potty training

Kris - posted on 07/24/2010

Nazleen~
As you can see, you are NOT alone! : )
My son Zander will be 3 Aug 31.
He was interested in the potty early... like a lil over a yr old.
He would sit on his lil potty in clothes while I went potty.
As he got older, he did pee and poo in the lil potty off n on.
We did a potty seat on the big potty, that worked a Lot better.
He knows what to do, he just isn't that interested anymore I guess. I'd clap w him n make it a Big Deal... but now.. I ask him a lot like you do... and he says NO and runs the other direction. He can even have a poopy pull-up n he doesnt care.
So I'm still not tryin to PUSH him too much... Drs n other parents to say... They will let you know when they are Ready, and it goes a Lot Quicker! I was going to do Head Start w/ Zander, but I make too much. He does want to go to school, and I try to use that as well... :-) again, similar to the other mom's here... ( i read them too) Just Breath! It is frustrating.
R u a single parent too? I dont have any real Guy fig to show my son. We've tried Standin to pee in and sitting... not the outside thing yet. We've done that bottom side naked too. : )

Meghan - posted on 07/08/2010

I potty trained my daughter in 3 weeks beginning the day she turned 2!

okay so what you do is put him on the toilet and let him set there for 3 or 4 minutes then put him in panties and set some sort of timer (we used the microwave) for 20 minutes, when the timer goes off he needs to go back and sit on the toilet for 3 or 4 more minutes...if he goes give him a reward...even for the smallest little pee...give him something...we used stickers she got 1 if she didnt go but tried and a sticker and a dumdum sucker if she did something in the potty. just keep repeating this every 20 minutes...you will have accidents but dont make a big deal about it just change him without saying anything about having the accident.

I found a couple of books that could help you

I bought the girl version of this one... http://www.amazon.com/Potty-Training-Boy...

and I have this one too... http://www.amazon.com/Stress-Free-Potty-...

and this is the last one I got... http://www.amazon.com/Stress-Free-Potty-...

you just have to find a style that works for the both of you...all of these books are full of ideas perhaps instead of buying them you could find one or another at your library...good luck!

Betty - posted on 06/26/2010

My son, Marcus, is 2 years 11 months old and is potty trained. You have to take him to the potty aver half hour or so and encourage him to stay there, with books or bribes. Around his second birthday Marcus started stripping down and putting big boy underwear on, so we started then. I would reward him with m&ms for using the potty. About 3 months ago he was still having problems pooping in the potty, so I told him he could pick out anything he wanted as a prize for not having any accidents. He picked a bike, so I took a picture of it and showed it to him as a reminder. It took about 2 wks for him to go accident free for a whole week, so he got his new bike! He was still wearing pull ups to bed at night, but he ran out yesterday, so I let him sleep in his underwear. This morning he was still dry and told me that he didn't need pull ups anymore. With my older son I would put cheerios in the potty and have him "sink" them, or encourage him to pee on something outside. It really helps if dad or older brother take him to the potty with them. Good Luck!

Kelsey - posted on 06/25/2010

my son is having the same issues just keep working with him he will soon catch on when he is ready best of luck to you!

Ilaisaane - posted on 06/23/2010

If your a stay at home mom, what I did was strip the clothes off. That takes away the large pile of clothes that would get soiled. I generally like to potty train them when they are still 118months. With my 2 year old, I didnt get to because I was busy worrying about my baby that was due in September 09 so he was late. I trained him in the middle of August after his 2nd birthday and it was really fast. There was a part there when I felt like giving up but you just gotta keep it up. I used to put diapers on at nights and then I thought to cut it all out. It worked. About 2 weeks later he was sweet, It just depends on the child they are all different. Good luck with it

CHIKA ADAORA - posted on 06/08/2010

My baby girl is the same age with yours. she informs me when she wants to do it or go to the loo ( she hates the potty and prefers using the adult toilet right from a year and 5 months) herself although at times she is so pressed with wee that before you could remove her panties some dropps of urine will soil it. but i still use daippers at night cause am too tired to take her to the loo.



you have to encourage your boy but be firm when he does it on his clothes. they understand when we talk to them with love.

Georgia - posted on 06/07/2010

right now its more of a timing thing. Zander's all the way potty trained.. well, except for bedtime-- but it was a rough road. You just gotta put him on the potty like every 2 hrs for awhile, and he'll start to get that "feeling" and start letting you know when he has to go. :) good luck!

Paula - posted on 06/07/2010

hi my son is the same he wees in his pants but if he as no nappy or pants on he will go potter or toilet plz help me he starts school in sept this year

Cordelia - posted on 06/07/2010

I use to let my son's favourite teddy sit on the potty first and then I make as if it wee in the pot. I then tell my son that its his turn. I place his potty in front of the Tv with his favourite cartoon.I make a big hoo-ha out of it. We celebrate big time. Don't give up . Just take the potty out everyday and don't put to much pressure on him. Make it a fun event. It took me a while before my son budged.

Wendy - posted on 06/03/2010

I didn't push my daughter. We would read all the potty books I could find. I first had her sit on it with her clothes on to get used to it. Then after about 2 weeks she sat with her diaper. Then we went and bought her big girl underpants. She said she wants to goto school and we told her she needs to use the potty like a big girl to go. A few days after that she went and has been ever since which has been about 3 weeks now. She had nothing to do with pull-ups either. She always lets us know when she's gotta go and no accidents either. They say boys are easier to train the girls but when he's really ready he'll let you know. It's frustrating but he's in a comfort zone and would rather be catered to then do it himself. He'll get it soon enough.

Jessica - posted on 06/02/2010

I just finished potty training my 2yrs and 9 month old son it was so hard i cried countless times but finally we would just let him sit in his wet undies for like a min and he stopped peeing in his pants plus when he has to go we can always tell he holds his private part and starts doing the potty dance and then tells us he has to go now the pooping part was hard for the first few days but when he realized that it makes his undies stink and he had to go naked with no panties on he finally stopped pooping his pants. Now i am proud to say that we are done potty training and he does not wear pull ups to bed he wears regular underwear and he wakes up to go to the bathroom he never goes in bed so what I am trying to suggest to you is to watch for all the signs of him having to go potty and bring him to the bathroom and give him treats or something every time he uses the pot and he will get used to it and it will be a breeze from there i never wanted to put his potty in the same room as where we were sitting cuz then he thought it was a toy so we made him go to the bathroom now he is so used to it

Susan - posted on 06/02/2010

i'm the same but i found if u pressure them they wont listen i remember that with my 1st girl and she done it on her own at 3 and 2 mths so i'm taking my time with zara and hoping she'll go the same way

Jennifer - posted on 06/02/2010

My son is about the same age as yours as he just doesn't seem that interested so we haven't worked to hard at it. I plan to really begin working on it in a few weeks when I can buy him a potty chair, as the kids lost the parts to his little froggie potty. My mother-in-law has potty trained her 5 kids plus a few foster kids, and tells us the same thing Ella says. Let em run bottomless and keep it in the room you're in with him, so we're gonna try it. My husband is pretty uncomfortable about the whole thing, so if worse comes to worse, I'll have my maternity leave to work on it, coming up just before his third birthday.

Sheri - posted on 05/30/2010

dont get frustrated,,, he will sense it and become nervous which will also lead to accidents... instead praise him when he tells you or try to catch him in the act and put him on the potty another idea is to get a video about potty training with a favorite character like elmo or bear or even blue. when he starts do the sticker rewards...he pees he gets one poops he gets two 5 = a prize

Kelly - posted on 05/24/2010

its going to take a while before he will let you know when he has to go. we've been working on it for a while now and he rarely ever tells me he has to go. but what i would suggest is every 15 mins or so sit him on the potty and try to get him to use it. especially after he has something to drink. it seems to be working with my little man. good luck

Ella - posted on 05/24/2010

U just gotta keep at it. I let my daughter go bottomless and then if she did it on the floor i sternly told her not tinkling on the floor. I kept the potty in the room we were and then tried to put her on the potty when i saw her doin it. Once she finally went in the potty I praised her like crazy! It took a little more work to get her to booboo in the potty though. Good luch