Potty training? What to do? HELP?

Question

I want to make a start potty training my two and half year old son. He is showing signs of wanting to start but I am not sure what to do. Any help greatly appreciated!

Thanks

Answer 1

As an experienced preschool teacher and former Nanny I highly recommend that once you introduce the potty and it's purpose you go fully into underwear, no looking back. If he is in diapers or pull-ups he will not experience the discomfort of an accident the way he will in underwear. It especially helps if the underwear is themed after something he really enjoys. He won't want to "pee-pee" on Spiderman or whoever it is he adores, and you can remind him of this on occasion when asking if he needs to potty. When he goes celebrate like never before. Hug him, kiss him tell him how proud you are, do the happy dance in the bathroom, whatever. If he does have an accident (and he will have quite a few at first) don't scold him, just say "uh-oh" and have him go and change his own clothes and give him help only if totally necessary (he may even cry but be strong!). This will not be fun for him and after a while he will begin to understand that it's easier to just go in the potty, so he can get back to playing. You can utilize pull-ups at night if you need to but make sure that first thing upon waking in the morning you take him to the potty so he doesn't go in the pull-up, and then change him into underwear right away. This works, I promise, just be patient and get yourself a good carpet/ upholstery cleaner for the mishaps that occur. Also pack him a few changes of clothes when you leave the house and don't plan big full day events for the first few weeks. Good luck!

Answer 2

Start getting him used to the potty first. You can either get a potty chair, or a seat that fits right on the toilet. When I potty trained my youngest son, I did pull ups for a while until he wasn't scared to sit on the potty anymore, and then after a few weeks I just put him in underwear. Yes, you'll have accidents, but with the underwear there's nothing to absorb the 'mess' and they don't like it all! AND most importantly, praise praise praise. Each time they 'do it' in the potty, jump up and down, clap your hands, do a silly victory dance together--then they'll love going potty just to see you look silly! Good luck! ;)

Answer 3

The best thing, especially at that age, is to put your son in pulls up and sit him on the potty every 15 minutes or so. After a couple of days you and him will soon know his rhythm and can extend the period of time between potty visits and wear real pants instead of pull ups.
The best advice I can give though is to just go with the flow of your son. Each child is different and reacts differently. The main thing is to stay calm and put no pressure on, he will do it when he is ready.

Answer 4

hello there! you need to decide on a good week to start when you know you can spend time at home and not go out much! the take him to choose his own ''big boy pants''. spend the day showing him how to pull his pants up and down and showing him how to sit on the potty (always keep the potty in the same place so he always knows where it is). every half hour take him to the potty! when he does a wee make a big fuss dance and clap and make him feel proud! have little rewards for him when he does a wee! buy him some special soap and towel for washing hands afterwards!(my daughter goes to the toilet sometimes just so she can play with the soap after) also take him to the toilet with you and show him you wee on the toilet let him av ago too! buy a seat for the toilet too i have one of those that is built in to our toilet seat which is very good!
i wish you look and dont 4 get to have plenty of spares

Answer 5

first dont buy any more nappies and i recommend using a toilet seat and let him in the bathroom when you need to go and when you have finished place them on the seat and tell him he is a big boy he may pee all over the house if you dont take him every 20 mins but you will learn to get quicker at getting him there and the exercise will do you alot of good it can take months before he stops having accidents while you are out and about but plenty of spare clothes bum wipes and carrier bags are a must for all potty training children put a rubber sheet on the bed ( strong one as mine loved to rip it to bits given 5 mins playing up stairs ) and dont use nappies at night either also yours blankets instead of a duvet easier to wash and never moan about a puddle not even under your breath they can tell if you are annoyed and this sets them back dont let him sit on the settee for a little while either ive had a friend who sat in a wet patch she was nt happy even if you do use the toilet keep a potty in sight just in case he prefers it and let other children use it to when they come round as kids copy and if he goes to playschool just inform them that he is in training and take spare clothes when you drop him off they wont mind they deal with it every day

Answer 6

what worked for my boys is that i would start on a Friday and take them to the potty every 30-45 min. and tell them come on lets go potty. and told them that the potty needed our pee and poo. they thought that was funny! it is easier i think to put them on there backwards so they are not scared to fall in. If he falls in it might be a while before he wants to go again! and i would not use the potty seats that has the cup thing to hold his penis down so he will not pee everywhere sometimes that will hurt them to!!!!
also being summer if you are out side alot just put underwear on him and let him pee out side most boys like to do that at a tree or in the back yard!


hope all goes well !!

Answer 7

Make it fun. Put a M&M jar or bubblegum dispenser in the bathroom. Reward him when he does it right. It just takes patience. I don't beleive in those stupid pull-ups, we used cotton training panties, they are thick and absorbent.
You have to clean them like diapers, but they are a heck or a lock least expensive. Watch for signs that he has to go, both little boys hold their self when they have to pee. Ever noticed even grown adults tell people, I will be back in a moment, I have to go to the bathroom? It will get to be a habit for him to do good. Good luck, hang in there. Nothing to me is more disturbing than those commercials of a 12 year old wearing diapers. Unless there is a medical problem, most kids do great and I'm sure your little fellow will too. Cherish these moments, they fade fast.

Answer 8

I made a game out of it with my son... I threw a fruit loop in the toilet, and told him to pee in the middle of it. I told him that any time that he peed in the potty and hit a fruit loop, we'd do something fun (we did a lot of fun stuff, anyways, so nothing really changed).

Every time he went, I showered him with praise, and we did something cool.

If your son isn't learning as fast as you want him to, though, don't fret... A lot of children figure it out once they're in preschool and see some of the other kids doing it.

Reward dry nights with fruit snacks. If he wets in the night, take him to the bathroom first thing in the morning and sit him on the potty. If he goes, praise him. If not, remind him that big boys go in the potty, and if he has to go, to run to the potty to do it.

I hope that helps you. It worked for us.

Answer 9

SIt your son on the potty give him a big drink and read a book or something to him while he is sat on the potty.

When he does something make a real big fuss about it and make him feel really proud and he will keep going back for more

Thats what we did and it worked

Good Luck!

Answer 10

There are toilet seats for potty training on regular toilets. Take it easy, he will get it. Remember there will be failures. Get him big boy pants. Some children will only urinate in the toilet while others will have bowel movements. The key here is if the child is a normal, healthy child, remember you see no adults that are normal and healthy pooping and peeing themselves. He will learn, he will at time balk, and have accidents.