Potty Training - Garden City,ID

Hi there, unfortunately as a mother of two (girl 5 boy 1) it is no easy task potty training a toddler who is not interested. With my daughter we tried everything, stickers, candies, any bribe we could think of. Guess what nothing worked. One day we decided it was not worth the struggle and waited until she wanted to. We all out stopped asking her if she needed to go. One day about a month later, she decided she was ready. She hasn't had an accident since. She would wake in the middle of the night to go you name it she did it on her own. She was 2 yrs. 7 mos. Sometimes we have to let the kids lead the way!! As frustrating as that sounds in the end sometimes they really know what is best for themselves! If he is not getting the concept than maybe he is not capable yet. Is his diaper dry for more than two hours? THis is how we used to gauge the readiness of toddlers at the daycare I used to work at. If not I am telling you he is not physically capable. His body just cannot do it. Give him some time!! Good luck and Take care!

Mother of two sons...also frustrated with potty training watching other mothers of young girls train at or before 2yrs. Neither of my boys now 4yrs and 7yrs were interested until they were 3yrs old regardless of what I tried. It was within a week before/after their b-day they both decided themselves it was time. Only then did we make progress. Boys seem to take longer to understand and recognize the need to go soon enough.
Rewards charts and treats help keep it consistent as well as the "Potty Time" book and movie. He will let you know when he is ready. Good Luck!!

I would just let him be and take it at his own pace. He will learn it, but it needs to be on his terms. When you start pushing things is when it becomes a battle of wills and will just frustrate both of you.

I would just offer the potty often and leave it at that.

FWIW, my daughter didn't potty train until this last month and she'll be 3 in a few weeks.

My friend, who is the director of a child development center, told me, when I was concerned that my 3 year old daughter didn't seem to want to potty train, that when she realized none of her friends wore diapers/all of her friends were in "big girl panties" she'd make the connection - she was right. The subtle peer pressure works.

I had this issue with my oldest son and my sitter's 3-year-old just started using the potty. She did a reward system; every time he used the potty he would get a piece of candy. I have known several other parents to do this as well. Personally, I don't like the idea, but it's up to you. I would just ask my kids about every half-hour if they had to go and I would put them on the toilet (yes, the boys, too) every 30 minutes and, that way, they would learn when they had to go. Eventually, they went on their own.

I actually haven't successfully potty trained my little one yet (she's only 1 1/2), however, we are already starting. I received some great advice from a mom who started putting her baby on the potty when she was only a few months old. Now at 10 months, her little girl goes on the potty and almost never in her diaper. She said about 30 minutes after eating/drinking, she noticed that her baby would go potty. You might want to start there. With my little girl, I have a potty for her in two bathrooms. Each morning when she wakes up, we sit on the potty, although I have noticed that she does go potty about 30 minutes after she gets up and after she eats/drinks. We also sit on the potty before we take a bath and/or before bed. Whenever I go potty I make a big deal about it by clapping and saying things like "yeah, mommy went potty on the toilet." Another friend of mine used m&m's as a bribe each time her son went potty on the toilet. You could, of course, use stickers or something you know your son likes. You could post a chart inside the cabinet and put a sticker on it each time he say, sits on the potty, then two stickers or something if/when he goes on the potty. I also heard from someone that they just let it happen naturally with thier children. They didn't pressure them to learn and around 3 years old they were going on the toilet. I personally think it's a good idea to let them know it's there for them to use and constantly remind them. I always say to my little girl "does kylee have to go potty? Let mommy know if kylee has to go potty." I'm sure you'll get much better advice from moms who've successfully potty trained their babies, but hope this helps.

My son is almost 3 1/2. I just started potty training him 3 weeks ago. He's doing great. I started my 1st son who is now 8 when he was 3 1/2 also. It's so much easier. I would say don't push it. It's much easier to wait until he's older than spend the next year struggling with it. I started my daughter when she was around 2 I think and it took alot longer.

Boys are very hard to potty train just let him do his own thing and it may sound strange we had to let our son run around naked in the house to use the potty he would go if he had underware or anything on in them but if he was naked he would go in the potty

http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/results.asp?W...
Check out this site, if it doesn’t come up, its Barnes & Noble.com and the book is "Potty Train your Child in Just One Day"
I used this book by the book and It worked, It was amazing, he had just barely turned 2 and was showing signs of being ready, I didn’t think it would work because I had not even attempted potty training him yet, and one day my son was in diapers and the next day he was in underwear and NEVER wet his pants or even the bed, It goes over kids of all ages with wetting problems and just basic potty training. I loved it and recommend it to everybody whether his or her child is easy to train or not. I think like Dr. Phil has a Good one on potty training in one day too; maybe it’s the same concept. Good Luck.

When I was potty training my daughter who is 2 1/2 I just took her off the diapers, seriously... But I prepared her for it too I would read books to my daugher, told her about the potty and took her with me to the store when we bought her first pair of underwear... Also, I went and bought this huge chart at the dollar store and everytime she uses the potty she gets a sticker... when she fills up the chart she gets a prize, and its not just any prize it was a prize that her father, her and I all agreed upon in advance... So she was actually working towards getting a toy or an ice cream or something... Every time she filled up the chart we would decide what the next prize would be and continued on with the chart... We started out with a huge prize, it was a swing set, but the prizes got smaller the more she used the potty and now we are no longer needing to use the charts. It really worked out great for us... also I have a few friends that have little girls her same age that were in the process of potty training and she just kinda picked it up from them too. Maybe if you take him around other kids his age that are using the potty he will get the idea... Also, I just asked my child all the time, almost every 30min at first if she had to use the potty and that helped too. Good luck! I really hope this works for you. It might be different since I have a girl and your child is a boy but I do wish you all the best of luck!

My daughter is now 8 (already!) BUT, when she was potty training, we purchased a video and book called "Potty Time." It was fairly primitive, yet very effective. It explains the entire potty process, body parts and uses child friendly terms and music to reinforce. Hope this helps!

Hi A.-
My son thought the potty was more of a game to use when he wanted to and never really went. Two months before his 3rd birthday he woke up and wanted to wear underwear. I decided to give it a shot. Well-he wet in them about 10 different times so I had a ton of laundry that day but by the end of the day he figured out the urgency to go and would go. He has been potty trained since May and has only had one accident (in the car). I don't believe in pushing them. Just keep encouraging him to use it. Maybe go buy him some underwear with his favorite character on it. My son didn't want to pee pee on Thomas anymore :) Best of luck.

I have 4 children and my 2 youngest are boys. Both did not start potty training until they were 3 yrs old and they seemed so interested in it at that time. Sometimes boys just take a bit longer to take on the potty training thing. If he isn't interested I would wait a couple of months and then try again. Also when I started my boys they liked to strattle the big potty backwards and face the tank. That way they didn't have to hold it down. I also bought a soft blues clues chair for my youngest since he had no interest for a bit and that seemed to work. If he had his doggy chair he would go and we had to take it with us sometimes. Good luck with your little man.

Hi A.,
I am a mom to two boys 5 & 4. My son just turned 4 and is not fully potty trained. And trust me it is not from a lack of trying. The oldest boy only took two weeks to train. the other one it has taken me almost a year. Don't give up on him when he is ready he will get it. It is like a light switch for them. I kept telling myself that my 4 year old was lazy. Some kids take longer than others to learn. Don't put him in pull ups. except at bedtime.