he shows signs or interest in the potty. My 4 year old wasn't completely potty trained until a couple of months ago. Once I saw signs of him showing that he was ready I would start putting him on the potty in front of the tv to watch his favorite show and then I would reward him and make a very big deal of it when he would go. Once he saw that he would be reward and that it was a good thing he was ready to go all the time on the potty.

Good Luck!

S.
SAHM of 3 boys

I do not know if this will help you or not and it may sound a little weird but it worked for me when I was training my son. It was a little suggestion from my mother-in-law when she was potty training my husband when he was a little one. This only helped in training for #1 though. She told us to take a large metal coffee can and leave it in the bathroom. The sound it made when going #1 kept them going back. Sure enough it worked, within 2 weeks of trying it my son was potty trained. Like I said it may sound weird but anything is worth a try when nothing seems to work. Good luck and have a good day.

Yes, boys are harder! My son was 4 before he was fully potty trained!!! You just have to encourage him, without requiring anything... and they say don't bribe them -- only bribe them when you know it will work!!! We found that having him go in w/ his Dad helped, because he could pee standing up like his Daddy!!! 21 months is still pretty early for boys... If he doesn't seem interested, let it go for a while.

i am a 23 year old mom with two boys and one girl, five and almost 3 are the boys and the girl is only 3 months. when i trained my oldest boy i had the little potty chair and all that but he would lean back to watch himself go and end up "spraying" all over the floor. so i ended up putting him on the big toilet backwards till he got used to aiming. he could watch himself go and i didn't have to worry about mopping the floor ten times a day! also he was scared of the big boy underwear and would NOT wear them no matter what untill i one day put them inside his pants while dressing him (without telling him) and then when it was time for his next diaper change, i took only his pants off and made such a big deal about him wearing big boy underwear he was laughing and forgetting to be scared of wearing something new and not a diaper. and you could always throw a few fruit loops in the toilet as a way to make it fun for him and less of a fight for you. hope this helps!

potty training timing is so individual with each child and also with what's going on in the family. My 4th child, who is smart as a whip and so verbal and kind of mature for her age of 3 (July 30th) just decided to go on the potty a few weeks after her 3rd birthday(I thought she was going to be a early trainer). I tend to try and get the gear ready-have the potty and or potty ring available. Encourage them to go but I liked the Pediatrician, T. Berry Brazelton, who said, it has to be their accomplishement. It seems like sometimes there's different windows of oppurtunity also. Personally, I liked the age 3 potty training because they seem to understand when they need to go and go on their own without having to be reminded, less likely for accidents. Also, I hate public bathrooms with little ones, so I was okay with it being slightly older. I was always careful not to let them feel like I was disappointed in them. I would give them praise if they were successful, sometimes a reward if I happened to have any treats in the house-but nothing set in stone. My most recent potty trainer was having a hard time going #2. She didn't like to for some reason. So sometimes after a success I'd give her a hershey's kiss or a jolly rancher. She's doing fine now, but had me a little worried there for a bit. good luck-LaurieK

My daughter was trained by 2. So when my son approached 2 and had no signs of wanting to potty train and resisting everything we tried I was very discouraged. He is now 3 and completed potty trained. I had to stop all training attempts until he was ready. We really started at 2 1/2. Also from a developemental point boys are usually behind girl by at least a year in almost everything. Why would potty training be any different? Be patient and don't push him until he is ready.