Potty training my sonn is proving to be a very difficult task Someone Please ...

I just posted something about this on another thread - LOL - have you tried the cheerio trick - throw cheerios or fruit loops or something like that in the potty w/ points awarded for hitting them (only works on boys - LOL). We made a game of it and everytime he would try to beat his previous score - kept a scorecard taped on the back of the bathroom door and everything. Also - don't do diapers or pull ups - they pull moisture away, toddlers take twice as long to potty train with them (at least my friends do!). Make potty time fun, buy potty books, sing potty songs, etc. etc. etc.

I just started to potty train my daughter. It was her idea, so I am going with it. She is not even 1 1/2 yet, so I am not pushing it at all. She really gets excited about you being excited. I tell her what a big girl she is and when she goes I tell her how proud I am of her. So far this seems to be working for her. My son was harder to train. He was just over 3 when he was potty trained. He was never consistent with it. I tried to stay away from bribing him with treats. I did not really push him either until he hit 3. Then I told him he was not getting any more diapers or pull ups. He went straight to big boy underwear and he only had 3 accidents. I think part of it is them knowing you will cave and put a diaper back on them.

At the age of 3 your son should understand what it means to have to go potty~ he should know the feeling. I am guessing that he is just lazy about it and he hasn't experienced any reason to go on his own.

I run a daycare and when they children turn 3, if they aren't trained at home, they get trained here. I use pullups because they aren't my kids and I don't want to clean up pee all the time, but on my own kids, I used underpants.

For my own son, he would go under the table and do his business in his pants for months. Finally it was going to be his 3rd birthday and I sat down and talked to him about turning 3 and turning into a big boy. I told him if he wanted a birthday party, then he needed to go on the potty and not in his pants. The next day he started going on the potty!

For my daycare kids, I use candy. I have them go potty first thing in the morning. Then about 30 minutes later, I have them go try again. I tell if they go, they get a candy and so do all the other daycare kids. This helps getting the motivation from the other kids. Even if they go a drop, we have a huge celebration! Then I put them on again about 1 hour later and continue threwout the day. It helps to just make them go and try. They will get the hang of it.

I'd suggest taking your son to the store and having him pick out a special prize that he has wanted. Don't buy it, but tell him when he starts going on the pot, he will get it.....you have to give him some motivation.

A 3 yr old is smart enough to go when they have the urge and also smart enough to be stubborn and drive moms crazy.

My grandson was the same way. He was about 3 1/2 when he finally decide to be a big boy. She tried everything. He loves candy so she told him everytime he went potty he could get a piece of candy. This worked out great. He was trained in 2-3 days. He refuses to take the candy now for going potty. Some maybe find something he really likes and use that to reward him.

I had the same problem with my son. He was three and still in diapers. I finnaly just put him in a pair of underware and let him go. Let him go to the store with you and pick out what kind he wants. Tell him they are "special" underware for special boys who use the potty. Eventually they will not like the feeling of it going down there legs. Keep on him about it. Ask all the time if he has to go potty. I always kept telling him he was a big boy and big boys use the potty. If he does go in his pants talk to him about it in a calm way. Like why didnt you go to the potty? You are a big boy and can use the potty now. When you have to go go to the potty ok? Stuff of that nature. Dont confuse him by putting diapers back on him. He will get confused and will go in his underware as well. At night you could put a plastic pair over the underware just incase of accidents.

I also would send him to the bathroom with his dad and brother to watch them so he could see how it is done. Is there a male figure in the house that could do this for you? A dad, a brother, a uncle? Its easier for a man to teach a boy than a woman. I mean really I dont have one and have no idea what its like to stand and pee. LOL!

Is he tall enough to reach the toilet standing? If not get him a little stool he can stand on. Have you tried giving him an M&M if he goes? If he pees on the potty then he gets an M&M. If he poops on the potty he gets 2 M&Ms. Or you can try trowing a cherrio or fruit loop in the potty and tell him to sink it. It works for some kids. But watch he dosent decide to throw other things in and sink them. LOL!

And of course the biggest thing is praise! Praise him everytime he goes. Get all excited clap your hands and say what a big boy to go on the potty!

Oh also tell him that if he wants to go to school he has to use the potty. The teacher wont change his diaper at school. If hes wxcited about school this should help some.

I hope I have helped you some and good luck with the training!!


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Well there is the cheerios, fruit loops trick. Then there is the peice of candy each time. For instance 1 MnM for pee, 2 MnMs for poop. The other thing is take 2 days and every 30 minutes of waking time put him on the potty. It will be hard for you and for him. Harder for you. You can also try the sticker chart in a different way. For every 5 stickers you get you can pick from the prize bucket. (get some dollar store items you know he will like before hand or take him to pick out some things and put them in the "prize bucket") He is old enough to understand if I do this ... I get that. Boys are much harder then girls. Girls want to be clean lol. Good luck I'm starting my daughter soon. She's telling me she is ready but I'm not!

Im very lucky, my kids were easy to potty train. But i have had several friends who had a hard time. I'm not against "treating" them when they do go. Have a tote full of little toys or treats that he gets to pick from when he uses the potty. If he goes in his pants, he can't have anything. In schools now the teachers even have a tote full of stickers and goodies when the students do a good job or something. Everybody likes to get something whether its a paycheck or bonus. I don't think there is anything wrong with this tactic...and if it works Im pretty sure you won't think so either. Good luck!

My son is 2 1/2 and ever time I bring up the potty the response i get is "No go on potty!" When i tell him all his friends use the potty he tells me no they don't. I tell him Mommy and Daddy use the potty he says No!

He has no interest and I don't know how to get him interested either. I've tried the m&ms, didn't work. He cried for the package of M&Ms but when it came down to it he didn't use the potty, so he didn't get the candy.

Like your son my son is suppose to go to a preschool program next year but only if he is potty trained. I figure I won't push for now but i know over the summer I am going to want to try to really get him using the potty.

The only problem I have is I don't want to clean up messes by leaving him in regular underwear to dislike the feeling of being messy. If you find something that works please share. I'll do the same. It would also be nice to save a little money on buying less diapers.

My daughter was this way. You can't force kids because it can lead to chronic bedwetting so they have to be ready for sure.
With my daughter, she wanted to go so that wasn't the issue.
First use pull ups only they absorb less. But also there could be an intestinal problem that's what happened with my daughter. She wouldn't go on the pot because it hurt her stomach for some reason it hurt less (and comfort) to poop in a pull up. So I took her to the doctor, sure enough she was stopped up and went on a prescription laxative. Within a week, she was full on potty trained and had 1 accident since and that was 4 years ago. So maybe a stomach problem?? Worth checking out...