Who has the best suggestion on how to potty train my 3 year old son...?

Question

Who has no interest in the potty what so ever!! He's now finally willing to sit on the "big boy potty" but to go potty is impossible. I've sat and read to him, we've sung songs, I've celebrated, bought new toys... no luck... he has no interest and when you ask him if he wants to be a big boy, he'll say "NO".

We do have a 10 month old baby boy too and I feel like that is delaying us to training the 3 year old because the 3 yr old wants to be a baby no matter what we try. Any suggestions are helpful.

Please don't say "he'll be ready when he's ready". I am not pressuring my son to go on the potty. We try it once a week and if we win we'll win... if not, we'll try again next week.

Serious replies only please.

Thank you in advance!

Answer 1

My mother in law taught both her boys by having them go with dad or other main male influence and standing aim at cheerios. It was a big boy game and they both learned really fast. Pooping on the potty may take longer, but its a method I've heard works. Good luck

Answer 2

part of the problem is your LAZY...you dont START them on the potty at 3 you start them as soon as they walk/talk when they have interest in anything new....my son was potty trained at 13 months...he still had accidents and he still wasnt perfect at it but u put them on a potty schedule...every hr sit him on the toilet.......EVERYDAY not once a week...theres no excuse that youve allowed your child to go this long in diapers!

bring on the thumbs down but the point is she is showing her son that when she puts him on the toilet once a week that its not important but then wonders why he has no interest in doing it,,,shes telling him with her actions

yes it is laziness your child doesnt  just go peepee or poopoo once a week so why only put him on the toilet once a week?...i know when you have 2 kids u said a 10 month old but you dont get the right to slack cause of it

Answer 3

Don't let him wear diapers or pull ups with the exception of night time. Put him in big boy undies and if he has an accident don't change him immediately let him feel the wetness and sit him on his potty while you clean up the accident or even have him clean it up. Put his big boy potty somewhere that is out of the way but yet he can always see it . I did the sticker chart and reward thing, the first few days every time he went on the potty I would praise him, high five, make a huge deal about it, then we would go and put a sticker on his chart and I would give him a gummy snack. He completely has forgotten about the gummy snacks and now he just goes potty on his potty all the time .. At the end of the night we count up the stickers and he gets a cookie after dinner. We're still working on the pulling down his undies. Best of luck to you with your potty training adventure :] Be persistant, don't let him control you.

Answer 4

first off, if you are using diapers you need to get him off of those. make him have big boy underwear. and if he has an accident don't change him immediatley. let him feel the wetness. boys generally take longer to potty train than girls. Good luck

Answer 5

buy pull ups.

& take him to the "big boy potty" about every 20-30 mins

to show him thats what he uses to "go"

thats what several ppl do. i am a baby sitter & i have

also done this & it showed much success. i know i am

only 14 buuut who says i 14yr old cant help. i have

potty trained about 6 babies at 2yrs old =D

Answer 6

have him stand up and hold his thing 4 him

Answer 7

I've been using this answer a lot lately. It seems everyone is trying to potty train right now! :-)

Sounds like you need to take control of this situation and let you son know he has no other option but to pee and p**p in the potty.  Of course, you can't force him to do it, so when he does pee or p**p his pants, the consequences need to be VERY unpleasant for him.  

I have five kids and each one was a delight to potty train.  Why?  I think it was because it was not a power struggle.  Either they obeyed me when I said, "DON'T pee on the floor", or they had serious trouble. I waited until I knew they were ready.  I knew this because they could understand me when I told them what to do/not to do.  I also knew they were able to hold it until they got to the potty/  When I was sure of these things, I had no mercy.  My kids were all trained in two weeks, except one that took 3 and a half weeks.

Here are my tips:

Do NOT use diapers or pull ups during the potty training process. This only confuses the child an prolongs any progress

You may have to use pull ups at night time for a few extra weeks, but using them during the day is a complete waste of time and money.

~ Let the child be naked from the waist down (if you can stand it). This allows him/her to notice that their is actually something coming out of his/he body and it will help him/her to understand what you mean when you say, "Put the pee in the potty". They might not have ever noticed that wet stuff actually comes out of their body and seeing it will help.

Also, not wearing pants or anything reminds them they are to go to the potty

~ Keep the potty chair in the main living area for a few days. That way it's close by, and everytime he/she starts to pee, you can easily get to the potty and sit him down (even if he's already finished on the floor).

~I never used a reward for going potty. I can't say that I am completely against it, but I do feel that lots of praise and hugs ad smiles and cheering is enough of an award. We even went so far as to carry the potty around the house to show everyone, "Look what _did!!"

~Do not let your child set the rules with potty training. Many people will tell you "don't push it"....PHOOEY. Just as we as parents should 'push' our children to do the right thing in other situations (say please, don't hit, apologize...), we should 'push' them to use the potty when they are able. If you leave it to a child, why would he want to give himself more work when he's only 2 or 3? He is ABLE to go potty at 1 and a half or 2, why shouldn't we 'push' it? It worked for all of mine!

My own daughter was potty trained for peeing really soon, but the pooping was also taking her awhile. She kept going to p**p on her brother's bedroom floor!! Anyway, I just used the same methods I had ben using for the peeing. I knew she knew right from wrong on this matter because she understood me when I said "don't p**p on the floor", and I knew she was deliberately choosing to disobey. So she got a spanking. This is the way we deal with disobedience in our house. You may deal with it differently and thats okay, so long as you DO deal with it.

Years ago, before this new generation of "experts" came in to play, our grandmothers had our parents potty trained at 1 and a half or even younger. Thta's becuase they "pushed" the issue. Maybe we should take our que from them!

So yes, push the issue. If your sure he/she understands, then set the boundaries and stick to it!

Answer 8

Do what I did, take away diapers/pull ups all together. Big boy undies all, and I do mean all, the time. Once you do it, don't go back. It is messy, and by messy I mean seriously disgusting, but it truly worked for my son who is two and a half. Also when he does wet/p**p his undies, don't race to change them. Better yet, and here's the nasty part, let him clean himself up. A few minutes in nasty pants and cleaning it up is a big eye opener for toddlers. What's the saying? Actions speak louder than words.