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Potty Training Three-year-old Boy
Asked by G.T. from Austin
on January 16, 2009
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We're trying to potty train our three-year-old boy. This is our second time to try. We've been positive, enthusiastic, understanding, and offered lots of positive rein...
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- Sometimes when they get to a certain age, you have to also include punishment along with the praise/reward, etc. I would try and make sure that nothing else is interf...
- here is the secret... use boxer briefs in his size. he will pee or poop once or twice and them it will click that he needs to go to the potty to avoid a mess. workedfo...
- Hi G.- He's probably just not ready yet. My suggestion is to let him know that when he's ready, he's free to use the potty, but otherwise just let it go. Maybe ha...
She Cries Whenever I Put Her on the Toilet
Asked by A.C. from Philadelphia
on September 2, 2009
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I'm trying to potty train my almost 3 year old. I have tried off and on and everytime I get her on the toilet, she freaks out and cries. I have bribed her. How do I...
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- I thought this article might be helpful for you: http://www.sfchronicle.us/cgi-bin/blogs/sfmoms/detail?blogid=46&entry_id=26860 ((hugs))
- Whoa! Time to back off. She's not ready yet. She's either a.) truely afraid, and in that case you are torturing her, or b.) in a power-struggle with you and you are...
- Just a couple things that worked well for us - A) Let her take the lead with whether she wants to go potty - have her around others going potty, talk about what bi...
Potty Training 18 Mo. Old
Asked by J.R. from Houston
on August 31, 2009
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My 18 mo. old is showing signs of readiness in potty-training. She asks to go to the potty and does (I'm so amazed! My other dd had no interest in potty training unt...
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- I had the same problem you are having when I started potty training my son. He was pretty much the same height and weight as your daughter. The pull-ups size 2T fit hi...
- If you find any good ones let me know. My daughter is 17 lbs and 29 inches so we are sooooo far from a 2T
- try the pampers pull-ups the small size is 16lbs-37lbs but they are small i bought them for my 2 1/2 yr old who is about 30 lbs and even though they fit her they were ...
Potty Training
Asked by A.R. from Norfolk
on July 25, 2008
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My son will be 3 in September. He is very smart and understands everything around him, including pooping and peeing. My problem is he doesn't want to potty train. He c...
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- Whoa, Your husband is stationed on a boat and you are gone a few days a week. You might want to work on that before you work on potty training. Children are very eas...
- I agree about dropping it for a few months and then starting over! That works with my son with so many things. Also, getting potty books at the library really helped...
- I didn't have a battle like this, but with my son I got the Potty Power video from the library and that seemed to motivate him to want to use the potty. He would sing...
Potty Training
Asked by M.K. from Richmond
on February 18, 2007
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My 3 year old daughter is very bright and even communicates very well, but this makes it more difficult to get her to poop in the potty... She has the peeing down pat ...
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- I have no personal advise for you. My 3 yr. old son wants nothing to do with the potty for pee or poop!! I've tried everything and nothing works. But a friend of min...
- I'm sorry I do not have any advice for you. I have not had to potty train yet. But I wanted to let you know you are not alone. A friend of mine is having the same p...
- Well, with our daughter, she would refuse to poop in the potty and would ask for a pull-up to go or wait until nap or bedtime. Like you, we quit allowing it. We brou...
To Potty Train or to Transition to a Toddler Bed
Asked by L.C. from Bloomington
on October 28, 2006
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I have a 22 month old daughter who I need to potty train and get into a toddler bed. Any ideas on which I should do first? I am going to need the crib for my son but...
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- Hi L., I am going through the same thing right now with my 21-mo-old daughter. I would say trust your instincts. If you try transitioning to the toddler bed and fac...
- In my opinion you can't potty train your daughter until she is ready. You can help her along by talking about going potty, having her potty chair out in the room of yo...
- I agree with the other....bed first. I only know from own children and they all trasitioned to big beds before potty training, mostly becuase we had they so close tog...
Advice on How to Get My 2 Year Old Son More Interesed in the Potty
Asked by K.S. from Dayton
on November 20, 2008
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Hello to all. Is there any advice on how to get my son interesed in the potty. The only way he goes is if i ask him or tell him to go. I keep him in big boy underwear ...
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- It seems like basically the same potty training questions regularly come up. I think it is a possibility to look up all the old questions and responses on this source....
- I have three boys and each one was different. If you force a child to be potty trained when he is not ready you may have more problems later on. My daughter was at 3. ...
- Dont force it, just give him opportunities. 2 is a little young to have it all together. Over the course of the next 6 months or so he'll start to figure it out on his...
Need Your Help on Potty Training My Soon to Be 3 Year Old
Asked by C.S. from Abilene
on December 4, 2006
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Hi, I'm not a new mom, I have a 8yr old also but Im having a really hard time trying to get my soon to be three year old potty trained. He attends daycare and they get...
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- I have a 5yr old boy, who was very easy to get to go tee-tee on the potty, but very difficult to go #2 on the potty. He was wearing underwear all day by three, but dem...
- Hello, I have to agree with Kristin...I used that technique find out what it is he likes whether it be banging on pots and pans or something... My son was potty tra...
- Hi there C.! I had a similar issue with my soon to be 3 year old. I tried games, candy, toys, etc. Finally I had exhausted everything that I thought a child would w...
PLEASE HELP! Son Loves to "Fingerpaint" with His Poo
Asked by W.T. from Dallas
on June 13, 2009
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My son is two and lately has become fascinated with "fingerpainting" with his poo. When he's awake and up, I change his diaper immediately so we don't have an issue, ...
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- Is there a way of timing naps and food intake so the possibility of this happening is less likely? Seriously, keep the kid up until he has a BM then put him top bed. ...
- Our beautiful little 2 year old Grandaughter recently did this at her Mothers Day Out at Church. My son left a funeral early to pick her up and he was shocked. He sa...
- OK, I will probably be in the minority but if you've told him no very firmly and he still does it, I'd be spanking the top of his hand hard enough to make it hurt. Tha...
Potty Traing
Asked by G.S. from San Antonio
on August 24, 2009
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how do i get my child to KEEP going to the potty...sometimes she throws a fit and doesn't want to go. are there easier ideas?
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- I read the other responses and I just have to say: PLEASE don't PUNISH her for not going! That's terrible (yes, judgemental of me, but it is) and studies have shown h...
- I understand your frustration. Knowing that my son's refusal generally meant that I was going to end up cleaning a mess, I stated making him stand in the corner until...
- My little girl was about 2 1/2 when we started potty training her. I'm not sure how old your daughter is, but ours was the same way. She ended up doing AMAZING with a ...
