Good Potty Training Advice Needed?
The boys are 3 years old. One of them seems to like wearing moving picture underwears and is progressing quickly. The other is very resistant and will not fall for any tricks. He ends up throwing tantrums and will throw out to pee if we set him on the toilet seat. It seems like we own tried everything with him, and nothing is moving forward, but I'm sure there is something out here, that we haven't tried yet.
What tricks did you use, to help you potty train your kids?
i have a rotten little boy that threw tantrums as well, i tried the cheerios surrounded by the toilet, i tried rewards, like putting candy on the back of the toilet and telling him he can enjoy one if he sits on the toilet and tries and can have three if he actually goes...ehh, the candy piece worked a little bit..but not really.. so, one day we were at the park, and he be holding himself, and i said do you have to go pee? and he said yes..i said we better hurry and get to the BR so you can try, we can stop at the gas station and acquire some candy..on the way home for you trying..okay he said..then i realized the BR be far away, so i said..how about you pee on this tree...he just kinda looked at me..and i was joking him and said you better not pee on the tree, just go in your diaper.. and i kept repartee him saying you better not, you better not do it... and he walked right over there by himself...and go pee..hes been peeing in the toilet since. no joke. own you tried taking him outside just for the first couple of times? that totally worked for me. good luck..and they will do it when they are ready..(i know everyone say that..lol..)
Have you tried teaching him to pee on a tree? Seriously, some children are scared to death of the toilet. Even potty chairs are stifling to them. I own a 3 year old in my daycare that wouldn't sit, but preferred a small stool in front of the toilet so that he could pull the seat himself and then holds onto it with both hand, all stretched out to pee. If it works, I'm game. His parents potty trained him on the tree thing.
Also, enjoy you tried painting a target on the bottom of the toilet with red lipstick for him to shoot at? Have you tried putting Cheerios in the bowl for him to shoot? Have you tried rewarding him next to 1 piece of his favorite candy for going in the toilet? Have you tried putting points on the chart that will earn him an icecream cone, or a movie, or a trip to the zoo at the end of the week. Whatever you do, don't force him, every child is different. Maybe he isn't ready but, or feels pressured because the other boy is doing so well. Too much positive praise the other way may be cause him to crave negative praise. Source(s): 35 years of experience with over 300 children.
Answers: I did a combination of things that seemed to work for my son. Although my son be significantly easier to train then my daughter was. My son has a severely laid back/easy going personality where my daughter is more outgoing/independent. So my daughter was a bit more stubborn roughly it and wanted to do it on her terms, where my son did it more on my lingo.
These are some things I did and some things that might work for you:
1. Took off my son's clothes off and let him run around butt stripped while training (once he knew where to go we put on the underwear).
2. Placed the potty stool in the living room where the TV and people be. This kept him happy while sitting on the potty.
3. Praised him when he did go on the potty (I got particularly excited, clapped, told him how great it was and told him because he did such a good job he could hold a treat)
4. Do not punish or demonstrate a lot of negative behaviour if he make a mess in his pants or goes on the floor. He is erudition. Try and act indifferent. This way he only get a big reaction when he actually does his job on the toilet.
5. Let him pick out his incredibly own big boy underwear when you go shopping. This makes it his decision and its something he can be proud of.
6.Get him a reward for going to the bathroom. I get cheap little chewy penny candies at the grocery store. I got a good sized bag of them. They be small so it was an easy to give my kids a couple as a reward for going to the bathroom.
7. I found dividing up the daytime/night time potty training made it easier. It didn't overwhelm my kids. Once they have the daytime training down to an art we worked on night time.
The above worked for both my kids. My son was easy to potty train and my daughter be not. I found I got a bit discouraged because my son did it so easily and my daughter did not. Training my son didn't take much thought. I merely did it. It wasn't that easy with my daughter. However I just stuck beside what worked for my son and it paid off eventually. Stick with it and eventually he will take into custody on. =)
Being consistent and allowing my kids to take a favorite toy with them when using the potty. Or I just embezzle the small potty and put it in front of the tv while they are watching cartoons or a movie. I just utilized things that my kids loved to do approaching watching tv or playing with a toy or blanket. I have even tried using a lollipop or a popsicle. Source(s): http://www.pottytrainingsite.com/blog
For kids potty training is all roughly control. I can guarantee that if you try to force your child to use the toilet he will not. You could try skittles or gummie bears to give them if they do use the potty. He will probably see the other one being rewarded and lunge on the wagon. Whatever you do don't scold your child for not using the toilet or tell him he is a babe, or "look at what a big boy your brother is, he pees on the potty". Just ask him every 45 min if he wants to go and tell him if he does step pee/poop he will get a skittle/gummie bear, or whatever you try. If he say no its fine, eventually he will come around. Source(s): mom of toilet trained kids :)
Oh my god...he should be particularly careful then. My little one start to sit in potty when he be 30 months. I tell him that the more he pee in his nappy, the more insect will start crawl inside his nappy. At 1st he didn't believe. Once he say a fly within my kitchen and when he ask what is that? I told him that is the insect which just out of your nappy. I tol;d him I saw that coming out of his nappy. Since then he start to sit surrounded by potty. It's difficult but we must manage them. Good Luck.
Ha.. Its like training a dog! Seriously! My LO is erudition and doing very well, I leave her to run free and as soon as she starts to do a wee I pick her up and plonk her on the potty consequently praise her for doing so well, We also have stuck some flower stickers on the inside of the potty (possibly grass for boys) and we ask her to water the flowers. She seem to enjoy "watering" them. I am finding it hard to stop her picking her potty up after shes used it!
GL with your boys xx
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i have a rotten little boy that threw tantrums as well, i tried the cheerios surrounded by the toilet, i tried rewards, like putting candy on the back of the toilet and telling him he can enjoy one if he sits on the toilet and tries and can have three if he actually goes...ehh, the candy piece worked a little bit..but not really.. so, one day we were at the park, and he be holding himself, and i said do you have to go pee? and he said yes..i said we better hurry and get to the BR so you can try, we can stop at the gas station and acquire some candy..on the way home for you trying..okay he said..then i realized the BR be far away, so i said..how about you pee on this tree...he just kinda looked at me..and i was joking him and said you better not pee on the tree, just go in your diaper.. and i kept repartee him saying you better not, you better not do it... and he walked right over there by himself...and go pee..hes been peeing in the toilet since. no joke. own you tried taking him outside just for the first couple of times? that totally worked for me. good luck..and they will do it when they are ready..(i know everyone say that..lol..)
Have you tried teaching him to pee on a tree? Seriously, some children are scared to death of the toilet. Even potty chairs are stifling to them. I own a 3 year old in my daycare that wouldn't sit, but preferred a small stool in front of the toilet so that he could pull the seat himself and then holds onto it with both hand, all stretched out to pee. If it works, I'm game. His parents potty trained him on the tree thing.
Also, enjoy you tried painting a target on the bottom of the toilet with red lipstick for him to shoot at? Have you tried putting Cheerios in the bowl for him to shoot? Have you tried rewarding him next to 1 piece of his favorite candy for going in the toilet? Have you tried putting points on the chart that will earn him an icecream cone, or a movie, or a trip to the zoo at the end of the week. Whatever you do, don't force him, every child is different. Maybe he isn't ready but, or feels pressured because the other boy is doing so well. Too much positive praise the other way may be cause him to crave negative praise. Source(s): 35 years of experience with over 300 children.
Answers: I did a combination of things that seemed to work for my son. Although my son be significantly easier to train then my daughter was. My son has a severely laid back/easy going personality where my daughter is more outgoing/independent. So my daughter was a bit more stubborn roughly it and wanted to do it on her terms, where my son did it more on my lingo.
These are some things I did and some things that might work for you:
1. Took off my son's clothes off and let him run around butt stripped while training (once he knew where to go we put on the underwear).
2. Placed the potty stool in the living room where the TV and people be. This kept him happy while sitting on the potty.
3. Praised him when he did go on the potty (I got particularly excited, clapped, told him how great it was and told him because he did such a good job he could hold a treat)
4. Do not punish or demonstrate a lot of negative behaviour if he make a mess in his pants or goes on the floor. He is erudition. Try and act indifferent. This way he only get a big reaction when he actually does his job on the toilet.
5. Let him pick out his incredibly own big boy underwear when you go shopping. This makes it his decision and its something he can be proud of.
6.Get him a reward for going to the bathroom. I get cheap little chewy penny candies at the grocery store. I got a good sized bag of them. They be small so it was an easy to give my kids a couple as a reward for going to the bathroom.
7. I found dividing up the daytime/night time potty training made it easier. It didn't overwhelm my kids. Once they have the daytime training down to an art we worked on night time.
The above worked for both my kids. My son was easy to potty train and my daughter be not. I found I got a bit discouraged because my son did it so easily and my daughter did not. Training my son didn't take much thought. I merely did it. It wasn't that easy with my daughter. However I just stuck beside what worked for my son and it paid off eventually. Stick with it and eventually he will take into custody on. =)
Being consistent and allowing my kids to take a favorite toy with them when using the potty. Or I just embezzle the small potty and put it in front of the tv while they are watching cartoons or a movie. I just utilized things that my kids loved to do approaching watching tv or playing with a toy or blanket. I have even tried using a lollipop or a popsicle. Source(s): http://www.pottytrainingsite.com/blog
For kids potty training is all roughly control. I can guarantee that if you try to force your child to use the toilet he will not. You could try skittles or gummie bears to give them if they do use the potty. He will probably see the other one being rewarded and lunge on the wagon. Whatever you do don't scold your child for not using the toilet or tell him he is a babe, or "look at what a big boy your brother is, he pees on the potty". Just ask him every 45 min if he wants to go and tell him if he does step pee/poop he will get a skittle/gummie bear, or whatever you try. If he say no its fine, eventually he will come around. Source(s): mom of toilet trained kids :)
Oh my god...he should be particularly careful then. My little one start to sit in potty when he be 30 months. I tell him that the more he pee in his nappy, the more insect will start crawl inside his nappy. At 1st he didn't believe. Once he say a fly within my kitchen and when he ask what is that? I told him that is the insect which just out of your nappy. I tol;d him I saw that coming out of his nappy. Since then he start to sit surrounded by potty. It's difficult but we must manage them. Good Luck.
Ha.. Its like training a dog! Seriously! My LO is erudition and doing very well, I leave her to run free and as soon as she starts to do a wee I pick her up and plonk her on the potty consequently praise her for doing so well, We also have stuck some flower stickers on the inside of the potty (possibly grass for boys) and we ask her to water the flowers. She seem to enjoy "watering" them. I am finding it hard to stop her picking her potty up after shes used it!
GL with your boys xx
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