Help in potty training?

Question

My son is 18 months, i have started to potty train. He knows to pee in the potty, but will never tell me. I have him in underware so he can feel wet but that doesn't phase him. I give him treats when he pees, but it gets very stressful for both of us. I don't want to go back to diapers. Any ideas?

Answer 1

You can always try the old aiming at the Cheerios thing. Honestly I don't think he's old enough if he doesn't tell you when he has to go. If you go to www.BabyCenter.com there is a list of signs a child exhibits when they are ready to potty train. Your child may or may not show all of the signs, mine never did. Every child trains differently and at different ages, but it should never be stressful. We had a really hard time with our first. We used pull ups on him and he loved them so much he wanted to wear them forever. After a year in them with no progress we decided to take the bull by the horns, or underwear in this case. We had a horrific period of him just going to the bathroom in the underwear every time for 2 weeks straight. Not fun, so I would definitely not recommend the Pull Ups. We started him at two because everyone was pressuring us so much to get him trained and he was finally fully trained when he was almost 5. Our second was given underwear when she exhibited the ability to know when she had to go about 2/3 of the time. She put them on and never had an accident (our compensation for the first round, I suppose). She was in her late 2's early 3's at that time. Our third we tried the pull up thing again when he knew he had to go most times. He also got really comfortable in them, but this time we yanked them after 2 weeks. Note: We do not recommend Pull Ups! We promised to buy him a big thing he wanted (he wanted a push scooter) when he had gone on the potty with no accidents for a month. About three months later he had earned the scooter, and then it all fell apart. He had earned the scooter so he no longer needed to pee in the potty, right? (loud buzzer sounds here) Nope! You want the scooter you pee in the potty. For every "accident" you lose the scooter for a half hour. He was 3 so half hour was his forever lol. It worked. Moral of the excruciatingly long story: Every child is different and learns differently(and we don't recommend Pull Ups). Good Luck

Answer 2

You can purchase a potty seat he can use at the grownup potty, or you'll be able to make him use the baby. Either means you can frequently must keep in the toilet with him till he is going for the primary few months of potty coaching. Don't anticipate him to be ready to move in there and care for it himself. Grab a ebook and plant your self till he is going. Don't make it worrying. You can present a gift of a few sort if he makes use of both potty (like 2 m&m's). Be sufferer although he is not and do not fear. Training takes time.

Answer 3

Take a look at these yahoo groups:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/IPTLateStarters/?yguid=189507052
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/eliminationcommunication/

These websites also had a lot of information that helped me get started:
http://www.timl.com/ipt/
http://www.diaperfreebaby.org/

If you google "infant potty training" or "elimination communication," you'll find a lot more.

18 months is a little early for traditional potty training, but some of the techniques used to teach younger babies about elimination can be very useful.

I started my 2 year old using these techniques at 5 1/2 months. He started going poop almost exclusively in the potty at 7 months and started consistently signalling to use the potty at 11 months.