Potty Training - Evansville,IN

If you can find out what motivates him then give him a reward for going on the potty. With my son it was as simple as getting a piggy bank and he got quarters for going potty, dollars for BM as well as lots of praise/hugs/kisses. He liked to carry it around and it really motivated him to go. He did have a few set backs, but it worked out. The not wearing underwear wasn't really successful, but if he likes a certain character you can buy special underwear. We always told him that if he pees on Thomas, or Scooby that they would be very upset. Hope some of this may help you.

I trained both of my boys by putting a few cheerios in the toilet and telling them to see how many they could hit. I had very little problems getting them to use the potty. They loved it! Boys love challange. Good Luck Rach

I'm a mom of B&G twins. I started when they were 2 soon to be 3. Now my daughter caught on quicker on getting herself to go when on the potty. My son would sit or stand there and then start crying because he couldn't get himself to go. So I just let him go for a while and tried working with her. Well after a while she figured if he didn't have to go then she wouldn't. So I gave the a break for a month. Then one day he took me to the bathroom with him and said look mommy! And he went pee. I put him in underware the next day as well as her and that was it. Now he did have a couple of accidents and pooped in his pants. The 1st time I cleaned them and made him watch me. Then the 2nd time I had him clean them out by dunking them and flushing the toilet until all the poop was off. After that he has never had another accident. In fact even at night after a couple months he was out of pull ups. My daughter still has night time accidents and wears them.
But I had Mason go in with my dad to see how to do it. And the first 2 weeks we would have them both go bathroom every 30-45 minutes to see if they had to go. After that they were done. It really was pretty easy and it's like he was trained overnight after him finally learning how to get himself to go or knowing the feeling of when.
My advice is to let him watch to see what he should be doing and then ask him if he wants to try. But if he starts getting upset because he can't. Give it a couple weeks of watching again and then see. He's not gonna want to learn if it makes him upset that he can't. Lets face it, none of us like to do anything we can't do very well. Good luck and I hope I could help.

My mom told me that when she tried to potty train my younger brother he did the same kind of things that you are describing. The thing that eventually worked for him was my grandmother bribing him with "big boy underwear"...She bought him these Batman underwear and told him that only big boys wore underwear like that, and that big boys don't potty in their pants. That was all it took for him. So, when I started to potty train my oldest boy (right after he turned 2), grandma did the same thing to him, too...She showed up at our house with some special Blues Clues underwear (Blue was his favorite at the time) and gave him the same story she gave my brother...and it worked for him, too! I was amazed. Then it was time to train my youngest...I thought I would be slick and try Grandma's trick...and it didn't work! I tried everything! The underwear, the special potty chair, stickers, the little floaty things you put in the toilet (targets)...nothing worked. The pediatrician suggested we send him to the bathroom when we had to go...and that is what ended up working. We made trips to the bathroom together, as wierd as that sounds.

The one thing that my pediatrician really stressed was not to push the issue. She said that it would take longer if we forced him to go to the bathroom. I always made him go in the bathroom with me or with his brother, but I never made him sit down on the toilet and go- he worked up to that on his own within a week or two.

My son was 2 when we started traing him and it seemed no matter what method we tried it wasnt working and just when we where about to give up we went to the store and he found some cool underwear we got them brought them home and told him if he wants to wear them he has to potty in the toilet. Well one full day passed with no accidents and maybe a few after that but it worked.I can see it worked for others here as well.Try tell him he has to do it because his little brother will need him to teach him when he is old enough.Good luck!!!!

My husband and I are having the same problem with our son who will also be 3 in February. I wish I had some good advice for you but unfortunately it looks like we are in the same boat!

Don't worry, as was told me recently, there are no kindergarteners who wear diapers. I had the same problem with my little guy who turned 3 in August. He did the same, except he didn't mind going peepee in the potty, just not poopy. Well, it frustrated me, because I knew he knew how. So we got the "Once Upon a Potty" dvd, and watched it several times a day. The potty song is still stuck in my head.:) But one day after a month of that, he did it.

Hangeth thou in there....

My son was the same way. I resorted to removing his pants and diaper while we were at home. He knew not to go potty on the floor, so if he had to go he was forced to sit on the potty. It took 2 weeks for him not to have anymore accidents in underwear at the babysitters. Good luck!

MY SON JUST TURNED THREE AND WE'D BEEN TALKING ABOUT GOING TO THE POTTY AND HAVING HIM SIT ON THE POTTY. HE JUST DID NOT WANT TO DO IT. SO FOR TWO DAYS WE TALKED ABOUT SOMETHING HE REALLY WANTED CARS UNDERWEAR. WE KEPT TELLING HIM THEY WERE FOR BIG BOYS AND WHEN HE WANTED TO BE A BIG BOY HE COULD HAVE SOME. THE NEXT DAY HE WOKE UP AND REALLY WANTED HIS UNDERWEAR, SO WE WENT TO GET THEM BUT TOLD HIM HE COULDN'T WEAR THEM UNTIL HE THREW AWAY HIS DIAPERS. WE CAME HOME, HE THREW AWAY HIS DIAPERS, PUT ON THE NEW UNDERWEAR AND BELEIVE IT OR NOT HE STARTED USING THE POTTY. HE MAYBE HAD A FEW MESS UPS BUT WE JUST STAYED ON HIM TO USE THE BATHROOM EVERY HOUR AND HE'S BEEN POTTY TRAINED EVERY SINCE. HOPE THIS HELPS.

My son was the opposite. He would follow my husband to the bathroom when he was about 18 months old and was fascinated. Since that point he would make me take him everytime either one of us went. He aslo insisted on standing up like my husband. We had a stool at home, but everytime he had to go in public I had to hold him up. As he grew he could stand on my feet and finally he was tall enough to go by himself! I would definately try taking your son to the bathroom with you and your husband. Let him flush the toliet for you and the big boy underwear will also help. Good luck.

Hi T....my son who will be 3 in dec just recently became potty trained... We were using pull ups, but he was still going in his pants, so we switched straight to underwear because he didn't like the feeling when he wet himself, i think he though of pull ups as just diapers. Also I have a friend who is struggling to get her daughter to use then potty. When she came over and saw my son using it, she wanted to use it too. So if possible, try to let him see his friends or other children his age doing it, and hopefully that will make him want to do it too. Good luck!
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Do you think that he is ready?? I guess since he is hiding from you when he goes I will assume that he knows. Remember that when he does go in his pants to not get angry. When I am potty training (I am with my 19mo old) I set a timer for every 45 min and we take a book and sit on the potty. When my daughter goes she tells me and we are done and reset the timer! I also with my oldest gaive her a penny for every timer she went and she was able to buy a great toy when she was ready. Have you tried the pullups maybe that will work. Just remember for whatever reason boys are harder to train and so hang in there and don't get to frusterated!!
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Don't fret, my son was almost 3 1/2 as well when I finally got him trained all the way. I'll tell you what my mom told me; he's not going to kindergarten in diapers, let him take his time!
It did take awhile...I did the pull ups, but those are basically just diapers too so it made him feel okay about doing his business in them. I tried giving him candy (just an m&m or two when he had a successful potty)I made sure when he was eavesdropping on my conversations to brag about how he was such a big boy and used the potty (they like being the good talk of things, makes him want to continue to impress you). But you know over all, I just kept trying to put him in big boy underwear when he really expressed interest in the big potty.
I made it a special affair and let him pick out his own undies, and just really congratulated him whenever he would go, no matter how many times a day he actually went in the toilet. And he hated the small potty, he's a big kid and never really fit too well in it, so he used the big potty right off the bat.
My advice would be to try several different things, but overall wait for him to care about it. Again, he won't go to kindergarten in diapers, so don't worry so much. He will get it in time!

Just have to be patient with ur son Just like me my daughter be turning 2 in jan and Im teaching her to go potty .
and She made me laugh earlier today she farted three times then finally did her thing and Its seriously taking her a long time to get the hang of it and she still cant understand yet but we have to be patient and Show them excitement that its a good thing there going potty or whatever Go ALRIGHTTTT YEAH (( nAME))) AND CLAP UR HANDS do whatever u think ur son will like ok well let me know how its workin take care good luck

BOys generally train later then girls. If you son shows no interest and nothing you have tried has worked then I say lay off and try again later. I would keep mentioning it when you change his diaper like "pee or poop should go in the potty" I personally don't think over forcing it is the way to go. He will train soon, I'm sure! My son was 3 1/2 when I finally tried because I knew he was ready and it only took 2-3 days of reminding him and he was completely dry....day and night! My daughter is 3 now and she trained and then decided to untrain herself, lol. She is going through some health issues so I didn't push it. I know she wants to train again though because she has been taking her b ig girl underwear out. Good luck!

What ever you decide to do, be consistant...no going back and forth because this will drag out forever.
What worked for us, we let my son run around with out underwear on. It took 5 days. He had two accidents the first day and that was it.
I took his potty chair and put it whatever room we were in. I set it on a stack of towels, in case anything were to miss. I set the timer for 30 minutes. When it dinged, he sat. If he didn't potty, then I set it for 15 minutes. Dinged, he sat. Not potty, 5 minutes. When he did potty he got a 'special surprise' which were some toys from the dollar tree...
We weaned off the special toys by going from everytime we were successful to 1/2 days, then full days, then only when he pooped on the potty.
Hope that helps.
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