Potty Training - Saint Cloud,FL

Hi.... I actually don't really have advice so much but was wondering if he used to go poop in the potty and just stopped that's what just recently happened with my daugther. She still pees in the potty but is pooping in her undies and she'll stand there and do her lil wave she does when she knows she's doing something wrong and says 'no' when I ask if she pooped. I just don't make a big deal about it as I heard from other moms; testing their limits but hopefully will decide that its better to just go in the potty. I just try not to go anywhere around potty times and/or carry a change of clothes/wipes. For me it happened when I started working more and she also just got her toddler bed... changes make the potty training process have setbacks sometimes. Hope this helps a little :)
It'll all be ok!

K., I have 3 children and my first two were potty trained before their second birthday and my third child was potty trained by 2 1/2. I do not believe in the "let them develop at their own pace" stuff. If that were the case, we'd have children who do not talk until they are 5 and still drinking out of bottles at 7. With that said, it is a parent's responsibility to guide and encourage our children along. My youngest is 3 and is totally potty trained, day and night, no pull-ups, no diapers and he gets himself up during the night if he has to go potty and he wipes himself! I realize others reading this will say well, "That's not my child, every child is different." This is true, every child is different but so is every parent's approach to teaching and enforcing new things to their child. I began making potty time a routine: sit on the toilet first thing in the morning and on the toilet just before taking a bath. I firmly believe in rewards, not to be confused with bribing. A reward is given ONLY when the child does something on the toilet. I used gummy fruit snacks and gave only ONE treat for every time something positive happened on the toilet and my children knew to associate the tasty treat with doing something on the toilet. At 3, your child most certainly knows that he has to pee and poop and he should be able to convey this very clearly if you remove his diaper. Are you home all day or a working mom? If you're not working, you remove his diaper during the day while you are home with him. Begin by putting him on the toilet every 30 minutes or every hour...set your clock if you have to. You are instilling a routine by doing this. When the timer goes off, say, "It's time to go potty," and whether he indicates he has to go or not, put him on the toilet and trust me, he may be resistant. Children do NOT like new routines but he will learn it IF you are persistent. Tell him to pee in the toilet. If he sits there for 5 minutes and doesn't do anything, tell him you cannot give him a reward until he pees or poops in the toilet. Then re-set the clock (or make note of the time) and re-visit the toilet in 30 minutes or so. This is how I potty trained all 3 of my children; it's a technique a friend of mine used to potty train her son at 15 months; and my mom swears it's how she taught me and my sister. I let them run around without a diaper and they WILL learn. Good luck.

My daughter turned 3 last month. Her pediatrician told me to fake mail away her diapers to the babies in the world that need them. She said to just put her in her panties, and if she peed herself, then have her help clean it up.

So, that's what I did, except I didn't fake mail. I just said that her 18 month old brother needed them since he is still a baby. I made a BIG deal about what a big girl she is now that she's 3. I put her in just a shirt and panties. She peed and I had her get down and wipe it up. Then, she had to wash out her panties. I was not hard on her, so she never felt in trouble. After that, she didn't want to pee in her panties anymore. I gave her treats (a couple of smarties) when she would pee, and an OREO when she would poop. It has worked so far. good luck!!!!!!

Hi K.

I hear ya .. as far as solutions I have no clue . My now 4 yr old FINALLY got it about a week before he started VPK,So I just wanted to let you know That My son was the same . He actually has a fear of flushing potties , at first he would only go at home. and Still won't go in large bathrooms which is fun when at the mall or something , Just letting you know I am with ya ,, Good luck

Christy

Is he your only son of your 5 children. My son took a while to potty trained. It took him going to pre-school where he sees others doing it for him to adopt the routine. Nothing I tried at home or otherwise worked for me, he just needed the reinforcement from his peers. Not sure if that might be the same situation with your child. Mine was shy even though he knew what to do.

Hi K.,

When I was potty training my son, I would for a couple of hours remove the diaper and leave him in regular clothes... Letting him know that if he needed to potty to let me know.. I notice that when he had a diaper on, he would not even bother to tell me that he needed to go; but when he wasnt wearing any he will tell me he needed to go, many times already late... So I completly removed the diaper and eventually he began advising me on time when he needed to go...

My oldest loved the "reward system", my second could care less; and my third, well, I told my two oldest sons to train him. I had very little to do with it...Bottom line: whatever works, sister.

What seemed to work for me with my boys was to take away the diaper completely. Make it special, have him pick out his new undies and get him excited to wear them and remind him that he does not want to pee or poop on the characters on the undie. If he has an accident (and he will), have him help you in the clean up (if that is possible!) Use pull ups at night. This process will take at least a week to 2 weeks for you to see the results. It worked for both my boys, good luck.