Having a hard time still trying to potty train my soon to be 3 year old son?

Kayla - posted on 11/18/2009

the best thing i found for potty training was a movie my mother in law gave me. the name of it is once upond a potty or him. it worked wonders for my little girl.

Tracy - posted on 11/16/2009

you definatly can't force it. we tried and tried with my daughter then gave up. she let us know when she was ready

Marie - posted on 11/16/2009

Probly just being lazy. lol. my son is the same way. my husband and I have decided that when he is ready, he will go. Last week we had a huge accomplishment of him just wanting to sit on the potty. It was short lived, so now back to square one.

Amber - posted on 11/14/2009

My son did the same thing. Then I remembered how much he liked to put money in his piggy bank, so I told him every time we went he would get to put money in his bank. Took a little time but it worked!

Maria - posted on 11/13/2009

My son will be 3 in Dec. I've been trying to work on potty training but I haven't had much success either. I have a 4 yr old who is potty trained - I tired every trick in the book with him but nothing seemed to work. I finally took advice from a friend of mine and stopped trying. A couple weeks after my oldest turned 3 he decided he was ready and in a week he was completely potty trained. So I'm doing the same with my second one. I encourage him to use the potty but I dont force it. When he's ready - he'll do it. I understand your frustration. I am so looking forward to having no more diapers.

Sheena - posted on 11/08/2009

That's ok I know how you feel. Mine takes his diaper off and throws it in the toilet... That's as far as he will take it.

Katrien - posted on 11/08/2009

pull up diapers are marketing tricks. trow them out. They only make the factorydirectors rich. it doesn't help our kids. Use ordinary kidsunderwear. Only when a child feels that he or she is getting wet, they learn what pi is. Put het potty in the room u spend most time and say as much as possible the potty is for pi. within an hour after you put on his first underwear, the first accident will happen. stay calm, explain that this is pi and show the potty. don't let your darling sit on it for hours, that creates aversion for the potty. A normal child needs only 3 to 5 days to become dry. but you need to be there full time these days, no daycare or grandparents or babysit. The first pi in the potty needs a reward, show that you are proud. use a reward system like stickers.
i have 4 brothers, the were all pottytrained before they were 18 months, I was dry day and night at 11 months (!). I waited to long to pottytrain my own daughter, she was 22 months. Reason 1: My mom was full time mom, I work full time. Reason 2: Diapers didn't exsist in the 70ties, we felt that we were wet. trow the pull ups out.

ZARRI - posted on 10/29/2009

I am a mother of seven. I am only 31 years old and have been a stay at home mom all of my life. Well my opinion is you have to take the pull up away, purchace underwear or boxer's.the pull up is another form of a pamper it tends to confuse them, and is a big set back. buy cartoon character under wear that he likes like sponge bob or elmo. they say boys are harder to train than girls. it also might help to let him watch dady use the bathroom or a male figure you can trust.

Pattie - posted on 10/29/2009

My son was 22 months when he was fully potty trained. What we did was we put the diapers away (except for at night). We didn't use training diapers (just big boy underwear). I'm a teacher and I waited until the Christmas break to train him - a time when I knew I could be home all day long and devote all my time to it. Surprisingly it only really took 3-4 days. My son was in love with ELMO at the time and we bought him the Elmo's Potty Time DVD and we would sit on the potty and watch it. When I thought he had to go i would sit with him while he was on the potty and we would stay there until he did his business. We would read stories, sing songs, do puzzles, watch TV etc. When he went in the potty he would get a sticker for a potty chart I made (no other incentive was given - like a toy or candy) but he was extremely proud to show visitors how many stickers he had collected! I think the key to our success was the use of real underwear (because he didn't like the feeling of being wet and dirty) and also having the uninterrupted time to dedicate to training. After those 3-4 days he told me when he had to go! I hope this helps you and best wishes in the potty training business!

Stephanie - posted on 10/29/2009

My son is 3.5 years old and just decided one day that he was a big boy and could go on the potty...you just have to keep asking him and they will potty train when they are good and ready don't let it frustrate you because kids can tell when you are frustrated and it could put him off a bit!! Also kids are no dummies they know that they can go potty in a pull up get him big boy underwear and he will only make a few accidents before it's uncomfortable...good luck!

Christina - posted on 10/28/2009

My son was 26 months when he was potty trained. I would sit him on the toilet after he ate, which is when he would noormally go poop. Then I would take a book in and read to him to keep him in there. It didn't take long after that and he started going, but he would tell me to leave because he didn't want me to see.

Adrean - posted on 10/28/2009

My son was just a few weeks past his 3rd bday before he was completly out of pull-ups. Some kids are just like that. What really helped me: I would ask him every 15min if he had to go potty (he got frustrated and sometimes he would try just to shut me up) and I would also tell him every time I had to go 'potty' and would take him with me. My husband helped,too. They would have the ' I can start faster game' when going to the bathroom ( boys love anything competitive). He will get it- don't worry! And don't worry what other people might think. Best of luck!

Kristy - posted on 10/28/2009

The why i got my three year old potty trained is i put they diapers away where he did not know here they were and told him he had to wear his underwear and go on the potty at first he had a few accidents and he got better in time but i have yet to use a diaper or pull up on him in 3 months. I don't know if it will help u or not but is worth a try. I hope that this can help u.