Potty Training - Belleville,IL

Potty training in just difficult, especially boys. My son was pretty much the same way. Would go but wouldn't remember to try on his own. We finally did just switch to underpants (at daycare also), and after the first week he only had one accident a week. He was pee-trained at about 3year, 3months and poop trained at 3y, 6mo. He still wears a pull up at night.

Hey M.,

My son just turned 3 at the end of October to and he has been potty trained since he was a bout 26 months. I noticed that he would do really well at home but I kept putting pull ups on him when we would go out. One day I just said no more and quit with the pull ups and he's done awesome. My advice would be take the pull ups away put him in big boy undies and just keep taking him to the potty about every 30 minutes throughout the day. I think once they realize they don't have a option most will just do it. Good Luck!!

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M.,

I dedicated an entire weekend to potty training. Plan to go no where. Put big boy pants on him and take him every 15 minutes until he goes and then you can up it to 30 minutes etc.... you may have some accidents, just don't get frustrated. If he does have an accident, have him take his own underwear off and clean up the mess then pick out some new underwear. It's a long frustrating process but after a few days they get the hang of it. I agree about the pull-ups they are a waste of $ and just like a diaper. I only used them at night time & naps Good Luck--J. C

Hi M.,

I just potty trained my 25 month old this past weekend and I got an e-book from www.3daypottytraining.com. It worked extremely well. You dedicate 3 days to watching your child and letting them know the feel of having to go to the bathroom. You get rid of diapers/pull-ups with the child's help and they solely wear underwear. The ebook explains everything and she will give advice and help with any questions. My daughter has not had an accident since Saturday and we started on Friday!!

Good Luck!

Go cold turkey. If you allow him to wear pull-ups there is not consequence to going to the bathroom in his pants. Buy lots of cheap underwear and expect to throw some away. Take a long weekend, pump him full of water and put him on the potty every 30-45 minutes or so, whether he says he needs to go or not. Praise him, cheer, clap, sing and dance... just be really excited when he uses the potty. I think this is similar to the potty training in 3 days method... I just didn't want to pay for it.

Our daughter got it within a couple of days. She still had lots of accidents and we threw away lots of underwear. After a couple weeks, she was almost fully "pee-pee" trained. The "poo-poo" training took a little longer. We never gave her anything for using the potty except for love and praise... and it worked great. She was so proud of herself she told anyone who would listen.

Try to stay patient and positive and don't punish for accidents, that will only make matters worse.

Good luck!!

I swear by 3daypottytraining.com! I used it for my little girl who was an early potty trainer and it worked for her, even at night. I told some of the ladies in my MOMS Club about it and a couple of the gals with 3-year old little boys tried it and couldn't believe how quickly it worked. They were very skeptical that it would work at night but it sure did! Now they are talking about it too and a couple other moms are going to try it! Definately worth it!!

We went 'cold turkey' on our boys. Our oldest wanted to wear underware at 3 yo & that was it. Our youngest would hold his pee for 8 hrs. then let it go in a flood & no diaper or insert would soak it up fast enough, so we went 'cold turkey' on him at 34 months. We put him in a cars pull up for in the car & told him that they were his special car underware that he only got to wear in the car (to save his carseat). He was trained in about 1 month (both). I have a friend who's daughter could not be trained by anything (rewards, ect.) but 'cold turkey'.

Give it a try & tell him he must try when a timer goes off (we didn't use a timer, but I've heard that it helps).

God bless!

M.-

I don't have much advice but just wanted to let you know that you are not alone. My daughter is 27 months old and I tried while on maternity leave to potty train with just having her wear underwear and taking her every 30 minutes. It worked well - only if we got there within 30 minutes! She had been wearing pullups and going potty when we put her there on and off for 5 months so I thought she was ready! Well three weeks into that (of having her go every 20 minutes, then the second week every 30 minutes then the third week every 40 minutes), she was still not telling me when she had to go and if I let it go longer than 40 minutes, she'd have an accident. So I decided to back off - I'll ask if she has to go when she wakes up and do make her sit on the potty before bath time but that is pretty much it. I am going to try again in January. I heard boys are harder to potty train so hang in there. Maybe having a new baby around has something to do with it? Maybe take a month off completely then revisit it again and see how he does.

Hi M., I feel for ya! Basically what we did w/ our son was dedicate the whole weekend to putting him on the potty every 15 minutes until he pottied, and then we would wait an hour and back to potty every 15 mins. When he pottied we made a big ordeal and yeahed and clapped, but then we explained that feeling he had right before he pottied is his signal that he had to go, so as soon as you get that feeling you let mommy and daddy know you have to potty. It of course took a few times explaining that to him, but he was potty trained by the end of the weekend. He has never had an accident or gotten up in the night to potty, and we never used pull ups. I personally think they are a waste. I think it send mixed signals to kids because they are so much like diapers. Good luck and yes, you'll be cleaning up pee alot during your weekend, but stay consistent and he'll catch on. Good luck!!

M., we JUST went through this a few months ago...potty training is SUCH a big step, i hope you can figure out what works for him!

i would absolutely not use pull ups except at night or during naptimes. to me it's a waste - they are SO much more expensive than diapers and not much more convenient. towards the end i was putting on and taking off my son's diapers without him even laying down.

i did try putting him in undies and hounding him, but he was literally having accidents every 20 or 30 minutes, i don't know what the deal was, maybe he wasn't finishing on the potty. anyway, one day it just clicked for him. he started telling us and it was like magic, how quickly things turned around.

the last time when it finally clicked, i had been leaving him in diapers and just trying to ask him, every hour or so. i would praise like crazy when he would be dry, and be "sad" when he was wet. not angry or judging...i'd just look sad and say something like, "oooh. not dry. that's okay, we'll try again..." when he came to me and told me he wanted to go, was when i started putting him in undies. then i made it very clear that (whoever was on the undies) would get soooo sad if they got pee-pee on them...and it seemed like overnight (i think it was more like a week or two) he did a complete 180.

i don't really have any advice, just use your common sense...and you'll know when he's ready. but keep trying till then...you never know when it'll sink in!! GOOD LUCK!! i am so excited for you, it's such a relief to get past this hurdle...!

Like some others have said, forget pullups! they sell training underwear that are thicker and help it from going all over the place (I could only find these at JC Penney).
Once we got rid of the pullups, is when we started to see progress. My son just turned 2 last week, and while he still have small accidents (meaning he will let out a few drops before he gets to the potty), he is doing great.
We did the sticker chart and took him to the store to buy a toy with it, actually handed the checkout lady it.
We also allow him to bringa book or toys to the potty, which helps, although sometimes its hard to get him off the potty!
Good luck! I know it can be tiresome!

My great nephew just turned 4 in oct. an we were in the same boat your in he would go hide someplace to do the bm but could get him to pee in the toilet. I made the game out of the peeing in the toilet, I told him I wanted to see if he could hit the man in the hole, then the game begins also with to see whom could beat him to the bathroom to hit the man in the hole if it were me, his ma ma, or even anyone else in the family that was in the house at the time. It was horrible on the pooping as nothing phased him on wanting to go until one day he decicded he was gonna do it himself with a littlbe bit of bribery on my part I had told him he had to go potty in the big potty for 3 days an then we would go to toy store if he did. Xav stayed in pullups throughout it all. So hang in there he will do it.

Hi M.
I am a Nana to a beautiful 3 year old (stubborn)little girl who will be 4 in March. We worked very hard on the potty issue like you, but the thing that worked for up was when we put her in Pre-school. They have schedules for everything including potty time. After the second week she was telling us (for the most part) when she had to go potty. I also have a Grandson(s) and we played Sink the Cherrios with, and it worked.
Hugs & Blessings ~ P. F