potty training?

Question

My two year old (29 months, to be exact) son asks to sit on the potty (we have a seat insert that goes on the big one) and then just sits there and does nothing. He doesn't consistantly ask, but when he does we put him in there. A few months ago we were activily traning him, but he lost intrest, and i thought it was better to wait a bit and try again than force it on him.

Is him occassonally asking to sit on the potty to be taken as a sign he's ready to try again? How do i help him understand the the potty is for peeing in and not just a fun chair at diaper changes? He come to the bathroom with me, infact i usually can't pee alone between my 4yr old, him and my 1 yr old. So he's seen the potty in action, but he just doesn't do his thing. any suggestions?

Answer 1

Unfortunately it sounds as if you are just going to be sitting him oin the potty when he asks. Telling him no would discourage him. I wouldn't let him sit there too long, maybe 3-5 mintues and if nothing happens then potty time is over. Maybe you could put a potty chair in the living room(or somewhere your baby can't get to it) and then your toddler can use it at his will and you don't have to interrupt being with the other kids all the time.

Answer 2

When he asks to sit on the potty has he already gone in his diaper or is he dry? It sounds like he's ready, but a little confused. If he's dry, let him sit on the potty until he goes or asks to get down. If he's wet, let him sit on the potty, but remind him that he needs to sit on the potty before he pees. If he goes in the potty, give him a sticker. Make a sticker chart for him. I wouldn't give him a sticker if he just sits there, though.

Answer 3

I took my daughter in and put her on the potty about every 30 minutes. If she peed or poo'd I'd give her a sticker (she was big into Dora at the time so I bought Dora Stickers) to put on a poster I put up in the bathroom. after about 200 stickers she got it and she's been master of the potty ever since (she's 5 now).

Answer 4

Mayb if you could catch him at the time when he needs to go, not when he just wants to sit on it. Also he just may not be ready I wouldn't worry just yet. It takes some longer than others and I'll bet one of these days it will all just start working for him. But don't push to hard that can do more harm than good sometimes. Be Patient....

Answer 5

Well the way I learned was to pee on a tree it didn't take long so try that ...

Answer 6

The idea of using potty dolls to potty train toddlers has been around for some 30 years. Many parents (including myself) have successfully potty trained their children using a potty training doll.

So if you are thinking about using a potty training doll to assist you in the potty training process, read on.

I will start by giving you some background on when, how and why the idea of using potty training dolls was introduced and then give you information on why and how to use a potty training doll. Last but not least, we will look at the potty training dolls available on the market today (compare the features, function and price) and visit with some dolls from the days gone by.

Potty Training Dolls - Some Background
The idea or concept of using a potty doll to potty train a child was developed by two psychologist named Nathan H. Azrin, Ph. D. and Richard M. Foxx Ph.D. in the 1970s. These two psychologists were studying what is involved in learning and how learning can be made more rapid.

They were researching how to potty train special needs (autistic, down syndrome and mentally retarded) children. Read more about the research and the book by here. The discovered that using their methods, typical children could be potty trained in less than a day. In 1974,published their findings in a book titled "Toilet Training in Less Than a Day". The book has sold over 2 million copies.

Since then, several potty training books for parents such as "Potty Training for Dummies"& "The Everything Potty Training Book" have talked about using potty dolls for potty training, but not until Dr. Phil has this method become really popular.

Dr Phil has done two shows on Potty Training in One Day. His first show aired on November 8th, 2002 and the second show in prime time on September 22nd, 2004.

Dr. Phil inspired me to create Potty Training in One Day - The Complete System for for Boys or Girls with Potty Training Dolls - Potty Scotty™ and Potty Patty™ . These potty training dolls are Specially Designed to Potty Train™ .

Why use a Potty Training Doll?
We know that children learn from seeing, listening and hearing.

At the age of 18 months, children become fascinated by the behavior of other children their own age or older. By the age of 24-30 months, they start to understand gender differences and focus on imitating the behavior of the same sex parent. They learn action and attitudes and will copy things that they have seen.

So, what is better than using a doll to model the appropriate potty training behavior for your child?

How to use a Potty Training Doll?
How you use a potty doll to assist in the potty training process really depends on which potty training method you decide to use.

Dr Phil's Potty Training Method uses a potty training doll - or doll that wets (according to Dr Phil) - to model the "going potty" behavior for you child. The doll is rewarded for going potty - throw the doll a potty party. Your child will extrapolate and will want to go potty like the doll and have a potty party as well. Dr Phil also recommends letting your child call his favorite superhero when he has successfully gone potty.

Parents' Potty Training Guide: How to Potty Train in One Day have you the parent teach your child to teach the doll to go potty. The concepts (which by the way is the same concept in Potty Training Concepts!!) in this potty training method are that children learn by teaching and behavior is shaped by consequences.

Since "teaching is the highest form of learning", your child will not only teach the doll to go potty, but also teach the potty doll what are desired behaviors are and the natural and logical consequences of these behaviors. Once your child understand this, then you will teach your child to teach the doll what the undesired behaviors are and the natural and logical consequences of undesired behavior.

Potty Training Dolls available on the market.

I have developed a comparison of the features, function and price of the potty training dolls available on the market today. I have tried to be as objective as I can, but you know that I do have a slight bias!! You decide which one will work best for you.

I would just like to add, that Potty Scotty™ and Potty Patty™ were specially designed as potty training dolls and their main purpose is to aid in the process of potty training children. It is important to note, that even thought your child will enjoy playing with these dolls, they are a training tool by design and not a toy by design. Read this to see what makes these dolls truly unique.

Based on my research, below are some of the potty training dolls of the days gone by.

Do you remember Betsy Wetsy? This potty training doll was sold from the 1950 to the 1980. The doll had a straight tube from the mouth to the bottom - so it was pretty hard to model the going potty behavior with Betsy Wetsy.



Then there was Talking Potty Dotty. Dotty said things such as "Mommy, I have to got potty!" and "Hurry, Mommy! Hurry!". You had to quickly take her to her potty and she would go in her little potty. From my research, Dotty did not make it because she was hard to feed and did not always make it to the potty!!

Answer 7

Use a taser.... maybe that will work