| potty training my son HELP
Posted: 8/4/2006 10:36:23 AM | Okay, first off you have to only do it when he is ready. He will let you know when he is by telling you when he has gone in his diaper, he will also show interest in the potty if you don't push him. My daughter is almost two and she is potty trained already. But that is bc i didn't push her to go. Your son will let you know WHEN he is ready trust me. | |
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| potty training my son HELP
Posted: 8/4/2006 10:44:48 AM | | It is easier to train a boy then a girl. So there is the first step! Buy yourself a little step stool or one of those potty chairs that have 1 attached. Stand him up facing the toilet drop a hand ful of cheerios of fruit loops into the water and tell hime to sink them when he pees on them! It sounds bad but it works. Or you can tell him when he pees he will make bubbles in the toilet! Let me know if this helps you. | |
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| potty training my son HELP
Posted: 8/4/2006 11:29:10 AM | | kids all differ..my first took forever second took to it at 15 mo..third was even faster..but i think that was likely just my impatience forcing them..sorry to report but "training" is in order. just time the intake of food and beverage, then sit them on the pottie and make them sit there til results..then praise it HIGHLY.. sound weird but works. and even weirder perhaps to many, take them to the bathroom WITH YOU so they can see that this is what you are supposed to do..and sing praises as well to yourself at that point!!! cuz really...what do they know when they are so little? its a tough one but youll get it done! be strong and know it wont go on forever. i have two kids out of three in university now and they are fine! w | |
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| potty training my son HELP
Posted: 8/4/2006 12:42:42 PM | | Try a place called (potty pal) it is a great program. I'm sure it can be looked up...... | |
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| potty training my son HELP
Posted: 8/4/2006 12:58:34 PM | | West49Gurl you need to use those PottieStickers for toilet training. They really work. I saw it on TV and I know teh day care here used them and they worked great. They also said they got a PottiePal toilet paper holder with it for the kids and they loved them. Go check out the web site at PottieStickers dot com There is a CD inside with all teh toilet training tips and facts and such and loads of awards. They are really cute. The lady who invented them used it for her kids because her husband died and she was a single mom trying to potty train. The day care lady said she got one and the mom kept the other 2 in the package so everyone was doing the same thing for the kid. I used stickers for my kids too. | |
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| potty training my son HELP
Posted: 8/4/2006 5:12:19 PM | | I am a single parent and when it came time to potty train my son, I went the naked route. I wasn't working at the time and was able to be home with him. I kept a potty chair in whatever room we happened to be in and any time I gave him a drink, we would go to the potty after about 30 minutes. I did have him sit down until he caught on to the idea of what the potty was for. Then we moved to standing at the big potty. When he started day care at 2-1/2, they told me he was the only boy in the class who used the bathroom standing up and they asked permission to have my son show the other boys how to pee standing up! I made a big production (clapping, hugging, etc) whenever he peed. It took a couple of weeks to completely train him and I would use regular underwear with rubber pants for night time. That way he would know when he was getting wet, but the bed wouldn't be a mess. | |
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| potty training my son HELP
Posted: 8/4/2006 5:51:21 PM | I think parents just *know* when their children are ready to start with potty training. It's been a while for me - both my kids are teenagers now - but I do remember that my daughter was so easy to train compared to her older brother. I just put her on one day and that was it ... she had a few accidents, but she got the hang of it very quickly. My son ... he was so stubborn. There was no way he was going to use the potty ... too much work involved.  I finally resorted to letting him run around in the buff for a few days. That worked like a charm. He might not have been thrilled with the pot, but he wasn't about to go on the floor. | |
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| potty training my son HELP
Posted: 8/5/2006 10:48:34 PM | Listen my son just turned 3 and here is what I did and it worked. I got a male doll that wets and showed my son that the doll in fact wets itself. Then I took the doll my son and myself and we all went to the bathroom and I showed my son the doll going potty and using his little potty. Then I praised the doll and had a party for it and made a big to do out of it and made sure my son understood that when he used his potty that he also would have a big party. He used the potty the next time he had to go so I had a big party for him and it has worked ever since. I got this advice from the Dr Phill website and I would call bullshit on it except that it really did work. Give it a try what have you got to lose.
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| potty training my son HELP
Posted: 8/5/2006 11:28:16 PM | | Hi--I do toilet training as part of my job. One of the things that always works for me is to set aside several days just to work on toilet training. Give him as much to drink as he can handle, and keep giving him more. Then on the toilet for 5 minutes, off for 10, or 20 or whatever. The important part is to give him lots of opportunities to go, and a really full bladder! Then, of course, lots of praise from the whole family every time he succeeds. I work with special needs children, and this method usually works within 1-2 days. I really love some of the other ideas, too! | |
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| potty training my son HELP
Posted: 8/6/2006 6:01:41 AM | Hi West49Gurl...
By the time you get to this post your son will probably already be trainined. However... As a great resource if hes not yet, check out the Charmin (yup as in toilet paper) website. They have a great potty training package with a chart, stickers, potty story book and even a toilet paper measuring thing! Its really cute and it really sparked my kids' interest.
Yes I am a lucky mom whose kids were trained before that year and a half, but I think the people who advised gaging your own childs readiness were on the ball... It is indidvidual for each kid. Although I did fin with my second that it was much easier because of the firsts "help" in making it fun. Oh and I used pull ups for a week and called them "big kid underware"... Much more convenient clean up for me and closer to the real thing than diapers. And daycare here is much cheaper once the kids are trained... So it did really help that they were earlier rather than later.
And for the pp part... Cheerios and Fruit loops are great, but you can also try a natural food colouring that wont stain. Especially blue... Kid does his thing and voila, its green... Pretty cool for a kid.
Anyway, good luck, he will get it! | |
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| potty training my son HELP
Posted: 8/6/2006 9:32:42 AM | as for boys being easier to potty train....i'm a 42 yr old mother of 2, baby sat more girls than i did boys and found that girls were harder to train than boys. my older son went from diapers to the thrown, he passed the potty. he refused to sit on the potty, he wanted to stand like daddy did. wow, that was hard for me to grasp but i did it. i had him stand on my toes and raised up the front of my feet to get his little pee-pee to reach over the toilet and hit the cheerios that i put in there. he did really good. i made a game out of teaching him. as for the girls that was just another story. all they wanted to do is sit and talk and dangle their legs while sitting on the toilet, let alone the potty. the boys just wanted to hit the cheerios. i guess that's why most women take so long in the bathrooms now.......all they wanna do is sit and talk. me, i'm the only girl with 3 brothers so i couldn't sit and talk or they would bang down the door.
make a game out of potty training your son, cheerios (as said in the previous thread) is a great idea. give your son a ^^^5 for being a big boy or a sticker. he would be so proud of what he has done and would tell you soon, no more diapers mommy.
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| potty training my son HELP
Posted: 8/6/2006 10:07:15 AM | | Well I'm also a single mom I potty trained my son at a year and a half the father was in the picture than but got eaily frusterated and well he left for acouple of months and well thats when i started when he first left me.... I told him that hes to go to the bathroom to go pee and took him in there showed him how to use the potty.. I tried that training seat he didn't like it... So what i did was when I went I would put him up on the potty and say go pee.. but that didn't work at first.. I had to pay attention to his habits see how long before he had to go pee each time and if he peed his pants i would tell him that he should have used the big boy toilet.. Than I saw what he did when he had to go pee wether he knew it or not i did so iwould instantly take him to the potty and when he went pee I said good boy and than when he was about 2 he just started going him self he relized when he had to go... so thats my in put good luck with it. | |
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| potty training my son HELP
Posted: 8/7/2006 12:49:52 AM | | Hey! I have two boys and potty training the first one was a walk in the park. The cherrios in the toilet works wonders! And they learn to stand and pee. My second son was over three yrs old before I could even get hm to try. The best advice I got was don't push if their not ready their not ready! Make a really big deal when they do go. I know it sounds stupid but we did a special dance and both my boys loved going so we could do the dance. I hope this is helpful. My sons dad was never around either so good luck! | |
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| potty training my son HELP
Posted: 8/7/2006 9:11:13 AM | I have twin boys and started pt about the same time as you. I had this video about p training that is absolutely hillarious and they loved it. I just can't remember the name :(
But there's plenty other strategies. Get a box of cheerios and put a few in the toilet. Try to get him to "aim" at the cereal. Other idea: take him every 30 min or so after drinking liquid and wait with him.
Boys are harder than girls and it does take them longer. The trick I think is consistency. Mine are five now and one still sleeps in a pull up.
Yours will get it. Just be patient with him.
Good Luck,
T. | |
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| potty training my son HELP
Posted: 8/7/2006 2:05:41 PM | I was just reading some of the other responses and wanted to say don't feel bad that he is 2 1/2...my son is the same age and we are just starting the whole potty training thing as well...I heard a study on the radio about a year ago and it said that Girls usually potty train between 34 and 36 months and Boys between 36 and 38 months...you're right on track!!! I think the idea of BIG BOY underwear has worked real good for us...my son gets real excited to wear his spiderman or batman (datman as he says) underwear!!! We have also found that when he has to go No. 2 if we give him a big prize, that helps...we have a big basket with DVD's, toys, more big boy underwear and so on...when he goes, he gets to pick something.
I think though maybe like me, you are having a problem with teaching him the proper way to go...like a man!! Well, it is just my 13 year old daughter and I, so we can't show him properly either...my son just sits, I think the important thing is to get him to go....later when he can understand it better, then we can explain to them that they are supposed to stand  !!! | |
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| potty training my son HELP
Posted: 8/7/2006 4:24:48 PM | Hey - some kids are harder than others. Having gone through three - they march (or pee) to the beat of their own drum it seems. You can help it along though. My son will be 3 in Oct and is just now partly potty trained - he just was NOT interested earlier. Mind you, Ive been offering him the opportunity since he was 18 mos old though.
Basically, they will not train themselves. You have to initiate it - bring them to the bathroom every hour, get them to sit on the toilet, reward any effort or try. The thing that worked with my son finally is that instead of saying "Lets go pee" I announce "Its pee pee party time!!" and he dances to the bathroom singing "pee pee pee pee party (in the tune of limbo limbo limbo) When he does anything I clap and cheer and if he does a big poop he gets a small treat. He thinks he is the cats ass in his 'big boy underwear'.
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| potty training my son HELP
Posted: 12/4/2006 1:50:08 AM | Ok so my almost 3yr old isnt fully potty trained he has days where he will go to the washroom and days he won't.. so i went and found out apparently boys take longer then girls to potty train and sometimes boys wont be fully potty trained till closer to 4 yrs old my friends who have older boys say the same  lol ,,,, ive tried everything to get him to go everyday nothing is working. I dont push him to but at the same time whenever he goes in his diaper i remind him he should have told me and next tiem to tell me so we make it to the toilet,,, any tips on things i can do that will convince him to use the potty everyday instead of every couple days.. Ive tried giving him books to read and doing the whole treat thing after but none of that works maybe im doing the right thing but i sure dont feel that i am bt
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| potty training my son HELP
Posted: 12/4/2006 1:58:23 AM | hey fellow parents,
my little boy is nrearly 4 and has been potty trained for bout a year i find the best thing to do is not to force them i left josh till he told me he needed a wee and he was trained in a week BUT going for a poo is a whole different story josh will only go 4 a poo in a nappy and he will hold opnto it untill he has a nappy on. i used to be a nanny and apparently this is normally but also expensive so if anyone has any help or tips to get him out of nappies all together plz help. also i just lyk to say that all children develop at different stages so if ya child is a little bit older then another child then dont worry it will happen when ya child is ready!!!! | |
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| potty training my son HELP
Posted: 11/21/2008 8:45:50 AM | There are two things that work very well have your husband or boyfriend take him to the bathroom when they have to go and try to explain what is happeningm the other thing that works very well is put some cheerios in the toilet and have him aim for the the holes in the middle LOL it works make a game out of it. Now with the girls it is a little different my daughter was around two years old and happened to come in the bathroom one day and seen me standing, so the next day she was in the bathroom standing and my wife asked her what she was doing and her responce was daddy was standing so why can't I LOL needless to say she sat down. I hope this works anytime M/F have to go to bathroom take the child in with you . Good Luck! Let me know how it works out.
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| potty training my son HELP
Posted: 11/21/2008 9:19:11 AM | With my first son (now 13), I began the potty training process around the age of 2-2.5. My Ped had advised me to watch for "signs of readiness", however none appeared. My son couldn't care less about accidents in his pants and showed zero desire to use the potty.
I began with 'bare bum' times around the house, trying to keep him in the non-carpeted areas. I would give him lots to drink throughout the day, and take him into the potty about every 40 minutes or so, to sit down and have a try. We would read a short story while trying, so that he could see that it could be a fun process as well.
Once he was able to go 30 minutes or more without an accident, we would take a short trip out. (Usually a 5 minute drive), to a local bakery. We would go potty before we left, potty when we got there, and buy a muffin. If he stayed dry until we got home, the muffin was given as a treat.
We just gradually extended the day trips and dry times. I focused first on daytime training, not worrying about nighttime wetting. (I did use Pull Ups at night with no issue.)
When I began night training I would take him to the bathroom before I went to bed (usually around 11pm), however I kept the Pull Up on. I think I used Pull Ups for him until he was around 3 years old.
He was probably "fully trained" by the age of 4.
However I have seen plenty of children that have occasional accidents at school. It's not a perfect process, however he is 13 and no longer wears diapers. ;) | |
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| potty training my son HELP
Posted: 11/21/2008 11:00:16 PM | I bought sheets of stickers and put up a poster board above his potty chair. Also let him run around "bottomless". When he goes he LOVES to pick a sticker and put it up on the board. We also have a poo poo and potty "dance" we do when he is finished. He LOVES it! We are still working on it, but getting closer every day.
Also, my son loves to read books, so I will sit by him and read a story while he goes.
Find something your child is really interested in and incorporate that into potty time.
Drawing, books, music....make it fun for them. Now we need to work on aim! | |
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| potty training my son HELP
Posted: 11/22/2008 6:33:06 AM | | Hi my son was just a bit older than that i didnp think i was goin to be able to do it aswell. I use to explain to him that we sud try big boy pants and wen i use to go to the toilet i use to take him with me and put him next to me on the potty and he use to copy me then thru the day i use to ask him to sit on it worked. I was on my own aswell. All u can do is try lol. X good luck. | |
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| potty training my son HELP
Posted: 11/22/2008 7:42:41 AM | [Put a cheerio in the bowl, give him an mnm if he can take it for a lap]
I would say to sink the cherrio... helps with the aim! But that did the trick with both of my boys and a few of my friends/ families son's! M&Ms and Smarties usually do the trick of an award. | |
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| potty training my son HELP
Posted: 11/22/2008 8:04:12 AM | Does he act curious about the big people potty? If he does then practice taking him in there with you( i know it seems wrong to do, I had to train my boys this way). I would do this for a week. My kids wanted to be on the big potty so I got those little seats(you can take them any where too) don't forget a little step so the canbe independent. It takes a little time but my boys were potty trained by the time they were 2 and a half, it took about 3 months before they did it regularly.
If he doesn't show any interest about once a month try it.
Cheerios in the potty helps too, to peek their interest ask him to see if he can hit the target. | |
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