Potty Trainning - Spencer,IN

I haven't potty trained yet, so I have no personal experience with it; however, a mom whose blog I read did the pottytraining bootcamp with her 3-year-old quadruplets and was successful!

http://thelifeofsuz.blogspot.com/2010/05/potty-training-q...

Hi!

I am in the exact same situation...except our baby is due in November. we used "Toliet Training in Less Than a Day" by Nathan Azrin and Richard Foxx.

I used the book as a guideline and then winged part of it. We had a "Bye Bye Diapers" party on a specific morning. Then put on training pants and played in the kitchen (for easy clean up) all morning/early afternoon. That whole time I provided some salty snacks and fun drinks (smoothies/juices/etc) so he pretty much had to go every 45 minutes (or less sometimes). We practiced all morning pulling down pants, going to the potty, pulling up pants, and putting his pee-pee/poo-poo into the pottty then flushing. We also played and practiced with a doll so he always new what what was expected of him.

Patience was key on this day! As he wasn't always wanting to pay attention to instructions or play with the doll. But I was prepared to bring him back to the subject whether he was playing with cars or the doll.

From that day on we didn't use diapers except at night-time (sleepy diapers we call them). He's about 6 accidents in the last month...and most of those were in the first week b/c he was getting the timing down and learning to pull his pants down by himself. I do have to help him still with the pants...depending on the pants.

So that is what worked for us... Hope it helps a little!

Best of luck -

CJ

Every child and every family situation is a bit different, but most families have the best success with letting the child lead the process on his own time schedule, because it really is something he will eventually need to control on his own. It is a natural developmental step, and just like with walking and talking, kids manage it with a great sense of accomplishment when they are physically and emotionally ready. Until then, of course, you can give him all sorts of positive messages and encouragement.

I've heard dozens of training stories from the many young families I know. The ones that were the happiest and least stressful were stories in which the child essentially trained him/herself. That often happened in a day to a week or so once the child's mind was made up.

It sounds like your son is doing well for his age, which is on the early side of success for many boys. I hope you'll be aware that he may regress when the new baby arrives and he sees you lavishing it with the TLC that he's probably still craving. As frustrating as that is, it is totally normal – the child is casting about for the love and attention he fears he's losing.

I too am in the exact same situation- although due in Nov.
Our son is going to the potty every 30 minutes. We set a timer and as soon as it goes off he knows what it means and literally runs to the bathroom.
It's helped that we let him stand on a stepstool and pee "like Daddy", then make him sit down a couple times here & there to poop (which we've noticed is always at the same times of day.. lunch & before bed). He's only using 1-2 diapers a day now and we put him in a regular (cheaper) diaper for naps & bedtime. No drinking anything past like 7:30 or so..

We're actually going to try the underwear this weekend!! I'm hoping with the same routine he'll do well. We too are going to have a little "bye bye diapers" party and explain that those are now only for sleepy time. I've heard that once he has a few accidents in his underwear and doesn't like the feel of that, he'll get the drill and start wanting to pee without being prompted all the time. We will see!!
OH!! And we do give him a little jelly bean or m&m reward every time he pees or poops in the potty & still has his little rocket or wheel (on the pullups.. the one that disappears if they go in the diaper). So if you're in pullups for a little longer, you might try that for a while! It's a nice incentive and he loves to see if his rocket is still there! We've been doing this w/ pullups all summer... I've only had to change about 10 poopy diapers since May! And those were mostly diarrhea issues or my fault for not making him sit down (or being out & about when he normally would poop at home). BUT- he did just have his first public poop. He announced that he had to go and he held it... it was like a Christmas miracle :)

I did the 3 day potty training with my son as someone else mentioned. You purchase the ebook online and they also have an online help desk. Their philosophy is to go cold turkey with no diapers, daytime and nighttime. My son caught on rather well during the day. You need to be consistent and have a lot of patience but it really does work. We struggled with the night time and after about a week and a half of me getting up twice a night to take him to the potty, I started to put him in pullups at night. We will continue to work on the night time and he has very few accidents during the day. I needed a plan to follow and this worked great for us. I plan to use it for my daughter as well!

Put him in non-absorbent cloth training pants with a cover. Don't go back and forth once you've switched, it will just confuse him. Let him eat and drink anything he wants all day, stay in one or two rooms, preferably with no carpet. Keep the potty out and have him sit on it every 15 minutes. Any time there is an accident, say "Oops!" and have him clean it up. Don't get angry or you'll scare him out of trying.
But whatever you do, don't go back and forth, you're making it worse for him. Once you decide to do underwear, stick to it. Let him pick them out if you think that will help. Use pull-ups at nap and night if you need to, but it's better to get cloth training pull-ups so he feels right away that he's peed.

3 Day Potty Training. It's an online ebook (just google it); worked great for us! Totally worth the dedication of 3 days to get it DONE! Hope all goes well, and congrats on the new baby!

My little guy was the same way as yours. The only thing I found to work is stay in for a couple days and let him go naked from the waist down. He never once had an accident when he was unclothed. And this makes it easier for him to take himself to the potty. After a couple of weeks of that (I wasn't REALLY consistent, just let him go naked whenever it was convenient) - now he'll wear big boy pants and not have accidents, unless I forget to take him to the potty on a regular basis. Good luck to you! Just keep trying different things until you find what works! I've heard it all from different moms, I just had to try some of the methods out.

What worked best with my son was to keep underware on him and also use a reward chart. I found a picture of a toy he wanted around $20. I then made a chart and labeled it 1-10. After the 10 I put the picture of the toy. Then every time he went pee, wiped, flushed, washed hands- we put a sticker under a number. When he reached 10- he got the toy! But if he had an accident, he didn't get a sticker. I didn't punish him, I told him it was ok and just to try to tell me next time. It took a couple days to catch on- then all of a sudden he just got it. He hasn't had an accident since. You can have your sitter do the same.
But when I was going back and forth between pull-up and underware, it just wasn't working. He knew it was ok to pee cause he had the pull-up on. And it was inconsistent, so I am sure it confused him also.

Good luck!

here is what worked for us:

Pick two days you can stay at home.
Morning 1: Get him naked or naked bottom. (I waited until after a poop :))Confine to rooms you can clean up easily and near potty, and use towles to sit on.
Give him lots of juice and water. Salty pretzels and crackers will make him drink.
Take him to the potty every 10-15 minutes and have hime try!
Congratulate on success or for trying.
If he has an accident, clean it up, but keep going.
Overnight: Use pull-ups.
Morning 2: Same routine but add underwear, no clothes. (We were actually able to do underwear after a few hours on day 1 because this worked so well for us)

Good luck!! It took us about 2 hours and a couple accidents and she started to ask to go potty. And we never looked back. She night traine da couple weeks later and we got rid of the pullups, but tha tis a matter of staying dry overnight and not so much the contorl issue.