I need help with potty training?

Question

I'm trying to potty train my son and it was going well for a while and now he started going back in his pull ups he knows how to ask for stuff and tell me when has to go to the bathroom he just chooses not to and i don't know how to break him out of this cycle any suggestions ?

Answer 1

I tried pull ups but found my son just relied on them so I got rid of them totally. It took a lot of work on my part reminding him but with a travel potty we got there and yes there were a few accidents on the way. We also did a reward chart started off with 5 wees and 2 poos or something like that and gradually increased it When he reached the target he got a present nothing expensive he was just delighted with getting a treat. It worked, there are times still when he has the odd accident but that's to be expected. good luck they all get there in the end.

Answer 2

Well, i have basically grew up with my 3 little cousins, and try this, when he's getting ready to get on the pullups make a suggestion to him 2 try something new. Create kinda a adventure for him like lets follow the tresure or lets follow the trail, and make the trail to the potty, just do it for a while until he gets used to it and sometimes reward him for going without your help, so he can really feel like a big girl or big boy, and that will encourage him to do it on his own. Trust me i know!

Answer 3

It helped my sons to potty train standing up because they could see what pushing was effective and gain control of their internal muscles.  I researched and found a very sturdy stool with sides for the toilet so that they could hold on without touching the toilet whether they were sitting or standing.  http://www.amazon.com/Elite-Child-Corpor...

This stool made all the difference for them and they became potty trained right away.  Well worth it.  Hope this helps.

Answer 4

If he was going well, then he understand the process.  He's just decided that it's not as interesting anymore as it was before, and therefore not worth his time when he has other more interesting things to be doing.  He's taking the easy road, and being lazy.  In pull ups, there aren't any consequences, all of the wetness is wicked away.  Use big boy underwear, that way when he's lazy, he'll learn that there is a price for laziness - a certain wet, uncomfortable feeling that comes with an unpleasant odor.

Answer 5

Lose the pull ups and put big boy undies on him. Just use the pull ups at night if you need to.

Answer 6

Kids have short attention spans at that age....

What  I did was sit the potty chair smack dab in the middle of the living room floor.. That way he would see it 5,000 times in one day. Kids don't socialise or go in the bathroom as much as they do the rest of the house.   Let him go in the living room for awhile in the potty.. It won't hurt anyone. He will get use to what he see's. Constant reinforcement that it is there is what he probably needs. He may just simply forget what isnt in front of his face.

Answer 7

keep  a   jar  of     jelly beans   in  the   bathroom  and    let  him  know  if  he    gose    potty  he can   pick   four  of   them