potty-training a boy- advice/tips?

Question

I have a boy, he is 1 year 6months old. When is a good time to potty-train him? My daughter she was like 15 months when i started training her. Can someone give me some good tips of how to do this. Please dont tell me to put a cerial in the pot and let him aim at it b/c he will just want to grap it out. I have tried to get my husband to take him with him and show him how its done, but he's always gone and most of the time he wont bc he's afraid of peeing on him (lol). He sits down on the pot like a girl does, b/c he watches me and my daughter go. Is it too early? Any good advice would be appreciated. Thanks

Answer 1

well I would have a serious talk with my husband because this is part of being a father . I know I had two boys and my brothers taught them because my husband was either out of the picture or he just was not around . Your husband needs to step up and be a father and teach his son the things a man should be teaching his son . Seriously talk with your husband .

Answer 2

The best thing you can do is prevent the mess before it happens. Take your puppy outside to potty after every meal, nap, drink, play session, training session, and always just before and after going to bed for the night. Some puppies that are very young will need a potty break or two during the night too. Praise and reward your puppy ecstatically whenever it makes a potty in the right place, and avoid harsh punishments when accidents happen. If you can recognize when your puppy is about to go you can try giving a command so the dog will associate the command with going potty. I did that with my dog and he goes pee on command. It's a great trick to teach them. Do your best to keep an eye on your puppy at all times, and if you notice it posing for a mess promptly say "no" and remove the puppy to the proper place. Also, try to avoid cleaning up your puppy's mess if they can see what you're doing. Always remove the puppy from the soiled area before you clean. If the dog later develops any kind of separation issues it is more likely to use it's potty as a weapon if it sees you cleaning up it's mess. That's why dogs with separation anxiety are often described as leaving "presents" for their master when they leave the house.

Answer 3

My son will turn 3 in Jan. He sits down too. I've heard a lot of little boys learn this way first and then progress to standing. I swore I would never reward with food but I really wanted to get this done. So now he gets 1 m&m for going #1 and will get 2 m&m's when he finally does that! Of course a lot praise goes a long way. Most boys it takes a few months so just be very consistent which I know is hard to do! Good luck!

Answer 4

HOLD YOUR HORSES!
Seriously. I am the mother of 5, 3 girls, 2 boys...and aunt to 18 nephews...
My girls, and neices, were about 15 months.
Boys are definately harder to potty train than girls!
They are not even ready until about 2 and a half, 3 years old!
Don't force him! It will be an uphill battle!
Introduce the potty at about 2, then let it go. When dad is home, let him go in, etc.
Good luck!

Answer 5

I didn't get my boy trained till 3. If he will sit on the potty then that is great. When he is old enough to understand that he has a penis and daddy has one too and he stands up Nature will take it's course. He will want to be just like him.

Answer 6

Nothign wrong with little boys learnign to pee sitting down. It's how my 19 month old is learning. They arent really good at aiming it yet anyhow-some even GROWN men I swear cant aim!! Just let him lead as to when it is time. My son has just this past week started tellgin me he needs to go-but FAR from every tiem or even every day yet.

Answer 7

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Answer 8

I think he is still kinda young. Maybe once he is like over 2 yrs then you might want to start trainnig him. Girls always learn faster than boys so you might want to wait a little.

Answer 9

let him show you he is ready first... boys are harder to train then girls and normally most are not ready till after 2 years old, some closer to 3