Calling on All Super Moms That Know How to Potty!

I know how you feel i had to rack my brain to remeber how i potty trained my boys and my youngest is only 5 it all goes by so fast. but anyways, with my oldest i let him go and pick out a potty and then it became his new favorite toy. it hadn't been used at this point so it was his chair in the living room a place to store his toy cars and everything else his little mind could come up with untill one day after a bath he took off without his jammies which was the norm and decided to use the potty, which was still in my living room but at least he dumped out his cars. LoL. after that it was easy anytime i let him run around without a diaper he would go in the potty rather than on my floor, even though he refused to let me move the potty to the bathroom. once a few weeks had passed we started a sticker chart and prizes for everytime he went and it was really easy from there on out. just be positive accidents ahppen and if you scold they will jsut learn to hate the potty and it'll take even longer, something else i found i used the training pants not pullups yes they are messier and yes you might end up with a wet floor or worse a wet couch but then they know they are wet and it is very different than being in a diaper. good luck and dopn't rush it i guess most of my point is that nomatter how stragne it may seem let him do it his way and it'll happen.

Hey J., first of all let me say that potty training isnt easy. I tried everything in the book to get my daughter to go on the big girl potty, even bought one of those really expensive potty's that light up and play music whenever they do go, trust me it doesnt work, for one they will go when they are ready but what worked with my daughter was, i told her that diapers and pull ups were for babies and that she was a big girl, santa claus was going to come that night to take them all away to give to the babies because they needed them, and that she had to use the potty, i hid all of her diapers etc. and it worked. Of course she had her accidents, but her she is 2 years old and fully potty trained hope that helps. Good Luck!

Since you just moved I would wait. It might be too much of a change at one time. My son is three and is not potty trained yet but I am letting him lead, he is starting to tell me when he goes so that is a start. If he is not showing signs just wait, think about this he will not be wearing diapers forever. As far as the cheerios thing I think that is a big mistake. We tried that and my son then decided that it was ok to put things in the toliet. Now tell me how to explain to a three year old that you do not put things in the potty when he saw you do it. He just wanted to reach in and play with them. GROSS!!!! So I would wait till you see signs. He will tell you when he is ready. Good luck and if you try something and it works let me know.

I personally found the m&m thing to work. Keep a storage container in the general area of the bathroom, filled with the child favorite treat. Explain to them that if the go potty they get a treat. Explain that everytime anyone else goes to the potty they will get a treat and he will not unless he goes potty. Everytime you or someone in your family goes potty make it a big deal and show him them getting their treat. I know it sounds silly and trust me my husband thought i was crazy clapping for daddy to go potty but when daddy got a treat or mommy got a treat, they wanted a treat. I worked for all 3 of my children and it taught them good hygiene because they had to wash their hands before getting a treat.

Mom of 3!

It was a bit of a struggle for me to get my son potty trained at first. I had to narrow it down to putting him on the potty every 15 mins when I first started trying to get him to potty train. He wouldn't go every time but it was more less to get him to get the feel of sitting there. He also wanted nothing to do the potty he wanted to go on the big boy toliet so thats the way that we did. Also what helped is letting him go into the bathroom with daddy. He thought it was interesting watching daddy stand over the toliet and pee. Weird I know but it got the ball rolling. You can also make it into a game. Put some cheerios or something similar in the toliet and try to have him aim and pee. The thing that made us most successful was the treat and rewards system. Everytime he would do something on the potty even if it was a drop he would get to pick a toy out the toy bag or get a pack of fruit snacks or something along that line. But with the rewards system you have to very strict they know how to manipulate. The toys he was able to choose from came from the dollar store but he enjoyed getting to pick a prize. Hope this helps a bit.

i dont know if it is much different for a boy to learn vs. a girl. but i know that with my daughter at about 18 months i put a baby potty where we usually hang out during the day and about every half hour i would say, "if feel like you have to pee you can use the potty." of course at that age she didnt use it. i did this every day. then right befire she turned 2 shes used it a few times. and when she did i made a HUGE deal about it, calling daddy at work, shouting hooray, huggung, kissing, smiling saying "i am proud of you!!". she really loved this attention and started going all the time! it got to where several days would go by and i didnt have to change a single diaper (except for morning and after nap). my daughter is about 28 months old now and uses the potty very regularly. i make a point to praise her now and then to keep her motivated. try these positive tecniques and see if they help your little boy feel more motivated. it cant hurt.

OK, I am *NOT* a supermom, as my guy has finally learned at the ripe old age of 5. Signs of readiness being dry consistently in the am only happened very recently. He just wasn't interested, slept deeply, and the doc said don't pressure him. There are a ton of websites, but really, if the kid isn't ready, he just isn't. Einstein wasn't potty trained until age 5, either, so that gave me a little boost.

Just make sure to use positive reinforcement only, and wait until he is interested. Then, bribe away!

Best wishes!
K.

well im a sahm with one child who is 2 and i have another one who is due in april we have had a potty chair for 5 days now and my son actually went 15 times on it on his b day he loves it he was always taking his diaper off and we figured its time for him and he wants to go to the big boy potty well i was very surprised when he went i was so happy for him he was excited too he claps his hands and runs around after he gets done i have mine in my living room so he can just go whenever he wants too so he has peed everyday on his potty so far its been almost 3 days now and hes being so big about it

Hello! I'm not a mom but I can help!
First start out by "introducing" the potty. Get books/videos/toys that encourage using the potty and talk with your child about how it is yucky to go poop/pee in the diaper but it is good to go in the potty.
Next, switch to pullups if you haven't already.
Then, start going to the potty every 40-50 minutes. Start out by simply praising just for sitting there. Then after a while switch to only praising when your son actually goes. I recommend having specific books that are just for using the potty. Right now in my daycare I have a boy that started potty training two weeks ago (he's almost completely potty trained now) and we have three books in the bathroom that are just for him when he goes potty. They are all board books so I can wipe them down after each time he reads them. Two are potty books and the other is not.
Finally follow your sons ques and use lots of positive reinforcement!! Your son will potty train faster if he is ready and if he feels proud.
GOOD LUCK!