Potty Training My 3 Yr Old

I know how hard potty training a boy is. my son and i fought everyday for about 8 months. It just takes time and patients. I tried the pullups and he just thought they6 were a diapers, so i quit using them all together and just used underwear. it was messy at first and you do a lot of cleaning up, and that part is not fun, but you just keep a constant watch on him and ask him every ten minutes or so if he has to go potty. I would even walkm him the the bathroom and make him sit there for a while if i knew that it was time for him to go to the bathroom. I think the thing that got us over the hump was having him see me have a break down one day when he pooped on the floor just short of the tolet after he got down from the tolet because he said he didnt have to go. Its hard and the experts all say give it time,that it takes a good 8 months to get fully potty trained, and they will do it when they are ready not when we are ready. Good luck

There's a reason it's called the "7 days and $70" method. Leave him naked for 7 days, then call the carpet cleaner. lol

Good luck- potty training is so frustrating!

I know we all have our own "timeframes" when we think our children should be potty-trained....but the cold hard truth is they WILL do it when THEY are ready....that doesn't mean to quit trying...it will happen and it will happen fast when it does....I was getting really frustrated w/my 3 yr old son this year when he lost interest in potty training...but just as quickly as he lost interest...he regained it and potty trained completely (doesn't even wet the bed at night! (as long as we make him potty before bed and limit his liquids before bed))...so don't quit trying to "perk" his interest in going...he will do it.......(p.s. boys tend to be harder to potty train than girls sometimes too)
P.S.S.: Also, one thing that did work...my daycare provider did this....(it was hard for me to do as I am not fortunate enough to be a SAHM)was setting the buzzer on the stovetop for 30 minutes....everytime it buzzed take him to the toilet to try...if he goes...reward...if not...reset the timer for 30 min and try again....repeat....etc.

Hi C.~

Ill just tell you what worked for me. I potty trained my son the week he turned 2. I threw all the pull ups away and bought underware. I bought a whole bunch of chocolate candy bars and I told him you can have one every time you go pee pee or poo poo in the potty and I took him and sat him on the potty and he went just a little bit but enough. So the whole family started jumping up and down clapping and praising him. We made such a big deal about it~ we looked silly but he loved it. Then I got the candy bars down and let him pick one. After that point he went all on his own. And every time we jumped around clapping then gave him a candy bar. He has been fully potty trained since that week. We dont give the candy bars anymore but we still tell him what a good job he is doing. I guess just find what your child likes and take advantage of it. Good luck
~A.

Hi C.,
Try making a game out of it, put cheerios in the toilet and have him aim and shoot. It makes it fun for him and he will also learn to aim. put a bowl of cheerios on top of the toilet and let him throw some in there and try to sink them. I hope this helps.

I did the same thing. my son had always showed an interest but nothing worked. he would stay in dirty wet diapers/pull ups all day and could care less. so when he started having problems in school we realized he needed to be moved up to the 3 year old class but had to be potty trained so over labor day weekend in 3 days we had him potty trained. trick was bribery. he got an M&M for going pee and a hersey kiss for going pop. it worked like a charm. he rarely asks for those now but every once in a while.

We had the same problem. My son was also 3 when he finally trained. We had to use the reward system. If he went potty for us either 1 or 2 he would get a reward. Whether it be stickers, ice cream cone, or anything.

Not only does it teach them about decision making, but when they do use the potty and get rewarded their self esteem goes up too.
hope this helps!!!

you know i had to do just that.i started trying when he was about 2 and had very little progress with the pull ups.he never cared when he was a baby if he was wet or stinky in diapers and he just considered pul ups diapers.he got too comfortable in them.finally,i figured out that when he had nothing on his bottom half he went every time!!!i was amazed.it was like he got too warm and cozy in his diaper,but when it was all hanging out he was aware of himself and went.it was really strange but he never really went on the floor or anything.now in the beginning i had to use a pull up when we went somewhere and at night but after a few weeks even that was uneccesary.i just couldn't believe how much time and money i wasted on ull ups when the solution was simply all natural!it was embarassing when people would come over and he was half naked,but i just had to explain he was being potty trained.it was what worked so that's what i had to do.and that's my advice.if going without bottoms is what works,then go with it.soon he will be trained and it won't matter.what's a few half naked months?much better than wasting money on those pull ups!

the other thing we used to encourage him were m&m's.at that age he would do anything for an m&m.so everytime he went,he got a small handful.after a week or so of doing well,i slowly decreased it.and then i started doing it only every other time.eventually he was doing it on his own,without the m&m's.

hey C., my name is A. and i was having the same problems with my 3 yr old son, but what finally worked is i got him some underwear that he liked and picked out, then
made a chart for him bought stickers and would start setting him on it every30 mins if he went i let him pick out the sticker and let him put it on and give him somekind of treat then when he started going i would buy him a movie or take him out for ice cream and he started going he does real good he has been wearing unndies for 3 months and only wet the bed twice .he did not like to wear pullups or sit on the little potty he wanted to use the big one maybe you can give this a try and hopefully it will work for you as it did me !

Dear C.,

I kept my daughter maked for two days and that got her started. Then a friend told me to resort to bribery. I did and it worked perfect. I purchased some low sugar lolly-pops at the healthfood store and everytime she did a bowel movement she got a pop. It worked great!

Try to figure out some sort of reward system and see if that works.

D.

This is what worked for me....I kept a "pepe goodies" jar in the bathroom. It was always full of cheap toys & candy. Everytime my son went to the potty w/out an accident he got to pick a treat from the jar. We made potty training a game & he was potty trained w/in 1 week. This game really seemed to help in the training process & i have a lot of friends who have tried & said it worked for them also. Good Luck!