How do you get a little boy to give up his nappies and use the potty?

Question

I have a little son age 3 and he still likes to wear his nappies and use them to wee and poo in.

I have tried using pull up pants but he doesnt like them and keeps wanting to be put in a proper disposeable nappy that he has to lie down for and be changed and cleaned and nappy taped to him.

i am wanting to potty train him so he does his wees and poos in a potty but doesnt seem to want to learn.

He would rather use a nappy to do his wees and poos in.

I have tried to put him on potty but he's not having any of it.

He wants to use his nappies!!!!

Someone suggested putting a nappy in the potty so when he wees and poos he still offically wets and dirties the nappies even though he's not actually wearing them.

He still likes to wear nappies at nightime but i am wanting him to use potty during the day at least and wear nappies just at night.

What can i do??

Answer 1

I have 3 boys and they were all different ages when they came out of nappies.
The best thing I can suggest is slowly but surely. My 1st started by having a pee just before bath and bed and we built it up from there.
The ultimate 'get it cracked' routine was no nappy - get proper pants and a few pairs of old jogging trousers that you don't mind them getting peed and pooed on. No troulbe when the got wet, just consistant, controlled behaviour from you that tries to encourage him to get to the potty before it gets to that stage. Try gettin into a routine of times to try - after getting up in the morning, after meals, about to go out the door.
My 3rd by passed the potty and went straight to the toilet. We have a padded seat that sits on top of the big seat. And don't fret about getting him to pee in the big toilet standing up - sitting and letting it dangle is perfectly acceptable and much cleaner to begin with!
I didn't like pull ups - I think they are just a dearer version of a nappy - all they do is absorb and keep them dry. You want your child to experience the discomfort of being wet.

Good luck! If you can get the day time cracked then the night time will follow on naturally.

Answer 2

does he know when he needs to have a wee or a poo? has he ever wet his clothes when he hasnt had a nappy on , maybe after he had a bath? if he has wet himself or soiled himself he may remember what the feeling was like and doesnt want it to happen again, if he is still not aware when he needs to go to the toilet then i would suggest seeing his dr about it, there may be an underlying cause for it.
the only suggestion i can give you is once the current pack of nappies are used and thrown away just dont buy anymore, show him that the pack is empty and say your just going to have to wear some pants today and come shopping with me later on but dont go shopping for them if you understand what i mean, keep putting off going out , saying i have to do some housework first, lets see whats on the tv , lets play a game first etc keep this going and eventually he will need to go to the toilet, when he tells you ask him what are you going to do because we havent got any nappies still, the only real option to him is to use the potty or toilet, it may be worth getting a seat that goes onto the toilet so he doesnt fall in, my kids never used a potty because they never saw anybody else use one and wanted to go straight to the big toilet like mummy and daddy, when he uses the toilet or potty make a really big deal about it, i mean really big, sing and dance around like its the best thing ever in the world, phone your mum or pretend to phone santa as its coming up to christmas and say you think your son deserves an extra special gift at christmas because hes growing into such a big boy and using the potty or toilet, you will feel silly doing it but as soon as your son sees that its such a fantastic thing that he has done he should want to do it again,
i hope that helps you

good luck :)

Answer 3

I can't help you but all I can say is that I have a 3 year old son that is currently as stubborn as yours! My 5 year old son was a breeze to train, but not so 2nd time around. I've lost count of the amount of times he has said he wants to wear jocks, only to wee and poo in them 5 minutes later. So be assured you are not alone. What did work great with my 1st son was stickers. He gets 1 for a wee in the potty and 2 for a poo. Good luck!

Answer 4

i dont believe somone woul tell you to put the nappy in the potty what a daft idea,this is what to do it will involve staying in the house for a few days though,get him some ordinary pants dress him as you would at the to but only pants on the bottom get a least two pottys one each end of the room , tell him whats going to happen then thing of a great reward like a trip to macdonalds or somthins he reallyy likes sit him down and tell him today he is going to use the potty,like big boys do,tell him if he uses the potty he will get a treat(tell him what the treat is)every few minutes after that keep reminding him about not wetting the pants,keep saying; dont wet them pants will you,keep asking him do you want a we,we, if he goes on the potty shout scream and generally make a big fuss, say well done you are a good boy phone up his dad or his nanny and tell them, better still let him tell them,let him know how clever he is .if at first he has a few accidents ,and he will, then just change the pants and dont say anything bad about it ,potty training is all about the good his doing..
good luck

Answer 5

Got this advice from a letter to a baby magazine. The lady had the same problem with her boy. So one day she put an old shoe besides the toilet (potty) and told her boy that little men live inside the toilet and everytime you use the toilet they put some money in the shoe. It's like the tooth fairy. Then the boy used the toilet but find no money. The mom told him the men only put the money in after you've left the bathroom. After she put some money in the shoe, she told him that she might have heard something in the bathroom. The boy then found the money. Since that day he never used a nappy again.

Answer 6

I had exactly the same problem with my son.

Maybe it is the start of greater problems.

Later on, the problem changed to a situation where he would not poo at all. My wife and I tried many different things but none worked. My son ended up in hospital a few times because the build up in his intestines caused serious problems.

He started school as what seemed to be a very bright child but ended up as a special needs child.

He is still a very intelligent person and has many good attributes and displays some very high intelligence in some areas. But he is failing as a normal human being because of the problems in his mind.

I diagnosed him as suffering from Aspergers Syndrome just a few years ago. The great problem now, is not he seems to have Aspergers, but that nobody cares or will help.

My diagnosis came when my son was in his early twenties. That makes him an adult. Our NHS will not help adults.

There is just he and I. I look after him. (My ex is now happily settled with her new husband a hundred miles or so away).

My son is now 27 and I am 64. Because of my age, I have discussed with him what will happen when I die. His answer is always the same.

“I will kill myself”

Get to the doctor now. Force the issue. There may be no serious problems, but there is always a possibility that there is something serious deep underneath.

Answer 7

ordinary answer -- i could be searching for a distinctive playgroup. Any playgroup that demands a incredibly-2-12 months-previous to be completely potty skilled is administered by using somebody who's conscious no longer something approximately toddler progression. the common age for potty education is around 2 a million/2-3 a million/2 -- and intensely few infants are skilled lots in the previous their 2nd birthdays. till he's exhibiting sparkling signs and warning signs of pastime and readiness, 19 months is basically too early. He has no thought what's envisioned of him, neither is he probable to have the actual capacity to regulate those purposes. the main you may accomplish is, in case you take a seat him on the potty very many times (like, each hour or much less), you would have the ability to 'seize' maximum of his pees/poops. yet that does no longer mean he has the administration to hold/launch voluntarily, or walk to the potty and handle his own desires with out help. in case you quite need to purpose, i could recommend bare education. Strip him under the waist with a potty available. whilst he pees, element it out and recommend that he attempt to get it in the potty next time. If he's waiting, he will seize on interior of a pair of days.

Answer 8

Unless there is an underlying medical problem try not to worry. All children, by the time they start school, (England) usually aged 4-5, they are no longer in nappies. Boy's do take longer to potty train than girls. As with all kids, the bigger the deal you make out of it, the less likley they will do as you ask.

Answer 9

This is what I did. My son was 3 before he was ready though.
I hid little prizes inside Easter eggs. For each time he went Poo, he got to pick and egg. I used different Hot Wheels. You use what your child would love. If he knew what he was getting, he may not have been so excited. I think the curiosity helped. It took only 3 or 4 days.

Answer 10

Have you tried a trainer seat on the toilet instead? my son will not go on the potty but he will go on the toilet - unfortunately only if mummy goes with him so when he is in nursery they take him but he keeps using the nappy! I bought some sticky stars in Makro each time he goes I give him a star for being a big boy.