Potty training boys!!?

Question

hello to everyone whos potty trained their boys,i have brought the potty and left it in the room with the toys.My son is 2 next week i want to try get him trained whilst its sumer so he can be outside with no nappy on maybe pants instead?is it best to let him sit on the potty to wee or to stand over it ?i told my partner he needs to show him as its easier for him to watch a man!!does anyone have any tips please

ps i dont like the word train as it sounds harsh!!!

Answer 1

start boys out with sitting down, not standing

make a game. when your toddler has to go potty, make a code word like "cod red." Then have him "fly" or rush to the potty. This will help him recognize when he has to go potty. After he goes, let him flush or dump the pee out. Then reward him with a sticker. After ten successes, or stickers, give him a toy or candy. Repeat until he goes regularly.

Answer 2

How to help your son learn to use the toilet by letting him go bare from the waist down, make sure he has already demonstrated some bladder control before you start by staying dry for long stretches during the day or night:

First of all, no diapers or pull-ups during the learning process except maybe at night for a few weeks.  Keep him bare all the time while at home so he will progress faster.  Place the potty in the main living area and carefully explain to him that he is supposed to wee and poo in the potty  now.  When he starts to wet himself, take him to the potty and have him sit down even if it is too late and he went all on the floor already.  Don't be afraid of accidents, there are a lot at first, but in a week or two, he'll be pretty much trained.  When he does go in the potty, cheer, hug, dance, celebrate, show the potty to everyone in the house, make it a fun success for him in your own style.  

He might say he doesn't want to use the toilet yet because he likes diapers, of course he does, they are so much easier, but don't give in.  Don't let him be the boss.  You wouldn't give him candy every meal either.  Going in the toilet is good hygiene, be firm and don't go back to diapers.  The rule is to wee in the potty, not in underwear or on the floor.  

Always train a little boy sitting down, wait until he is taller to have him stand.  (My son happened to learned to go standing by using a urinal at a restaurant when my husband took him, he was thrilled.)  When he got tall enough he naturally started to go standing because it became easier than sitting.  Remember our grandparents all trained our parents before age two, he is fully cabable of training too.

Answer 3

the cherrios thing did not work for me, he tried to pick them up and eat them lol :D every child is different, my son only likes the big boy potty and has to sit down.  Sometimes he tells me when he has to go and sometimes he doesn't :-( it's trial and error, and a LOT of patience, praise him for trying though :-)

Answer 4

Let him sit on the potty.

Remember that learning to use the potty (i.e. being accident free), is as much a developmental milestone as is learning to crawl/walk/talk etc.  If you wouldn't rush your child to walk, don't rush him to be potty-trained.  He'll do it when he's ready.

Use cotton underwear as opposed to pull-ups.  Pull-ups don't allow them to feel the discomfort of wetness.

Hope this helps.

Answer 5

Put some cherrios in the potty and let him aim for them. Make it into a game.

Answer 6

First off,.....you can NOT teach a child to go in a potty until they are ready!

My son was 28 months when he learned...and my husband taught him....but it only took him a few days and he was leaving the house with big boy pants on!

So, if you haven't introduce your son to the potty and have your husband take him to the potty with him each time your husband goes...p**p or pee....and have your son use a small training potty while your husband uses the regular potty!

But don't push or punish him...as it will result in many negative behavior and attitudes!!!

Him just turning two, he's still young enough that its not the end of the world if he doesn't train right away!

You could try pull ups....they didnt' work with my son....and some kids they dont! They don't realize the difference from diapers....and my daughter on the other hand, she learned on pull ups and did wonderful!

Good luck!

Answer 7

First u should put it in the bathroom so he gets used to going in the bathroom and u also shouldnt have any toys around as thats a big distraction. Also he not going to go standing up till he knows how to go into the restroom by himself and go when he needs to, so start him sitting down.

Answer 8

when i potty trained my little guy, i went out and bought him underwear with all his favorite characters on them, like the hulk, spidrerman, super man and all those. and i told him in a very excited way i got him underwear with all his favorite guys on them, but he couldnt wear them until he went on the big potty.

i also found it to be easier for him to sit down in the toilet because he was not tall enough to reach the toilet at that time. and when he would go i would tell him make sure you hold your pee-pee down. and he did fine.

once he started to go in the toilet more and more i always reminded him to tell me if he had to go because if he ever went pee or p**p in his underwear we had to throw them away and he would need diapers and only babies wear diapers.

i know pull-ups have characters on them too, maybe start with those before underwear right away... but good luck!!! hope this helped!