Potty Training Twins
If you have twins or children of a similar age you may feel that potty training them together may seem like a time-saver, but it doesn’t always work out that way, as your children may approach readiness at different times.
A key point to remember is that not all children are ready at the same time [...]
What Was Your Affective Way Of Potty Training A Child ?
Posted by Portable Potty Seer in Potty Training Q & A
I have read up a whole lot on Potty training, but I would Like some helpful advise on how some parents were able to potty train there child. My son is 2 and 5 months and I really want him to used the potty before his 3rd birthday. He also has a speach delay so it makes it much more harder for me to potty train him. Any advise for me I would very much appriciate it.
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Relax. Ddifferent children potty train at different times. I know that you want him to be potty trained by his third birthday, but he may not be ready. I have seen parents who sit their children on the potties for hours at a time and don’t let them up until their do something. This is not helpful. Also, sometimes other people can make you feel bad for not having your child trained yet. They don’t know your child, so just ignore them.
ReplyTiming and consistency is always good and so is the reward system.
Some companies such as tinkletunes, have a potty that has music play when something is dropped in the potty.
Eventually, he will get it. Just stay consistent, keep it light and take him when you go.
If he was older, I might suggest:
1. checking his bladder with a doctor, some children have very small bladders
2. he may not be able to feel the sensation or stop it, so there are some products that can be placed in the underwear to help the child detect wetness
This is the same for bed wetters.
But, for right now, I would not make a big deal about it.
Maybe until he is 4yo, I would just continue to encourage and be consistent.
Oh, don’t worry about him being behind. He is just fine! And, make sure that he does not feel stress over this. If he feels like he is behind of senses your stress, that might just cause more anxiety.
When we potty trained our daughter we used to keep the potty in the living room and strip her from the waist down. When she had to go she would just go sit on it. After a few days we cold keep her dressed and she would tell us whwn she had to go. I hope this helps.
ReplyI HAVE 4 kids. #1 and #2, very easy, they are both girls and potty traINED BY 2. my boy was very difficult, he just didnt get the hang of it. i just had to be consistent and he finely got it. now #4 is almost 3 yo, girl.she is very smart, communicates like a 4 yo, but when it comes to the toilet she is just being stubborn. she will do it when she wants without me. but never when i take her. but now i have made a treasure box to keep put up in the bathroom. when she goes she gets a treasure. that really seems to be working. try taking him when you have to go, so he sees you go, and then make it his turn. and dad too. that will make a difference alone. good luck. and another thing, boys usually do take a while to learn the whole toilet thing.
ReplyUse stickers as a reward system!!!!!!!!!!!!!! He gets one everytime he goes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! My oldest had speech delay also! Boys sometimes do this! He now is a straight A student in 1st grade, so do not worry unless the Dr. does!!!!!!!!!!!!!! If stickers do not work, find a reward system that will work on him! Good luck! Boys are harder to train than girls!!!!!!!!!!!
ReplyWe made a big announcement that we were going to start using the toilet. So we took off the Pull-Ups and put on training underwear, set the timer for every half hour or so, when the timer sounded, we marched to the toilet and tried to pee pee or poopey. If we had success, we danced and whooped and made a big deal of it. If we didn’t, we pulled up our underwear, set the timer again and went about our activities. If we had an accident, we said it was okay and we’d try harder. Pull-ups went back on a nap time and we used the potty as soon as we got up. You probably know the time your child has a bowel movement, so start asking him if he has to go poopey around that time. Timer and consistency worked for us. Good luck. He’ll catch on. It takes a lot of work, but don’t make it unpleasant.
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