Why oh why must it be so difficult??? I've tried the cute pottyseats, and the big boy pants, and how yucky it is wearing dirty diapers, but He just won't cooperate. He is not scared of the potty, but he refuses to use it when I sit him on it. I think my mother-in-law has confused him a little too, because I am trying to teach him to stand up, but she is trying to teach him to sit down and point it in the hole. Do you think I just need to give it a rest for a little while longer? He isn't really telling me when he has to go or anything yet, but he does know, at least when he needs to poop anyway... And btw, he is 27 months. He is also usually quick to pick up on things. He has started recognizing letters, and has colors and shapes down to a science. He can hold a decent conversation too. Anyway, any advice is greatly appreciated.
Don't stress out!! If you stress out about it, he will get upset and associate the potty with mommy being stressed. Just chill out and let him figure it out on his own. You can't "potty train." The child has to "potty learn". I would let my girls run around naked for a while during the day. They would see what happens when they DO eliminate. Let him watch you potty. Show him the pee/poo in the toilet and let him flush it. Virginia always says "bye bye peepee!" When she flushes. He won't graduate in diapers. Relax! Oh, do you use disposable or cloth diapers? Cloth diapers will let him feel the wetness more and he will be more uncomfortable than with 'sposies. I think it helps.
yep, they do it when they feel like it. though i had some success with bribery. kai would get a skittle whever she peed in the potty. eventually there were no more skittles, but she was still peeing in the potty.
Simple. He's not ready. 27 months is, for almost all kids WAY TOO YOUNG to even contemplate potty learning. I've got four kids, all now using the toilet. (ages from 19 down to 5) It is almost stress free if you simply WAIT until the child is really ready. And usually boys are ready even later than girls. My last child was well past her 3rd birthday before she was ready to use the toilet. The kid could READ, but her muscle control wasn't ready to hold urine or feces long enough to use the toilet. I just waited and eventually she did it. It has nothing to do with intelligence or ability to regognize letters or how well kids "pick things up" kids don't use the potty, simply because they CAN'T! Child Development thinking now says most children aren't ready to use the toilet consistantly and independently until somewhere between 2 and a half and three years old. I kinda tried to rush my first one (I was pregnant with my second, and my dh seemed to think that two in diapers was some problem) and it was a disaster. WAIT. He'll do it when HE is ready. It has nothing to do with you, or your "efforts." If he isn't ready, he can't use the toilet. Just chill out and wait. My MIL seemed to think that children could and should) be potty trained by FIFTEEN MONTHS. NO child has the muscle control, and few have the vocab or ability at this age, but she would take her kids to the potty 12 to 15 times a day and claim they were "potty trained." Remember those old potty chairs, with the safety strap on them, and the tray for meals? THAT is what they used in the old days. Kids would often sit on those potties for HOURS waiting for something to come out. Thank heaven this thinking is gone.
Definitely try cloth diapers. Put him in two cloth diapers at the same time (double diapers), and a pair of big rubber pants over top. Once wet, i am sure he won't at all like waddling around in noisy rubber pants for babies and bulky, soggy diapers. Maybe if he gets a feel of what "diaper rash" is like, he will quickly make more of an effort to use the potty. Good luck with it!
Yes, I am not stressing over it or anything, but I kinda thought it was still a little early. My mom and my sister and my mother in law and more of my family are harping at me, so I decided to give it a whack. A girl I worked with said she potty trained her little girl one day when she ran out of diapers. She told Karaline "The diapers are all gone, so you'll have to use the potty now." She claimed it worked... :/ And her girl was no older than Thomas is right now. I really appreciate all your suggestions. I think I will try the training pants I have. The cloth ones that absorb the pee... They have a thick liner... My niece used to wear them to bed and when she'd pee, it wouldn't leak through to the bed. I may let him wear one for a little while and see what he does. I use the disposables. *awaits flogging* I hate to, but I just broke down and bought them at first, and never stopped. Honestly, I hate them with a passion. Its just a money trap: They're just so 'convenient' and 'less messy' LOL! God could you imagine how much I have wasted on those damn things?? Ahh well... water under the bridge... I may see if I can find some clothies and switch soon! Better late than never! I have always thought about it...
StarBlaze I'm a pop as well as a member of a family who has no girls except my mom (5 boys and a popa) our potty training trick was simple we all were pee buddies we always peed together. Outside on trees at first so going pee like a big boy was a sort of fun thing. Then we just generalize that into going in the toilet. I think it is a good idea for dads to take their boys potty with them so they can start getting the idea of what goes on. I'm already taking my boy with me and he is just 14 months. This way going in the future will not be something totaly strange to him.
go in front of him a lot. Say I have to peee!!!! and run to the potty and say things like I made it! I did it in the potty and I'm so dry...Tell him how soft the undies are on your butt. I swear it works. They learn a lot from watching you. My son hated going till I put a wood step stool in front of the potty for his feet to set on and not dangle...ever since he's gone great. He stands to pee "like daddy" ... maybe try to sink a cherio ..dont push let em go at his own pace he wont be in diapers forever. My son is almost 4 and he's jsut now getting it all down pat. No more diapers at all! It's so nice.
my youngest is 2 1/2 and trained...we put him in undies occasionally during the day..then he ran outta diapers one day and i put him down for a nap in undies n he stayed dry..i tried my luck that night too and he stayed dry..he still is having accidents here and there tho..the other day i found him tagging a wall in the kitchen too...naughty thang that he is...but overall he has shocked me...i believe tho that it is because he has always watched his brothers and us go potty, we have a bathroom open door policy somehow..lol good luck...each kiddo is different as we all know...
I don't know that that sounds like such a nice or necessary thing for him to get the feel of...it would hurt like hell peeing when you have diaper rash. Undies are great cause they let them breathe and they seem to very quickly get the idea that peeing in the toilet is a good idea compared to wetting clothes and having to change. Maybe you could try a sticker chart too, amazing what little bits of sparkly sticky paper can acheive! I also have to agree with Maggie though and as far as I can tell he still is quite young to be toilet trained so most likely it is best not to stress! Best use for cloth nappies I have found is wiping up the misses!
thanks guys! I think I am going to try just laying off it a while. I'll let you know if anything works out. :3
