Potty Training - De Graff,OH

J.,
My son is 3 and 1/2 and we still remind him from time to time to go. Children are just that way - they get caught up in all the fun and forget. I work at a childcare/learning center and please know that we don't even begin to let them make that decision before the age of 3. We take them potty every 2 hours at minimum, except when napping. The schedule seems to be upon arrival, after morning snack 9:00 ish, before lunch 11:00ish, after lunch or maybe closer to 12:00 as they go down for nap around 12:30 - with pullup at this time, after nap, and again around 4:00. This is just to give you the jest of how we do things in the toddler room. Obviously, not every day is this way and if the child goes more often, we take them more often. I say for home purposes, take him 30 minutes after drinking fluids and 45 to 55 minutes after eating. It worked for all of my younger sisters. Also, for my son I bought a large gift bag and filled it full of goodies that he wanted. (toys, tattoos, mostly from the dollar store) Make a sticker chart for pottying and pooping. Maybe he gets a goodie for getting 3 stickers a day for pottying or maybe for staying dry all day... progress to staying dry all week as he gets it. Maybe he gets a BIG sticker for pooping in the potty! Praise him, praise him, Praise him! It works! I hope this helps! Good luck!

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make a game out of it. a friend of mine has a little boy and she got him to potty using cherrios. put the cherrios in the potty and have him sink them. ans since you are just starting give him time he will start going soon

I think I should give you the same advice my mom gave me when I potty trained my 3 year old daughter. She told me two different things:
1. get a jar and set it beside the potty chair and everytime they go potty let them put some money in the jar. And then at the end of the week let them go and spend the money on something they want.

2. she also told me to use a sticker chart. get different colored stickers (i used colored smiley faces) each sticker is worth something diffent.

I hope this helps.

As far as I've ever heard 2 is a good age to take the potty out and start trying w/him but I've got to tell you from my own experience and anyone else I know who has boys, well, and girls too most kids don't really get trained till they are 3. So don't worry and just keep doing what you're doing.

S.

When I potty trained my son it was much harder than with my daughter... I ended up putting a poster board on the bathroom door and every time he went potty he got to put a sticker on the board. When he went in by himself he got 2 stickers- sometimes even if he didn't actually "go". I found that sticking to a very set schedule, I actually used a timer, really helped him alot. We tried and stopped several times until we started the stickers and timer, then it only took him a few months to get the hang of it.
P.S.
Also make sure he isn't afraid of the potty.

I'm not sure if this would be close for you but the public library on Hard Rd is haing a class on potty training this Thursday. If not maybe you could call your library and ask if they are having a class like this.

January 11, 2007 Parenting 101
Toilet Training
7:00 pm to 8:30 pm
Northwest Library - Meeting Room

you could take himto the store and tell him "big boys wear cool underwear" and show him. then tell him he gets to pick out a pear for when he is ready. im sure since he picked the out he's gonna want to wear them.
A. <3

J.,

He may simply not be ready yet. Don't push or make a big deal of it. It happens like turning on a switch, suddenly. You can try some incentive of something he wants to "bribe" him a bit, but other than that maybe he just needs a little more time.

Best wishes,
K.

Start at birth if you ever have another baby. Search Infant Potty Training or Elimination Communication (EC) on the web. I've done it with three kids so far and they were accident free, with help at the potty, by age 1 1/2.

Good luck! Two seems young to do conventional potty training. You could probably EC at this point, which basically means you catch him right before he's about to go and put him on the potty.

THer eisn't a certain age where a child should be potty trained. You need to wait and see signs of readiness like, wanting to sit on the potty, being able to hold urine for several hours, and most importantly wanting to do it. If your child isn't ready/interested, there is no way you can make him do it!! Be patient, it will happen.

Has he shown readiness signs? Such as telling you when he has dirtied his diaper, using words for pee and poo, is he interested in the potty/toilet? If not, then wait. Also, if you're going through a divorce it may effect him more than you realize, "they" always recommend not trying to potty train during a big event like a move, divorce, birth of a new sibling, etc. Otherwise, give him a doll or animal and let him teach it to go potty. Take him to the store to pick out some "big boy" pants, underwear or pull-ups, but let him pick the characters or design. At this age it's more about getting them comfortable and familiar. My daughter is also almost two and she was scared of the potty but starting to get very picky about dirty pants so we picked out the Dora Easy-ups and she gets to wear one if she sits on the potty long enough to sing the ABC's. She hasn't actually done anything on it yet, but we jumped that first hurtle of being more comfortable sitting there. The potty sits out where she can see it and at diaper changes I offer her to sit on it for more Dora panties. Find something that motivates him, a favorite show or book, big boy pants, even a special treat and motivate him with it. Try as hard as you can not to get frustrated with him, this is the hardest part. (I have an older son) Good luck

TRY LETTING HIM COME TO YOU. HELP HIM UNDERSTAND HE DOING A GOOD JOG REWARD HIM. MAKE IT FUN AND EXCITEING. HE'LL LEARN IN HIS OWN TIME. IM 24 MOM OF 2 KIDS 3 AND 12 WEEKS. GOOD LUCK!
P. S

You can't. He will do it when he is ready, not before. Boys are slower to potty train, too. My two older sons were well over three before they were really potty trained. Give it time. He won't poo his pants forever, even if it seems that way.