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 [...]
Potty Training For Boys: How Do You Get Them Interested?
My son is going to be three next month. He’s very bright, active and verbal but has expressed basically zero interest in his potty. This does not bother me or my wife too much, but his daycare is keeping him with the 18-month -to- 2-1/2 group because he is not potty trained. The older kids have better activities like swimming and a computer, and he’s the oldest kid in his class now. It makes us sad to know he’s missing out so we’re going to encourage him to use the potty. We’ve bought some undies for him to wear at home and some pull-ups for school. I’ll be helping him by showing him how the equipment works. Do you have any tips to help pique his interest? Thanks in advance…..
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Here it is- it has worked for my 2 kids,and others after I tell them……..
Reply1. get m and m’s handy
2. get a small potty chair
3. get a couple books about potty
4. you need to be home for about 4-5 days straight
5. now you can start. let them run around bare-but
6. Set the timer for 1/2 hour. Tell him/her to sit on the potty for 5 min. (read them a book in the mean time if it’s to long for them.) If they go, give lots and lots of praise!!! I mean go crazy!! Give them about 3 m and m’s.
7. Set the timer for 1/2 hour
8. Avoid asking the question “you got to go potty?’
9. Timer goes off- ok! What does that mean junior? Time to go potty again he or she would say, or you say it if they don’t
10. repeat process all day long. If they go # 2 in the potty, reward with a handful of m and m’s. They are very colorful and kids love them!!
11. Praise praise praise. I do spank my kids for behavior problems such as lying, disobedience, and bad attitudes, but never for having an accident. If there is an accident, clean it up queitly, and don’t say much at all. Remind them it’s ok, but try to make it in the potty next time, or in your own words.
Good luck!!! Hope this helps you. My girl was potty-trained in two days with the method. Took my 2 1/2 year old son a week. Leave pull-ups on them at night just in case.
p.s. if this doen’t work at all, try again in a few months.
put a cheerio in the toilet water and have him “shoot it.” That makes going pee pee in the potty fun, but the #2 is hard to teach. My son would ASK for a diaper up to age 4 to go poop and then I’d have to clean him up and then back to the underpants until the next time he had to go poo poo. It was so weird. But ya, cheerios work wonders. Good luck! And don’t humiliate him. Make it all positive.
ReplyMy son was very reluctant to sit on the potty. Everyone had wonderful potty training methods for me, but they all involved getting him to sit on the potty in the first place! Books and such didn’t work, so I bought a big bag of Dum-Dum lollipops and when it was time to sit, I would give him one. By the time he opened it and sucked on it for a while it was at least a good try on the toilet. I also (at the sacrifice of my carpet) let him run around in just underwear and a t-shirt for a day. When he saw it come out and what a mess it made, he didn’t like it. My son was also into Thomas at the time, so I would put in a video and put the plastic potty chair in the living room. I just had him sit on it with his underwear down to watch the movie, and nature took its course. We then made a huge stinking deal when he went. We then set up a chart and after so many times in the potty he got to get a new train. It think it all comes down to patience, luck, and finding your kids’ currency. Good luck and happy pottying!
Replywith my boys ages 3 and 4, we made a game out of potty training, and dad helped alot also, when ever dad went they went, I put fruit loops in the potty and had them pee on it… it worked. I also kept treats around, so when they used it they got a treat……… no potty, not treat…………. my boys were trained aby the time they hit 3….. my 3 year old has been completely potty trained since JUNE, he truned 3 in JUNe
ReplyPut a “target” in the potty. Let him know that if he goes onthe target, he will win a prize. Explain that the target is not in his pull up/ pamper and he will not get a prize if he goes on himself.
ReplyI feel ya! My son’s 3rd birthday is in October and we’ve tried and tried…it’s not a huge concern either…i’m just tired of diaper duty. We tried the floor potty..but he walks over flips it over says NO! and walks off with a dirty look on his face…soo..I went to the library and got some books about going (which are pretty funny actually) and the librarian said she took her son to buy a stool because he didn’t like the floor potty either…so I think what I’m gonna do is buy him a wood stool at the craft store and let him put stickers on it and color it and make it fun for him and then get fruit loops and have my husband show him how fun it is to hit them in the toilet…maybe he’ll do the same…hey if you figure out how to get him interested email me would ya!? tpjp007@hotmail.com…GOOD LUCK!! I know you’ll need it!
ReplyYou should take him to the restroom with you. Tell him, this is how big boys (like daddy) go potty. He might, especially if he looks up to you, want to do what you do. But don’t rush him. He’ll do it in his time
ReplyMy only advice is to talk to him and let him know that it is time for him to be big and go on the potty. He is almost 3 and I’m sure understands every word that comes out of your mouth. Talk to him like you would any one else if they were peeing in there pants. When you put the undies on him at home and he has an accident make him help clean the mess. It is a reality check that you did not go potty, he did, and he has to help clean the mess and himself. Then reward him for his hard work. God bless, and good luck.
ReplyGet him one of those plastic potties that go on the floor. Then take him to the store and let him pick out some stickers to decorate his potty with so it makes it more special. Let him pick out his own underwear and also let him decide what his reward is. It’s also a good idea to have dad show him how it’s done. Lots of encouragement makes it easier and if he starts to regress make sure to stop training him. Pushing kids to potty train only makes it worse. Good luck!
ReplyGet him some targets for the potty and rewards for going. Stores sell biodegradable shapes that you place in the bowl. Now it is a game for your son to see if he can hit them. My sister-in-law used Cheerios and fruit loops. Any time he goes potty in the potty, you give him a little treat ie, m&m’s or something small he likes. You can even raise the stakes by giving him a small toy or big each time he goes without your prompting. You can even take him shopping for Big Boy pants of his choice. Put the package in the bathroom and then he can see what he gets when he learns to use the potty. Another trick is for dad to take him in whenever he goes. Then he sees what big boys do and what little boy doesn’t want to be just like dad. Take him every couple of hours and try and get him to play the game. You may end up flushing a lot of cherios but he will get it eventually. You will have plenty of accidents but keep encourageing him.
ReplyIm a stay at home mom so this worked for me, could work for you if you have a couple of days. We also live in the country. In the summer we would let him pee outside, he thought this was fun. Winter came he still didnt want to use the potty so I opened the back door and told him to “Paint me a picture” next time he had to pee. He loved the idea of just running to the door and not having to go into the bathroom all by himself. This worked fine untill he started trying to pee in the store parking lot! you might want to watch that.
ReplyWith my son I wouldnt let him wet in his diaper every time I saw him about to go. I rushed him to the bathroom and made him sit on the toilet. Which all day he refused to go then finally he couldnt hold it anymore he pee’d we made a big deal of it …..And vaila he was potty trained he hasnt had an accident since. I had it easy I hear horror storys of poty training boys. Good luck though.
ReplyI would suggest grabbing the Once Upon A potty dvd/book to keep him entertained while on the potty (book) and the DVD so he has an idea why to do it. The DVD also contains a helpful parents section as well.
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