What is the easiest way to potty train a 3-year old boy?

Answer 1

Well its always the hardest thig to do lol. But you really need to show him what to do. You cant just stick him in front of the potty and say go pee. For boys you really need to show him when you go to the bathroom take him with you. My boyfriend has a 2 year old neice that we are trying to potty train and its not easy. But he also has a 3 and 4 year old neice and they go on the toilet every childs different. But after they she eats we always put her on the potty. And just sit with her until she goes. So bring him in the bathroom i would say every 15 to 20 minutes and see if he has to go potty. All children are different and at his age he may still not be able to control it. But when he does go potty in the potty i would say for the first month or two reward him.

Answer 2

Take him to the store with you, have him pick out two to three packages of big boy underwear and then take him home and explain how excited you are that he is old enough to learn how to use the potty instead of baby diapers, because he's a big boy now. Then you put him in the underwear and if possible, don't plan any outings for the next couple weeks. Keep a timer handy and set it for every 30 minutes, and each time the timer goes off take him to the bathroom to pee. If he pees at this time, I always kept a jar of M & M's, and he'd get one each time he'd pee. If he had an accident, no big deal...just say oh well. At night I did use the pull ups, only becuase going back to diapers at night can be deterimental to any progress made. And who wants to change sheets every morning? lol Other than that, it should be smooth sailing...at 3 majority of boys are at the perfect mentality to train. Just let them have control, the more you push the more he will resist. My youngest son really resisted, so I finally told him I wasn't going to change his diapers anymore, he was too big. So he would do it himself (those Huggies Convertables), but he was determined to not go on the potty. It was hard for me to leave it, but he was doing it his way and after like 4 days of him changing his own diapers, the 5th day when he woke up he put underwear on and has been trained since and never had an accident. So not all kids train the same, just watch out for his own style.

Good Luck!

Answer 3

Here it is- it has worked for my 2 kids,and others after I tell them........

1. get m and m's handy
2. get a small potty chair
3. get a couple books about potty
4. you need to be home for about 4-5 days straight
5. now you can start. let them run around bare-but
6. Set the timer for 1/2 hour. Tell him/her to sit on the potty for 5 min. (read them a book in the mean time if it's to long for them.) If they go, give lots and lots of praise!!! I mean go crazy!! Give them about 3 m and m's.
7. Set the timer for 1/2 hour
8. Avoid asking the question "you got to go potty?'
9. Timer goes off- ok! What does that mean junior? Time to go potty again he or she would say, or you say it if they don't
10. repeat process all day long. If they go # 2 in the potty, reward with a handful of m and m's. They are very colorful and kids love them!!

11. Praise praise praise. I do spank my kids for behavior problems such as lying, disobedience, and bad attitudes, but never for having an accident. If there is an accident, clean it up queitly, and don't say much at all. Remind them it's ok, but try to make it in the potty next time, or in your own words.

Good luck!!! Hope this helps you. My girl was potty-trained in one day with the method. Took my son a week. Leave pull-ups on them at night just in case.
p.s. if this doen't work at all, try again in a few months.

Answer 4

By the time he is three years old, if a child doesn't want to use the toilet, then I would say you and he are in the middle of some kind of psych game. The most important thing of all, in toilet training, is that the child NOT get the idea that it's for YOU. He has to believe it is for his own good, in his own best interest.
Congratulate him when he does well, be sympathetic when he makes a mistake. But do not get mad at him, or let him feel that YOU are suffering. This requires some effort on your part, because we all know that it will be easier once our child is dry and clean without so much work from us. But you have to psych them out here.... make them believe it doesn't matter much to you. Give him a break from it for awhile. Remind him, but don't make a big deal out of it. He will get tired of being messy, really he will. But do NOT let him sit around in wet or dirty pants!! You want him to see what nice & clean feels like. Always get the mess off as soon as possible, so he will know you are on his side and your way is best. Good luck.

Answer 5

My son had ZERO interest in the potty by his 3rd b-day this past April.
Pull ups- confusing!! Underpants you can crap in??? Makes no sense! We tried it but didn't work. Next, we went cold turkey underpants so he could learn the physical sensation of pee and poo coming out of him...
Stickers- BOOOring.
1 M&M for sitting on the toilet.
2 for pee.
3 for poo.
After a week or so, the M&M's were a non-issue for him because he was so proud of his accomplisments on potty.
We let him pick out a truck for his first pee on the potty, and a truck for the first poo on the potty. Worked like charm. He is now a proud underpant-wearing -recently turned 3 year old boy!

Answer 6

Forget books,stickers, rewards, praise. Put him in underwear and let him know he's wetting it and floor, tell him what he did (pee)and ask him to say it next time. Try a cup or a bowl to get him to go in every few hours and say pee , he might resist a few but he'll get it. Then gradually move him to the regular potty. Be consistent and be prepared for a cleaning underwears/floors/carpet for some time. It's hard but it works.

Answer 7

Summer time............regular underwear and rubber pants over.

All these pull-ups and things only HINDER the learning process.

Give it a week or so and if it does not work, try again in six months....sometimes three is too young for boys.

Answer 8

I have tried singing pottys and another good idea is cheerios make sure you give him lots of praise

Answer 9

i was lucky because my 2 1/2 year old son got the chicken pox i told him that he couldn't wear nappies anymore, until his sores got better. well i have never looked back and he doesn't even wear a nappy at night time anymore, drynites but he thinks he is so big because his little sister still wears baby nappies lol

Answer 10

stickers, for going in the potty