What age did you potty train your son, and HOW???

Question

My son is 2 years, and i'm having a really hard time getting him outta diapers. I've tried the toilet and a potty. I feel as if he's never gonna learn. A friend of mine suggested putting a few cherios in the toilet, and he'll aim at them. That didn't work though.
Also, did you let your son sit on the toilet or stand. I've heard at that age, it's best to let them sit down. Any suggestions? I would really appreciate it! Thanks!

I've tried letting him go without a diaper, but that doesn't work at all.
Somebody please give me some good advice, cause i've also gotta 14 month old son. He'll be next in line!

Answer 1

When he gets up put an underwear on him an tell him what to do when he wants to go potty, when he get it right get him a sticker of a character he likes that way he will see it as fun. Also expect accidents and don't yell just tell him to try better next time. When you put him down for a nap(if he still take naps) put a diaper on him until he gets control.

Good luck

Answer 2

Try putting him backwards on the toilet so he can hold on to the back of it and feel more secure. This is how mother did it with me and my brother (we were both potty trained by the time we were a year old).

Also, don't use bribery because my cousing would get m&m's each time he used the potty and he would fake it just so he could the m&m's.

Instead have a potty party each time he uses the potty. Jump up and and down and say "Hurray for "child's name" he used the potty like a big boy". Also, do you have another male figure in the house. Have him set a good example.

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Answer 3

My son is now 3 and he's been trained since he was 25 months old. What worked for us, was motivation. I found something he REALLY wanted to do (in his case church preschool-where he HAD to be potty trained before attending) and used it to motivate him.
I would take him to the potty constantly and sit him on it and then ask him if he thought he needed to go. Occasionally he did...and then I praised the heck out of him. I REALLY MADE A BIG DEAL! When he had accidents we went straight to the potty to remind him. It only took us about 1 week. Now with that said, there were still occasional accidents, but not many. He wanted preschool, he couldn't go until he learned to potty...it worked.
We did start sitting...until he really got the hang of it. Then he started standing. Every child is different-don't push, it will just back fire.
I may not have helped at all, but hopefully I did. Good luck and God bless!!

Answer 4

I started my son at 1 and half. I gave him a book and sat him on the potty seat, right on the toilet. I didn't do that little bucket thing on the ground. When he would pee, I would praise him up a galore. However he is a wise one. So he would pretend to try just to get off the thing, then would pee in his training pants.

Key is routine. Since meals start the digestive process. I would have my son sit on it 30 mins after eating for at least ten minutes. Make it clear that pee and poop are to go in the potty not in the underwear or training pant. I go over that all the time. Use words your son will get and always use that word. I use stinky for poop and my son gets it.

If you are a stay at home mom this will be easier for you. I am not, and my son is in daycare. Which makes it even harder to get accomplished. I also suggest getting two potty seats. Get one strictly for home, and a lightweight one you can carry with you. For when you are out so that you can keep up the training.

Answer 5

My first son was 2 1/2 my second son is 3 and not fully potty trained. I will tell you the best thing is to wait until they are ready. My first son just started going and when he did he never turned back. My second son, we tried and he had no interest. We waited for him to show us interest. He now urinates every time in the potty but he has not been able to get over the hump of the number 2. Good luck, be patience and wait for him to tell you.

Answer 6

My son just turned two and I have just begun to potty train him. I began when he started communicating to me whenever he wanted to go.
Most children are potty trained between 18 months and 3 years of age. First look for signs of readiness to go potty and then introduce a potty chair and explain to him what you want him to do in it. Let him sit there for few minutes at a time, but don't insist if he shows resistance. Try to delay potty training for a few days if he is stressed out.
Use a lot of praise and encouragement whenever he shows any signs of going potty.
Remember - The most important factors are not necessarily age, but rather physiologic, physical and psychological readiness.

Answer 7

Both of my boys trained at 21 months. I started at 18 months by sitting them on the potty (yes, definitely sit, don't have him stand) whenever I was filling the bathtub up with water. He was naked anyway, and the sound of water would soemtimes make him pee, and then I would cheer him on. By the time he was 21 months, he could squeeze out pee everytime he sat on it. That's when we went into cotton underwear, and only wore pull-ups at naptime. Were there accidents? You bet. But, by 26 months, they were totally potty-trained.

Potty-training young has its advantages - it doesn't even occur to the kid that NOT going potty is even an option. The closer to 3 years old the kid gets, the more power struggles you'll be dealing with.

Answer 8

we had the same problem and what fixed it was having him around kids that were potty trained. he saw that they were using the potty and he wasn't so he picked up on it pretty quickly, we didn't even have to point it out. he wanted to be like the other kids so he'd go in the bathroom with daddy learn what to do. it can be confusing for boys at first because sometimes they stand up and sometimes they sit so let him learn from dad.

Answer 9

be consistent take him once an hour every hour and make him sit on the potty or potty chair, have the younger one do it too. leave the younger one clothed though. boys generally dont learn until 3 or a little over

Answer 10

With my son I let him wear underwear. He freaked out when he saw his self going and would run to the potty.

Another thing that worked is when we were outside I would let him 'water the trees" It was pretty funny and all of the neighbors got a kick out of it.