Looking for Tips on Potty Training

Well I am a single mother of one (boy). I started by taking him every thirty minutes to the bathroom and sit him on the potty and told him if he went I would give him a sticker. After he peed he got his sticker and also we would sing a little jig and dance for him. They love to be praised. After he got used to that I started putting fruit loops in the toilet and had him shoot at them until they sank. He is now 3 1/2 years old and fully potty trained except at night. Hope this helps. If you have any questions just ask..

I would say wait a little bit - boys take longer than girls. I remember my pediatrician told me that he didn't think boys could really be potty trained til almost 2 1/2. And those that are often have more accidents and bed wetting problems. I tried too early (around two) and it dragged on for almost a year and a half til we had no accidents. Enjoy the "baby" while you can!! (not that diapers are fun.......)

First I would encourge you to be as consistant as possible when I trained my first son I had to set a timer to remind me when he should sit on the potty. Also, letting him run around without a diaper might help him to figure out what his body is telling him and what he needs to do when he gets that message. Does that make sense? I sure hope so. Hope this is helpful, please let me know.

Mishy

My son was potty trained by his second birthday! Let him run around without a diaper on, have him sit on the potty every hour or so, make it fun, get excited when he goes in it, let him dump it in the big potty and flush it down. Sounds like he might just be self motivated and be potty trained pretty quickly!
Good luck!

hi, my name is P., I dont have a boy, but i do have a little girl, and i was having problems potty training her too, I finally gave up those pull-ups and went to reg. panties, and oh my what a difference that made, she is completley potty trained, and stays dry thru the night.

good luck
P.

This is an on going subject and I looked under "other family parenting"topic and there are several suggestions from parents. The great thing is your son is interested. My daughter became interested at 18 months and is just over 2 and almost completely potty trained. She is at a montessori and they use clothe training pants so I'm sure that helps. Try helping him take off his pants and start there. If he does that already and likes the potty, you are half way there. Just watching someone use the toilet is a good training tool. I've heard there are books and dvd's to help too.

Hi - when my daughter was toilet-training, we had a big basket of stickers and when she had a success she could pick one out and stick it to the top of the toilet seat. She loved seeing all the stickers pile up as time went on and was always so excited to add another one. We also gave her one m&m each time when she was a bit older. I know a lot of people say you shouldn't bribe with food, but if your child is a healthy weight, 4 or 5 m&m's a day probably wouldn't be a problem during the training phase. Good Luck!

I think you are doing a good job buying him his own potty. It is good that he likes to sit on it already. I have trained two boys to date and both of them are completely trained both for day and night. The youngest will turn 3 next month. As long as your boy is activitly telling you he needs to be changed, then he is ready to be potty trained. Each boy is different so you will probably have to find the best solution for him. I used those disposible training pants for my first son, but he knew they were modified diapers. Surprisingly, when I gave him real underwear he did go #1 in the potty almost immediately, #2 was a little move difficult. When he did a BM in his pants, I took him and the dirty pants to the potty and showed him where it belonged. It took some time and reassurement that it was ok to give BMs to the potty, but he was potty trained after awhile. He was the easy one. My second one was a little more difficult. I just gave him the big boy pants and set a timer and took him to potty every thirty to forty minutes. It took some time, but he understood and wanting to go potty. I know that is a lot of laundry, but both boys were so proud to wear real big boy underwear and so disappointed to mess them. That worked in my favor. Also when after a certain point; say 6:30 limit drinks before bedtime. When he wakes up, take him to potty right then, before bed, take him potty. With a lot of encouragement, he'll be potty trained before you know it.

I'd say make it a game and have fun. It is important that your child doesn't take a negative aspect of learning to go potty.... Also, make sure he knows how important he is to you ... always...