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Just having him sit there. Rewards. Cheeros in bowl to aim at to make it seem fun. Nothing working
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I just potty trained my 2.5 y/o last month. I did the 3 day potty training method and was very impressed how it worked so well.
If I remember correctly it has a 95% or more of working. there is an article in babycentre about this method or just google it. There is also an e-book you can buy but I just followed the article.
On the second day of potty training my 2y/o started rebelling and didn't want to use the potty but by the end of the day she was already taking her self to the potty. Since my floors are almost all carpet I went to the $ store and bought a bunch of plastic shower curtains and layed them down on the floor if she had an accident.
If I remember correctly it has a 95% or more of working. there is an article in babycentre about this method or just google it. There is also an e-book you can buy but I just followed the article.
On the second day of potty training my 2y/o started rebelling and didn't want to use the potty but by the end of the day she was already taking her self to the potty. Since my floors are almost all carpet I went to the $ store and bought a bunch of plastic shower curtains and layed them down on the floor if she had an accident.
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I've been trying to potty training my cousin,he's almost 3 years old,finaly he's getting it.The 3 day thing or rewords didn't work for him.So for boys now on,I'm just waiting until there 3 years olds,before I start.
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Rather than "just having him sit there", take his diaper off and keep a little potty nearby. Once he tries peeing/pooping, put him on it. OR you could set a timer for every 15 minutes until you figure out his cues.
I've not had the health or time to start training my now 18 month old, but I had his brother almost completely trained at this point. He's just now telling us when his diaper is wet/dirty, so I know it's time (combined with the fact he wants to go sit and try after he noticed). I'm hopeful once we start kindergarten in August for my eldest, I can start doing the whole potty shebang with the youngest.
We do stickers, but in the beginning it wasn't much of anything for them, but more for me to know how many times we actually made it to the potty and not lose hope. Now it's a really big accomplishment thing. We have a set of stickers if we are dry at night (larger Disney stickers), a set for #1 (all tiny stickers), and a set for #2 (smiley faces). I try to mark accidents on there so I keep a tally for MYSELF where we stand, and if I am paying enough attention or not.
We can now leave the house without accidents (though there was one this week when my husband and father in law took the kids to the playground), and usually can make it to the potty while out, or when we get home without an incident.
When were were first starting to get #2 in the toilet, DS#1 was afraid of doing it, so we would give an incentive - a treat- if he would go. He knew if he went, he got a big sticker on the calendar, and a snack out of a special box. These are things we don't normally get to eat - smarties, m&ms from the US (ours have carmine so we can't use them), gluten free/kosher marshmallow treats from the US, Pez, small toys or books we pick up here or there. He has a choice as to what he would like to pick out, and it feels like a big accomplishment to him that he gets to choose something himself.
We have had setbacks due to some health related things, and I think if it were not for them, we would have "graduated" last year. Were it not for the surgery we had in August, he would have long been on the potty and I would have been working with the youngest already. Instead, he hurt and didn't feel like trying for 3 months. It was very hard, because we started back at square one, and I had to put him back in undies all day and just hope and pray and keep my eyes and ears peeled. If I wasn't paying close enough attention, we were having lots of accidents. However, I found if I was proactive and timed things just so, we didn't have as many, and he regained lost confidence.
A lot of people say children don't have bladder and sphincter control before age 3, but all babies do, we just train them to not use it, by using diapers for our conveniences. A long time ago (1930s-50s) people had their children diaper free by 9-12 months. It's not impossible, it just takes a lot of dedication on the parts of the parents. It needs both involved, as well as everyone who does any care-giving to be on the same page.
If a parent is not on board, the kids pick up on that and it is difficult. Be prepared to take your son to the potty any time you go, even if he does nothing more than sit and play. It's perfectly fine, as it normalises him going to the potty in the specific room where the potty is, IF he has to go. He sees others doing it, and he will gain confidence he can as well.
I've not had the health or time to start training my now 18 month old, but I had his brother almost completely trained at this point. He's just now telling us when his diaper is wet/dirty, so I know it's time (combined with the fact he wants to go sit and try after he noticed). I'm hopeful once we start kindergarten in August for my eldest, I can start doing the whole potty shebang with the youngest.
We do stickers, but in the beginning it wasn't much of anything for them, but more for me to know how many times we actually made it to the potty and not lose hope. Now it's a really big accomplishment thing. We have a set of stickers if we are dry at night (larger Disney stickers), a set for #1 (all tiny stickers), and a set for #2 (smiley faces). I try to mark accidents on there so I keep a tally for MYSELF where we stand, and if I am paying enough attention or not.
We can now leave the house without accidents (though there was one this week when my husband and father in law took the kids to the playground), and usually can make it to the potty while out, or when we get home without an incident.
When were were first starting to get #2 in the toilet, DS#1 was afraid of doing it, so we would give an incentive - a treat- if he would go. He knew if he went, he got a big sticker on the calendar, and a snack out of a special box. These are things we don't normally get to eat - smarties, m&ms from the US (ours have carmine so we can't use them), gluten free/kosher marshmallow treats from the US, Pez, small toys or books we pick up here or there. He has a choice as to what he would like to pick out, and it feels like a big accomplishment to him that he gets to choose something himself.
We have had setbacks due to some health related things, and I think if it were not for them, we would have "graduated" last year. Were it not for the surgery we had in August, he would have long been on the potty and I would have been working with the youngest already. Instead, he hurt and didn't feel like trying for 3 months. It was very hard, because we started back at square one, and I had to put him back in undies all day and just hope and pray and keep my eyes and ears peeled. If I wasn't paying close enough attention, we were having lots of accidents. However, I found if I was proactive and timed things just so, we didn't have as many, and he regained lost confidence.
A lot of people say children don't have bladder and sphincter control before age 3, but all babies do, we just train them to not use it, by using diapers for our conveniences. A long time ago (1930s-50s) people had their children diaper free by 9-12 months. It's not impossible, it just takes a lot of dedication on the parts of the parents. It needs both involved, as well as everyone who does any care-giving to be on the same page.
If a parent is not on board, the kids pick up on that and it is difficult. Be prepared to take your son to the potty any time you go, even if he does nothing more than sit and play. It's perfectly fine, as it normalises him going to the potty in the specific room where the potty is, IF he has to go. He sees others doing it, and he will gain confidence he can as well.
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Here is my wife sharing on our doing the three day method - Potty Training Adventures 08/30 by Mark Strohm | Blog Talk Radio
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Thanks a bunch everyone. We actually found a way that works. We just let him start wearing underwear instead of diapers and he's using the potty. I'm very happy.
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I have a boy and wasn't going to potty train until he turned three (per the pediatricians advice) but I bought a potty seat, the Elmo potty book and the Elmo potty movie. Then we started playing. Mommy would go potty and he would sit (fully clothed) on his seat. When we were done, then we would take all the animals (lizard, Mickey, frog, etc.) to the potty. We read the book throughout the day and watched the movie at least every other day. I also bought cloth undies that we would put on his animals.
I still wasn't going to potty-train ... I was just teaching him about it, trying to make it fun.
So one day - my now 2 1/2 year old woke up and said no more diapers mommy. He said he wanted to wear cloth undies like his animals. So ... that's what we did. No more diapers and cloth undies and three days later he was potty trained.
My child isn't a genius, so I think this whole introduce it as play and create interest thing could work for other people.
Good luck!
I still wasn't going to potty-train ... I was just teaching him about it, trying to make it fun.
So one day - my now 2 1/2 year old woke up and said no more diapers mommy. He said he wanted to wear cloth undies like his animals. So ... that's what we did. No more diapers and cloth undies and three days later he was potty trained.
My child isn't a genius, so I think this whole introduce it as play and create interest thing could work for other people.
Good luck!
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Nothing worked for me so this is what I did:
I took my middle child out of diapers at 2.5, put him in a pair of pants. I reminded him frequently for a week about using the potty and put him there myself. Then after awhile he would walk around and urinate wherever he wanted, he even rebelled against the potty.
The trick is to ditch the diapers all together, no diapers at all after the third week of training. We did diapers until he was 3 weeks in for bed time and then we rid ourselves of the diapers all together not even at bed time after that. You have to be sure that they will be able to say "I peed" even if he should do it on himself before you completely revoke diapers.
Finally, at 3 he is potty trained. No bed wetting either. It wasn't the 3 day trick but it works well.
I took my middle child out of diapers at 2.5, put him in a pair of pants. I reminded him frequently for a week about using the potty and put him there myself. Then after awhile he would walk around and urinate wherever he wanted, he even rebelled against the potty.
The trick is to ditch the diapers all together, no diapers at all after the third week of training. We did diapers until he was 3 weeks in for bed time and then we rid ourselves of the diapers all together not even at bed time after that. You have to be sure that they will be able to say "I peed" even if he should do it on himself before you completely revoke diapers.
Finally, at 3 he is potty trained. No bed wetting either. It wasn't the 3 day trick but it works well.
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I know this isn't my thread..but thanks for the tips..my oldest turned 3 last December and he STILL doesn't care in the least to potty train..rewards, praise, stickers, whatever..doesn't work for more than a day or less..even sticking him in undies..if he peed in them, sometimes he'd tell me other times he'd just sit in it and not say anything..and having 3 in diapers is expensive! Apparently I need all the advice i can get
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