Potty Training

[onewithbooks]

Hello all experienced moms and dads! I have a friend who is having some trouble potty training her son. He turned three and November and she could use some tips. Any suggestions?

 

Thank you!

OWB

[Mythical_Suicide]

Don't push it!! Thats the only advice I can really give.

My son will be 3 in March and while he usually does really well I have noticed that if I push him, he will back track and that usually messes us up and he won't use the potty for awhile.

 

 

Also, positive rewards everytime they go!! Even if my son pees just a drop, He gets a sticker and it just makes him want to go more. Find something they like and stick with that.

 

 

Best of luck to her!!!! Everyone always told me how difficult it was to potty train a boy.. and gee how I know that now

[KG]

Bribery! We bought sheets of his favorite stickers, Thomas the Train, Buzz Lightyear!

Everytime he went successfully, he could stick one on the bathroom door!

He actually looked forward to potty.

[metrogirl]

I tried over and over to potty train my grandson and he would not go. Then one day out of the blue he says he wants to pee pee in the big toilet. From that day on, he did it all on his own.....

 

I was very patient with him and praised him anyway (for trying) even if he didn't do it.

[meagzt]

I had my little cousin for two weeks while his mom and dad were out of the country, and she had just started trying to potty train him, which sucked for me cuz I had to help him with it... I didn't really know what to do, so I did what my mom told me.

 

1. Put cheerios or fruit loops in the toilet. For a boy, it's like a game to try to hit them lol.

 

2. Praise them for using to toilet and ive them a reward of some kind. With him, it took money. Everytime he used the potty, I would put a quarter in his piggy bank.

 

3. Don't rush them. If he was rushed, he wouldn't do it.

 

4. Don't act inconvenience by it. If you sigh or roll your eyes, they are afraid to say anything and would rather not use the potty. My sister had a big problem with rolling her eyes, and he was afraid to ask when he was with her.

[onewithbooks]

Thanks for all the great suggestions! I know she has tried (unsuccessfully) with stickers, but the Cheeros or fruit loops is definitely interesting. I will pass these along. I knew people on here would be able to help!

[Mythical_Suicide]

Stickers may not work (they didn't with my nephew) but she can try many other things, like maybe getting small candy, lollipops or something that he likes and instead of just giving it to him make him earn them by pottying.