Potty Training - Atlantic City,NJ

what is he really into? We had a box full of cars on the potty and when he went or even tried he got a car. It also was good for disipline. When he misbehaved we would take a car to the potty box, usually a favorite so he would be more apt to use the potty to get it back. Other people I know have used m&m's or fruit snacks.

Have patience and remember it is not a power struggle it can be rewarding for both parties. He is no longer wet in his pants and you don't have to change anymore diapers for him! :)

N.,

I just potty trained my 3 yer old and also have a 6 year old....both boys. Try using regular underwear during the day. Pull Up are glorified diapers. With the underwear they will begin to understand that if they don't want wet clothes, they will go on the potty. There are plastic underwear that go over the regular underwear so it will save you some laundry. Also, give him LOTS to drink and make him go in and sit on the potty every 10 minutes or so for atleat 2 minutes. Get an egg timer if you need to. Don't sit in there with him, but keep the door open. We don't like it when they come into the bathroom with us...right?

Make a huge deal about it when he does go. This is a good thing, but not something to be punisjed for when he doesn't do it.

Most of all....have patience!!!! It will happen when he is ready. Best of luck

Hi N.,
I had to do a potty chart with my son and give him incentive to work towards. We were doing really well going #1, though we've taken a backslide recently. I've had no luck with #2 including potty training constipation. I also had him call all his aunts/uncles/grandparents to tell them that he went "p-p in the potty", and lucky for me they all understood and made a big deal. I have to tell you, I think potty training has been the most frustrating point of motherhood to me so far.

Good luck!
C. - mom of 2 boys - one just turned 3 the other 1

Based on my experience, 2 may be too young to start potty trainging if he is not showing any interest. My little boy will be 4 next month and he wasn't interested at all until after he was 3. I know it's hard to wait, but you and your son both may just end up frustrated in the long run.
When the time is right, we used "rewards" if he peed in the potty, like a special treat that he only got at that time.
Good luck!

I have 4 boys and the only one that potty trained before 3 was my first and he wasn't until a bit past 2 1/2 years old. I am pg with my 5th baby and I have a 3 year old (in 2 weeks) and a 17 month old. My almost 3 year old is just starting to train. I can only hope he has it totally down (pooping and all) by January when the baby comes. I think if he is showing the signs of potty training but is not fully there yet. If you really want to push it, then I think you have to be on a schedule where you make him sit on the potty every hour and a half to 2 hours or so. Hang in there. It will happen very soon. Good Luck!

Hi N.,
It's a good sign that he tells you when he pees, even though it's too late for the potty at that point. You should praise him for letting you know.

I'm a 27-year-old mom of a two year old son. He will be three in February and is not yet very interested in using the potty. At daycare he will pee in the potty for them, but at home he rarely will. And just like your son, he will often tell me has gone potty in his pullup after the fact. I talked with my doctor and they said many children, especially boys, aren't potty trained until well after they turn 3. She said not to push them if they don't want to go...you can only ask, but if they say "no", they're not ready. It's important to remember that there is a physical factor behind potty training as well....their bodies have to physically have the ability to hold their bladder when appropriate and some boys don't develop that ability until after the age of 3.

What I've done is have my son try to pee right before he gets a bath. At that point he's naked and I just sit him down on his potty. Most times he will pee. I praise him, and then hope that he will eventually make the connection that he can pee on the potty at any time throughout the day and get the praise he loves. If I get him potty trained soon, I will let you know what worked for me. Good luck!

My son is three and a half and we are finally making progress with this. Still have to remind him to go though. But when we started I kept the potty in the parlor for the longest time and every fifteen minutes I'd make him sit on it or after he had something to drink.
#2's don't worry so much about right now. My son does it in the potty when he feels like it other times he just uses the pull up. Though with my daughter she was fine with #2's in the potty she just didn't want to go #1 in it.
Good luck
J.

I bribe my son with Hershey Kisses, Gummi worms, and Matchbox Cars. In the beginning he always remembered to get a treat when he finished, now he forgets half of the time and goes back to what he was doing.
We also went and picked out his special big boy pants. He hates to pee in his Go Diego Go underwear.
Good Luck!!!

with my son we made a game of it and i put fruit loops in the potty, and he earned points for each diffrent color he hit. Like red was 1 point green was 2 points, etc. After a few days of going potty we would add up our score and if he made 250 points he got a prize. Sounds weird I know but it worked

Hello, I have a 2 year old dauughter who was potty trianed 3 weeks before she had her second birthday. My suggegtion would be to steer clear of pull ups because they are just like a diaper. I always gave her chocolate after going potty on the "big Girl" chair this is very important to stress to the child. Wearing big girl pants always helped to and lots and lots of praise.

I had bought the fisher price potty that looked like a thrown and played music and a a seat for the big boy one. He loved the little potty but still was reluctant. I tried stickers etc but my son could careless for the rewards. IE after 10 stickers he got a KBtoy trip or something like that.. Because we are home all the time it was easier to do this but, he had naked time from early morning till noon every day and as soon as possible after any running around. He also knew he had to go so he could hold it long enough to make it across the house. *my son seemed ready after 1.5 but with moving etc thru it off.* so once we got resettled, like i said we just did naked time as much as possible. Also, a reward of power ranger underwear. He had one accident in them and was mortified when he looked down to see the mess as I tried to clean it up, and has not had another poo accident since then.
What made it easier for us was my son wanted to go standing up like dad. My husband had him do it while at a movie one day. Which as my son got half way thru the theatre yelled "mommie I DID PEE PEE STANDING UP, I did it, I did it" Snickers came from all the other parents.. So, hubby got the 5am wake up for a month etc of "I gotta peepee standing up"-- "go get daddy thats his area"
Encourage your husband to bring him in the bathroom with him when he is in there, even if to just "chat" so your son see's what daddy is doing! That can be some motivation for him also.
I would get dad involved. It helped out tremendously in our house, even with just the morning assistance. It made the transition so much easier.

Good Morning N.,
I am a single mom of a 5 year old son.
let me tell you potty training was my biggest fear. I was nervous about how to teach him the whole stand up , hold your " rabbit" thing .
well needless to say ,one weekend i was tired of buying pull ups. i sat him down explain out game plan for the weekend.
I explain that he is a little boy and little boys have a different body part etc..... but when you pee pee your "rabbit" needs to water his garden.
In the bathroom I put some cheerios and fruitloops in the toliet. Then brought him in the bathroom and told him that
in the toliet is rabbit' magic garden ( cheerios and fruit loop)
so when feel the magical feeling, you need to take the "rabbit" to the potty to water the garden.
so i removed his pull up (nuthing on from the waist down)
and i gave him his sippy cup with water or juice.
he drank alittle after about 5 mins of juice intake.
i told let see if rabbit has the magical feelings to water the garden.
the first time , he wasnt ready to go.
so i gave him alittle more juice
on the second trip he was able to tinkle alittle.
so we did the happy dance ( gave him a reward a cookie)
(remember reward and praise will also encourage him)
by the end of day one he could tell me he needed to water the garden.
I am proud to also say by the end of the weekend he was completely potty trained.
that monday when we arrived at daycare, he was so excited to let his teacher know about the rabbit and magic garden.
hopefully my story can help you with your" rabbit and magic graden" (LOL)

My son will be 4 on Oct 9. He potty trained, completely, right around his 3rd birthday, as did my nephew right around his 3rd birthday. You can get the books and the pottys that have lights and sounds when they go but really your son is going to do it ONLY when HE wants to do it and is ready to do it. All you can do is keep introducing him to the potty, tell him this is where I go, this is where Daddy goes, buy him some cool big boy underwear, have him wear the underwear and tell him "Spongebob or Spiderman" don't like to get wet make sure you go to the potty when you have to pee. And ask him every 20 mins if he has to go..this is key! Once my son started going I got rid of all pull ups, even for nighttime! Yoiu have to stick to the underwear, your going to have a little more laundry for awhile but it's worth it. He wet the bed almost every night for a little over a week but he learned. It has been smooth sailing ever since!

I also have two year old and he has been doing pretty good. He was having trouble going on the potty so he wanted to always go on the big boy toilet. I bought one of those mini toilet seats that goes over the big toilet and it also has a guard in the front as well. He seems to be doing better with that. And also if you just have a little potty. Put cheerios in it and tell him to hit the cheerios. Or even stickers. Funny but works.

My son and daughter were both potty trained by their 2nd b-days and this is how we did it: every time you or your husband go take him along if he is around grandparents and they are willing to take him that will also help him to know everyone does it, make an X in the toilet with toilet paper for him something to aim at, also round cereal make fun targets, but boys can get carried away trying to hit each one and miss the potty, and let him flush when he goes. They like to watch the water swirl and shows them they control when the water goes down making it not so scary.

I know this sounds gross, but let them watch you. My son saw that we were all doing it so he wanted in on it too!