My son is now 3 and we are having a horrible time potty training! He uses the potty once in a while if he has to pee, but he's only used it once to poop and ever since then he won't do it. He freaked out when he flushed the toilet when he was done becuase he thought the toilet was eating him. He's done so so when he has to pee since then, but he seems to insist on peeing on my floor! He'll go when I take him in there and he gets rewarded and praised for it and I take him in there every 15 - 20 minutes to "try" to go, but we still have this problem of him peeing where he's not supposed to. Any suggestions would be great!
PS: I know he's ready because he tells me he has to go....... just not all the time.
2007-01-14 20:49:11 · 11 answers · asked by Kandy 2 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Toddler & Preschooler
Cheerios or fruit loops don't work.... he just tries to eat them!
Food coloring has no effect.
2007-01-14 20:50:19 · update #1
He pees standing up like his dad and he's not in pre-school. Just him and me all day.
2007-01-14 21:02:51 · update #2
My advice... invest in a little potty that doesn't flush. I bought the Fisher Price Royal Thrown that plays a little "duh du du dun" when he goes at all. I trained my daughter with this when she was 2, and she was fully trained in 3 weeks. She is now 3 and has maybe had 2 accidents when she was playing and got too distracted. I know girls are easier though. What we did was put a towel underneath the potty, in the living room in front of the TV. We gave her lots of juice and fiber (fig newtons, bran muffins, etc.) and had her just sit on it and wait. She watched fun TV or movies, and/or would read a book, and she would end up just going. The music would go off, and she was so proud of herself as were we. Then you take the little bowl the pee or poop goes in, and bring it to the toilet, and she got to flush it, and tell it "Bye Bye". I have recommended this method to other people, and it has worked for them as well. I hope this has helped, and a very big good luck to you!
2007-01-14 21:14:53 · answer #1 · answered by Katelyn H 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As far as the peeing in the pants or places where he's not supposed to isn't going to be easy. Try letting him pee outside. For guys that's an easier thing than going in a potty, and when he finally has the "urge" down to when he really needs to go then that should help. Then start working on where the "big kids" pee which is in the bathroom. Break down the potty-training, not all of it happens all at once so why treat it that way. And if he happens to have an accident, make him clean up the mess. Normally help, just because that gives you a chance to talk to them and let them know that it's not acceptable behavior, but you understand that yes sometimes they'll have accidents, and you still love them.
And the poop, well mine will poop on the potty, and then we make a big thing out of it. Like we tell it bye, then she gets to flush it herself and then she gets rewarded. Best of luck on the potty training.
2007-01-15 04:34:32 · answer #2 · answered by Stef M 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When he pees on the floor, make him clean it up, and then have him sit in time out for 10 minutes. Because he knows peeing on the floor is wrong. If he wets thru his pants, don't change him and give him a time out. When he poops, have him wipe and close the lid before he flushes the toilet.
Age 3 is a late age to be potty training, but you cannot baby him. Praising is good for children of all ages, don't stop. But if you bring him to the bathroom and he pees or poops, do not praise him. Praise him only if he goes on his own. Then he'll run out to tell you the good news. That he did it all by himself. Then reward him with a hug and a smile. Rewards of ice cream or candy will make him expect those treats each time. Hugs are sweeter.
2007-01-14 21:21:05 · answer #3 · answered by Raven Beauty 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Hmm... well i will be going through this in no time..... Things my mother told me was show him what happens to the water in the toliet when he is not on it. The peeing on the floor thing has to be broken. Tell him you will not accept him urinating on your floor and give him a time out if you must. Unless its an accident. Have you bought a small potty? If so you can put it in places where it would take him a little while to get to the toliet. I hope this has helped somewhat!!
2007-01-15 02:48:24 · answer #4 · answered by Shayla L 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Now what I did with both my kids was find a activity that they were interested in out side of the home, play groups, gymansticis,something that involves kids his age, that him and let him see what its all about and use that as a reason to go potty on the tolite, use that as a reward. For example, bith my daughters love to dance, ever since they new what dancing was. So I would take them to the dance class and let them try it, and told them that if they wantec to join that they had to be potty trained, no dippers, so they both wanted it they pretty much took it upon them selfs to potty train themselfs.
2007-01-15 07:30:02 · answer #5 · answered by D lux 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i can understand your fustration!!..our daughter is now three and was toilet trained at 2 1/2... she also peed on the floor for some time.we brought 20 pairs of undies for her and she went through just about 10-12 a day... does your son leave the room to pee on the floor? our daughter did so we followed her when she leaves and discovered what she was doing..we would then ask if she needs to do a wee wee and she would say yes.. we then rushed her to the potty... we also asked her if she needed to do wee wees or poo poos every 5 min during the day it worked well.. (try it for a few weeks it took us about a wk 1/2 for her to start saying i need to go to the potty evey time.. finally no more accidents... we gave her cute disney
princess undies and she didnt dare dirty them, she does however wear a nappy at night still but not during day sleeps, she wants to sleep on a towel just incase.. also get your son to go to the potty before a bath and also try before bed... good luck.. could you please keepme informed as to how you go.. my email is kodapia@yahoo.com.au
GOOD LUCK AGAIN...
remember we all go to the toilet eventually.. just hang in there....
2007-01-14 21:16:56 · answer #6 · answered by kodapia 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
have him go into the bathroom with his father or close male relative or friend and let him see how a big boy goes and that there is nothing to be afraid of and when he does go tell him how he is such a big boy and that you are very proud of him either that or wait to flush the toilet after he leaves the room he can always learn to do that later after he has the basics down and isnt afraid any more.
2007-01-14 21:05:47 · answer #7 · answered by shelly f 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
give him a chance to relax. my son is two and a half, and i give him reading material and just let him sit on the pot for like 20 minutes.
i got him "once upon a potty" because it has a page where the mom and kid are saying "bye bye poo poo" lol. .. lol.
just be sure not to force him, and when he does do it, give him a lot of praise.
2007-01-14 20:58:25 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Does he watch his Dad go? I know that this works cause every Lil boy wants to copy their dad.... Not just that my sister was told by a doctor that it can be effective if not then talk to his daycare adviser maybe they can help.
2007-01-14 21:01:22 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Patience is my best advice boys are hard to potty train. He'll get it just give it time.
2007-01-14 20:55:55 · answer #10 · answered by jenn_burks311 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋