I am the mother of a 2 yr old boy. We are trying to potty train him beacuse at naptime he wil take his diaper off and pee and poop everywhere. The doctor says that's a sign of readiness. So we went out and bought him a potty, it talks, plays music, lights up, tells him how to flush and get toilet paper. He has used it "on occasion" but other times he screams, cries, and refuses to use it. I've tried sitting it in front of the tv and giving him juice, or bribing him with candy, but NOTHING works. Please help if you can...thanks so much.
My In-laws used Gummy Bears as a reward and so far all of my nieces and nephews had little to no trouble potty training. Also, for boys, my uncle used to throw something in the toilet (a fly...LOL) and told my little cousin to "aim" for it.
Seems like a small reward or making it "fun" was really helpful in my family.
Hope this helps you!
I know the doc says he's ready but maybe he is not. He does not seem too interested. You may want to " keep it simple stupid". The potty may have too many bells and whistles. He is also still young. My daughter just turned 3 and she started at 18 mths and done by little after 2 yrs BUT she came to me and said she wanted to use the potty like me so I took it and ran. She had her obstacles with it but then I tried the reward system. She loved it. We used the same system to get her in her own bed. It also helped that her 2 little girlfriends that she played with were also training at the same time. Have your hubby try taking him in with him. My daughter has many friends close to her age who are still not trained. My child also asked to go to school so I used that as a tool and told her she had to learn to use the potty first. Maybe you could use something of the same nature. Hope some of this may help. Good luck and remember to be consistant. Once you say goodbye to a diaper don't reintroduce.
we had the same problem with my son he has literally just this last week started using the potty just for giggles have you tried pull up at naptime my son used to pull off diapers but pull ups he would keep on because they were like big boy pants however I would not reccomend the all the time for a resistant potty trainer my son did not actually start using the potty until we took his pull ups away. we did the potty chair thing too my son never used it he will only go in the big boy potty. Just for giggles since he is a boy have you tried the cheerios game you throw some cheerios in the toilet and let him aim for them it makes potty time into a game instead of a chore
What worked for our 2 year old who wanted to sit on the potty was at first rewarding him just for sitting there. We either had stickers or some other little trinket. Then we went to doing the rewards for peeing on the potty and now we are on the pooping part (which is a bigger struggle for us. I also read that if they are screaming not to make them sit on the potty so we haven't. There are differing views out there on that part and you need to find which works for you. For us, it wasn't worth a battle.
My daughter refused to use a separate potty so I bought her a seat that you place right on the toilet seat - it was probably around $6.00 at Walmart. Best $6.00 I ever spent.
When I pottied trained both of my boys I used Froot Loops. It worked like a charm. Just throw a few of them in the tiolet and tell him to shoot at them. Boys like whrn you make things into a game. I used this technque on both of my boys and They both started using the bathroom on their own right before thwir 2nd Birthdays. Try and I hope that it works for you.
PUT HIM ON THE ADULT TOILET BACKWARDS UNTIL HE GETS THE HANG OF IT AND HE'LL TURN AROUND AND STAND ON HIS OWN. I HAVE TWO BOYS. IT WORKED FOR THEM.
Hi, He actually may not be fully ready yet. My daughter is now fully trained at 2.9 years. It took her awhile though, we also had a noisy potty chair and she wasn't crazy about all the bells and whistles so we never put in on.
My daughter also went through the phase of taking off her diaper when she went. Maybe you could try pull ups and have him watch Dad pee so he understands it better.
It trully does happen compltetly when they are ready...my nephew was 3 when he was trained. they say it sometimes takes a little longer with boys. Just be patient he'll figure it out. If he's not into the potty, don't push him just let it go for a while.
Good Luck,
A. :)
YOU CAN TRY TELLING HIM THAT HE CANT TAKE OFF THE DIPER AT NAP TIME UNTIL HE STARTS USING THE POTTY. ALSO TRY TAKEING HIM TO THE STORE AND LET HIM PICK OUT BIG BOY UNDERWARE THIS MAY HELP ENCOURGE HIM NOT TO MESS THEM UP. AND BE VERY PATIENT. MY GIRL FRIEND WENT THRU THE SAME THING UNTIL HER SON WAS 2 1/2. NOW HE'S 3 AND FULLY TRAINED
Excellent tips! :-)
First thing to do is relax about the toilet training. It is a long and sometimes frustrating journey. Do not turn it into a battle of wills or your son may learn that he has a way to get lots of attention if he doesn't choose to go potty on the
"potty". Signs of readiness means he is ready to start learning not ready to become a pro in a day. The library is a great resource for books on toilet training that you can borrow and share with your son. Some children are not fully potty trained on their own till they are closer to four. Your little guy is still little. He may learn best from other male children and your husband. It can help him to realize it is not something scary since you said he cries sometimes. Always supersvise him to keep him safe and be gentle with him while he is learning this new skill. I think you can find helpful tips while researching on the web and find information that can be helpful too.
Good Luck
Hi J.,
I have a 5 year old son whom I thought would NEVER be potty trained. He HATED his little potty! He did the same thing... he screamed, cried, kicked and refused to potty. One day I got so frustrated, I put him on the big potty, and held him there. Well, he went! I went out and got a ring that went over the big potty. My little potty converted into a step stool, so I used that next to the big potty. I bought a BLUES CLUES themed one, because my son LOVED Blue. I kept putting him on the big potty, and kind of closed the door so he would have his "privacy" - but while watching the whole time through the crack in the door. Turns out, he just hated that little potty, and wanted to be on the big one. We were off and rolling after that! I hope this helps!
Hello J.,
I have a now 12 yr old son. That was about the age I tried to train him also. I went out and got the "Once apon a Potty" book and I used to sit there for about a 1/2 hr or so just reading to him from that book and others. He was promised that if he went then he would get some M&M's, also we had the big boy cloth training pants to put on him as another special thing to make him feel like a big person. Hope this helps you somehow and good luck. He did have the biggest problem with poop on the potty, he would hide in a corner and go, but don't be frustrated it will come in time. Our doctor told us they are all ready at different times.
Our daughter didn't seem too interested in the potty so we didn't push it. We got one of the cartoon videos about going potty, as well as several books we would read to her (I think the video was Bear in the Big Blue House and there are several little books out there). I agree that having others around who are either trained or in training to be around your son as that seems to be a great motivator. We also told her that in order to go to school she would have to know how to go potty, take off her clothes, etc. We also taught her to raise her hand and say "I have to go potty, please." She was excited that she could tell her teacher something as soon as she got to school the first day. My daughter did NOT like the tiny potty we got for her, so we bought the toilet seat ring/insert thing for her to sit on. That seemed to work too (as well as a step stool for her to use).
She finally became (almost) trained at a little over 3 years of age. I say almost as sometimes she forgets she has panties on instead of her nightly pullup and pees everywhere. But we're getting there. Good luck!!
