Another potty question... My son is almost 3 and not at all interested in going pee on the potty.?

Question

I've tried to leave him in his big boy underwear so that he will get uncomfortable but he just doesn't care. He'd rather stay in his wet pants all day then sit on the potty. How do I get him to understand? When I catch him hiding in the corner doing his business I as him if he wants to go on the potty and he says "no floor" even though he's wearing a diaper he thinks he's doing it on the floor. What will interest him to do it? I'm soooo tired of changing his pull-up. HELP

Answer 1

Well since you have gotten such wonderful answers.... I would suggest having hubby show him how to do it standing up. My son thought it was the greatest thing to make bubbles in the potty with dad. Also have you tried rewards like candy or something. They made my son go in and push so hard to try to pee that he would get a tiny itsy bitsy bit to come out and he wanted a treat. It worked though. He is potty trained now and doesn't need the rewards anymore. Good luck.

(Also he could just not be ready. My son wasn't until just after 3.)

Answer 2

My son is almost 3 as well, and I just finally got him to use the potty he is doing really really good!! :)

We made a sticker chart and put it up on the wall in the bathroom and everytime he did a pee or poo in the potty he would get a sticker . . . . and if he had an accident he would get a red X . . . . it worked really well. I found that using underware is best if you have him in diapers or pull-ups they just do it in there but if he is wearing underware he knows not to. Also for the first week or so we brought the potty with us from room to room and I asked him every five mins if he had to go . . . and every 30 mins I would make him sit on the potty its a bit time consuming but it is SO WORTH IT!!


Here is an article that I read, its got some good advice in it http://www.babyzone.com/toddler/potty_toilet_training/a1697


GOOD LUCK!!

Answer 3

It's just one of those things you can't force a child to learn. Just like you can't actually *make* a child sleep, you can't make them go on the potty before they are ready. 3 is a great time to start talking about it and encouraging it, but too much pressure will have the opposite effect you desire. A lot of it is just physical development and them realizing the sensation of having to go and then the desire to stop using diapers. A good sign of when he is actually ready is when you start seeing dry or mostly dry diapers in the morning rather than the heavy soaked ones.

My son started getting interested around 3, but it wasn't until 3 and a half that he was actually trained. We tried pull ups but they were just glorified diapers (but easier to pull up and down hence the name I suppose). We made little slogans for rewards using M&Ms. "three (m&ms) for pee" was our motto around here for a long time!

boys take a little longer so he's well within the normal range of not being ready yet. Hang in there!

Answer 4

Some of those answers just really disturb me DO NOT SPANK HIM FOR NOT USING THE TOILET! For christ's sake, he is a little kid.

My son potty trained about a week after he turned 3. No prodding and fighting on my part, no crying and being scared on his part. No accidents, no issues, no problem. Give him time, leave him alone about it for a week or so, then ask him. if he is sitting on a big potty he may be scared, so try getting a smaller seat that fits on it or getting him a little potty of his own. 3 years old is sooo young, he is really just a baby still, be patient. He will get it. You are a good mommy, and I promise that the diaper phase is almost over.

Answer 5

My son is almost five and he wasn't potty trained until he was almost four. I know what your going through. I suggest giving him a reward for completing his potty training. Be realistic though. I promised my son a puppy. That was all he needed to hear and it didn't take long for him to pee like a big boy. But then I had to start all over again with the puppy! Don't make my mistake...lol

Answer 6

I have to tell ya, I have 2 boys and they weren't totally potty trained until 3. One started early, at 2 1/2 but wasn't in big boy underpants until a month before he turned 3, and that's early. Try backing off and letting HIM decide that he wants to be a big boy. You can give your kid a lot of issues if you don't handle potty training right.

Answer 7

I cant believe some of these answers! he is 3, yeah i know he should be potty trained, but come on he is a toddler! on my sons 3rd bday i was so mad cause he was still wearing a diaper, i tried everything and he wanted nothing to do with it, finally i just quit trying and he did it! he just didnt want me pushing him to do it. good luck i know how hard it is for a boy to potty train. (i also have a girl which was really easy! lol)

Answer 8

It is hard to train some children. Unfortunately they have to be ready. I told my daughter that if she wanted to wear pretty pants, that she had to sit on the toilet. I started out with a potty seat and had her sit every 15 minutes on the potty seat. Then she knew where to go.

Answer 9

This may seem a little odd, but you need to teach him to pee standing up. Don't sit him on the toilet, stand him in front and let him go. Yes, it may be messy at first, but doing the hard work a few times now will be more than worth it when you hear that tinking in the potty in the future. 2 suggestions: He needs to see an example. Let him watch his daddy go potty. He won't be scarred by the memory, I promise. Second, try putting something in the toilet for him to "shoot down" like pepper or dish soap to make bubbles. Give him a reason to want to go in the potty. Reinforce good behavior, punish bad. Pretty simple, but pretty difficult too!!

Answer 10

My daughter was 3 1/2 when she finally wanted to learn. I was at my wits end because she was growing too large for pullups. Some kids just will not learn sooner. My girlfriend had a similar problem with her daughter who turned out to be gifted. She just didn't want to take the time. "Diapers are my friend, mommy." What helped both of us was exposure to other kids that were using the potty. When they saw other kids using the toliet, it became cool.