I have a little boy who is acouple of months shy of bein 3 yrs old. I've been trying to get him potty trained. I know he knows when he has to go,cuz he will run in his room when he has poop,and doesnt want me to get near him. I have tried different things,m&ms,stickers,etc and i cant get anywhere. Does anyone have any other ideas or tips that will help me w/this.
2006-09-28 07:04:22 · 15 answers · asked by jodi w 2 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Parenting
IT IS HARD FOR MOMMY TO POTTY TRAIN A BOY IF DADDY IS IN THE PICTURE THEN HE'LL HAVE A BETTER CHANCE AT POTTY TRAINING YOUR SON.... GOOD LUCK
2006-09-28 07:07:16 · answer #1 · answered by Brenda H 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We started potty coaching our son at the same age. Ensure he is familiar with when he needs to head. We used fruit snacks ( or something he likes) as an incentive to make it to the potty. And try simply taking the diaper off and letting him run round with out it. Also talking about what a huge boy it's to use the potty and how daddy uses the potty and is a large boy. Every time he would go we would clap and say yea! What a excellent job! A year later he still wishes me to return in and notice it :-)It took about two weeks and he was going all day without an accident.
2016-08-09 15:21:14 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My son was 3 and a half. It was a nightmare, but it was just because he's such a willful child. I tried forcing it for about a year and finally I just had to say to myself, this is something he needs to do on his own regardless of how frusterating it is for me. I let him be for about 3 months and then I got frusterated again, telling him he was old enough to go to the poop in the potty and I wasn't going to clean up after him anymore unless he did. He told me he didn't want to change his own diaper and that was the end of it. He started going poop in the potty from then on. The pee in the potty was harder, but the teacher at school took him out of his pull ups and let him have accidents 2 days in a row and that was enough for him at that point too.
Good luck, this has to be one of the hardest things a parent has to do for a toddler.
2006-09-28 07:15:37 · answer #3 · answered by Heather S 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Let him let you know when he's ready. Trying to force him to go to the potty when he's not ready is just a recipe for frustration for both of you. I tried to start my son when he was 2 and it just didn't work out and led to a lot of stress. Waiting for him to be ready helped immensely. Most boys will PT themselves by 3.5 or 4 years old anyway. My advice: ease back on the pressure, get a couple more boxes of pull-ups, don't punish because it won't help and don't let anyone tell you that you aren't a good parent b/c your kid doesn't potty/read/do algebra/turn backflips by X age.
HTH!
2006-09-28 07:11:38 · answer #4 · answered by elzabett 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
This may sound cruel, but it worked for me when I was trying to potty train my son. The last time I caught him running to his bedroom, to hide his crappy underwear under his bed, I took him and sat him on a chair and made him sit there for about 5 minutes with the crap squished to his butt. And the whole time I told him why I was doing this and where he needed to go when he had to poop. It worked because he was miserable sitting there in that condition.
2006-09-28 07:24:47 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have tips for peepee, but not poopoo. For peepee get some Fruit Loops or some of the new Fruity Cheerioes and let him aim at them.
For pooping, hmmm. My dad has been telling it's very difficult to train a boy to poop in the potty. I hope you can get some good advice here.
2006-09-28 07:07:58 · answer #6 · answered by smiles2u 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
my son is turning 4 this december and he just finally a month ago learned to be fully potty trained. i started in baby steps. i first switched him to training diapers and would ask him every hour if he needed to go to the bathroom. of course still had alot of accidents and he still would go in his training diaper. eventually he got it and started to run to the bathroom and make it...and when he did...i would praise him and make a big deal of "I'M SO PROUD...WWWOOOOOWWW." hehe. it takes time and patience and eventually i started to let him wear underwears. he still had accidents of just peeing. if he's still not able to hold his poop...then he's not ready for underwear. biggest and hardest part was night time. even after a couple of "peeing in his underwear" at night i still didn't give up and kept putting waterproof bedsheet under him. eventually he started to hate the whole wet feeling and now he's fully potty trained. every child is different so be patient and just keep praising him when he does it right. from time to time i even bought him a small toy and made sure he knew it was for not making accidents. good luck!
2006-09-28 07:14:29 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do not bribe your kids with food! They will see the food as a reward. Food is nourishment not a reward for good behaviour.Thats why so many kids in America are obese.
You have to instill your kid with the feeling of independance and self-esteem. Make a big deal about how proud you are of him. If he sees you frustrated, he will be too. If he sees you happy when he has to go, he will be more cooperative. Give hims lots of praise, but do not criticize him when he doesn't go.
2006-09-28 07:14:23 · answer #8 · answered by junkee 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I potty trained my boys according to the Farmer Almanac. Also, if you have a male figure in the picture have them help you out.
2006-09-28 07:07:32 · answer #9 · answered by to_sassy4_u 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My pediatrician told me to put my son on the toilet about 10-15 minutes after he eats or when I "know" he will need to go like when he gets up in the morning. Make him sit there until he goes, even up to 20 min. Reward him for going and keep baby wipes for him to clean up with afterward in the bathroom. They are softer than regular old TP. Talk to your pediatrician and I bet you he will give you similar advise.
2006-09-28 07:14:35 · answer #10 · answered by Ask 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋