Having Problems with Potty Training

With all of my kids, we used the "Potty treat" system. We bought a bunch of penny candy or a bag of jelly beans (very small stuff that wont hurt their appetite)and used them as rewards. Every time the child ATTEMPTS to use the potty, succesfully or not, they earn a treat. Keep the treats in a special basket up high so the child can see they are getting something special that is not usually accessible. Once they get the hang of urinating and getting the treats, the next step is to reward for bowel movements and let the urinating treats fade away. After that is mastered start working on the treats for dry naps and nights and eventually the treats will be a thing of the past. Our current three year old was potty trained this way in less than three weeks start to finish. GOod luck and keep us all posted.

SAHM of 9 kids ages 3-23

potty training 101
get rid of diapers except at night. tell child that small babies need them.no pull ups..
when child goes on the toilet..give m&m
when child has an accident.say awwww well next time you go on the pottie I will give you a special sticker and an m&m
have child sit on pottie first time in morning..before you go out and thur out the day
never go back to diapers..you will have a week of..well hell but it will work..

Potty can be a very scary thing for children to experience, so what you want to do is tell your husband or the child's father to take him to the restroom with him whenever he goes and make sure you talk to him about how important it is for him to be a big boy by going to the potty. Remember to tell him how important good of a job is doing when he at least tries. Also try to find some underwear that have his favorite character's on it and tell how important it is not to get this person wet. Be Creative with it and still happy at all times...

I just potty trained my 2 year old son. My husband and I tried a few times over the summer, but our son wanted nothing to do with it. I just kind of left him alone about it for a while and then over the fall he just decided for himslef that he was ready. My point is... Your child will let you know when he is ready. Dont push the issue too much just every now and then ask him if he wants to try. Hopefully this will help you. Hang in there.
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hello. I understand what you are going through i am a 25yr old mom with a 6, 4, and 4month old. my oldest potty trained so easily so when my daughter came along we could not understand why at 3 an a half she still would have regular accidents on a daily basis. It took alot of time and patience with her. we tried the treat system but ti didnt work we tried princess pullups and tried to have her not have accidents on the pretty princesses we even tried reverse psycology where we would tell her if she wanted to act like a baby we would treat her like one and put on diapers and put her back in the crib. little did we know that was worse b/c it was attention she was seekink. finally we made her feel x-tra special when she did go on the potty we acted as if an accident was no big deal we treated it like a normal thing but made a really big deal we she would go on the potty. she would get to pick out a movie at the store, she would choose dessert that night and we would dance around the house sining a potty song everytime. finally she realized that she would get the attention when she went on the potty and it worked. i know it is really weird but at 3 1/2 we were willing to try anything. i hope this was helpful..

we were having problems with my step son hes a little over 3 and he is just starting to use the potty now. he did start to teke more interest with having the pull ups and someone else told us to use toys we were told to buy a bunch of cheap toys like from the dollar store (we used match box cars) put them in a "special box" and your child can go in the box and get one toy every time they use the potty its still been a long road but this week he started going all by himself. Good luck D.

Hi C.,

I was going through some of the older requests and came upon this one in which I thought I could offer a fun suggestion to potty training boys. When my two boys were being potty trained, neither one of them like to go in the little potty. So I bought a stool for them to use in our bathroom. I would keep a little bowl of Fruit Loops by the toilet. When it was time to "go potty", I would throw a couple of them into the toilet and tell them to "aim for the fruit loops". They thought it was funny and made going to the potty a much less stressful event. After a month or two of doing this...we occasionally "forgot" to fill the bowl of fruit loops and eventually never filled the bowl. Both of my boys were trained to go on the "potty" before they were 2 years old. Good luck with your training, the price of diapers today is great motivation in itself to get them trained early. Feel free to contact me if you'd like to chat. :-)

Tell them to go every hour to two hours. My 5 yr old does the same thing and won't tell you about poop but will the pee.