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 Tips Needed For My Son Please?
Help, I am a single dad and have no idea re. potty training. We have been shopping for a potty but he is completely uninterested. Is there anyway of making it fun, I’ve tried the ‘Cherios’ method but that just made him cry that i put them in there.
Any tips would be very welcome as he starts nursery in September.
Thanks in advance
Nick.
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Take him into the bathroom whenever you go. Tell him what you are going. If he doesn’t show any interest as to what you are doing, then he isn’t ready yet.
ReplyI heard someone say that putting water in the potty and putting cheerios in the water will make him want to use the potty. Make a game of it. Have him see if he can hit the cheerios.
ReplyI honestly don’t know if it’s effective or not. I don’t have a boy. Just trying to help.
I personally left my son with no nappy/pants on to play in the garden teaching him to go to the side of the garden to wee. This worked fine and he was dry day and night within 3months of starting “potty training” He was never very keen on the potty itself a step up to toilet and a baby toilet seat thingy worked best for him. He started off sitting down then as his confidence grew he began to stand. A good supply of pants and lots of patience is also required! Don’t put too much pressure on him, he will do it when he is ready. Good luck!
Replyboys take a little longer than girls and some say that they are a little lazy…… let him go around your house with no nappy on and leave the potty out for him to see and use…… i know a friend of mine’s boy didn’t use the potty at all he just wanted to be like his daddy and use the toilet……. have u tried that?.. it will happen just got to be patient……. xxx
Replythe book that smiler, above, has recommended is brilliant.
ReplyThe author is called Tony Ross, and he has written lots of childrens books, about things like new siblings,getting rid of a dummy, and also a great one about potty training, called ‘ I want my potty’.
The story is about a little princess who hates her potty to begin with, but then ends up loving it!!
Just because he is a boy, your little boy can still read books about little princess, both of mine did!
I used this book to help potty train my 2 boys, and it worked brilliantly, and was fun for them because they had to shout, at the top of their voice….’I WANT MY POTTY!!’
It was great, but obviously you may not want them to do this ( a bit embarassing in town!), but that is not what you HAVe to do, its just how i decided to make it fun for them!
Good luck, hope that helps…oh, and i would also say that some kids refuse to go onto the potty at all, and go straight onto toilet seats..my son calls this his special seat, and loves it!
Good luck, hope this helps!
my son turned 4 in march and he just now, like in may became potty trained. it took forever. i took him to the doctor and everything. he wasn’t going at all!! i did the sticker thing, where you give him a sticker on a board everytime he goes. that became old very quickly. LOL Anyway, one day i just had had enough. i told him that once his pack of pullups is gone, thats it. I wasn’t buying anymore diapers. i bought him some “big boy pants” and started making him wear them. It worked!!! he had accidents, yes, but it was like in one day!! i didn’t even have to finish the pullups! i still am baffled to how it worked out, but i am deffinately not complaining! LOL
ReplyTheres this book,well there a series of them actually that is titled “I want my potty”" they do “i want my supper”" and other titles.I can remember the publishers name but all good book shops will know what book it is if you asked.It has really bright illustrations and it really did help both my two to start to show interest in the potty.The book has been around for a good few years but i did notice it last time i was in ottakers.
ReplyI know some people dont like the potty anywhere other than the loo but i tended to put it in every room we wnet into and even if mine just sat on it i made a huge fuss and clapped and said hooray as its a form of rewarding them with lots of “OTT” praise.Perhaps try making a sticker or reward chart on the fridge,so that they can have a treat everytime they have either sat or done something on it.
Its just a case of keeping at it,some are earlier than others and dont feel unde pressure because he is staring nursery,lots of kids are still in pull ups at my youngests nursery too.Every child develops at a different level to the next so dont get stressed over it!!good luck!!
I have potty trained both my son and daughter and I would say boys are definitely harder to train.
ReplyI think it really helps boys to pee standing up. They see what is happening and connect the sensations. I started by having my son pee in the grass before he got in the swimming pool so it all started as a fun thing. My friend told me how happy she was with The Potty Stool. http://www.thepottystool.com I was skeptical it would make a difference but I could not believe how much it helps! Both my son and daughter could get safely to the toilet and my son can pee down into the toilet while standing and he can hold onto the sidepiece for complete stability. I love that I don’t have to dump a potty and kids never touch the toilet.
The best thing is that kids use it for years. Hope this helps.
take his nappy off all day. when he starts to pee quickly get the potty underneath him to catch the pee. then tell him well done and get him to help take it to the toilet.
ReplyI did this with both my boys and it worked. he prob wont poo for a while in the potty so just work on pees first.
also get him a potty book (can get these from tesco) this is a story about a boy using the potty and just helps him understand what its for.
I also read that giving them a book to read while sitting there is good but it didnt work with my kids.
we tried everything with my son, and he wasnt interested. In the end we just put pants on and reminded him to go every 5 mins with an egg timer - this was gradually increased. He never had any accidents - when it came time to do poo’s - he’d scream the place down, but eventually he went and just did them.
ReplyHe is still not dry at night but I’m not fussed, he’ll do it when hes ready
You don’t say how old you son is, but my guess is that he’s just a little too young at the moment.
ReplyThe other answers are spot on and I can only add that perhaps you could try a toilet seat rather than a potty as he might see you using the loo and want to be like Daddy, rather than a little boy.
Also, try not to put too much pressure on him. Wait a week or two and try again. As for nursery, does he have to be dry there? My daughter goes to nursery part time and she has just gone off today with a bag of knickers as the first of her ‘big girl’ days - they are helping kick start it as it’s part of their job. I’m sure you and him will get the hang of it by September! Best of luck.
First, I would invest in a lot of paper towels for cleanup!! : ) Here are a few tips that I have learned. Let him pick out a stool for stepping up to the toilet. (He can use it for washing his hands and brushing his teeth too.) Then turn the toilet water blue with one of those toilet freshening drop ins. Now, when he pees, the water will turn green!
ReplyTake off his diaper and buy cool big boy underwear. They sell plastic underpants that you can wear over the underwear, and that helps with clean up. It also makes them aware when they go.
Most of all, be patient. They will potty train when they are ready. I give 2 or 3 M&Ms for rewards. One of my kids didn’t potty train until she was almost 3 and one did it when she turned 2, so it depends on the kid.
Oh, the other thing that worked was parking a potty chair in front of the TV and letting them sit there to watch TV. They would sit longer that way. Good luck!!!
The daycare my son goes does this… One sticker for pee pee and 2 stickers for poo poo. It works very good.
ReplyWe leave a sticker book in the bathroom that he can see but cannot reach. I will eagarly go potty to get stickers. Eventually starts getting comfortable. This was not a smooth process either. Sometimes he will still have to sticker that he got before. Or the grocery store people would have given a sticker, etc….
There is another way….Put is favorite pants without diaper. If he pees on it you will put it for washing. Let him pee couple of times. The third time he will ask you to take him to the potty.
Hopefully, other members have given you good suggestions too.
Good luck.
I know this is going to sound stupid, but when it came time to potty train my little brother (who’s eight years younger than me), we let him pee on rocks. we couldn’t get him to go in the toilet for anything. but when we started making an outside game of it, and it was okay since we lived out in the country, he loved it. he enjoyed it so much, that he was still peeing off the porch when he was 16. LOL since you are daddy, and you could show him better than us girls, see if that works. at the very least, you will get an idea of when he has to go. and it will be fun for him. but beware that when my brother was four and we visited the Lost Sea outside of Chattanooga, he really had to go and whipped it out and peed on the rocks in the cave. it’s not an ideal world, but something to think about. good luck with that.
ReplyI have to same problem…and September is my deadline too.
ReplyI am going to get desperate here and just make him wear underwear and if he is wet…change him…but tell him if he has to go…he needs to use the potty.
My son cries too when I put Cherrios or Fruit Loops in the potty….
Try making it sound like fun. Like put a bullseye in the middle of it and give him a prize when he makes it in.
ReplyWell maby tell him c’mon i know you can do better than that basically tell him every 4 poops 1 sticker make it like a game.also at nite maby you sleep with him when you smell his diaper dirty or he farts bring him to the potty immediately
ReplyTry getting some stickers ( all kids love stickers) and a wall chart and tell him every time he uses the potty he gets to add a sticker to his chart and when he makes it to the end of a line then he gets a treat.
ReplyAs a mom of a little boy myself I think its more common for little boys not to be too interested in using the potty. But try to make a game out of it or showing him its grown up to go to the potty alone. You do it. And show him how. I mean you don’t have to get undressed or anything but just go through the motions. My son has an interest in the toilet water but not sitting on the bowl. He likes to hear it flush though.
ReplyNick,
ReplySome people are good at making a game of it. Myself on the other hand don’t want to go aroung cleaning up urine. I have a boy and a girl, I potty trained my boy first. When my son turned three, I got a potty and sat with him in my room and watched cartoons with him until he went to the bathroom. After he went I gave him all the praise in the world and took him to the store and got him any kind of candy he wanted. He’s been using the bathroom ever since. Once they realize that they have done something good and you give them wonderful praise for it, they will want to do it all the time. Just saying it may work for you too.
They make urinals for little boys now. I am going to get one for my son. I think it is a great thing. I first taught my son what peeing and pooing was and then when he caught onto it I began asking him to tell me when he has to go. It has been on and off, but mind you he’s not even two yet. I think encouragment is the best thing. Boys usually are slow at his, he’ll get it sometime. Good Luck!
Replyif he isnt intrested he isnt ready.
Replypotty training can only be done when the child is intested it cant be forced onto the child otherwise it turns into a battle and he will never do it.
leave the potty out, when your child shows an intrest then start training
hi hun. i have two boys aged 2 and 4, and were both potty trained fairly young. try taking him to the toilet with you and encouraging him to use the potty as you use the toilet. when he does use the potty show your praise as claps or by telling him what a clever boy he is. failing that, take him shopping for his fave character undies and tell him what they are for. put them on him and he will soon tire of the wet feeling around his willy!! lol. doesnt usually last long. its a very time consuming time potty training. did you try pull ups?
ReplyI tried to get my daughter into potty training. She was 17 months. i did everything under the sun, but I read and spoke to someone who said the best way is to leave their own potty or their own potty seat in the bathroom to get them familiar with their potty. Then, after some time they will show interest. One thing to never do is push them, if you push, they are going to rebel. My daughter rebelled, but when I left her alone, she got used to the potty being there and now, at 18 months, she wants to be potty trained.
Replymaybe hes not ready…i used to keep the potty in the sitting room and over time got it in to the bathroom,mite be gross but if u cant get mr man to the potty bring the potty to him…..make it fun and try not to get yourself stressed,kids can sense that and it will make things more difficult.
Replyhi there when i was toilet training my two girls i did’nt use a potty,i used a childs rubber ring,you know the ones with the pictures on them .that worked very well ,i just put that on top of the toilet and sat them on it .worked a treat. xx
ReplyHi. Well I have two sons and both were different when it came to potty training. My oldest took only a week to train and he did it himself. We bought a seat that would sit on the big toilet so it seemed like he was going to the potty like the big kids and its easier to clean. My youngest took longer and we would just let him sit on the toilet and took him to the potty after a few hours to get him use to it and told him that if he went to the potty like a big kid he would get a surprise. He wore training pants and finally was trained at age 3 1/2 but did not start till age 3. My dad them use to take my son them in the bathroom when they went to show them how to pee in the potty.
ReplyWith my kids I bought them potties that were like chairs - the actual potty was removable so that you could empty it, but to them it was like sitting in a chair and a bit more comfortable.
ReplyAnother thing I did was buy them pants with their favourite characters on and let them run around in just their pants when they are at home. If they are wearing trousers they can easily forget they are not wearing a nappy, and if their pants have their favourite character on them they are usually less inclined to want to get them dirty. I would avoid pull ups as kids tend to use them as nappies.
Give lots and lots of praise to your little boy whenever he goes in his potty, and just don’t say anything when he has an accident - or comfort him if he is upset. You could also try a reward chart. It may take a little while but he’ll get there in the end. Good luck!