How do I keep up with it?

Samantha - posted on 03/29/2011

I would ditch the pull up altogether. its embarrassing when they have an accident all over the shop floor, but you won't progress much past this unless you stop letting him wear a diaper. the other mums here have given you some great advice about toilets etc. make them try to go before you leave the house and find the bathroom as soon as you get there. praise praise praise and reward if you need to.

Ebony - posted on 03/24/2011

I just bought my daughter some underwear last month. For about 2 and a half weeks I would right down the times she went to the potty or in her underwear. After that amount of time she just wears her underwear at home or when we are out running errands, not for too long; just in case she has an accident we put extra underwear or pull ups in her bag. She wear pull up at home only when sleep, she doing well without using the bathroom when having the pull up on while sleep, but sometimes she has accidents, which is why I don't put underwear on her while she sleeps. Just be consistent, in potty training your little one. Mine is not all the way there, but she improved! She tells me she got to go sometimes, sometimes, she don't. When that happens let her know that is not ok and give a lil time out. If you possibly, can try not to run errands too much, so he can get the hang of potty training. Good luck to you and lil one.

Megan - posted on 03/22/2011

i put my daughter (she was 22 months) in panties around the house, the first week she peed in them over & over, she hated being yucky with pee all over her, after about 2 weeks she got to where as soon as she felt the pee in her panties she would tell me, and now we rarely have accidents :) good luck

Megan - posted on 03/22/2011

i put my daughter (she was 22 months) in panties around the house, the first week she peed in them over & over, she hated being yucky with pee all over her, after about 2 weeks she got to where as soon as she felt the pee in her panties she would tell me, and now we rarely have accidents :) good luck

Liz - posted on 03/21/2011

hi im not sure if you got my last reply,so ill try again.you poor thing it can be so hard.i have 3 kids and i ind toliet training the hardest.have you tried to take him to the shop and let him pick out a few pairs of undies for him self? i would put them on him,and if you need to go out find the loo first,they seem to like using different toliets,this can take up some of your time but it seems to work.if he uses the loo really make a big deal over it,maybe carry some stickers or a treat he can have.i used to stay home for a couple days and have a sticker board,so if they went they could put a sticker on their board,one they had say 3 they got a treat.if he wets his undies, get him to change them,so him to put them in the wash and get fresh ones.i hope this helps and tell me how you go,its not easy.good luck

Becky - posted on 03/21/2011

I am having the same problem with my 3 year old. He knows when he has to go and when we put him on and he goes 1 and 2 he is so proud of himself. However, if I don't put him on he tends to go in his pants. But he knows when he has to go. It's frusturating because I am not home all the time and he knows when he has to go. I just hope this ends soon. I started a sticker chart and he likes doing it. Everytime he goes on the potty 5 times, he gets a prize or treat. However, this isn't as effective as I thought it was going to be. I just think time is the answer and it's different for everyone. I would just like him to be potty trained soon because I want to get him into preschool, but it can't happen until he is potty trained.

Ashley - posted on 03/20/2011

With our older two girls (ages 6 and 4), I would just do one errand (like to Target), and make sure where the bathroom was. If they had an accident - no biggie. I would have them use the bathroom at home before we left, and usually at the store right before we were done. That helped getting them used to the idea of going to the bathroom at other places other than at home. Just have an extra pair of underwear and pants in the car.

If you always put a pull-up on your son, he'll just use it and not have the incentive to hold it when he's out and about. (My girls were the same way).

Audrey - posted on 03/15/2011

my son just turned 3 and we are in the midst of the same potty training issue. i used to put pull-ups on him but he just reated it like a diaper most of the time. finally we just let him pick out a pack of undies and ditched pull-ups. now when he is at home, if he is interested, he will wear his undies and go to the potty everytime he has to go. i dont even have to remind him anymore. he will still have an accident every once in a while and he is not potty trained yet but we are getting there. i think they just tend to go thru stages where they want to train one week and then the next week they want nothing to do with it. i would just go ahead and get him some undies. it helped A LOT with our son. Good luck to you! he will do it when he is good and ready.