need some help

[albertagirl2007]

ok my son is 2 years old going to be 3 in oct and i cant get him to ues the potty yet any help

[kierstynsmommy]

Hi there...I have a daughter who is going to be 3 in October and we are 2 weeks in to the whole potty training thing! The method I have used is to put "Big Girl Panties" on...in your case of course it would be Boy Boy Underwear, or whatever you want to call it. A week before we started training I constantly talked to her about it. We bought a potty chair and sat it in the bathroom next to the big toilet and let her get used to that. My daughter does not wear diapers anymore...only at night time. When she wets her panties, I get down on her level and explain that you dont potty in your panties, you potty in the big girl potty and sit her down on it. I make her stay there until she tells me where she is supposed to go potty at. It has obviously worked since now we are almost completely trained...I went to the dollar store and got around 40 dollars worth of little toys and put them in bags in my closet, everytime she pees in the potty, she gets a prize. I also bought her the Kandoo system with the wipes and foamy soap to wash her hands by herself. She really likes that. There has been some MAJOR bribing going on the last 2 weeks, but I think she is almost got it down. She has accidents every now and then, but for the most part she knows where she is supposed to go. I tell her not to pee pee on Dora (or whatever panties she is wearing) and that seemed to help to. I watch John and Kate plus 8 and they give their kids an M&M every time one of their kids go potty. I also made a chart with 5 rows of 7 days and everytime we potty, we get to put a sticker in the box, when we have filled up the entire page, we get a big surprise! Hope some of this helps!

[albertagirl2007]

thanks im going to have to try some of the bribing to my son cause i need him to start going in the potty be4 he starts preschool and thats in jan
thanks again

[sfritz]

It sounds funny, but we used cheerios to potty train my cousin. We made it a game. Just throw some in the potty and have him "aim" for them.

[energy_train]

Average age for potty training boys according to the American Academy of Pediatrics is 3 1/2 for daytime and 5 for nighttime.   You have to wait until they are ready or you are just wasting your time. Most boys I know are over 3 when they BEGIN potty training and it's must easier when they want to versus you forcing.  I'd hold off, let it go and revisit it again in a few months.  

[abbysmommy4]

My dd is almost 2 and 1/2 and I started with big girl pants around 2 but never forced her.  She didn't do so well and then I gave up for bit.  All of a sudden last week she decided she was ready.  She has been doing awsome.  I think when they are ready it is an easier task, but keep trying with him.  I think I just got lucky with dd.........LOL.  I was hoping we would be done with diapers by the time the new baby came.  YAY we are, except at night of course.

[albertagirl2007]

yeah i tryed the cheerios thing but still no help to that he has this movie its called the potty movie and that is kinda helping cause when he watches it he wants to go in the pot but when we put in the pot he said he is to scared so i guessill just wait till he is ready thanks girls

[hmosorio]

I have a 2 year old and let me tell you something, when they are ready you will know. I tried to train her early around 1 and a half because she showed interest but it never happened. Well a few weeks before her second birthday she wanted to try again and well she was doing good until she wanted to poop in her pull up. I tried everything candy and finally I tried the sticker and chart trick. Go to the Dollar Tree and buy their favorite stickers and a chart with days of the week. Every time he/she goes the the potty let them pick their fav sticker for the chart and themselves. It worked like a charm, she is two and fully potty trained.

[Jenny100]

I have 4 daughters and 3 sons. So I've been through potty training many times. And for me, my boys weren't even CLOSE to ready until they were 3. Even then, it was a VERY slow process with them. They werent fully day trained until 3 and 1/2. And night trained was even longer--4 years old for 2nd son. And my older son eventually had to use an alarm system to train him not to pee the bed----he was still unable to stay dry at 5.
(3rd son is still a little baby)
SO anyway---its been my experience that boys are much harder to train, and do it much later than girls. If your son isn't even 3 until October, I wouldn't even worry about it yet.
If you want to still try, take it slowly and go at HIS pace.I can tell you if HE isn't interested, it won't happen. This is one area where the child has the control.THEY have to WANT it.

[albertagirl2007]

thanks again

[albertagirl2007]

ok with the chart what do i put on there just the days of the week

[hmosorio]

Yes that is what I did she got certain stickers for pee pee and poopy. I would just use a long chart becasue she went sometimes 15 times in a day. I let her pick out the stickers one pack of big stickers (poopy) and one small pack (pee pee). It worked really well for her. She loved picking out stickers and another thing every five stickers she would get a piece of candy sucker or m&m. Let me know if this helps, good luck.  

[albertagirl2007]

well everyone my son is finally potty train he one day went bathroom on his own and after that he always goes so now he is in headstart it just like school and he loves it