Potty training my 3 year old boy.?

Question

My son just turned 3 this month and Im getting really upset becuase he is not showing any intrest in potting at all. He know when hes going because he tells me when hes done and for me to change his pull-up. Anyways the director at his school told me he cant move up to the 3 year old class till hes using the big boy potty and this has gotten me really shooken up. We have tried the treats,toys, candy, cherios in the toilet.....i dont know where to turn. PLEASE HELP ME!!! Im loosing my mind!! :)

Answer 1

I took the nappies off my son when this happened and then he would come to me when he needed to go, saying that he wanted a nappy, to which I would reply "You are a big boy now and big boys sit on the toilet / potty". When they do something on the potty, make a big deal of them.

The other thing I did was encouraged him to sit on the potty at other times. He would typically sit there before his bath, even if he did not need to go. It just became routine.

Aftet he was basically toilet trained he still liked the security of wearing a nappy to bed at night. When he was about 3.5 years old I asked him if he was ready to go without. Obviously he said that he wanted to keep wearing them. After a couple of weeks of sowing the seed I showed him the remaining nappies and explained that they were nearly all gone. He has had only one or two accidents over the last 7 months.

Kids need to be ready to go to the toilet and maybe the process that I went through will be of help to you.

Good luck

Answer 2

Usually at this age, he should show signs of readiness. Maybe instead of trying to get him to use the bathroom, try just telling him about how big boys and girls use it and that he'll be such a big boy if he does. If you notice signs of him using the bathroom such as him bending down to have a bowel movement or suddenly stand still, take him to the potty and sit him down. Reward him if he does it in the potty. He may just be a late bloomer for this also. He'll come around, so don't worry. I wouldn't advise taking his diaper off only because if he's truly not ready, he'll use the bathroom on the floor. Let him see an older male use the bathroom so that he knows everyone uses the bathroom. Hope this helps.

Answer 3

Sit him on the toilet about 5 times a day. Tell him to go to the bathroom. Once he gets used to it, change him to boys underwear in the mornings, and pull ups at night. Have him go to the bathroom every morning and ASK HIM if he has to go. Scold him when he goes potty on himself....and when he goes to the potty in the big boy chair, then reward him.

Answer 4

Make a little chart, ge gets one sticker for pee and two for p**p, when he get so mnay sticks you can do something special, like have a special day go to the park, ice cream or w/e.  let him put the stickers on and when he does you the bathroom make sure you praise the h**l out of him make him feel special. are you using a little toliet?  if not let him pick the color and decorate it with stirckers or w/e! Good Luck!

Answer 5

My sons used a very sturdy stool with sides that surround the toilet and they felt completely relaxed. http://www.amazon.com/Elite-Child-Corpor... It is so safe that they became potty trained right away.  This made all the difference and was well worth it.

Answer 6

my son loves me more than toys, treats ,and any thing else he start using the pot at 2 bc I told him dont get close to if he had pee on him self.  I didnt change him for 10 mins and didnt let him get close to me

Answer 7

throw his pull ups away! I hate those things i think they sabotage you. Obviously it doesn't bother him to go in them I am sure if he is wearing under-ware it will be a lot more uncomfortable and after a few times he will catch on and not want to keep doing it. Have you tried letting him pee outside on trees?

Answer 8

Get dad to do it. I struggled with my boys until they were 3.5 and my ped told me to have a dad do it. I turned to my dad, since boys dad didn't want anything to do with it and in 3 days, they were potty trained. I think it has something to do with sons and mothers.