Is anyone haveing trouble with potty training?

Cathy J - posted on 04/18/2010

I have been potty training Olivia since 18 months. IT TOOK FOREVER!!! This is one thing they have control of. U have to go with the flow per say. Let her wear the wet clothes a little while along with the bms. This may help because they won't like being wet or smelly.

Season - posted on 04/13/2010

i'm havin a hard time potty trainin my almost 2 1/2 yr old daughter. we started her in pull ups at a yr and a half bc she started to show signs of becomin potty trained. like tellin me when she wud go and tht she wanted me to change her. but unfortunately she does use the pull up just as she wud a diaper. i tried to convince her tht they wer "big girl chonies" but it didn't stop her frm goin in thm.she has a lil princess potty(one i let her pick out) which she liked at first but now it seems more a hassel to get her to use it. the only way i've gotten her to actually USE it is if i make her go sit on it. she will throw a huge fit and scream and cry all kinds. i have been walkin away tht way she has no one to throw the tantrum for. wen i hear tht she has quieted down i know thn she must have realized this is wat she needs to b doin. so.. she goes pee pee. these tantrums were lastin for awhile but it was only recently i started to walk away. the past two days she's gone pee in it. the poop thing.. i think thts gonna b a whole other step for us... she has yet gone poop in it. i bought her real underwear a couple of weeks ago and let her try those out. but i wud put a pull up over them tht way if she did mess.. it wudn't go to the pants. ( i saw another mom on here suggest tht) it wrked for a couple of times for wen she needed to pee. but the other day i had her in thm and she pooped in thm. so.. i showed her we had to throw them away. i am justa s confused and am only tryin wat i think will wrk best... my next thing to try is the potty chart cuz she does like stickers. i have been rewardin her w cookies. but maybe the sticker thing can spark somethin. i'm seein alot of moms do tht. good luck to all of us who r not havin the EASIEST time w our kids and the potty!

Jodi - posted on 04/12/2010

Has there been a change to something in his life? Since the only things they can control in their lives is pooping & peeping, they act out in that way. My daughter is three (four at the end of this month) & is potty trained but only within the past month or so have we taken away the Overnight pulls out of the equation. Once my kids started to wake up with dry pulls ups at nap & nightime is when we slowly introduce underwear to them. We also make sure when we are going to bed that we take her to go potty again so she knows what a empty bladder feels like. This also worked with our now 5yr old boy when he was being potty trained. This something my husband found online at Wal-Mart.com, it is called a Peter Potty (I believe). It is a potty training urinal for boys. NO JOKE!!! My son loved it & thought it was the coolest thing next to the movies CARS. Check it out & let me know what you think. I hope this will help you out.

Adrianna - posted on 04/11/2010

i am having issues with my almost 3 yr old he does really well going to potty but here recently he has been going in his underwear

Holly - posted on 04/10/2010

my advice is to use a potty chart of some kind. For my daughter I created a chart which has potty, helping mommy, and picking up toys colums. When ever she does soething in those categories she will get a sticker of her choice. It makes her feel like a big girl.

Rachel - posted on 04/09/2010

They do it when they are ready, use pull-ups til he is going consistently. Praise him when he goes on potty, set up reward chart his progress, he gets a prize after not having an accident for a week...

Laura - posted on 04/09/2010

My little girl is turning 3 in June and is no were near to be being potty trained. I thought we was going really well at one point but she just keeps going back to not wanting to use the potty. I've tried everything! (Dolls that pee, singing potty, toilet seats, millions of rewards etc.) but nothing seems to work. I decided not to use pull ups because I found she was using them as a nappy, rather than like a pair of pants. I really worry that she won't be dry in time for nursery in September, but I guess that every child is different and she will do it when she's ready, hopefully!

Laura - posted on 04/09/2010

I agree Kristin,we got that same toilet seat and my lad loves it!

Kristin - posted on 04/08/2010

My son potty trained at just over 2 very easy. I watched a Dr.Phil show and it suggested using a doll that wets (you can find one at toys-r-us for about $10 gender specific) and the child puts the doll on the potty and when the doll goes you cheer and make a big deal about it. Then you ask the child if they would like to do the same. It works, my got really excited. The first day he went through about 30 pairs of underwear. The second he went through about five, and each day it got less and less. The key is putting them into real underwear so they get the sentation when they wet. After about a week, we had great success. My son is big for his age, so After about a month of the little potty, I invested in a toilet seat ($30 at target) that is an adult seat with a built int toddler seat. He loves it and it had helped tremendously. Especially when we are out and about. My son also went a long period of doing well, then out of the blue starting pooping in his pants. He knew he was doing it and told me when he finished. After a week and took advice from onther person and starting putting him in timeout everytime he did it. I let him sit there for 5 mintues with the poop still in his pants. He did not like that and it didn't take long before he was back using the toilet. I think every child is different and some take a step back before they go forward. I also told my son that he couldn't wear his big boy underwear if he kept pooping in them. I think that was enough to motivate him. I even took him to the store and let him pick out the underwear he wanted. Bribery works great!

Laura - posted on 04/02/2010

I tried potty training my son before he was 3 but he was not having any of it,i left it another 2 months after his 3rd birthday to try again.he had chicken pox at the time so i thought wud be in for at least a week anyway.we had a potty with a lid,actually looked like the grown ups toilet and he loved going and sitting on there and shutting the lid after. he took to it straight away as he was ready for it.there is no point stressing yourself out over it if they dont take to it in the 1st couple of days,although my son was wearing pants in the day,accidents are to be expected but at night we put on a pull up which we call big boy pants,always call them pants as they know that they can wee and poo in nappys where as they shouldnt in pants.When it came to having a poo,he didnt go for about a week but then finally realised the toilet was the only option,a couple of weeks after he wanted the toilet and not the potty,and now 8 weeks from starting he is dry all night and no accidents. hope that helps you in some way i know how stressful it is with BOYS. let me know how you get on,good luck

Dani - posted on 04/02/2010

Arrrghhh! my daughter is nearly 3 and she WILL NOT poo in a toilet or her pottie, she will wee but that is it, she sneaks off and hides when she poos! we put her on the pottie every hour during the day, have been doing it for a week now and shes learning quickly, its just the poo thing!!!

Rebecca - posted on 04/01/2010

My daughter is turning 3 soon and we just got her potty trained. it took FOREVER!! I can not tell you how many times that I had to clean poo out of clothing, bedding, and butt. Finally one day, she got it. I think that children will do it when they are ready. Just keep trying and be consistant. Your son will get it one day!!