Potty training?? i have twin boy/girl... 2... almost 2 1/4?

Question

should i train them together (side by side...?

should my son be train for standing pee or sitting pee...?

when i train them, whats the best potty time...?

should i take away the diapers during the potty traininng process...?

Answer 1

I think it's best you train them separately so that they can be more independent so that after potty training they will not be relying on each other to go potty. And it is normal for younger boys to sit on a toilet to pee, that's the best start, however when he's maybe five than you teach him how a male use the toilet. I had helped trained my niece to potty when she was two in a half and the best time to potty train is when they have to "go" teach them phrases such as "potty" and "pee pee" and if you tend to keep in diapers they will get comfortable using them. I recommend pull ups. You know the ones that says "I'm a big kid now!"

**********Good Luck!***********

Answer 2

I have three kids, two boys and one girl.. I potty trained my boys to sit down first and then once they got the hang of that we worked on standing up.  I did it sitting first because I wanted them to concentrate on having to go potty not on having to aim.  Many times when potty training you're lucky to make it to the toilet much less having to aim too, lol.  I got the kids pull ups first and they didn't seem to work well - they would wet them like diapers.  So I made a big deal about going to the store and getting them "big boy underware" or "big girl panties".  I am a stay at home mom so during the beginning stages of potty training I would put them in their underpants and a t-shirt but leave the bottoms off so that we could make quick trips to the bathroom.  At the beginning we visited the potty often and sometimes they didn't go they just sat on the toilet for a few minutes but I made a big deal out of it each time "you're my big boy/girl" "mommy is so proud of you" "wow look at you! I'm so happy" and be all smiles and clap for them.  Kids love the attention and they will want to go on the potty to please you.  Rewards could be new big boy or big girl undies for going in the potty.  Don't reprimand them for having accidents.. they're going to happen.. just take them into the bathroom quickly and get them up on the toilet.. praise them on the toilet.  I see no reason why they can't go into the bathroom at the same time, they are still young enough and it would probably be good for them to "cheer" each other on.. "we're so proud of ____ for going on the potty" but don't compare them to each other such as "be a big kid like ___"  I still used diapers at nap time and bed time for awhile but eventually put down waterproof pads at nap time, when they had that mastered I did the same thing at bed time.  All three of my kids were potty trained between 2 and 2 1/2.  Good Luck!! :]  Oh yeah, almost forgot.. when you're ready to work on "aiming" fruit loops work great for teaching aim.. put say 3 in the toilet and have him aim for them.. it worked great for my boys

Answer 3

Train them side by side, you're going to have to anyway (monkey see monkey do) Your son should be taught to potty sitting down untill he gets the total hang of it. The best potty time would be like an hr after they drink or eat. Don't take away the diapers during the potty training because then you're just asking for trouble. Try switching them to different ones like the ones that turn the diaper "cool" when they got to go and tell them its big boy/girl pants! P.S. My mom bribed me with starburst to learn potty training, 1starburst if I peed, 2 if I pooped. I was only 1 yr old though.

Answer 4

You can try training them together, but boys aren't always ready when girls are.  Get two pottys, and let your son give it a try, but don't stress if he isn't interested yet.  Boys usually start potty training sitting down.  Once he gets the hang of it, he can try it standing up.  You're also going to have to show him how to "aim", even when sitting, because it doesn't always squirt straight down!

Answer 5

I wouldn't train them together because one may become embarrassed if the other catches on more quickly.

I trained my son sitting in the beginning. He may not be able to focus on the "target" at first. It can get messy. After he is going in the potty regularly, you can teach him to go while standing. Put a few Cheerios's in thee toilet and let him "shoot" them.

I'm not sure about the potty time. With my daughter, we went every few minutes until she went in the potty. When she went, we had a little "potty  party" (singing and dancing). Sounds silly, but she loved it. She was potty trained in one day. It was different with my son. He thought the potty party was weird. We made a sticker chart. When he filled it up with stickers he got a reward (Play World). He still had accidents over the next few weeks. As he got better at it, the chart got bigger. He had to go in the potty more times to get his reward. He quit having accidents after about two months.

We took away diapers during the day and gave them Big kid undies. If we needed to go out we put vinyl potty training pants over the big kid undies.

Good luck!

Answer 6

I have never potty trained a boy, but you probably shouldn't train them side by side.  Train the boy to stand up and pee.  The best time is after naps or even after trips to town or playing outside. Put them in pull ups.  Ask them often.  They will catch on quickly.

Answer 7

I am in the process of potty training my daughter right now.  She is not quite 2 yet, but she is more than ready.  I have found that if I just take her diaper off and put "big girl panities" on her, ask her often is she has to go, and take her several times a day, then she will ask to go.  She has been wearing panties for almost two weeks now and has only had like 4 accidents.  The times she did pee in her panties I made her staty in them for about 20-30 minutes simply because she did not like the way it felt to be wet, and so far so good.  She is wearing panites to daycare and does fine.  I think that it helps that she is in daycare, because she sees the other kids in her class going to pee pee and she goes very good herself.  Also, is she does have an accident, I make her help me clean herself, luckily she has only had pee pee accidents, she always goes boo boo on the potty.  I do have a treat jar in the bathroom and when she uses thte potty, she gets to pick a treat from the jar, sometimes, it is candy, sometimes it is a small toy that I had picked up somewhere.  I only have a girl, but I can imagine this would also work for a boy just as well.  And there is nothing wrong with your son sitting on the potty for a while til he gets used to it.  I would getr two different potty chairs for them though.  Get 2 that are different colors and let the kids decorate them with stickers and that way they will feel as though the potty chairs are theirs alone.