what is the best way to early potty train a 20 month old boy? any personal tips and tricks are welcomed too!?

Question

i am on my way on the potty train but i am nervous because this is my first time "potty learning" :) i just want as much diverse info as possible to get started on the right foot! THANKS!

Answer 1

OK, some basic rules about potty training:

1.) BE PATIENT. It's not gonna happen overnight, and there's gonna be days when you'll think your son is NEVER going to learn how to use the potty. But if you think back, you probably also thought he'd never learn to talk, or walk, or develop neck muscles either. I guarantee you: he WILL master the potty by the time you send him off to college!

2.) BE CONSISTENT. Start putting him on the potty every half hour, every day, regular as clockwork. The first few times he goes in the potty, it's gonna be completely by accident; your son is still learning the "feel" of his body, and learning to recognize the sensations of needing to go potty. But you've got to keep trying, so eventually he'll be conditioned to going potty when he's sitting on it.

3.) BE POSITIVE. Praise him up one side and down the other if he goes in the potty; but don't mention it or get cross if he has an accident two minutes after he gets off the potty.

Those are the "ground rules"; here's some other, more specific tips that worked for my son:

1.) Keep a small bowl of "potty treats" by the potty -- chocolate chips or M&M's work well for this. Give him a couple every time he tries sitting on the potty, whether he goes or not. As he starts to learn to use the potty, then only reward him when he successfully puts something in the potty.

2.) Also keep a small bowl of Cheerios by the toilet, and toss a few in the bowl when it's potty time. Encourage him to have "target practice" and sink the Cheerios -- this will make potty time more fun, and help him learn to control the urine stream.

3.) Pick up some potty books -- I recommend "My Big Boy Potty" by Joanna Cole and "Once Upon a Potty" by Alona Frankel -- and read them to him while he's sitting on the potty. Talk to him about how he's becoming a "big boy", and the sorts of things he'll be able to do now that he's getting bigger.

4.) Hang up a calendar in your son's bathroom and buy some colorful stickers to decorate it with -- vehicles of all types are good, as are dinosaurs, sports-related, etc. If you can find holographic ones or stickers that glow in the dark, that's even better! Each time he puts something in the potty, give him a sticker to mark the day with on the calendar. You may want to have smaller stickers for peeing, and larger ones for pooping (for some reason, my son seemed to have a much harder time learning to poop in the potty). This will allow you and your child to track his progress as he gets better at potty time. You may also want to give him some sort of goal to work towards -- if he gets 10 "poop stickers", you'll take him to the ice cream parlor for a kiddie cone, or a "Thomas and Friends" train, or some other small treat.

5.) If you haven't already picked out a "training" potty, take your son with you and let him help select it -- it gives the child a feeling of empowerment.

Best of luck to you!

BTW -- Don't be discouraged by the parents who say this is too early to start potty training; it's really more a shift in cultural attitudes than anything else. In our parents' day, it was aberrational if a child WASN'T potty trained by the age of two. He's fully capable of learning to use the potty at this age -- you (and he) can do it!

Answer 2

Each child develops differently. You 20 month old may be ready but a 23 month old may not. They say boys are harder and usually older than girls. But is your child ready? Does he show an interest in being potty trained? My 2 year old boy has no interest, he still tells you he doesn't need to be changed. And won't tell you when he is wet. If the child isn't ready then it is going to take even longer. Be patient and consistent. Don't do it for a few days then stop every day the same routine. Each morning when you wake him up sit him on the potty, a little after eating, and before bed. I've heard putting cheerios in the potty and letting him aim at them works well to.

Answer 3

1. Invest in a lot of training "big boy" underware (not pull ups)
2. Use pull ups only on car rides, or places you can't get to the potty in a hurry.
3. Any time you or anyone else in your family goes potty take the tike with you. While you are sitting on the toliet, let him sit on the potty, you have your book to read, and he has his to look at or you can read a short one to him. If anything goes into the potty, act like he just won the super bowl or noble peace prize.
4. Rewarding for going potty. Anytime he gets anything into the potty he gets a kiddy treat. Something that he normally is not allowed to have like a chocolate kiss.
5. Buy lots of potty chairs. The first few weeks you will have about 5 seconds of notice before old faithful blows, so make sure there is one handy.
6. The first thing you will notice before he goes potty is he will look down. And then you will start to see the "big boy" pants get wet. Say in a happy upbeat voice something like, " tommy you have to go potty, come on hurry, mommy will help you" Run like lightening to the potty, if he gets some in even a drop give him a treat.
7. You will have good days and bad days. You will have days that the big boys pants are all used and days when you will only have 4 wet ones.
8. Being a boy if you live where there is a "hidden place " in your yard, you can let him pee on the "bush" or tree. My son thought this idea was funny, anytime he had to go when we were outside, he would pee on a bush I had and laugh because he was going to make it grow and mommy would have to cut the bush back again.
9. Only be positive!!! There are going to be accidents, and a lot of them at first but once he knows what you want, and he starts to understand what the feeling is just before he goes, you will start seeing real progress.

Answer 4

Well they say boys dont potty train as early as girls do and 20 months sounds a bit early. But its a great time to start introducing it, just dont push the issue too much. I started out by putting my daughter on the potty while the bath tub was filling up. Sometimes she went (probably becaues of the running water) and sometimes not. But we always made a HUGE deal when she did go and if she didnt it was no biggie.

Dont include ANY negativity in your potty training and its sure to be a more fun experience for the both of you.

Answer 5

My son is 2 and has was completely potty trained a week before his 2nd birthday and that is young.

He did go potty and pooh on the potty at least 7 or 8 times a few months before. But at the age I think it was by chance. At 11/2 if said do you have to go potty he would run to the bathroom and sit on the toilet. He still could control his bladder and wasn't aware enough. Look for the signs...

Stays dry for at least two hours at a time during the day or wakes up with dry diaper.
Has regular bowel movements around same time of day.
Able to follow simple instructions.
Able to say "poop" or "potty"

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With my son I didn't use books, charts or any tools. I just made a really big deal when he did go potty of the potty. We called grandma and told grandma and his aunt.
Also, we did use pull-ups for at least 3 months because I thought they were much easier than diapers. One day after he was doing well I decided to do only big boy pants and pull-ups at night. It only took 2 days and 2 accidents.

Answer 6

Sorry, 20 months is way too young for a boy to be potty trained. You and he will just end up frustrated and upset. Wait until he's closer to 3. If you want to bring a potty chair into the bathroom, and show it to him, that's o.k. He may want to sit on it every once in a while, but I wouldn't push it just yet. Good luck!

Answer 7

First, be prepared that he may just not be ready for potty training and you may have to let the training go for a few months if it gets frustrating for you or your son. In my own personal opinion, 20 months is pretty young for successful potty training. If you are willing to be the one who is trained to always remind him and take him to the potty, it can be done. Consistency is the key to being diaper-free at this age. During the day, when you can be at home with him, put him in underwear (no pants or shorts) in the morning. Every 1/2 hour take him to the potty and let him sit on it for 5 minutes of less if he urinates or has a bowel movement. Reward any success with lots of praise, clapping of hands, and hugs. To be potty trained, he will need to have the vocabulary necessary to communicate his need to go to the bathroom so he should be able to say your family's words for toilet, urine, and bowel movement (we say potty, pee, and poop). If he does sit and nothing happens, just say, "That's OK, thanks for trying, we'll try again later." It'll take some time for him to get the idea of what he is supposed to be doing there. A child is truly potty trained when he/she can announce that they have to go with enough time to get to the potty on time, be able to pull their pants up and down, and can call for you to come and help them wipe, flush and wash hands. This skill is pretty doable between ages 3-4 for most kids. Some are able to do it at 2 and some aren't ready until closer to 5. Your son may take right to it and do well or you may run into problems. There are many creative solutions to potty training problems, but I wouldn't consider it a problem until he is at least 3 and isn't potty trained or at least working on it.

Answer 8

the best adive i have is wait til after hes two. closer to three boys are harder than girls. other than that start with the pull ups. be prepared for a fight, buy a little potty.. put him on it every hour. and have him sit there for about 5minutes or more.thats up to you. be consistent. once hes keeping the pull ups dry put him into big boy undies and tell him he cant pee in them. be prepared to clean up a few puddles along the way. boys takee along time to get ready my son is three and half and is just in the last month and a half ago and hes three and a half good luck

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Answer 10

Boys for some reaon start later - as my son is approching is 2nd birthday we've just started trying to help him learn.

1st thing, your son needs to be ready - just because you are is not enough (trust me I was ready long ago!)

Make sure he has a name for what he's doing "pee pee" / "poo poo" - and can relay this to you. Whether he actually says the words or makes a gesture, such as grabbing himself (in hopes to hold it in)

Once your son can communicate with you that he is going, its the first step towards getting him to learn.

Decide if you want him to go on the toilet or the portable potty that can sit in any room. Give that a name as well and after he says "pee pee" bring him to the toilet/potty and try to explain to him thats where it goes. Show him the steps to going, wiping, flushing and of course washing your hands. My son loves to flush the toilet and say "bye bye pee pee, bye bye poo poo" even if he hasn't gone. Its at least his way of learning that his business goes in there and goes bye bye!

If using the toilet, invest in a potty seat... perhaps one with characters that he likes (much more fun than just a simple plain white one) they generally run around $15 - $20 at Babies R Us. (We use Sesame Street)

You can start boys sitting on the toilet seat first, until they master the control they need to actually complete the task of going on the toilet / potty - then you can train them to stand up.

My day care recommended NOT buying Pull-UPs but rather starting out in the Gerber thicker underware, or even using regular underware to help the kids realize what happens when they pee on themselves. While this is more of a mess to clean up, it does help.

Rule of thumb - your child must want to stay clean for this to work. If your child does not mind being wet and stinky... he won't want to go on the potty... and unfortunatley only he can decide that.

More tips can be found in the book Toddler 411 - I definately recommend it to all moms & dads!

Best of luck! And remember - patience is the key here. NEVER PUNISH YOUR CHILD FOR GOING IN HIS PANTS! Its a learning process and also remember, he won't walk down the aisle in a diaper :)