Potty Training Advice Please?

Question

My son has shown great interest in new pants and is really good at using the potty at home. However, he is usually naked bottom half, which is fine becuase of the summer and he is at home. The moment I put pants on him him forgets and even though I do keep checking, I do not want to nag and he keeps saying he is ok and then two seconds later an accident occurs.

The real problem lies at nursery where I always pack spares and a pull up because it has only been two weeks. He is getting through the spares and they are putting him in the pull up, which I think is confusing him and want to stop packing it, but am also really stumped as to how to get him to tell the teachers he needs a wee before he has wet himself.

I would like to get him to tell me he needs a wee before he does it too!

Any advice would be helpful

Answer 1

I told the staff at the nursery that my son attends that he was being potty trained and they started off taking him to the toilet with the other children. Of course, he just sat there the first few times, but then I said to him in the morning before he went that if he needed a wee wee he should tell his teacher. It seemed to work and now he is weeing fine at nursery.
It's a long process though. He's was showing an interest in his potty for a good few months before I felt he was ready to start going at nursery. Perhaps you should not mention it for a while and see if he starts trying to go on his potty again in the future.

Answer 2

your expecting miracles potty training takes months. put clothes on your kid to train also. you are sending mixed signals with the bare bottom

heres the deal do you run around bare bottom no so why is your child put pants on. he is wetting at a school because he doesnt know the signals yet give it time keep him in pull ups at school until he can stay dry and let the teacher know hes training and how your training at home

the thing is school is done different than at home so yes he is getting mixed messages and your to blame for that. he cant run around naked at school so he shouldnt be at home

what to do talk to the teachers at school. find out how they do going potty. and do the exact same thing at home also at home so he learns the signal put him on the potty once an hour every hour. no matter what and make him sit there for 5 minutes

how old is this child also

Answer 3

When I trained my little girl I took away the nappies at night and during the day all in one go.
At home I put her on the toilet every thirty minutes and blew bubbles whilst she was sitting there,
This made her keen to sit on the toilet ( I didnt use a potty)
I also let her come to the toilet with me if I needed a tinkle myself !! Which seemed to help

We did have a few accidents out of the house but after about 2 Weeks she was telling me she needed to go.
Ask the teachers in the play group to put him on the toilet every thirty minutes and praise him lots if he wees
Send lots of pants and dont send them the pull ups
Perseverance is all I can really suggest
Good luck :)

Answer 4

It sounds horrible but when he does a wee in his pants leave him in the pants for 10-15 minutes so he can feel how uncomfortable it is- he'll complain bout being wet so you then say next time tell me before you wee and you wont be wet.
He'll soon get the drift. Forget the pull ups, dont send them to nursery with him and have a word with the teachers telling them that theyre making it more difficult!

Answer 5

Soon he will start telling you before hand, but you have to be quick and have the potty at hand.
And you need to make a huge fuss of every success so he'll want to do it all the time then.
Here's a great article on potty training, my friend is following it with her toddler and it works perfectly for her (I recommended it to her, too:-)) :http://www.babywonderland.co.uk/articles/potty_training.html
Good luck! x

Answer 6

Ellie's suggestion to make your child sit is his own filth is downright neglectful and cruel.

To poster below- I'm neither a 'spinster' nor a social worker- I am a mother of 2 boys. If you see nothing wrong with letting someone sit in clothes soiled by urine, you won't mind if someday, when you're old enough to get put in a home, they let you sit around for 15 minutes or so in cold urine soaked clothing. You can 'feel' it the moment you get wet, just like if you spill liquid in your lap or your period starts. Kids aren't dumb- they feel it right away like everyone else.

Letting them sit in soiled clothing puts them at risk for rashes, infections, and ENCOURAGES dirty habits- they get used to feeling soiled.

For OP, try reading this article by Dr.Sears on it;
http://www.askdrsears.com/html/10/T106600.asp

No where does he encourage you to let a child who's had an accident sit in it to 'teach them a lesson'. Guess he's just 'dumb' too, huh?