My son will be 3 in 3 months, and he is still sucking a bottle and is not potty trained. What do I do?

Question

My son will be 3 in 3 months, and he is still sucking a bottle and is not potty trained. What do I do?

Answer 1

I had this problem with a pacifier.

First we told her that she could do something crazy as we were driving in our vehicle. We rolled down her window and said she could throw her paci out. she did, clapped we all cheered........3 min. later......"my paci" tears.

What worked for us was we would look at the squirrels outside our window.

One day I cut just a small piece of her paci at the tip and said the squirrels must have ate a piece. Let her get used to the feel of that for a few days, then cut a little more, and so on and so on till it was a nub.

By then she had slowly gotten used to a new texture and no paci and we hid it.

She forgot about it and it was over.

whole process took a few weeks. but not tears, fighting, etc.

The squirrel bit also gave her something to get upset with instead of knowing it was me and crying to me to give it back to her. We would say " Those silly squirres or those mean o squirrels keep getting your paci, they must be baby squirrels who need them"

She loved to tell all our visitors about what the squirrels were doing to her paci's.

Also, go for the sippy cups with a soft tip that are similar to bottles during transision. Nuby makes one.

As for the potty training. Make a chart. One side that says I went on the potty. hooray. and the other side that says Oops.(or whatever you like) Set yourself on the potty and make it a game. tell your little one that you and he are going to have a race to see who can start pottying fastest. when you sit start counting. 1,2,3,4,5,6, etc. then go.

Next tell your son his turn and see if he can beat your number by going before your number.

When he does go potty make a big deal. clap hooray, tell everyone i went on the potty. and he can put a sticker on the happy side.

If you have to change his wet diaper, YOU put an X on the oops side.

Limit liquids at bedtime.

Also encourage him by telling him that if he does real good on his chart for a certain amount of consecutive days...... he can pick out his very own big boy underwear.(boxers, briefs, army style, blue, characters) whatever he likes.

I hope this was helpful. Dont get discouraged. There are  lot of moms with the same type of problems.

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Answer 2

you have to try and remove the habit of a bottle one feed at a time. just tell him the monkey took away your bottle. you could visit http://www.learning-graph.com/teachingdi... for tips on potty training.

Answer 3

Switch from bottle to sealed cup with straw (sippy cup).  For potty training, it helped my sons to potty train standing up.  They could see what was happening and connect the sensations.  I researched and found a very sturdy stool with sides for the toilet so my sons could stand or sit securely at the toilet holding on the sides at all times without touching the toilet.  http://www.amazon.com/Elite-Child-Corpor...

This stool made all the difference for them and was well worth it.  Hope this helps.

Answer 4

Pretty much what that first guy (Kincaid1) said, kids progress at different speeds. If you make a big deal out of it he might even take longer because of insecurity.

And don't worry about what your relative and neighbors say. He's your son and your responsibility to do what's best for him.

That maybeanotherday guy might be Cesar Milan using an alias, be careful.

Answer 5

First gtake the bottle away, he definitely should not have one. Try using a sippy cup first until he gets used to drinking from the cup before you sawitch to a regular cup. Also, you need to start potty-training him, take him to the potty and tell him that he goes pee in there now. Be prepared for resistance and mistakes, most of all be consistent and patient.

Answer 6

Don't worry about the potty training.  It will come.  Tell him if he wants to go to school and make new friends, he has to use the toilet.  That motivated my daughter.

As soon as my child could hold a sippy cup, there was one in her hand.  Take charge and just tell him this is the big boy cup now.  Don't make it a big issue, and stick to your guns.