how could you potty train a 3yrs old boy???

Question

my son just turn 3yrs old on january 23 and he still use a diaper.But i can't get him to let me know if he wants to pipi or popo!!!if sit him downhe does not go but he does in his undys.and i just don't know what to do!!help please!!!

Answer 1

I HAVE THE ANSWER!!!!
My son will be 3 in March. I have been trying off and on to potty train him since last April. He wasn't ready so I put it off for a while but my husband and I have been getting tired of changing dirty pull-ups so i've decided to give it another try. I CRACKED THE CODE! It finaly worked, I just had to wait for him and myself to be ready.
Pick a week when you don't have to go anywhere, STAY HOME! It will take that long cause you son needs to figure out the sensation. My son doesn't tell me he needs to go, I put him on the potty and tell him to wait for the pee pee to come out.
My son is like any other boy who likes cartoons so I put his portable potty on a towel in front of the tv and put on a video.
(I used a towel under the potty for spills, I had to change it just about everytime he went. Alot of laundry that week)

He watches alot of videos that week. But it was all worth it cause know he goes by himself. I still ask him every once in a while if he needs to go but he say's no everytime even if he needs to go. He sat and watched his video and peed in the potty. When he would get up and I knew that he wasn't done peeing I would tell him to sit on the potty and sometimes he said no and i would turn off th tv and then he sat back down on the potty so i would turn the tv back on. When he did go pee I went over board with happyness. We sang the potty song "Russel went pee pee on the potty, Russel went pee pee on the potty Horray!!!!" and we danced. He was so happy to see me happy that he wanted me to be happy again and again. I found that the same routine worked.
be prepared to have accidents but don't punish him for it just say "did you have an accident? Thats ok go sit on the potty and see if there's anymore pee pee that needs to come out."
OUR ROUTINE:
Pee pee on the potty
Then he got 2 chocolate chips and we dumped the pee in the BIG potty and he gets to flush the toilet and say's "bye bye pee pee" and washed our hands. then he got a sticker for washing his hands.

2 chocolated chips for pee
6 chocolate chips and a lolly pop for poo (cause it's special)
1 sticker for washing his hands.

The first couple of days give him alot of juice and milk, everytime he's finished his cup fill it up again. I did this with my son and he had to pee every 20min. That means the more he pee's the more times he get's that sensation and figures it out. I bought a timer at the dollar store to remind me it's been 20min and make sure he was sitting on the potty. I gave him alot for attention that week, lots of hugs and kiss and I told him "mommy is so happy, you make mommy so happy when you go pee on the potty, i'm so proud of you!" "Your a big boy now that you go pee on the potty" and we would call his aunt and tell her over the phone and she would respond with pure excitment. That made him happy!
My son was going pee by himself after the 6th day but don't get me wrong he still had many accidents but its a work in progress, and we are still working on going poo. And he wears a pull-up at night.
By the way we are on day 8. I hope this helps. A friend of mine used mini brownies as a treat and her son was trained in 2 days. I wish!!! but you never know it might work for you!
best of luck!!!

Answer 2

i would advise taking a break from trying for another couple of months

then when the weather is a tad warmer have him at home with nothing on his lower half with a potty handy

let him potter about playing with his toys - most kids will go to the potty under those conditions rather than their undies (which are not available

praise him up when he manages (which i am sure you are already doing)

my son had a disastrous potty training at just under 3 when his kindergarten were incredibly successful at UNpottytraining him and sending his development backwards

later on when he was 3 and a half i removed his nappies altogether and he was dry just like that with being clean coming shortly after

my same age nephew was clean before he was dry so it can work either way about

for now relax and go back to it later on - all kids manage it eventually unless they have very obvious problems - go and look outside a school at the 4 and 5 yos streaming out - i bet not one of them wears a nappy.

Answer 3

BOYS ARE HARD TO POTTY TRAIN!!! my son is 2 and some odd months and he wont go to the potty either, nut hey! have you ever seen an adult wearing a diaper?! He'll go when he's ready, boys are stubborn as hell. I was potty trained at 18 months, we tried my son at this age and it worked for a while but only if I took him and made him sit till he went. Don't stress it he'll go when he's ready, he may not have that sensation that he needs to go yet. Let him be little for as long as possible! Cause after he can go to the potty byhimself your job his done and he'll no longer be your baby, he's officially a big boy, and along with independance comes no need for mom... good luck.

Answer 4

1. Buy him cool underwear. My son is into Go Diego Go right now. He was excited to get the underwear but when he pooped in them, I threw them away. He was bummed because he liked the underwear and I was not about to try and clean them.
2. I am not above bribery! Both my boys love fruit snacks. I gave them two fruit snacks when they went on the toilet.
3. Is there a fun place your child has been wanting to go? Amusement park, movie, preschool or something like that? Tell him only potty trained kids can go to these places.

Basically find reason for him to want to potty train. You can drive yourself crazy trying to potty train a child who doesn't care if they are or not. As another posted stated, give him an incentive. Good luck!

Answer 5

Hey, The best success that I have ever had was with Bagihot Potty Training (just google it) Without a doubt the most useful Training that I have ever tried.

Answer 6

Take off his diapers and let him run around naked. He may not have had time to get a good inspection of all of his parts and how they work.

Yes, get the rug cleaner out.

Offer candy as an incentive.

Answer 7

He needs to have his daddy or an big boy show him what to do. You should have had him trained at least a year ago.

Answer 8

provide an incentive.

Answer 9

duct tape him to the toilet