When and how do start to potty train a boy?

Answer 1

you potty train any child when they show signs of being ready.
1- wake up in a dry diaper
2- take off their diaper throughout the day when wet or soiled
3- have learned to tell you when they are going potty

It is best to let them lead in when they are ready.

Answer 2

We started when my son was 2 years and 1 month old. He had never had even a sip of pop before that point and I wanted to get him good and hydrated so I offered him orange pop. He drank 3 little glasses of it and we brought his potty out into the kitchen and took off his diaper. We kept sitting him on the potty and finally he went. Since had had 3 cups of pop he went another 13 times before the day was over. He was so proud of himself. We clapped and cheered everytime he went. He has been potty trained ever since!

Answer 3

I have three boys. With the oldest, he decided on his own he was ready, and pretty much trained himself. I would send him to the bathroom with daddy so he could see how it was done, and he started going on his own, in his little potty. With the twins, they were taking their diapers off, so I just put them in underwear and plastic pants. There was alot of laundry, and alot of changing, but the oldest was trained in a week and the other took only a month. They were trained at 24 months. I did not push, I just changed their pants when they wet, and showed them where they were supposed to go. It did not take them long. Good luck to you.

Lora

Answer 4

It depends if he is ready. Is he showing the signs of being ready for the potty?

- Staying dry for a few hours

- Grabbing himself when he is going or has to go

- Telling you that he has to go or he needs a new nappy

- Waking up dry from naps

If he is ready then take him with you when you use the toilet and let him watch. Also if his dad or if you have a male friend that you trust ask him if he will take your son to the bathroom with him and let him watch the other male use the toilet. He might get a hang of it then and start to show interest in potty training.

It depends on weather or not you want him to start out sitting on the potty and first and then later on teaching him how to stand but you could put cereal in the toilet and tell him to aim for them. This way it makes it fun for him and it will also help him with his aim. If you make a game out of it for him he might actually want to do it more. I would say to use the "reward system" but once you start doing that the child will always expect a reward for each time he goes even after he is completely trained. Then he might not want to use the potty if he doesn't get the reward. The best way of "reward" is to praise the child each time he goes on the potty and/or tries to at least go. (Also if you do the reward system it will be just like buy nappies because you will probably be spending the same amount of money on rewards as you probably would on nappies.)

If he is afraid of the "big" potty then try to by him his own potty. If you don't want to do that then you can buy him a little seat that fits over the big toilet. I'm pretty sure that it comes with an attachment that you can put on the little seat so his penis is facing down so the urine won’t go everywhere. If it doesn't come with an attachment it is a good idea to have him hold his penis down into the toilet so the urine won't go everywhere. If you start to hold it down for him, later when you teach him to stand he may want you to hold his penis while he goes and then you will have trouble getting him out of that habit. If you put him in pull-ups he might think that it is just like a nappy and might just go in those. So I suggest not using pull-ups. Make a special trip to the store just for him and let him pick out underwear with his favourite characters on them. (It would be best to buy him boxers. it makes it easier for him to pull them down when he has to go. Also make sure that he is in clothes that he can easily pull down himself to go.)

Ask him every 15 - 20 minutes if he has to go to the potty. If he says "no" then take him anyway and just let him sit on the potty for a little while. That way he will get the idea of it. Make sure that he drinks plenty of water that way he will have to urinate more often and that increases the chance of him going when you put him on the potty. After a while once he gets the hang of it you won't have to keep asking him so often if he has to go. He will just be going himself. Try to stay home for a few days. It will be easier instead of going out and trying to potty train him at the same time and it will be easier on the both of you.

He will have a lot of accidents and you will probably be doing a lot of laundry but it is better to put him in just regular underwear because when he does wet himself he won't like the feeling of being wet and will soon use the toilet.

I wish you guys luck with this. I wish you the best. Good Luck!

Answer 5

its up to you. if you think he is ready then go a head and try, you will then find out if he really is ready. my son at first sat on the toilet to get use to going that lasted 1month, he then started to stand and he has never gone back. he no longer wets the bed either he has got great bladder control.he never used a potty he would tell me its a baby toilet I'm a big boy i want to go were you go.

Answer 6

Well
Here is a good potty training system I used to win my battle agains my stubborn boy http://www.goobypls.com/r/rd.asp?gid=297

Answer 7

use cheerios make him aim for them in the potty kids find it fun and you should start at around 13 -14 months old

Answer 8

My son has used the toilet 17 times now (but who's counting?). The first couple times I was changing his diaper and could tell he was about to go, so I just held him on the toilet. Then I praised him a LOT for using it. He's uncomfortable on the regular seat, but he enjoys sitting on the Baby Bjorn seat we got for him. He loves using toilet paper and sees it as being a reward for when he's done.

Answer 9

My mother always told me that if she had a boy when he would say that he would have to use the bathroom she would ask him to play a game! She would get a cherrio and put it in the toddler toilet! Then she would ask him to aim for it! After a while he will get used to playing this game and he will want to do it more and more! This will get him to want to use the toilet just so that he can play the game!

Answer 10

around...2 or 3.
you should ask him to go every hour or so.
he will get use to it.
it takes time.