Help! My brother's 4 yr old is still not potty trained. He only has him every other weekend. Can it be done?

Answer 1

I thought my boys would never be potty trained...they trained literally months before starting school.

What I finally did is just took away thier diapers...I said no more diapers...I even let them pee outside just to get them used to doing it...then said ok you have to do it here (toilet) now and they eventually got it within a couple of days...it's just laziness at that age.

Answer 2

We had a hard time potty training my step daughter when she was little. Her mother had her every other weekend...and just wouldnt put her on the toilet. She would come back from visits with such bad diaper rash(at age 3 1/2!!) that I wondered if she sat in the same pullup all weekend!After a day or 2 at our house she was back on schedule. Thankfully mom cancelled visitation a few weeks in a row and I got her completely potty trained! She would pee her pants right before I dropped her off with her mom(more nerves than anything I think) and that was it.
I think if your brother works with him the entire weekend...then talks to mom(who sounds like a loser parent) Maybe if he explains that the mom will save money by not buying pullups or diapers anymore...maybe she will be more willing to make him use the toilet. GOODLUCK

Answer 3

Pick a long weekend he'll be with dad and GO NAKED!! This sounds odd at first, but has worked for me--twice. I potty trained my two year old son (who is now three), and my two year old sister (who's still two) very easily this way. My mom was having so much trouble with my sister she asked for my help. She went on a trip to Chicago for a week, and came back to a well potty trained two year old little girl.

If you are a stay at home mom this isn't so hard. My son and sister also would "go" as soon as their bottoms hit the pull up. My sister even went as far as to bring me the pull up every time she had to go. I took off the pull up and explained we don't go on the floor. If you have to go, tell mommy or (sister), and we'll go in the potty. THEY WILL GO ON THE FLOOR A TIME OR TWO. This is expected and actually very good. When they do so the first time, explain that we don't go on the floor, make them help clean it up, and continue with your day. When--not if--they do it the second time, discipline in whatever way your family sees fit. Again, explain that we don't go on the floor, make them help clean it up, and so on. They will eventually come to you and say the magic words "I have to____". Some have more accidents than others. My son had SEVERAL more than my sister.

If your children are in daycare send them in undies. If they aren't uncomfortable, they have no reason to stop. If you don't like naked, still, use undies at home. When he does have an acident, let him be uncomfortable for a while, he'll begin to really hate the feeling and stop doing it.

Remember which ever method you do decide to go with CONSISTENCE is the key!!! It's some work, but man, when oyu can go down the baby isle and not even look at the pampers, you'll be SO glad!

Answer 4

It can be done, but it takes everyone's involvement. If your brother's ex (I assume that's who has him the rest of the time) is not willing to invest in taking the time to work with him, it will be a lot harder. Your brother certainly can work with his son on it... children learn quickly the different requirements in different situations. If it becomes a routine that he is expected to be potty trained at Dad's, then he will adapt to that. It is just much easier when you have the cooperation of everyone in the child's life working on the same goal (mom, dad, preschool, other daycare providers).

Answer 5

not by someone who only sees the kid every other weekend but he will go potty when he is ready he wont wear a diaper to school

Answer 6

Put him in underwear and leave him in underwear and use and egg timer to remind him its time to go potty and if he stays dry all day give him a special treat.

Answer 7

Have your brother communicate with the other half. They need to be doing their part as a parent too when Dad cant be around.

Answer 8

my boys dr says they will do it when they are ready, my boys where both close to 3 when they were fully potty trained it helps when some one helps him go

Answer 9

He should be starting school soon enough hunh?! Well i say be consisten even if he doesn't seem to have to go to the bathroom make him sit on the tolite. Eventually he will go and keep doing it.

Answer 10

put froot loops in the toliet and make a game out of it see how many fruit loops he can hit in a certain period of time!!! or drain the toliet and paint a bulleye on there and make him go in the center of the bullseye!