I know many mothers has this as a topic, so sorry if I am repeating. My 3 year old is finally showing potty training interest. He has gone 8 days now without pooping in his pants, and clearly notifies me in advance and will sit on the toilet until he is successful. I know learning #2 is opposite...usually training on #1 is easier. So, I put pull-ups on him today, and asked all day if he needed to go pee. No mommy, I go poop on the potty. So, I am going back to diapers for now, cause he has no desire to train on pee. How do I start that training now? My mom suggested straight underwear, and when the pee drips down his leg, he won't like the feeling and will want to sit on the potty. I don't feel like cleaning up messes... any other suggestions?
For my son, I had him wear underwear (except for bedtime) all day and set a timer for every 20 mins. When it rang, he knew it was time to sit on the potty. Consistency is key. If you can devote one week to this routine, he'll get it! Pull ups are a waste of money. Kids are smart and they know it's a diaper, so they are going to pee in it. Hang in there, girl!
My son was so easy to potty train I almost hate to say so.
He was easier than my daughter.
I had help though.....I made sure dad took him pee everytime he went and Grandpa also took my son outside to the "pee rock" in Grandma and Grandpa's yard.
If he's doing #2 so well, I would put him in regular underpants and don't ask him if he has to go. Take him every time you go and every time dad goes. If he doesn't go, fine.....but everybody takes turns just in case and does the hand washing routine as if he did pee.
He'll get the hang of it.
Check out some of these potty training tips:
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Yea I tried that too because someone suggested it to me. You're lucky he's so good about #2 training. Folks also told me to throw some cheerios in the toilet and let him "shoot" at them. It didn't quite work for my son tho..he just thought that was what he should do with his cereal! yea..not fun but better than cleaning up pee on the floor!
SO..I turned to my husband and said that every time he has to, he needs to take his son in with him and let him watch what a "big boy" does! (I know it sounds silly) but it got my son more interested. So whenever he would go, we'd ALL (including my then 10 year old daughter) would run into the bathroom and make a big BIG deal (clapping and hooting)! Good luck! Your son is doing a great job!
all you can do is try...AG is right. if he doesn't take to it, go back to diapers for a month or two. keep praising him and just follow his leads. encourage him and teach him, and if he's ready, he'll get it. we used a sticker chart. good luck!
Have him sit to go pee. Or sit on it the potty, even with a diaper on... to pee.
Maybe he's reticent... to think he has to stand to pee...?
How are you encouraging him to pee?
I LOVE the "potty scotty" underwear. Look it up online like at Amazon or E-bay.
Or leave him naked on the bottom....
He will when he is ready. I think he will be fine.
My son is 2 1/2 and we have completely potty trained him during waking hours in the past 5 days. For months we have talked about where poopy and peepee go. We have encouraged him to use the potty and have given him naked time (when we're home and inside, just letting him run around naked and he'd go in and use the potty on his own when naked).
This Saturday, we went straight to underwear. We were out and about doing our "normal" stuff and just carried changes of clothes and the potty seat (the kind that goes on the regular potty). As soon as we get to a store or someone's house, I seek the bathroom out and take Cody right away. Every 30 mins we ask him if he has to go as a reminder, if he doesn't go then we take him every other time. Saturday while we were out he had 2 accidents, Sunday he only had 1. He's now gone 3 days without any accidents.
We reward the good times (m&ms for pee, hot wheels for poop and at the end of an accident-free day, something else a little more special). When there are accidents we don't punish, but we do let him know it makes us sad and its not good to pee in underwear.
Good luck!
Try it for a week and if he trains he's ready, if he doesnt wait a few more weeks and yes regular underwear, pull ups feel like diapers and he know he can pee in them with no problems. Good luck, it should be quick...#2 is waaaaay harder so you have a headstart!
Your mom is right, put his butt in underwear and have him help you clean up any pee messes. He's 3, he knows what he's doing and he just needs your guidance and encouragement. You are the parent, you tell him its time to use hte potty. Don't ask, its not his choice. Just put him in underwear nad let him pee on himself a few times, he will get it pretty quickly. Especially if you make him clean himself up, get new clothes adn help you clean up the mess. :)
