I need some advice/suggestions on how to potty train my 2.5YO son!!!! My daughter was SO EASY to PT and she was completely done by 2.5YO. I have heard that boys are a little harder than girls?!?!? He is now moved up into a classroom where they PT and even have a private toilet in their room! :-) They suggested I bring in Pull-ups in stead of diapers....so I did. But I am thinking that he still thinks they are diapers and doesn't care! With my daughter, if I remember correctly, I put her in training underwear with plastic protectors over them and sent her on her way to DC. Granted, I would come home every night and have a few undies wet and would have to do wash but over time that shrunk down to no accidents.
Should I do the same with my son? I have the training underwear and plastics home for him.
Any advice is greatly appreciated! Thanks ladies! :-)
Thanks everyone for you responses. I have decided to to what I did with my daughter. My son will be going to school in his underwear and protectors. No more pull-ups. I never believed in them with my daughter so I don't know what possessed me to get them for my son!?!?! Thanks again! :-)
When I trained my boys, it was Cheerios in the toilet
water and aim for them. Such a simple fun thing but so
effective. Being in daycare that is not an option, but I
would try it at home. Then if he has fun maybe it will
make it easier. Good luck.
My boys were easy to train. They just watched their Dad.
My oldest daughter was easy too..however, my youngest daughter is 3 and still has not grasped the concept. She doesn't have accidents anymore, but she holds it until nap/bedtime when I put her pull-ups or diaper back on.
Good luck,
Nanc
As a Child Cae Provider, I would suggest sending in the rubber pants and underpants with a couple of extra outside ones too. I found most kids relied on the pull up as a diaper and just pee when they wanted. Also explain to your son that he can always go back to what he was playing with both at home and at school. Have the caregivers reinforce this with the other children and him! Good Luck!
Hey mom,
Lucky you, the school will do it for you.
I would say go with your gut on this one and ask the school if they'll try it your way. but I think you will need a few 3 day weekends to really get him to train.
PS my boys all showed interest around 2 but didn't TRAIN til after 3 years old.
It isn't like a girl LOL
M
Hello M.,
Boys are not necessarily more difficult than girls, but each child is an individual. Your son is not necessarily ready to train simply because your daughter did at that age or because other kids at daycare are ready.
I don't believe in pullups - if you're ready for underwear, then use underwear (or cloth trainers) and if not ready, then use diapers. If he is simply using the pullups as a diaper, I would stop sending them and let daycare know that your son is not ready, and that you don't need to stretch the training process into occasional potty use over a period of months.
When he truly is ready, I'd go with the cloth trainers and plastic pants, that's what I used for my son.
Of course your son thinks the pullups are a diaper, he doesn't know that he is not supposed to pee or poop in them, and he isn't suddenly going to realize that. The extreme wetness he'll feel from cloth, along with being taken to the bathroom consistently at frequent intervals each day, is what will teach him
good luck!
Hi M.,
Someone once told me that "when they're ready, they're ready." I have a little boy (almost 4) and he JUST started to PT. He's in school and it was the aide that got him started. For about a month he would only go at school. I knew he was capable but he just wasn't ready to do it at home until one day, it just clicked, he came running into the kitchen and said, "mom, I have to go pee" I've found that if you push before they're ready it will only further complicate things for you and him!
Boot Camp Potty is what I did. I stayed home for literally a week letting my daughter run around naked from the waist down or with just some undies one. This way if she did have an accident (which she did) she would know what it feel like and believe me did not like it. This concept I feel works the best but not for all parents especially if both work. But if you're a SAHM it's a technique I swear by. She was PT'd by 2 yr. 3 mos. old after about 10 days!! The other technique that should be incorporated w/ Boot Camp Potty is NO PULL UPS WHATSOEVER!! It clearly sends a mixed signal to toddlers and in MHO using them is doing a disservice to your child and will only lengthen the time it takes to PT your child. Besides they are way expensive, think of all the money you will save.
The other thing I did was take my daughter to the store and let her pick out her own undies. THis way there's an ownership to them and not wanting to soil them.
You also have to know when your child is ready. My daughter was staying dry through the nights for months on end, pulling off her diaper whenever she did soil it to tell me it's time to change her and using the toilet when she felt she had to go. So she was definitely ready.
I did Boot Camp Potty in March which is a horrible time to do so you are in the perfect season -- Summer!!
If out of all the things you only do one thing that I suggest it should be THE NO PULLUPS WHATSOEVER!!
Good luck!
my son is 2.5 also and has no interest in potty training. he doesn't even want to sit on the potty. i'm interested in what everyone tells you.
