Potty Training - Hollywood,FL

You have taken on a lot of responsibility at a difficult time for you. Be good to yourself. Do your best and only what you can at this time. Your employer wants a happy healthy person watching her children. You are most important in this picture. I would say treat the boys the same as far as potty training goes. They are young and still learning. Routine is the most important thing with toilet training. Wake up go on the pot. eat, go on the pot, before and after meals go on the pot. Before bed go on the pot. It can be for hand washing too, a very important life skill. Kids like water so that can make the bathroom fun. I found that my boy was afraid to use the bathroom at his day care because the seat was wobbly, so he laid on his stomach to relieve the urge and waited until he came home or had an accident. the school thought he was just not trained. I think less said about pee and poo and more doing is better. Kids seem to like the words and yet they don't always associate the action with them. Also maybe do what you can to give the older boy the sense that he is big brother. Outside of the bathroom give him things first because he is first born. It might make a connection that he should be first to be trained too. You are so kind to help another mother with her most important job. Take good care of yourself and the boys will follow your lead.

keep at it. I'm potty training my 2 1/2 year old. He did real well for #1 for a while then regressed after a few months. You need to make sure he drinks enough during the day and take him to the potty every 2 hours. Even if he doesn't think he has to go, ask him to sit on the potty and try. I gave rewards when he regessed just for "trying" to go. Sometimes, he'd suprise himself and would go a little. I'd clap and ask for a high five. Lots of praise like, "good job", "way to go" "you did it". Make sure you follow through on the rewards right away. Good luck.

Are you and the family on the same page? Because if you are doing one thing and when the parents get home they do something else then it won't work.
At 3 yrs. old he should have been potty trained a long time ago.
My oldest was pt by the time he was 2 yrs. old. Here is what I did.
I bought cloth trainers, NO DIAPERS (only at night) Yes, he peed lots of times on the carpet and yes he pooped too but he got it very quickly. If you use diapers or pullups then he won't know when he has underwear or diapers on.
When we went out I had to take lots of changes of clothes because of accidents.
Whenever I went to the bathroom I would take him w/ me so he could pee in his potty and I on mine. I sometimes gave him lots to drink just so he could be full and need to pee more frequently.

It was very easy and quick. Now I had a friend that would put diapers on her son when it was combinient for her and at 4 yrs. old he still has to be reminded to go to the bathroom and still pees on his underwear.

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I have a friend whos grandson did the same thing. She put a candy dish on the back of the toilet and when he used it they were able to open the dish and get a treat out of it. She did not always have candy in it either. She found little toys at the $1.00 store.

Gerber makes really good cloth training pants. Actually there are quite a few brands out there but I like the kind that is 100% cotton but has a thick crotch so accidents don't go straight through. We used a sticker chart with our daughter. Childavenue.com has two free ones to choose from. I personally do not think food rewards are a good idea. My daughter was potty trained by 21 months. I was told our son would take longer because he is a boy. That being said, he took the initiative to use the potty and is day potty trained at 18 months :) Being consistent is the key! I hope you heal quickly and wish you luck with your family.