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 [...]
Anyone Have Tips On Potty Training?
Posted by Portable Potty Seer in Potty Training Q & A
My baby is 31 months old now(21/2 yrs old) and iam so sick of buying Pull-ups for him. What am i doing wrong that he wont use the toliet he will pee on it but wont boo-boo. Anyone have any potty training tips?
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Most little boys start to potty train at about 3 years of age. Usually this is when they start to get interested. Little boys tend to be more occupied with playing and do not usually want to take time to use the potty.
ReplyRemember it will be his responsibility to get to the potty and not have accidents. You need to understand this to help you not become frustrated. Potty training is a time when you can teach your son responsibility. Learning to take responsibility is a good lesson.
Go ahead and put him in underwear once he runs out of pull-ups. Explain to him that once he is out of pull-ups you are not going to buy anymore. Have him pick out the underwear he would like to wear.
Once you do put him in underwear you want to stick with it. Whenever he has an accident you want him to clean up the accident with as little help from you as possible. Most children do not like this and will want to use the potty instead of having to clean up.
Before you do this you need to get yourself into a positive state of mind. Go ahead and get a visual picture in your mind of what it will be like when your son is potty trained. This will help you get a good positive feeling flowing and it will help you to stay focused on potty training.
Stay focused and be positive.
My son is also 2 1/2 and he has been potty trained for about 2 months. We would by him pull ups but noticed that when he had them on he still wet himself. He just continued thinking it was a diaper and it was ok so we stopped and just bought him regular undies. He did have accidents for a while but then got the concept down. When he went would get excited for him and hug him tell him he is such a big boy, and he loved that. He would get very excited so now he is fully potty trained. I think the key is not to get mad at him when he wets himself but just the reassurance when he actually goes in the toilet.
ReplyFirst of all boys are harder to potty train than girls. Secondly try having him potty when you do, or at least sit on the toilet when he is trying. Yelling or disciplining won’t make things any easier.After he eats, plays gets up from a nap or first thing in the morning and last thing at night put him on the potty. And thirdly don’t call it boo-boo. That’s what happens when you fall down. As he gets older and you ask about boo-booing he’ll just tell you no he doesn’t have a boo-boo and then he’ll potty his pants. It will save alot of time and energy.
Replyi always gave my 2 and half yr old a treat. like a jelly bean after goin poo in the toilet. but not pee… and i would let her say cute things like “buy buy poopies” before she flushed them.
Replygirls are easier than boys though.. ive heard. but really. its just being firm and saying.. “do you want to wear big boy underwear?” dont give them an option… wear pull ups at night if they start getting good. and if they pee or poo in the big boy underwear after like a week of being really good about it make sure they kno it was a big no no. i did and she got pretty good.
OHH and if you want you can sort of ‘time out’ in the beginning.. like if they pee in their pull up or poo in it.. you say “why didnt you use the bathroom?” and they generally have a dumb answer… haha… but then you say “thats not what big boys do… big boys use the potty. go sit on the potty til you show me you have pee or poopies.. ok?” my toddler generally wouldnt be too upset.. but she would sit on it for like five minutes and grunt. it was funny… then she would have a lil poopie to show me and i wouldnt reward her with a jelly bean becuase i had to tell her to go poo… she doesnt win anythign for being bad.
ask him too.. like every 10 minutes or so. it gets annoying but keep asking “do you have to go potty?” or “lets go potty..” or “dont forget.. if you go potty all on your own.. you get a jelly bean” [or whatever... something small that tehy get one of]