My son is three years old and I have been potty-training him for a few months now. After a few weeks he was starting to get the idea of it, but he caught the stomach virus going aroudn on christmas, and ever since it seems harder and harder to get him back on the toilet. If anyone can help I'd really appreciate it! thanks!!! :)
2007-02-28 13:48:10 · 7 answers · asked by Mike W. 1 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Toddler & Preschooler
Boys potty train much slower than girls. My first was three before he potty trained. I was so concerned since EVERYONE was saying, oh he should be trained by 2, it is too late, blah blah. The pediatrician said "If he isn't potty trained in time to go to school we will be concerned" That took so much pressure off of me, I just waited until he showed intrest to me then it was easy. He potty trained in 3 days. My second son potty trained late as well and I waited until he wanted to do it. This way he is intitiating it. I introduced him to the toilet and took him with me and had daddy show him. He also potty trained in about a week as well. Good luck and just be paitent and consistant and don't let others tell you he is slow learning.
2007-02-28 14:13:59 · answer #1 · answered by Barbara C 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The same thing happened to my daughter except I'm a little less worried about it because shes only 19 months old. She was just getting used to sitting on her potty (not always going but at least sitting on it) then she caught a cold. I dont know what did it but she wont even sit on her potty now. Im just gonna try again in a little while. Just praise him whenever he even just sits on his potty. Does he like Elmo? They sell a DVD called Elmo's Potty Time at Wal-Mart. That could help. And it gives you some really good potty training tips inside the case on the disc sleeve.
2007-02-28 13:57:45 · answer #2 · answered by Amanda 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
This is the way I toilet trained my twin 3 1/2 year old boys. It worked for us, but whatever way you choose, consistency is the most important thing.
We started on a day that we had nothing to do and could just stay home all day. We loaded them up on juice and water as soon as they woke up so they would have to pee all day giving them the most chances of success. My husband and I bought them fun Disney underwear of their favorite characters for them to wear. My husband and I also spent all day walking around in fun underwear so the boys would want to be like us. We started out in the morning with them in their Pullups and when they went potty for the first time that day in the toilet, they could pick out the underwear that they wanted to wear that day. We just put their chosen underwear on over their Pullups in case we didn't make it again. We put M&Ms in a glass cup near the toilet for a few days and when they went potty, they could pick some. This let them see what the prize was. We later moved to stickers or something else. We made a HUGE deal for the first couple of days and then tapered off the excitement. We also made them watch us go potty so that they knew that is what "big people" do and it was expected since they are no longer babies. We took the "puppy" approach. Everytime after they eat, play, wake up from a nap, etc. we put them on the toilet. This gave them the most chances for success to make it in the toilet, which made them feel the most successful. We would sit them on the toilet at times about every 30-60 minutes, whether they needed to go or not. If they didn't go, we let them know that it was ok, but they needed to at least try. Once they were able to know what it "feels like" when they need to go (about a week or two later) we lightened up on the every 30-60 minutes. On the occasion that we had an accident, we took off the underwear that they picked and if they wanted to get it back, they had to go in the toilet again. We tried very hard to not make it a shameful thing, but just explain to them that they had to earn it. My husband and I acted like we were very happy to be in our silly undies and the boys felt that they were missing out on the fun if they didn't have fun undies on too. We took lots of pictures of them in their silly undies and those are some of their favorite pictures a year later. Because they are twins, they competed against each other (which helped a great deal!) and they kept wanting to out do each other. We let them tease each other if one had an accident and the other one was more successful. This made them not want to be teased by their brother anymore and was also another incentive for them to be successful.
This worked for us and a few of our friends. We still have had accidents, but anything is better than having to change them all the time. We found that if we make it fun instead of a frustrating thing for them, they wouldn't get so discouraged if they had an accident. Just be patient and they will want to make you happy and go on their own eventually.
2007-02-28 14:11:28 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
i dont know for sure what to tell u. my son was fairly easy to potty train but i am with him 24\7. one thing i do remember.... he would always want to stand up and pee like daddy lol. the sitting thing was girly like me lol. so i just had to make sure he had a stool so he could stand on it and make it in the big potty with out falling or let him stand and pee hopeing he made it in his lil potty lol. it was funny. i had lots of cleaning up to do LOL but at least he was peeing in the potty somehow. now he will be 5 soon and reaches the big potty well so its fine. but those memories are fun to think back on. good luck and God Bless
2007-02-28 14:04:11 · answer #4 · answered by goober 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Boys are soo hard to train but it sounds like you are doing the right thing. Keep encouraging but dont push too hard. When he is ready he will do it. My son was over 3 when he finally got trained and I thought it would never happen. Dont listen to others who say it is your fault or that there is something wrong with him. He will get it. Good luck!!!
2007-02-28 16:01:58 · answer #5 · answered by angelk 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My grandson was 4 years old before we finally got him to use the toilet. I finally told him I didn't have money for diapers. He actually bought that statement and told me he'd just wear his underwear. Go figure. Just be patient with him as setbacks do occur, especially due to diarrhea. When you take him to the bathroom, sit nearby, and show him books with pictures. He'll eventually get back in the swing of things.
2007-02-28 14:26:30 · answer #6 · answered by mop-27 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
put a few cheerios in the toilet and "let's see how many we can hit!" it makes pottying fun. and lots of m&m's for rewards the 1st few days
2007-02-28 14:17:57 · answer #7 · answered by harasezltoh 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋