trying to potty train my son, i've tried praising him for sitting on the potty, keeping him distracted with toys and even sitting him in front of his fav t.v programme, but he's just not interested in sitting on it for very long, let alone doing anything. Any tips would be much appreciated, Thanks
LOL my mother did that, and then one time she had to answer the phone and I peed on the carpet. They had a fair easier time with my brother; maybe they learnt from last time. So I agree it's probably best to wait until he's ready, and keep it quite relaxed. Maybe get him into a routine of trying to go every hour and just sitting there for a little while. It's probably far less stress to wait a while than have to keep sitting with him and all. He will get the idea eventually.
I did think i should wait as well, being a bit selfish really, bc i've got 3 in nappies all together and just wanted to get him out of them as quick a i could. Thanks for your replies
how old is he? I agree with the wonderful mamas, wait untill he's ready. Skye just one day started pointing at either his penis or his butt. At first it was to tell us he needed changed, and we kept telling him to tell us before he goes, and kept encouraging him. Then he suddenly did it, and we put him on the potty and he sat there for about 10 minutes just talking and pointing at things and singing (my son loves to sing), but nothing happened. He got off the toilet and peed in the living room. This repeated several times before he decided to go while he was sitting there. I was tempted there for a while to teach him to just use a tree, but I think this potty thing might work.
We bought a potty seat when Dakota was about 18 months old. But it was just there. Sometimes he sat on it with his clothes on while I was in the bathroom. As he got closer to 2 years old we started to sit him on it naked before bed while we brushed his teeth and things like that. Then I started really working with him on the day Dakota turned two years old. I took him to the potty every 15 minutes or so. Didn't make a big deal of it. If he went he got a sticker. If he didn't go we tried again in 15 minutes. After a week of vacation and doing this, he was starting to get the idea. When he went back to day care the next week they were good about taking him on a regular basis. He wore a diaper for naps and bedtime. Within 3 months he was dry in the day time. However, he would not make poopie in the potty. He would wait until his nighttime diaper was on and then he would be poopie in 5 minutes. Just wouldn't do it in the potty. We finally figured out that Nemo lives wherever there is water. And you can't go poopie on Nemo. It's okay to pee on Nemo but not poopie. Once I was able to explain to him that Nemo does not live in the potty, he started using it to poopie as well. Shortly before he turned three years old he informed me that he did not want to wear diapers at night any more. We had a long talk about not wetting your bed and getting up to use the potty. He has maybe had two accidents since then. I think the key is to wait until they are ready. It goes quickly then. Kathi
thanks for that Kathi, the sticker reward was one thing i didn't try, i'll give that ago and if he's still not interested then i'll wait a bit longer. thanks again, Gem by the way, Dakota is a lovely name, never heard of that before
