My son will be 3 in april. I have 2 older girls but he is my first boy. I have no clue how to potty train a boy. My girls were easy. Cause well Im a girl. My husband has no clue I potty trained both of my girls. I would love to get him potty trained by school so I can get him in head start. He shows signs like he is ready. He tells me when he is stinky and wet. I tried sitting him on the toilet once but he didnt like it at all.
I combind a few things you all told me. We have him sit backwards on the potty and sink cheerios at the same time. Plus we have put him in underwaer and if he has an accadent we make him clean it up. It is moving slow. But atleast its moving. Thanks to all of you. You are great!
i have a little boy but i got lucky, my father potty trained him while i was out of town for a weekend. however he said that it was easier if my son would potty at the same time as my dad. he said that they had "wars" to see who could go the longest. Men teaching boys really works.
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my son didn't actually master the potty until about 3 1/2. A friend of mines boy was almost 4.
they thing that worked the best for us was constant, regular trips to the bathroom. At one point we would give him a glass of water to drink while sitting on the potty, to flush fluids through him so he could really become aware of needng to potty before he went.
sometimes his protests of sitting on the potty wasn't a matter of not wanting to do it, it was wanting to make the decision himself. so we would say something like, "Sam, can you go sit on the potty now." or "Let's go sit on the potty."
When he did have an accident we had him clean himself up. You can stand him in the tub and hand him wipes and hold the trash can.
But when it comes right down to it, he'll do it when he's good and ready. Our son just one day, said, "I need to go potty" and went up all by himself.
The best way, in my experience, is to just put him in underwear and reward him when he uses the potty. I'm currently training my son, who is 3, and it's going fairly well. He should also watch your husband go so he can see how the boys do it. I've had my son watch his dad, and now, to get him more excited about it, he now shows my husband what to do. He has a seat that fits on the big toilet and a stool so he can get on it by himself, and he really likes that. He's had quite a few accidents this past week, but it's going well. Every time he goes, he gets a penny to put in a little baby food jar and when the jar is full he gets to go shopping and pick out something that he wants. But get your husband involved. It will make things a lot easier. Good luck!
M.,
This advice comes from a friend who has raised three boys. Boys potty train later than girls. Three is a good age to start. She told me to allow my son to run around without a diaper for a weekend. This will give him awareness of when he is going to the bathroom. I tried it on Saturday and by Monday he was going to daycare in underwear! He continued to use pull ups at night for about a year, until he was 4. He had a few accidents during the day, never at daycare, most often when we were out of the house running errands and I could not get him to a toilet in time. Basically, for boys, I think a good strategy is to wait until they are ready to be done with diapers and take a weekend to focus on it. It works!
I have two boys but I trained them the same as I did my Goddaughter. I just kept putting them on the potty (At first a little one) and after a while they trained.
I set up a schedule and put them on the potty every 1/2 hour, then when they stayed dry an hour, I kept at it and they finally learned when to go on their own.
That sounds easier than it was. My oldest didn't train completely until he was 5 and 1/2. He wasn't ready and then it became a power struggle. I had to let it go for almost a year. He was still in pull-ups when he went to Head Start.
My youngest didn't like to be messy. He was easier. I put him in pull-ups at age two and he was trained in less than a year. Stangely enough, he trained for night before he trained for the day. He never wet his training pants and quickly changed him to regular undies.
Be consistant and give stickers for encouragement. Food can backfire.
WEll I also am struggling with my 2 year old and he will be 3 in Apr. He shows signs and I found out with my first boy dont rush cause the more you rush the more they will not want to go. Get a potty chair and let him play with it and tell him to sit... We also sink cherrios in the toielt make him aim and see how many he can get.. Sooner or later he will get the idea to go potty. My 2 year old rather sit cause he cant reach the toielt and if he stands on a stool he is to tall and he gets it all over... GOOD Luck do a reward chart also...
I started with my son by buying him a potty seat that goes over the regular toilet seat that had a favorite cartoon on it. then used the little shield that came with it. it was a slow start but eventually we got to the point he only had stinky diapers and a wet one overnight. good luck....i know this one isn't the easiest but do try to teach him sitting down first--their aim is horrible.
I have 2 boys and a girl all of which were fully potty trained by the time they were 3. The best method that worked for me was letting them run around the house naked. When they had an accident they saw what they had done and I would say now that's a bad boy go sit on the potty. It kinda reminds me of training dogs but it's the only thing that worked. When they wore pullups they knew they could still go in their pants and get away with it. Also when they take it upon their self to go then they can get a sticker or a prize that they would like. I'm not an expert it just worked for me
I have only one boy and the rest are all girls. I found that he was much easier to train than all of my girls were. By age 2 and I thought I was in heaven.
This worked wonders for me. I would put something into the toilet, like a cheereo, or piece of paper. Take your son and put him on the toilet backwords. Stomach facing the toilet and tell him to aim and sink whatever you have put in there. Take him into the bathroom anytime that you think he needs to go. Some kids go every hour, some 2 times a day, depending on the child. Also let him have a sticker to place on the toilet everytime that he goes.
What I have learned (from having two boys) is that you cannot rush boys. They need to starting going on their own terms. I encouraged it...but they decided ultimately. I know it is hard because you just want it done...but the harder you push the longer it will take you. So just let him go at his pace.
We tried a potty chair that goes on the floor for our second and he wanted nothing to do with it. So we went to the store and let him pick out one that goes on the regular toilet. It worked like a charm. Even now when he has to have a BM he grabs his own toilet seat and puts it on the potty and goes all by himself.
It was much easier with our second. Our first was not potty trained until he was between 4 1/2 and 5. I think we pushed too hard. Our second was almost completely potty trained when he turned two. We were laid back with him. It also helped for him to see his big brother and daddy using the potty. He liked to watch mom at first but then it just confused him (the different parts). We really did not do any rewards for him. We got lucky with our second I suppose!
Hope this helps. Good luck and hang in there it will happen! :)
I have 3 boys and I use the "sink the cheerios game" I kept some in the bathroom and would drop a couple in the toilet when he had to potty and then he would take aim! If I tried to sit him on the pot he would get scared--doing number 2 was a whole different game for us but this worked well for us--rember to keep some in you purse for shopping trips!
M.,
I have only potty trained one little boy but I have a few things to try: Let him pick out his own "Special" potty chair from the store. GIve him a piece of his favorite treat (my kids went for the Skittles) when he goes potty in the potty chair. My kids did not like the little potty chair so I just let them go on the big toilet. They do have little chairs that you can put on the big toilet seat. Another thing I have heard of is putting Cheerios in the toilet and letting your son see if he can "sink" the Cheerios by going to the bathroom on them.
I will tell you that the best thing that I taught my son is to hold down his "unit" when he does go to the bathroom to make sure the pee goes just in the water and not on the floor or on the toilet. This works great when he (now 6 years old) gets up to go in the morning or night. The little units tend to stick straight out when they are sleeping and if they don't hold them down it will get the back of the toilet every time. Good luck!!
My son didnt potty train all the way untill a few months ago. He had started head start, still in diapers,a nd i think the influence of hte other kids, and teachers helped out soo much. he wanted to go like all the others. At home we had a cute potty chair that made noises when he pottied, and left the chair in the living room, so he could see it. he ran around in training undies, the padded washable underwear, and we talked about going potty alot! everytime he went on the chair we gave him a sticker on a sticker chartt we had int he bathroom, and sang and danced and made a huge deal. everytime he sat on it we encouraged how good it was he was tring. we had potty books and a video we got from the library. it took al while for him to get trained, and there was lots of accidents, and lots of time he spent just sitting on the chair for fun, he used to put it in front of the tv in the mornings and sit and watch his favorite cartoon, eventally during the cartoon hed go and we would "do a potty party". good luck. head start does not require potty training in order to go.
Hi M., I was in the same boat when my kids were little. It wasn't until I started watching some toddler boys that I finally got the hang of it. What worked for us is to sit the little guy backwards on the potty. That way he doesn't feel like he's going to fall in backwards and he can see what's happening. Boys are so visual sometimes! Another trick that I tried was to buy window clings and stick them to the lid of the toilet so that they had something to play with while they were "waiting" to go tinkle. I have a friend who used to put cheerios in the toilet water so that her son could aim and shoot to sink them! :-) Positive reinforcement is crucial, so maybe a box with a special dollar store toy in it for going #2 and some small candy for tinkling. It's a long road, but it sounds like your little one is ready to give it a try. Grab the opportunity while you can before he gets "out of the mood" again! Good luck!
my biggest tip is to sit him on the potty backwards so he can hold the lid like it is a boat- since he probably isn't tall enough to stand and pee! Let him try a few times to see if he is really ready- offer a reward when he goes and really celebrate.... we trained my son in the summer- and I just had him be all around without a diaper for several days and when he peed on the floor I made him attempt to clean it up...that was the best trick- the reason he didn't like going potty was the time it took to stop playing and go! So most accidents were wiht new toys, playing with a friend, etc... but after a few accidents- he didn't like all the time it took to wipe it up, change his clothes, etc...
