Can some of you other moms give me advice on potty training?

Question

my son is almost 3 and we are starting to potty train.

he never tells me when he has to go, he always tells me when it's too late. when i sit him on the pot, he goes every single time.

How do i get him to tell me that he needs to go before he actually does??

thanks!

Answer 1

this is what worked for my son:

1) have him go every hour & make a big deal of him using the potty even if he does not go #1 or #2

2) get him his own kids potty

3) give him a special treat like a small candy or a sticker
every time he does go & make on the potty

good luck

Answer 2

Ok, i'm not a mum, but i helped potty train my little sister, well we got her a book about another little girl who is also potty training and made a big fuss of her, we said how good she was for using the potty, this made my sister want to copy her, so we got her a potty and in the day time she would use it just like the girl in the book did (we got her really nice pull up nappies, and she didn't want to wet them, so whenever she needed to go she could pull them down and go.)

In the night however to start of, my mum would wake her every three hours and take her to the potty (regardless of whether she needed to go or not). She did this for a few days until she got into the routine, by this time my mum knew what the usual interval was for her needing the toilet and broke the three hour routine down. Now she has a regular routine for going to the toilet.

Answer 3

my son wasnt properly trained until he was 4 and half. he didnt want to be.
boys are naturally alot harder to potty train than girls, they are alot lazier.
i found that having a man there to help out make it easier.
also i didnt exactly limit his fluid intake just spread it out a bit more instead of him drinking constantly all day. i also found that it is much harder trying to potty train during winter because you'll find that as soon as they get slightly cold then they need to go.
Dont be too disappointed if it takes a while, he will pick up on it if you start getting annoyed with him and it will make him more anxious about it, then you'll have a battle.
get him a potty that you can have to hand all the time and you sit on it and show him, the toilet may be bit big and scary for him.
if you are concerned speak to your health visitor, but they probably wont be too worried. they only get concerned if a child still isnt properly toilet trained by the time they get to school.
good luck, and remember you'll know when hes ready cos thats when he'll tell you

Answer 4

Here's what we did with my daughter.

Every time I went potty, I took her. We'd sit & chit chat, or read or play games. When she went potty, she got hugs, kisses, I made the biggest fuss over her that I could. I made it fun, too. Her potty was situated in a little enclosed space that faced my potty, so we would sit knee to knee. I also taped construction paper to the wall beside her potty so she could color.

She only failed to tell me she had to go one time. I asked her if she had to go before I left the baby sitter's house and she said no. I told the sitter goodbye & told her when I'd be back, and in the 45 seconds it took me to do that, my daughter had wet her pants. I yelled, slapped her little butt, and she has never done it since (except once when she was sick & she just couldn't help it, bless her little heart.) There is a time to make it fun, and then there is a point at which you have to stop letting them cross that line.

Good luck to you & your little man! It's a tough battle, but you are A MOMMY!!!

Answer 5

My son is two and 1/2 and he is now potty trained. I went and bought a bunch of underpants for him and explained to him that he cannot pee pee or poo in his big boy pants.

He had a few accidents but after every accident I put him on the potty anyway and explained to him that big boys dont do that.

I tried teaching him with his own potty and that didnt work. I tried teaching him with pull ups and that didnt work.

Consistency is a must. Don't get discouraged is he continues to have accidents and go back to a diaper.

After buying his "big boy pants" I bought a toilet seat that has a childs seat in it and a stool. He now pulls the stool to the end of the toilet and lifts the toilet and leans over so there is no mess because he doesnt have to hold it down. :)

Good luck! It took me two weeks of consistency and only underpants. I didnt even put a diaper on him for bed!

Answer 6

We used a reward chart that had two categories. The first was "use the potty" and he got a sticker for each time he used the toilet and for every 5 stickers he got a small treat (tic tacs worked for us). The second was "ask to use the potty" and he got a sticker each time and for every 10 stickers he got a big treat (we used candy bars--I know we're soooo bad). But, he wanted that candy bar so bad that he really started "listening" to his body and asking to go before it was too late.

Answer 7

i began my son off sitting on the potty by using fact my husband become a distance away on the time. additionally attempt to offer incentives like "candy, stickers, holiday to McDonalds for a chuffed meal" to inspire him to bypass potty. I had a confusing time protecting my son on the potty on the commencing up yet then i began making a music "while you're chuffed and you already comprehend it" and did the different gestures. That saved him on the potty. Then after he is going potty, I continually enable him flush the rest room, which he thinks is the suited element in view that sliced bread....then he gets a candy. yet another advice is to call kin and acquaintances up on the telephone after he potties to gloat approximately it in front of him so he's familiar with it is one in all those super deal and occasion. young babies love compliment so make him experience specific. solid success and suited needs.

Answer 8

This was a hard one for me. My son didn't respond to anything but we found something that worked. Stickers. We bought him a sticker book from the dollar store and when he good, we gave him a sticker for his book. It wasn't long at all before he figured out that if he had an accident, he didn't get a sticker. It worked very well. He was alays excited to go get his book and pick a spot for his new sticker. He was about the same age as your son.

Answer 9

I have 3 boys, what worked for me was having them watch a preschool potty training video every morning. I didn't think it would work, but it did. I had them watch it every morning, and I would reward them everytime they went.

Answer 10

I don't have all the scientific answers, but my three all trained at different ages. My oldest was >2, middle was 2.5 and my youngest on her 3rd birthday.

What I can say is don't stress your son, and don't stress yourself. Kids have a way of doing what they want to, when they're good and ready to do it. :-)