How to potty train my boy?

Question

He will cry before he has to go the grab his self so i take him to the bathroom and put him on the potty but be will not go he will get up and walk off and then go in the floor i need help on want ot do i had a girl last time and it was not hard he is so hard to do the potty thing with so can you help me?

Answer 1

you cant force a child to use the potty not saying you are but try and occupied him well on it a toy a book running tap water along with it.when he does it praise him say what a good job.let him watch you use the  bathroom(say oh mommy has to pee)he will fallow you and use the toilet!hope with helps all the luck

Answer 2

what i did with my son was make a game out of it. i took the bowl out of his potty chair and placed the bowl on the floor in living room. i placed a little duck in the bowl. then i encourged him to pee on the ducky. when he did, i gave him a treat. when he missed the ducky i would say, aweee poor ducky poor poor ducky. as soon as i got him used to peeing on the duck, i slowly moved the bowl a little closer to the bathroom. then id say find the ducky, find the ducky. he'd find the duck and and that signal him to pee. i got him trained in about 3 days. anything you do with your kids thats fun, they'll adapt quickly too. good luck

Answer 3

i just went through this with my 2 year old. he wouldnt go in the bathroom to go , and he would hold it till he got in the living room. so what i did was find a privite spot in the living room wear nobody really walks threws, set up a little table for a few books (that would be used onloy for that of course dont want germs) and let him get use to going there and then moved him to the bathroom.

Answer 4

first of all, don't worry that he is a boy, it really doesn't take longer for a boy to train if the method you use is consistent.  Perhaps the average girl hates accidents more than boys and trains faster, but my daughter had wet accidents much longer than my son.  

Anyway, If your son can understand your explanation about using toilet and can "hold it" (stay dry for long periods during the day or night), then there is hope for potty training!!!

tips:

don't ever put him on the potty/toilet unless he has had an accident.  Just leave him bare or use underwear to train.  If he has an accident, take him from the site of the accident to the potty/toilet for a "practice" (hopefully this will be non-threatening and not lead to crying).  Have him sit a few minutes and explain nicely that this is where he should come when he needs to pee/poo.  Then have him help clean up as much as possible.  There will be a lot of accidents in the beginning so prepare (ideas: put potty near where he spends the most time, cover play area floor with a shower curtain and sheet, or towels, go outside a lot, stay in areas of the home with floors not carpet, buy some carpet cleaner, have old towels on hand for quick clean-up, etc)

At some point (hours, days, or weeks) your son will decide he WANTS to pee in the toilet instead of on himself, when the light goes on, there will be no crying about sitting on the toilet.  Just be confident, it will happen, and you have my heartfelt sympathy if he is one of those children that takes more than a few days to decide to be potty trained.  Once he starts going to the toilet on his own, you are mostly there!  The rest of training is much easier.

I KNOW how frustrating it is when they have the accident right next to the toilet, but that is normal and it gets better, I promise, I've been there (girl and boy, both hard-to-train).

  

one final tip: just in case you are tempted, don't ever go back to diapers.  Don't use pull-ups except maybe at night.  Be consistent.  Send the message that you KNOW your son can use the toilet.  Best Wishes!

Answer 5

It helped my sons to start outside in the grass.  While they are standing with pants down, say "go pee."  Watching what was happening helped my sons connect what they felt internally with what they saw.  I found a very sturdy stool with sides for the toilet so they could pee standing at the toilet and not make a mess.  http://www.amazon.com/Elite-Child-Corpor...

This stool is very safe and made all the difference for them.  They potty trained right away with this and it is well worth it.  Hope this helps.

Answer 6

not force