What do you suggest of ways to potty train?

Question

So I believe my 19 month old is ready to potty train. I have heard that potty training really consist of the peeing part and the bowel movement comes a little later. So if my son pees in the pullup, what should I do. Some of my friends have told me spanking, but I think it's a little extreme, besides I don't spank my son anyway, for many reasons. But I don't want this to become a debate about spanking, can any mothers' or fathers tell me their experiences with potty training and possibly consequences for peeing in the pullup?

Well, i would like to add, that I really believe he is ready, I mean he is showing a lot of signs when it comes to being ready. And of course I definitely don't condone spanking.

Answer 1

The kids who are most sensitive to and annoyed by a wet or soiled diaper are the ones who potty train the earliest. If it sounds like your son is in that group, go ahead and start the process!

Patience is key, especially for younger toddlers. Giving him a reason to buy into the process will be key -- and this should be a positive reward, not punishment for failure. My kids got a sticker each time they went in the potty, and the first few days they stayed dry all day they got a special treat for dessert too.

An example of other kids who are potty trained (or training) is helpful, although it can be hard to find one for the oldest child to see as an example. There are a few good books on potty training available, and you might want to look into those. Read the story of how Little Johnny learned to go potty and doesn't have to wear diapers any longer -- "Isn't that exciting for Johnny? Good for him!"

I stuck with disappointed-but-supportive as discouragement if they messed in the pullups... "It's ok, let's put on a new one, I know you will do better next time." (Both mine were the sort that didn't mind much if they were wet, and so would pay more attention to toys than to bodily functions... frequent accidents were the result!) Pullups were seen as a "big boy" or "big girl" piece of clothing, sort of a badge of honor.

If your son does potty train before he's two, well done :-)

Answer 2

Dont never spank him for not peeing or pooing in the potty cuz he will stop it all together he'll become scared of it. I know cuz I made the same mistake with my daughter but i relized what I was doing and stoped it. The best way to potty train a boy is to put him on the potty facing backwards no longer then 10 minutes that will help him with the pooing part to. Let him pick out his favorite character underwear at the store.
You can give him 25 cents when a pees and 50 cents when he poos let him put it in a piggy bank and when he saves up enough money let him go buy a toy with his money.
You also can make up a potty training chart on the wall of the bathroom and everytime he uses the potty put a sticker like a star or whatever he likes on it maybe let him put it on the chart.hope that helps..

Answer 3

Well.....after having three boys and potting training them all rather easily - I can tell you that I think that 19 months old is way too early to potty train. Not to mention that spanking for peeing in the pull up is crazy! I really believe that if you wait a while longer you will find that it is much easier. In just a few short months your son will have matured and grown so much. What is the big hurry? I potty trained all of my boys at about 2 1/2 years old. All three took to going on the toilet so quickly and we had almost no accidents at all! The best way to know whether he is ready or not is to wait until he wakes in the morning with a dry or at least almost dry diaper. This will tell you when he is aware of when he is going - can't potty train until they can be aware and let you know when they need to go!!!!

Answer 4

19 months is very young. One way to truely tell if he is ready is to put clothe training pants on him. If he wets and doesn't care, he is not ready to potty train. My son is 23 months, we have a potty in the bathroom, which he will sit on and read a book, but still hasn't gone intentially, once by accident. He initiates his time on the potty, mostly he just wants to play. Punishing for accidents will definetly be counter productive. Encourage and praise when he goes, do not comment when he doesn't. If you acknowledge the good and ignore the not so good, he will be more willing to try and please you than to try and get your attention, by intentially going in his pants.
When he is ready, ditch the pull-ups. They do not generally teach a child about the discomfort of wetness. If pull-ups were so great, why did they have to create special ones with wetness indicators. Use clothe training pants at home and daycare and pull-ups for bed and outings. As I consider potty training, I am reminded why diapers have their benefits. If you are out shopping you don't have to stop every half hour when you child says, he has to go ot the bathroom. That is how it is, until they are able to hold it for longer periods of time. 2 1/2 years is about the average age for boys. There is a survey on line, which lets you know if your son is truely ready for potty training. Just google it.

Answer 5

We bought a little frog shaped timer with a magnet on the back. We set the timer for ten minutes, every time the froggy croaked we raced into the bathroom and sat on the potty. He hated the potty chairs and he would not sit with a book. We waited for a couple of minutes and if nothing happened we reset the timer and waited for the froggy to croak again. If he did manage to actually go, we did the potty dance and then reset the timer for 12 minutes. It took him a while to get the routine down, but the frog was mostly a reminder for mommy and daddy. My son loved the sound of that frog and got to where he would jump up on his own and go to the potty all by himself if he even heard a frog on a tv show.

Answer 6

My daughter is 2 and half and we are starting to potty train her.Don't spank your child for when they have an accident.If that were the case I would do that to my daughter a few times a day.They say don't force your child when their ready they will go.My daughter always goes pee in the potty but the other one we have a hard time.When she does go in the potty we give her lots of praise and make a big deal,that way she knows she's getting to be a big girl.

Answer 7

definately do not spank or punish your child for peeing in his pull-up. they will rebel. just don't change it right away. if you let him sit in it (for not that long tho) to see what it feels like, he'll be reluctant to do it again. secondly, reward him. make a chart and everytime he goes in the toilet have HIM put a gold star for that day or give him a small choc. (like a hurshey's kiss). they love compliments and praise!!! if he's still going in his pull-up maybe he's intimidated by how high the toilet is, unless you have one of those little ones for kids, make him see it's ok to go. you'll know itf he's ready to be potty trained when you lay him down for a nap and he wakes up dry! good luck and be persistant

Answer 8

19 months may be a lil young, but you are his parent and you know him, so i can't necessarily tell you when. From my experience with my 2 step-daughters, "peer pressure" is the best thing. the almost-4-year-old stayed in a pull up for about a year and half, until she went to daycare and got picked on and called a baby by her classmates, now she wears "big-girl panties" and stays dry and clean all the time. Now, her lil sister of 2.5 years is very interested in being dry because she wants to be just like her big sissy! so, when he is ready, if he has friends or siblings or cousins his age, use them as encouragement, or you may not have to do it, they will do it on their own in their own lil "social circle"

Answer 9

My sister made potty training a game for her son. She would toss a few fruit loops or cheerios in the toilet and tell my nephew to "dunk" them! I know it sounds a bit crude, but it worked......
Reinforcements work well!
Good luck!