My son is 2 1/2 and I have tried to introduce him to the potty but he does not seem interested. Am I trying too early with him? I have bought him a small potty and that didn't help any. He is big for his age and doesn't really fit well on the little potty. He does however think it is funny when he pees in the tub!!! Should I just wait a little longer?
Also I don't seem to be able to get his pacifiers away from him. I did not have this problem with my daughter, I just took them away and it was no big deal. But with Owen he seems to be more attached to them. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
I'm an older full time working mom as well. One thing about me is I was able to choose the laid back approach and wait until my son was ready. He was about 3 1/2 when he just decided he was ready to use the potty and we've barely had an accident since! Same with the binkie it just was interfering with him talking so he was done with it. Just keep bringing it up but be patient. Hope this helps
I agree with Tonya. My Owen just turned 3 on April 1st and it took forever for him to be interested in the potty. From what i've heard and read, if you start too soon, it'll take that much longer to potty train him. My Owen thought it was pretty funny to pee in the tub too! He is just now getting more interested and actually, I am so relieved and still frustrated at times, but he's had a good week as far as the potty is concerned. He's gone pretty regularly this week in the potty and he is SOOOO extremely proud of himself.. and so am I! Even though before I tried to make it fun.. i've created a chart so we can document how many times he goes in the potty, got the foamy fun soap to wash his hands afterwards and gotten M&M's for bribery! But I think what it all comes down to is when they want to do it, they will.
As far as the pacifier goes, Owen never used one, but my Emma, just turned 2, does. I limited her early on that she only gets her paci during naps and night time. She fussed at first, but now, it's fun. I make it a game because we put them in her top drawer when they're not being used, so between her and my son, we make it fun for them to get them out and put them away. So maybe that could be a start.. ?? I think it's still too early to take them away from her, but at least she doesn't walk around with one in her mouth all the time.
i can't realy tell you much about the potty training since my son is 2 1/2 and he does not want to go on the potty. i don't think he can feel it yet. he is always very suprised when he gets wet if i let him run around with underwear. what i wanted to tell you is, my son is using a pacifier too and i just heard from a doctor that is not good if you take the pacifier away when he is not ready. that just makes him use his fingers and that would be much worse. he was saying as long as he is younger than four we shouldn't worry about it. i hope that helps a little!!!
Boys seem to take longer than girls to train. Give him some time my sons didn't train till around three. My daughter was trained by 1 1/2. One of my sons was also big for his age and everyone expected more from him just because of his size.
sorry have no advice on the pacifier.
Good luck
Hi Margaret:)
Kids are so funny. Especially when it comes to potty training. I had to try to potty train my daughter twice. I had one week to get her potty trained to get into school and I was willing to try anything. Finally, I found this manual, and when I changed my train of thought it really made sense.
As parents its hard for us to see that since they were babies it has been ok for them to potty in their diaper, now you want me to go potty on this thing that I have to sit on. So, my suggestion to you would be....when he wakes up, take him straight to the potty....and get him familiar with the pee and poo poo terms. But, try to stick to those two terms because asking him once if he has to go poo poo and the next if he has to go number 2 may confuse him. Soon, you just say, it's time to go pee pee or poo poo (sorry for the baby talk!) try it about every 30 minutes. I even used a bell timer at first just to get the notion that she HAD to sit down and go. It works. You could try either way.
My boys fought going on the potty, too. Boys are generally later to train than girls and they've made the diapers so comfortable the kids don't care if they wet them. My boys became more interested once they found out they could stand up and pee. At first, they had to stand on a small stool, then a phone book. Then, they could finally reach. My older son was about 3 1/2 and he said, "I know how to go on the potty, I just don't want to." We fixed that by telling him he couldn't go to Chuck E Cheese one day because I wasn't going to take him there with a pull up on because he was too big. I told him that we were going to go on a certain day and if he wasn't in big boy pants, we weren't going. He told me to give away the pull ups because he was done with them. No problems since.
As for the paci, first, we limited it to when were at home. Then, only at bed and nap times -- so only when he was in his bed. Then, we would take it out of his mouth after he fell asleep and put it in the bed where he could find it. Then, in the bed where it was harder to find. Then, he had to give it to us before he fell asleep. Then, it was gone. A few days later, he hit his head really hard, he asked for the paci. We let him have it for 5 minutes. At the end of the 5 mins, he gave it back and went to sleep. It takes a while, but it was easier on him.
There is a WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL book out there that addresses potty training in a completely different way than most. I HIGHLY recommend it. It is called "Toilet Training in Less Than a Day" and while the title may be a little misleading, my daughter was indeed training in one day and for my son it took closer to three. And I mean...they NEVER wear a diaper again. They recommend starting at 20 months and the first chapter (of the very small book) tells you ways to determine if they are ready. It was out of print for a very long time (when I used it with my first two) but I have since found it at Wal-Mart, Target and some book stores. Hope this helps, and happy training!
paci ??
These are just ideas I have heard of:
Tie the paci to a balloon and tell him that now he is a big boy there are babies in heaven that need his paci.
Have him throw them away himself
Confine the binky to one room where he has to go sit in order to have it
Find a fountain, make a wish and throw it in.
Offer something in exchange--something 'big boy' that he has been wanting
We are about to break our 21 month old of her, so we shall see! =-)
As far as the pacis, I can't help you. But as far as potty training,you've made the resources available...Be content. When he's ready, it will happen. Try a reward system. Hot wheels did wonders on training my son. I had bought pullups before he was 2. He wanted no part of it! One day he saw a commercial. I'd already bought underwear in every character imaginable by then (about 2 and a half).I even bought the magical potty that sang when you did your business. And the little seat that goes on the regular toiliet. What a mess! He saw the pullups commercial, said he needed those. Within 2 weeks he was in underwear. Pooping took a little more time (about a month). I saw so many of my friends fighting with their kids on it to no avail. They'd do good, then regress tenfold.Adding to mom's frustration big time! Good Luck!
I could not get my son potty trained until he was 3 years old. I have several friends too that with thier son's they had to wait until they were 3 for success. I wouldn't worry too much about it. My son was big for his age too and he was able to start using the big toilet standing up when we started to train him. He loved being able to stand up like daddy. Once we started within a week he was accident free.
With the binkie (pacifier) I started throwing them in the trash when he would get in trouble. In about two months I had thrown them all out and he was done. We had a few rough nights but I was really surpried at how quickly he got use to not having one because he LOVED it so much. He was about 3 years old when I threw the last one out.
It may be a tad early. My sons were closer to three when they decided to use the big boy potty. I bought the potty seat that goes on the commode. It worked better for us than the potty seats that sit in the floor. I also rewarded them with stickers each time they went. As far as getting rid of the pacifier.....I rounded them all up one night (while they were sleeping) and cut the tips of them off. The next day they put them in their mouth as usual but wanted nothing to do with them because they were "broke." It worked for me! Good luck.
We tried at 2 1/2 with my son, he wouldn't have anything to do with it until a week before his 3rd birthday and then looking back it was like over night he decided he didn't want to be in a diaper anymore. When he's ready he'll do it overnight. As for the pacifier, not sure. My kids never took a pacifier. You could show him the pacifier and then cut the nobby off and tell him all gone? One of my friends did this and worked really well? Good luck.
I recommend getting him a Peter Potty urinal, a larger sit down potty (our son likes his Bjorn) and number of videos such as Potty Power and Elmo's Potty Time. Our son recently turned 2 and is well on his way to being potty trained. Potty training is fun for him and he has a healthy sense of accomplishment from doing it. Since many pre-schools require 2 1/2 year olds to be potty trained, I would encourage you to not wait.
doctrs say that most babies are not mature enough to be potty trained until they are 3 sorry no help just facts no help with the pacifier my son gave itup on his own at 3 months although he does enjoy chewing on the back side of it
I know how u feel. My son didnt get potty train till he was three years good and one day he just did it him self. I think if you rush them then it takes longer. When hes ready he will do it.
Hello! My son is 2 1/2 yrs and he's pretty much potty training himself (with my help and encouragement of course). When I introduced the potty to him, I would have him sit on it after his bath. He thought it was neat and it was more of a game than anything. He also would watch mommy & daddy go potty and we would explain what we were doing. Night after night he would sit on his potty with no results, until one day, he went. Now he has the concept, but lack the control. Boy are harder than girls, as I'm sure you've been told before, but EVERYONE gets it eventually. So, don't worry or stress, or he will too. Make it fun, and he will be more excited about it. Also, my son it too big for those wee little potties too, I looking into the potty seats.
ok well when i was potty training my four year old while his father was out to sea. i would sit him facing backwards on the toliet and i would sometimes put cheerios in the toliet and told him to aim and make them sink. he loved it and after he went i would give him a small treat. then once his dad came home he and his dad would race then he caught on and goes all the time. we actually just broke him of wetting the bed it took about a week and we rewarded him for not wetting the bed. however some boys are strange like my son will only go in the boys bathroom he will not go in the girls.
I have a almost 4 year old son and a 4 month old son. We are still working on potty training. He pooped in the potty this morning for the 1st time. Yea. With the pacy thing my older son was the same way we couldn't get it away from him but one day he just gave it up I hope he does the same way with diapers. Good luck with both things. Sorry I couldn't be a better help. Barbara
One thing that I tried and it worked like a charm....I put cheerios, not many, in the potty and my son enjoyed "aiming" at them....he was using the potty in no time.....with regard to the pacifier....I wouldn't worry too much about it.....my oldest son kept his pacifier to sleep with until he was almost 3 years old and then when he was ready, he gave it up with no problem.....Good Luck!