Potty Training on 3 year old male child?

Question

My 3 year old is showing all the signs of being ready.
>Tends to be dry all night
>Is able to hold it, and then go to the potty chair and excrete both urine and feces
>Very interested in the whole process.

However, he has to be nude from the waist down. As soon as underwear goes on him, he stops holding and excretes.
It seems to me he is associating anything on his bottom as something he can go in. I need to change this in his mind.

Any suggestions?

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Daddy is in the house (I am married)

As soon as he has the underwear on he goes... (because he has been holding it) sometimes within seconds.

WOW! There are TOO MANY good answers here! I will probably end up using a little wisdom from several of the good ones. I wanted to wait until I got a result from one of your suggestions- but my mother in law (who watches him in the day) is not helping things by keeping him in diapers. I need to help her - help me.. but until I can arrange this- I will wait until this goes "in vote" and ask others to help vote. Too many good answers to decide.

Answer 1

My mother in-law had 8 children, no pull-ups, no money for pampers.

Your child is definately more than ready.

Keep underwear on him while at home, then slowly add more clothing.

allow him to go in his underwear a few times, do not put on a diaper right away, you'll have to clean a few messes, explain to him that this is big boy underwear and when he wears his special (spongebob or whatever) big boys he needs to use the potty.

HE WILL NOT LIKE FEELING WET So my mother in-law always suggested to quit the pull-ups (that will pull away the wet feeling) and keep my son in underwear.
Yes there were messes, but he was potty traned almost immediately and she was right about him not liking the wet underwear.

Discussion is important to children that age, they understand more that you think.
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I say let him be wet a few before you change him right away so he has time to not like the wetness.
do not give him any diapers at all unless you have to go out, MAKE him sit on the potty every 20 minutes.

He associates everything with diapers because you change him right away. Listen to the advice about rewards and games when he does go. You need to work on his association with the pants.
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OH YOU KNOW WHAT i JUST REMEMBERED???
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Pull ups now have the images on them that dissapear when they are wet!!! I don't know how I forgot this!!
My youngest son DIDN'T CARE ABOUT BEING WET, he would sit in his own potty util I noticed and could care less about it. We had buzz lightyear pull ups that had buzz's on them and when he pottied in his pants the buzz's would dissappear so every so often we would check to see if buzz was still there. If he was still there we celebrated yay!!! and went to the potty.

If buzz was gone we got sad. Oh no, buzz is gone. He goes away when we potty our pants!! Oh, thats too bad, lets try to keep buzz next time! EVERY TIME YOU CHECK, NO MATTER WHAT, TAKE HIM POTTY. EVERY 20 MINUTES.

Oh and don't worry what others say, I know they say kids should be trained by 2 and yeah, 3 is pushing it soetimes, but everyone has a different situation at home and every child is different emotionally and with their anatomy. My nephew turns 3 this week and is still eagerly working on it.

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^GOOD LUCK!!!^^^^^^^^^^^^

Answer 2

Tight underwear can feel like diapers/pull-ups. Try using boxer shorts or summer shorts to begin with than add loose pants (jogging pants) over top after a few days. Make game of pulling shorts up and down. It has to be a good experience for the child.

Answer 3

Pull ups are awful! Take a few days and leave him naked. Then praise and reward him like crazy for using the potty. After 2 or 3 days of success, try this.

Let him be naked in the morning. After an hour or so, and after he's used the potty, put undies on him for 5 minutes. Then take them off. If he's dry, point it out and praise and reward him for it. Then let him be naked again. Continue to praise for using the potty. That afternoon, after potty time, put them on for 10 minutes. Praise him for keeping them dry. Then let him be naked again.

Keep increasing the time in undies until he's got it. If he has an accident, don't yell at him, or he'll get nervous every time he sees undies around. Just have him help you clean it up, and go back to a shorter time period.

Good luck with everything! It'll happen if you keep on with it.

Answer 4

Sounds like it won't be long before he gets the picture. Make going to the potty a fun thing. Brag on him for keeping dry pants. Even for a short time. Let him go without pants for a while and then give him an opportunity to wear "big boy pants" for a little while. When he wears them for a few minutes without wetting make a big deal out of it. Yea! Wow! What a big boy you are. Sing a favorite song or do a little dance. Celebrate. He will get the idea if you continue to be patient.

Answer 5

I had the same problem with both my daughters. I just let them run around the house half nakie until they got used to only going in the potty. Pull Ups were too much like diapers and they used them to "go" in as well as underwear. Letting them be naked meant I had to clean up a few messes, but within a week they were both fully trained.

Answer 6

This takes time, You know,these books and other articals or other parents make it sound as potty training is something taught,learned and done with in a few months.Thats just not true,it usually takes from 1-3 years to fully potty train a child.So, don't worry, you are on the right track so far.
I'm training my 3 year old son too.
And at first,he wouldn't even have anything to do with the potty,lol.Sitting bare bummed on a chair with a hole in it was just taboo in his opinion.lol

But, just keep letting him know that he is supposed to "go" in the potty and not in his underwear..In your case...I wouldn't recommend pull-ups...its too much like a diaper.
Or maybe you can try the ones that alert them when they are wet...have never tried those so i don't know much about them.

But, really he just needs to get used to going in the potty and not on himself and he is not going to change his habit over night.Some children take longer than others, just try and stay persistant and he will eventually figure it out.Maybe try a reward system along with a chart.
Tieing potty time in with another routine also helps, like for example...take a bath,brush your teeth,go potty,then go to bed.Or before or after bathtime is another good time to tie it in.

My 5 year old daughter got so use to the fact that one should "go" in the potty and not in their pants, that whenever she sees a toilet...she practically wets herself..lol. poor baby. we are now working on that too.
Just stick to your guns,don't give up and you will do fine.

Answer 7

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Answer 8

be consistant.......this may be that you have him sit on the potty every hour or so with a book for a short period of time to see if he goes. also an incentive chart using stickers works for some children...every time he pee's in the potty he get a sticker and after so many he gets a small reward..a matchbox car, trip to macdonalds or if there is something special he likes to do...keep on it dont get frustrate and most of all try and keep a very consistant routine with your son no matter who he is with throughout the day.

Answer 9

My son is 3 he gets naked all the time and did the same thing. I let him stay naked as long as our house was warm and no one but me was with him....he never had any accidents and a few days later underwear worked no more training!

Answer 10

well, you can try not letting him wear anything around the house...maybe just a long shirt or something....with nothing on his bottom...he wont know what to do..he might make a mess...but it happens....eventually he'll get it to where he can wear underwear..i had the same problem with my 3 year old boy...and i did tried this with him...and now hes fully potty trained