When shall i potty train my son? and how??

Question

My son is 2 years old on monday, and i have left the potty laying around for him and even let him wear little pants around the house and tried to encourage him to wee in the potty, but he just wee,s in the pants and on the floor!??, my sister though who has a son of 3 and a half didnt potty train her son, and was advised by a doctor that theirs no such thing, and just to let them tell you when their good and ready, which she did and he,s now going straight to the toilet, but im scared if i do that my son may take longer and need nappies for nursery, any tips please will help . thanks x

Answer 1

you know your son better than anyone so you know textbooks cant put a set age on these things.i have 4 children all toilet trained at different ages.Ialso really worried about them being in nappies when it was time for nursery.I USED the s***w on baby toilet seats for all 4 of mine we actually started round about2 and a half.told them what a big clever boy they would be even told them every time i used toilet.Ican honestly say all were toilet trained before nursery .my last one was very close good luck

Answer 2

There is a lot of evidence these days to support the "let them train when they are ready" theory.  My son just was potty trained about a month ago, and he's 3 years old.  We started telling him about using the potty and showing him what to do in there when he started showing interest at around age 2.  We finally got rid of diapers once I knew he could handle it, and he was a little upset for about 10 minutes, but then he put on his underwear and was potty trained that day.  He has never peed the bed at night either.  We let him stop having drinks about an hour before bedtime, and we make him pee before he goes to bed.

So good luck to you!  =D

Answer 3

Toilet Training Your Child



When should I start toilet training my child?

Do not start toilet training until both you and your child are ready. You are ready when you are able to devote the time and energy necessary to encourage your child on a daily basis for at least 3 months.

Your child is ready when he or she can signal that the diaper is wet or soiled, or when your child is able to say that he or she would like to go to the potty. This usually occurs when a child is 18 to 24 months of age. However, it is not uncommon for a child to still be in diapers at 2 and a half to 3 years of age.

How should I prepare my child for toilet training?

Allow your child to be present when you go to the bathroom and make your child feel comfortable in the bathroom. Allow your child to see urine and bowel movements in the toilet. Let your child play with flushing the toilet.

Before toilet training your child, place a potty chair in your child's normal living and play area so that your child will become familiar with the potty. Consider placing a potty chair on each floor of the house if you live in a multilevel home. Allow your child to observe, touch and become familiar with the potty chair.

Tell your child that the potty chair is his or her own chair. Allow your child to sit fully clothed on the potty chair, as if it were a regular chair. Allow your child to leave the potty chair at any time. Do not force your child to spend time sitting on the chair.

After your child has become used to the potty chair and sits on it regularly with his or her clothes on, try having your child sit on the potty without wearing pants and a diaper. Let your child become comfortable with sitting on the potty without wearing pants and a diaper.

The next step is to show your child how the potty chair is used. Place stool from a dirty diaper into the potty chair. Allow your child to observe the transfer of the bowel movement from the potty chair into the toilet. Let your child flush the toilet and watch the bowel movement disappear down the toilet.

How do I teach my child to use the toilet?

After your child has become comfortable with flushing the toilet and sitting on the potty chair, you may begin teaching your child to go to the bathroom. Keep your child in loose, easily removable pants.

Place your child on the potty chair whenever he or she signals the need to go to the bathroom. Your child's facial expression may change when he or she feels the need to urinate or to have a bowel movement. Your child may stop any activity he or she is engaged in when he or she feels the need to go to the bathroom.

Most children have a bowel movement once a day, usually within an hour after eating. Most children urinate within an hour after having a large drink.

In addition to watching for signals that your child needs to urinate or have a bowel movement, place your child on the potty at regular intervals. This may be as often as every 1and a half to 2 hours.

Stay with your child when he or she is on the potty chair. Reading or talking to your child when he or she is sitting on the potty may help your child relax. Praise your child when he or she goes to the bathroom in the potty chair, but do not express disappointment if your child does not urinate or have a bowel movement in the potty. Be patient with your child.

Once your child has learned to use the potty chair, your child can begin using an over-the-toilet seat and a step-up stool.

How long will it take to toilet train my child?

It may take up to 3 months. It is important for you to be patient and supportive. Do not punish your child when he or she has an accident.

If your child is not toilet trained within 3 months, consult your family doctor. The most likely reason your child has not learned to use the potty is that your child is not yet ready for toilet training

Answer 4

about 2 and a half but it doesnt hurt to take them to toilet so they get in routine of going

my son was trained just over 2 and half

and took a week and a half to be toilet trained

best thing to do is leave them i pants when potty training tryed others products and didnt work

no drinks after 6

he was dry at night a month after

main thing once you start training dont quit

leaving some children longer could cause facael impaction

and constipation which make them lose the feeling of going to toilet which they need to see paediatricain

you have to be careful not to scare children of the toilet or to keep an eye on if they holding it in

Answer 5

Boys toilet train later than girls and usually it is around 3yrs old or later.

Let him show interest in the toilet. He is not quite ready yet. Be patient with him. When you both are ready to make this transition then go for the toilet training.