Potty training for stubborn 3 year old?

Answer 1

You have to be consistent. Ask your child constantly if they have to go to the bathroom. Ask every 15 to 20 minutes. Then walk them to the bathroom and have them try to go. They are bound to go one of the times. And get extremely excited when they do go on the potty chair. They will try to do it again and again to try to please you. Asking them constantly can be a pain in the butt (no pun intended) but it's better than washing urine stained clothing all the time. I potty trained my child in one day. We went through approx. 5 pairs of underwear during that one day but she had the hang of it by the end of the day. It's not that hard as long as you are always asking them if they have to go. If you wait for them to tell you when it could take alot longer.

Answer 2

Honestly, if your 3 year old doesn't want to use the potty, he/she is not ready. We were trying to force our niece for the LONGEST time and she just wouldn't do it. She would cry or just sit on the potty and do NOTHING. Then, you would take her off and a few minutes later, she would have had an accident on herself. It was so frustrating. But, surprisingly - one day, she just said -" I need to go potty" and she went into the bathroom, got on the potty and peed. It is all in their perfect timing.

But, if MUST have some advice - I heard consistency (if your going to use training pants, you can't go back to pull ups because your frustrated and rewards (character underwear, a treat or even a Pee Pee Party - having a HUGE celebration everytime she/he does use the bathroom, complete with hats, noise makers and music LOL LOL - I heard that party really does get the kids excited!!!).

Answer 3

Be consistant! It takes anywhere from one day to one week to potty train a child. In a daycare where I had once worked, I had a child that was close to four that refused to go to the potty and the parents also refused to do anything that the child didn't want to do ( but that's a different story). We as the child care providers made the choice to just put extra underpants we had, and the child went to the bathroom himself. He understood that if he didn't go to the potty, he would wet/soil himself. Some kids don't like to be dirty and that system works. Some children are afraid of the potty because they do not understand what is going on. What works in my school is making a big deal out of it. Everytime a child goes to the bathroom, he/she is given a sticker. (Stickers are available for about 2 bucks for a pack of 50) We even have a "Potty chart" for them. The kids get a kick out of seeing how many stickers they have, they are allowed to put the stickers on the chart themselves. For parents, you can take your child to the potty when you go. Say "see mommy/daddy going potty? Can you go to the potty too?" Different things work for different kids.

Answer 4

You do not state if it is a boy or a girl.
Boy: He may want to be able to stand up and pee - get a step stool and also throw two or three fruit loops or cherios in the stool and "bombs away"! It makes it fun, and it teaches AIM.
Girl: Take her to the store and let her pick out pretty "big girl" panties that she will get to wear when she is pottying in the stool.
I also gave my daughter her fave candy ONLY when she used the potty instead of going in her pants. Boy can be rewarded same way.
I always had the candy available ( I used the smarties in a roll)
so when we went to town or someones house, there was consistency.Again though - they never got that treat for anything else or at any other time. I let "Grandma & Grandpa" know also to prevent them from giving the item for any reason during potty training.
Good luck ! It will happen, just stay positive and encouraging.

Answer 5

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Answer 6

My stubborn son's birthday is January 7th... so when I bought a wall calendar for the year he turned 3, I got one with a casual script (handwriting-looking) on it.. for the dates and holidays.... I wrote in, as closely to the text as possible, "Potty Training Day" on the day I'd decided to devote to working on this. Guess what? He fell for it... he's just a rule follower, and somebody other than his mom told him he had to do it!

Answer 7

Is the child stubborn...or is it lack of committment on the parents part? Boy or girl? If girl...have her go to the potty when mommy goes. If boy...same thing. Of course they need their own potty chair(hope you can find one for a child that big). For the boy, paint a 'bug' in the bottom and tell him to aim for the bug. Get the training pants that change color when they 'wet' their pants. Explain why their pants should not change color.

It's just MY opinion that you should have started much sooner. But better late than never.

Oh, and find a little 'reward' when they are sucessful. And DON"T punish when they don't!

Answer 8

If he is smart but stubborn...just toss the diapers out entirely and put him in underwear. Don't shame him for wetting or soiling himself...just take him to the potty and talk about how yucky it feels to be all wet and messy and how if he uses the potty he will be clean and dry.

Answer 9

With my son we bought a whole bunch of tootsie rolls and every time he went to the potty he got a tootsie roll. before we tryed that he completely refused. Also letting them sit in wet pants helps because they hate the feeling. remember to ask them alot if they have to go potty because they may get distracted by toys or cartoons.

Answer 10

Try the underwear and take them every hour if they are wet in between they are probably not ready. they need to beable to hold it. My son was just over 3 when he finally was trained, we tried for a year and suddenly it just clicked. The hardest part is listening to all of the people saying it is your fault, dont listen! When they are ready they will do it. Good luck!!