Is He Ready for Potty Training??

3daypottytraining.com Its genius!!! My son was completely potty trained by the end of the weekend. Throw out the diapers/pullups and never go back.

Try...
but don't force...

get him a potty chair... put it out wherever he is.... leave him naked on the bottom... that is what we did with our son... at that same age. THEN, one day... he just wanted to on HIS own, to use his potty chair. And he has been going every since... in increasing frequency.
But we didn't 'force' it.... at all.

The child will be ready when THEY are ready...

Boys, are often later... in pottying. So keep that in mind....

For underwear, for my son... I use the "Potty Scotty" padded underwear, which you can get from Amazon or E-bay for cheaper....
BUT, I did not put him in underwear, UNTIL he got better about his body... and he still could not on his own, pull down or pull up his pants/underwear... so keep that in mind too.

Popping, will often be the last stage, of pottying mastery... so be patient.

He is just getting the idea of it... which is good. He is not yet KNOWING how... yet. So be patient....

For naps/sleep... a diaper is still needed. Sleep/nap/night time dryness... is a different timeline... which is not even attained until 7 years old. And this is NORMAL.
For sleep/naps, my son still wears a diaper. My daughter, was still wearing a night time diaper when she was 5 years old.
So... bear that in mind. Don't "expect" day time and night time "dryness" and mastery... to occur at the same time. It has to do with physiological maturity of the organs...

all the best,
Susan

I would ask if he wants to use the potty every time you change him. He should let you know when he is ready. Talk about it to. Has he seen you or your husband use the toilet? Get him some underwear "like daddy", and if he wants to wear it, he has to use the toilet.

I would keep offering the potty chair, but not tell him he "has to" use it, which can set up a power struggle that can be pretty confounding for both of you. And could actually slow down his progress by giving him something to trip over emotionally. This is something that he can and will come to with a positive attitude when he's ready.

You can probably help speed the emotional component of that readiness by the messages you give him over the coming weeks (or perhaps longer – boys are sometimes as old as 4 by the time it all comes together for them). With my grandson, we were all upbeat (without going overboard) about his opportunities to use the potty like a big boy, the attractiveness of wearing big boy pants, the ease and neatness he would experience. We read potty books, he watched potty videos occasionally, and we play-acted the whole sequence of events with his stuffed animals and toys, we modeled how big people use the potty, we let him flush (this could scare some kids, so use judiciously).

Many parents I've known have allowed their kids to use diapers on request, with no apparent slowdown or confusion in the process of training. In fact, everything parents do to encourage this natural developmental step forward seems to work best when the child is given as much control as possible.

When they are ready, physically AND emotionally, kids make this transition quickly and easily, and rewards, charts, or pressure are not needed. It sounds like your son is probably getting pretty close. Keep it light and positive, and express confidence to your son that he'll be using the potty like a big boy soon.

If he can tell you his needs and wants he is ready for potty training. You should just get rid of all of his diapers. That is what we did with the help of the 3 day potty training method. I will gladly send you a copy, just email me at ____@____.com.

We let our son run around naked when we were at home. We had his potty easily accessible and it worked really well. He had a few pee accidents on the floor, but most of the time he'd tell us and we'd sit him on the potty. Our son was pee trained before 3, but refused to poop in the potty until almost 3.5. We let him poop in a diaper until he was ready to transition to the potty.

If he knows he has to go than it is time to train. But when you go to undies do not let him switch back or he will be the one in control. I first put my son in undies at 24 months. The first day he had 13 accidents and was begging for his pull up, but I said no, you are a big boy now. The second day he had 2 accidents, and than 1 or 2 a week for a few weeks. I never punished him for having an accident, just kept saying he would get it right with practice.

Been there-haha! It took my son until a couple of months after 4 years old and yes I mean 4. You have to do it when they are ready. That being said, there was this woman who sold her potty training article on ebay for $2. I said- why not. She said to pick 3 to 4 days. Buy a bunch of underwear- get ones that you think they'd like (my addition) and have lots of pants. Day 1- put them in the underwear when they wake up and you will change him often. We changed underwear constantly for 2 days. At night we did put the pull-up on. He was not potty trained in 3 days. It actually took about a couple of weeks and ever since we only put on pull-ups when we travel long distance or he's been having the runs. Most importantly- some kids take to it easily and some you swear are going to be in Kindergarden. I learned that from a mother of 5. Each kid was different. I hope this helps. I know it is frustrating. Also, if you succeed, don't be upset on occasional accidents. Sometimes our little man doesn't make it to the toilet. Plus, generally, boys are harder to potty train.

I have 3yr old b/g twins and my daughter was potty trained by 2. My son, not so much. He was about about 30 months when he started telling me he had to go so i decided to put him in underwear and see what happened. It didn't go so well the first few days but I hung in there because i definitely didn't want to switch back and forth between diapers and underwear. I used the trusty 2 m&m trick, let him pick out a couple books to leave in the bathroom so he could "read" while trying to poop, and got him his very own pump bottle of big boy soap for when he washed his hands after using the potty (not sure why, but that was a REAL big deal- each twin still has their own bottle of soap!) It took a few days to get him interested, but once he started he did great. The books helped alot too. Of course there were some accidents, but that's to be expected. It sounds like your little guy is ready to give it a shot. Go for it!

Good Luck!!!

Hello, Apparently, he does know when he has to go. When I felt my children and grandchildren (as well as my daycare children) were ready, I just put them in regular little boy and little girl underwear and told them that we were going to go potty. It happened in one day. If it was obvious that they weren't ready, we just went back to diapers and tried again in about a week or so. The ones who were ready either didn't go in their pants at all or did it once and didn't like it running down their legs.
Good luck with your precious little boy.
K. K.

When he tells you he wants to go in a diaper, I would tell him no. Don't be mean and don't make it a fight, but he obviously recognizes the sensation (which I think is the part). Say "No. You are a big boy and you have to poop in the potty." Again, don't be mean, but don't put a diaper back on him. If he goes in his underwear or floor etc he will learn real fast it isn't fun!

I think he will depend on the diaper as long as you are willing to give it to him.

GOOD LUCK!