Potty Training HELP!!!! - Norfolk,VA

It may sound funny, but I used fruitloops. I put them in the toilet and he would try to pee on them.....Funny, but it worked for me

About a month before my son turned 3 we started telling him that when he turns 3 he'll be a big boy and he can't wear diapers anymore. We just kept telling him and telling him. Then a few days before his birthday I took him to the toy store and asked him what he'd want to have when he became a big boy. He picked out a thomas the train set. I took a picture of it and then we went home. i made him a chart that looked like a game, much like candy land. It had little squarese on it and every few he got a little prize like a sticker or candy. In the beginning part of the game it was easy to get a prize, then it got harder as he went down the path, like every 6 squares then every 8. (each square representing a potty) at the very top of that was the picture of the train that he wanted and he knew that was what he was working for. It took him 8 days and he was completely daytime potty-trained and he got his train set. Took a few extra months for the nighttime but one pullup at night was a lot cheaper than daily diapers! I hope that helps.

go to www.pottytrainingsolutions.com and get PODs, they work wonders. they can be worn with regular underwear so your child can wear big boy undies, but they work. We used them with our daughter when we thought that she was just never going to use the potty and within a couple weeks she was going and within a month, she was completely underwear all the time including bed time and to date has never had an accident. I swear by them, they are a wonderful product.

I have not read all the post on this. Just yours. So someone may have already posted! I have 5 kids and the one thing I learned was. Let them learn when they are ready!!I got the chair but made sure it had a lid to it and when I would go potty I would say " Walk mommy to the potty please. I need to go potty like a big girl does and when we would get in there I would tell them they could sit on their little chair and wait. At first I told them it was their special potty chair and they could use it any time they wanted to! After a little of all this they each started slowly wanting to sit in the potty nekked. Most of the time nothing happend but after a few sits I would turn the water on a little and for some reason it would make them go potty.. The PRAISE them so very much!! Never ever yell at them for not going or for making a accident in their clothes.

My .02 cents worth! Good luck hun!!
S

ps.. if its a boy.. for peeing get them their big boy stool and put fruit loops or cherioos in there and tell them to see if they could hit them while they pee lol

Try making it into a game for him. Use cheerios or fruit loops and tell him to aim at them in the toilet. Daycare would make my three year old sit/stand every hour until he went to the bathroom. It took some time and even being around his cousin and seeing him use the potty to get him to tell us that he had to go. You can also try putting him in underware so he can get use to wetting himself and feeling it. After a few times of that, he will get the idea. Good luck :-)

HEY S.!!I DON'T KNOW IT THIS WILL HELP OR NOT BUT I ALWAYS MADE IT LIKE A GAME!I SET MY STOVE TIMER TO GO OFF EVERY 15 MINS. AND WHEN IT WENT OFF WE'D RACE AND HOLLAR YEAH, IT'S POTTY TIME!!!IF THEY DIDN'T DO ANYTHING THEN WE'D TRY AGAIN IN 10 MINS. BUT IF THEY DID!!!OH BOY, I'D DANCE AROUND THE BATHROOM ROOM LIKE A COMPLETE IDIOT AND SING YEAH, YOU PEE-PEE ED IN THE POTTY OVER AND OVER OR YEAH, YOU POO-POOHED IN THE POTTY AND THIS ALWAYS MADE MY CHILDREN LAUGH SOMETIMES I THINK THEY'D TRY REALLY HARD TO GO EVEN IF THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO JUST SO MOMMY WOULD DO THE FUNNY DANCE!! AND THEN I'D RE SET THE ALARM FOR 15 MINS. AND IT WASN'T LONG UNTIL THEY HAVE THE FEELING WHEN THEY NEED TO GO AND PRETTY SOON THEY DIDN'T NEED THE TIMER BUT THEY JUST WANTED ME TO GO WITH THEM TO SING THE SONG!!!LOL!!JUST RELAX AND IT WILL HAPPEN!!DON'T STRESS ABOUT IT I'VE NEVER SEEN IT WRITTEN THAT THEY HAVE TO BE POTTY TRAINED BY ANY CERTAIN AGE!!AS LONG AS KINDERGARDEN ISN'T NEXT WEEK YOU'VE GOT PLENTY OF TIME!!LOL!!!GOOD LUCK!!!!T.

Well I am not sure how to get this, but I saw on The View a few weeks ago a really great product to help with potty training boys inparticular. There is a product out that is a flushable "target", ie rocket or baseball, or that sort of thing. it's made out of tissue so it's not problem on the toelet and it makes it a game for the little one. Also along those lines one of my friends who had a boy that didn't want to potty train used cheerios or frootloops for the same effect. Made a game out of it.

You and me too sister. I tried once for 2 months straight. No diapers only big boy underwear. I took him to the bathroom every 45 minutes to an hour. If I took him no accidents. If I asked him he would say he didn't have to go and then have an accident less than 5 minutes later.
I broke. We are back in diapers. Good luck.

S.,

My son potty trained during the two weeks we were visiting his grandparents right at his third birthday, when we left here he was in pull ups and when we got back he was in underwear. We had been working with him for awhile and before he figured it out it was frustrating, but here are my two cents:

Just relax and continue to encourage him but don't force him or show that you are upset (although like I said it can be frustrating!) I think the reason that people get so worried about potty training is because (especially in SAHM circles) to some its a measure of how smart your kid is. Everyone wants to have the child that was potty trained first, who learned to read first, who plays the best in sports and who gets the best grades. Which is great, I would think something is wrong with the parent who didn't want those things for their child, but at the same time it gets twisted around into a competition and if your child ISN'T those things then you feel like your child is failing. Eventually it isn't going to matter. So what if your kid potty trained 2 or 4 or 6 months later than everyone else, as he gets older it won't even matter. For example, when you had your son you probably had a friend who had a child a few months later and the age difference seemed so apparent then (a newborn vs a 5 month old for example) but now at age 3 it doesn't even matter because they are just 3 year olds with the same abilities and the same mentalities, one is just 5 months older. So just try to be positive and encouraging and try to put your own feelings aside with potty training and before you know it, it will be done.

Have you tried the cheerios in the bowl yet for target practice? I've heard that works for boys. My son is only 11mos so we haven't had to deal with this yet, but my sister's both used that method with their sons and it worked. Also I read in parents magazine, you can try to let your son potty train one of his "guys" (toyz) for a good part of the day, concentrate on making the toy go potty, then tell him it's his turn. I know it may sound silly but it's worth a shot. Hope some of this advice helps. Good luck to you.

Hi S.:
Well I have some advice for you. You may think it is groce or
maybe even a little disgusting but i promise you it will work.
My aunt told me to try it with my son. I did and he was potty trained in hardly no time. Well here goes, #1 try to make a game out of it. The main one is when he has to urinate/pee or whatever you refer to it as. Here goes: Let him pee off the porch. I did it, i let my son pee off the back porch so nobody could see him. If it was dark or cold, i would stand him in the bath tub. I know it sounds sick. But it worked for me.
I had 2 girls before i had my boy. i had no idea where to start
and my aunt (passed away now) suggested this to me.
Then after he masters this/if he will do it, go to the toilet/potty for the other. and still again make a big deal out of him not using his pants. Laugh, clap your hands, give him some change. If he goes all day and don't use his pants then give him a reward. Something small like ice cream, donuts, matchbox car, whatever his preference.
Good Luck.
C.
I'm 45 and live in SC. Kids, 26-16-14

my advice to you is don;t push him. have you tried rewarding him, with stickers when he goes a whole week take him to his favorite place to eat or buy him a new toy. chuckie e cheese has a website with a potty training chart and i use that all the time with my son. www.chuckieecheese.com my son is 2&1/2 and completely potty trained, and i did the sticker thing