Potty Training - Summerville,SC

Does he stay dy through the night? If so, dump the pull-ups they only hinder the problem. Keep the undies and just keep trying. Oh - and make him help or even clean up his mess (even poop) they will help him make it to the potty. It may sound mean but when my son looked at me and said you clean it - I knew then he needed to help and it only took one time. :-)

Hi L.!
My daughter was the exact same way! She is 3 1/2 & has been totally potty trained for 3 months now. FINALLY :) This is what I did for my bathroom stripper... when she had to GO I let her be naked. And we sang the pee pee or poop poop song. Just make it up as he goes potty! The sillier the better! I have found that pullups are a huge waste of money. It gives them permission to pee in them, just like a diaper. Have patience, your son will master it on his own! Great luck to you & your son!!!!
S.

I have had similar experiences with all 3 of my children.

All of the kids loved their pull-ups so much that they became lazy about going to the potty. Also, my current toddler has an absolute fit if the room's cold while her bottom is bare.

Also, whether or not they have on pull-ups or cloth underwear, all my kids needed constant reminders until they were about 4 or so.

It sounds like you already have him potty trained.

If you are worried about accidents, don't be worried, the daycare should be able to understand that.
As a matter of fact, ask the daycare to specifically define their expectations to you. And let them know your situation and ask for their feedback. They deal with this all the time and are "experts" on it. You know?

There is a big difference between having accidents and totally being clueless about going to the toilet. I can't see that they'd keep you from having your child attend their program.

Hi L.
I'm going through the potty training with my daughter right now and I have a 5 1/2 year old son. I know some parents will be against it but I used guilt sometimes to help with the potty training. You have to stop letting him be naked. My son loved that... especially if he was outside and could pee like the dog. I just played the how upset I am to clean the mess up and honestly, how they won't be able to go play with the other kids because they didn't use the big boy potty. As for rewards... my son did temporary tattoos and my daughter loved her princess stickers. My son was covered in tattoos!! They were the ones you buy at the quarter machines so they were rather large. They were on his arms and chest and belly and he loved showing them and telling everyone why he had them.
There is also a potty for boys called Peter Potty. It's a urinal that actually flushes that boys can use for potty training. You can find it on line at Target. I haven't seen any of the stores that actually carried it. Aside from that, my daughter loves wearing her princess panties and we do allot of praising and cheering and hugs! I even remind her out of the blue of how proud I am of her for going to the potty. Maybe you can let your son go pick out spiderman or spongebob underwear or what my son likes because his daddy wears them, boxer briefs. Good Luck!

I know what you mean. I had the exact same problem. Naked was good and he would go but pull ups and underwear didn't. I let my son do it on his own. I gave encouragement and praise but I didn't push or punish him. One day he just went with no accidents. That turned into 2 days then 3 days. We have the occasional accident but for the most part he is good to go. I don't feel a parent should rush their child. I have seen a mom push her child and the more she pushed, the more the child refused to do it. Give your child some space. I would ask my son about every 5 minutes if he had to go. Sometimes I would say I have to go and I think he should go too. Sometimes I would say I'm going pee first and make a race out of it and he would go potty first. But really it is up to you what you want to do. Not everything works for everyone. You have to find what works best for you. Good Luck!

Hello, I have a suggestion for you...
Try this and let me know how this works. I was told that when potty training a child should be able to feel the difference. One thing is for sure Pull-Ups and continuing wearing pampers will not help your cause. I used this with my son and nephew. Put your baby on some training underwear and regular "big boy" underwear. Once he realizes that "hot wet pee pee" is on his body or running down his leg he will know IMMEDIATELY that he messed up. Let him know as soon as you both realize that he should not do that, then put a clean pair of UNDERWEAR on him. Keep in mind that this will last for about 1-2 weeks, but he will not want to continue with the hot wet sensation on his legs. This will work I promise you. Only use pull-ups at night..ONLY...OTHER WISE YOU WILL HAVE TO START ALL OVER AGAIN.

~I.

Pull-ups are terrible for when trying to potty train a kid. I don't even know why they make those things! lol.

I have two boys (currently 9 and 10) and I taught them to sit down when going to the bathroom. They wore underwear day and night from the first day on. As long as they pottied before bedtime, they did not wet their bed. I am not a naked advocate when training kids to go potty. If they make a mess, they'd have to clean it up. I didn't like it anymore than they did and so they would be much better about that. (Some kids do tend to rather keep playing than go potty.) Because I taught them to sit down to go potty, I don't have ANY messes in the bathroom like my friends do with their boys. They do stand up now, but no messes....it took a few years before they wanted to stand up.

I bought my boys hot wheel cars at Wal Mart and left them in the grocery bag. Every single time they went potty, they got a car. With my 2nd boy, I began the sticker thing. Good luck!

You can try a reward system for staying dry. We did this with my daughter who had a hard time staying motivated to potty train. In addition to rewarding for going on the potty, we would reward her for time increments of staying dry. The first day, she got 1 skittle for every 15 minutes she stayed dry. Then, as that worked, we slowly increased the time periods to every 20 minutes, 30 minutes, 45 minutes, etc. Eventually, we only gave it to her when she asked about it and then she just stopped asking. We also made our own "Tresure Box" of different things from the dollar store: toys, balloons, stickers, etc. If she went #2 on the potty, she got to pick something from the box. I am not a fan of rewarding with candy, but it was the only thing that worked to keep her motivated and working toward the potty training goal. Good luck!

You have to try what works for you and him. I have one thing to say that if I could do it all over again with three boys I'd always train having them sit and let them learn to stand and pee later it only caused confusion for the poop in the potty and stand to pee....if they sit and learn to do both sitting it's way easier....I think girls learn faster because one they usually are a bit ahead of boys and two they can only sit. The one thing to keep in mind is he will have accidents you did, I did and so did everyone else once he learns remember when he has an accident he hasn't been potty trained as long as me and you. Every child has something that helps them click one thing may work as other things won't...best wishes

My 3 year old(he'll be 4 in June) was the exact same way until a few months ago. He was great if he was naked or if we were out places (he loves public restrooms!). Anyway what I did was bought a bag of jelly beans. (My kids don't get candy or sweets very often). When he was wearing underwear then any time he remembered to go to the potty he would get 1 jelly bean for pee and 2 for poop (and 3 if he did both so now he can add one plus two lol). Anyway I put the jelly beans in one of those clear storage bowls with a lid and left the bowl close by so that he could see it. I know for him it worked a lot better because then I wasn't pushing him to go but when he'd see the jelly beans it would remind him to stop what he was doing and go to the bathroom.

Hi L. I am B. J. have you tried the charecter underware for boys instead of regualor trainig pants? That worked with my grandkids both girls and boys. I hope this helps.
from a Mom and grandma B. J