How to potty train a boy

[babymum]

Hi,

my boy is 18months... i try to bring him to toilet to pee but walks around in the toilet touching the things in there and do not want to pee.. can anyone share your experience .. thks.

[TeachingMyToddlers]

I need to start this with my son too! One thing I did with my kids is ask them "Where does pee pee go?.....In the potty!! Where does pooppy go?....In the potty!"  And just tell them over and over at every opportunity

I give them a chance to answer and they do, they know the answer and it's good reinforcement. If there's a poopy accident once you start training, dump it from the diaper into the toilet and let them see you do it, once again reiterating "Where does poopy go?? In the potty!"

[DadDude]

18 months seems kind of early to me.

Anyway, there's a book that can help: "The Potty Book," it comes in versions for boys and girls.  Helped H. a lot.

[Ayesha Nicole]

Hi there. 

I trained the girls simultaneously, at age 2 years 6 months, and was recommended this book by a friend who also had twins: 

http://www.amazon.com/Toilet-Training-Less-Than-Day/dp/0671693808

Although it is an intense combination of methods, I had double duty,  and in my mind, it was either this method, which worked in 11 hours for us, or some undetermined amount of time for "training".    

To prepare, I read the book 3 times, took a lot of notes, and even spoke with one of the authors, who advised me to be very well rested the night before, which I was. 

I am certain it would be easier with one child and take about half the time.  However, for me, it was well worth the preparation and intensity of the day, because this issue was a * major * concern for me for them to go to pre-school at age 3 years.  And once the girls understood the concept and were successful (with some accidents, but very few), it made me realize that if I can potty train twins in 11 hours, I can do just about anything! 

[TeachingMyToddlers]

, it made me realize that if I can potty train twins in 11 hours, I can do just about anything! 

I love this! We always talk about how we don't give babies enough credit, and sometimes I think that holds true for us as adults too. You're 100% correct, if you can conquer PTíng twins in a day, you are totally super mom! Color me impressed! 

[babymum]

I need to start this with my son too! One thing I did with my kids is ask them "Where does pee pee go?.....In the potty!! Where does pooppy go?....In the potty!"  And just tell them over and over at every opportunity

I give them a chance to answer and they do, they know the answer and it's good reinforcement. If there's a poopy accident once you start training, dump it from the diaper into the toilet and let them see you do it, once again reiterating "Where does poopy go?? In the potty!"

Is it too early to train my kid at 18 mth ?

Do you let him wear traiing pants?

[MummyRoo]

From when he was able to sit, I would put my son on the potty at change time, to give the association of potty and pee/poo and he even used it a lot of the time. Then one day he turned around and decided that he wouldn't sit on the potty. It took months of persuasion, and now he will sit on his toilet seat for ages while I sing with him, but isn't interested in actually doing anything.

I was hoping to have him out of nappies this summer, but he isn't interested. I wouldn't try forcing him (my cousin's husband punished their son for having accidents and it took over 12 months for him to be properly trained) but encourage him to sit and play. Talk to him about using the toilet, encourage and if he does anything give LOTS of praise. If he doesn't, don't make a fuss. I usually say something like 'You didn't need to pee/poo? Oh well, try again next time!'

I think at 18m it isn't likely that you can have success in a day, because they are still learning control and associating the sensation with the action. That said, I don't believe it is impossible to train him now. Lots of time with no nappy and sitting on the loo/potty and lots of encouragement and he might just surprise you!

[Ayesha Nicole]

Well - apparently, training early can be done.  "Children are typically ready between 15 to 27 months."

Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/sfmoms/detail?entry_id=26860

[Dr_Mommy]

Hi all,
I'll be looking at this thread with anticipation... been trying to potty train my DS (22 mo) for the past 2 months (although not consistently) to no avail... was feeling like a complete failure after a friend told me she managed to PT her DD in under a month!!!...

My DS refuses to sit in his potty unless his favourite dvd is on (YBCR) and does nothing in his potty... after half an hour of coaxing, rubbing his belly and making poopy noises( courtesy of mummy) he laughs and runs away... the minute I put his diapers back on, he gleefully screams "POOPY" and he poops and pees!!!... This is soooooooooooo frustrating ...(and expensive, cuz he's allergic too all diaper brands except the most expensive brand) 

@TeachingMyToddlers: I have as of today started singing to him about "where the poopy and pee pee goes"..."In the potty"... We'll see how it works... Thank you!

[MummyRoo]

I thought we were having a bit of a breakthrough... I had Nikki with just pants on, and he started saying 'toilet, toilet' so we rushed to put him on the potty. He sat down (first time since February that he has actually sat on the potty) and I made a big fuss... he was up and down for a couple of minutes then crawled off. Two minutes later he was up on hands and feet, watching as he shouted 'wee wee' and peed on the floor 

At least he sat on the potty... 

[MummyRoo]

THANK YOU for the link Ayesha

Until now, when my son had no nappy and peed on the floor, I just said 'oh dear' and wiped it up. Today I decided to give the technique in the article a go and said firmly 'we pee in the potty' when I wiped up the accidents. Well, I was feeling a little down this afternoon, since he would crawl off into his room and then come and tell me he'd peed on the floor, and started stubbornly answering that we pee on the floor if asked 

Then, this evening we had a breakthrough - he pointed down and said he needed to go (rather than had just been) and I put him on the potty and he used it! Three times in ten minutes then as soon as my back was turned, he peed on the floor again

I am optimistic that he's at least getting the idea and maybe he'll start cooperating tomorrow 

And my son doesn't technically qualify as 'ready' as he is still crawling and they say you should wait until they can walk, but he is also very aware of himself so I gave it a go. He still needs help getting onto the potty, but hopefully he'll be walking soon and manage on his own. The independance of pottying without help might even be an incentive... or not 

[momto8kiddos]

We have potty trained five boys.  It's funny how different kids are different.  All mine would not pee on the floor if they had no diaper on.  So I just let them run around with a long t-shirt on at home when I was training them.  But, obviously, yours is different.  One thing we would definitely do is have them help clean up.  Plus we would place them in the tub and pour some unpleasantly cool water on them to get them cleaned up.  Those two things together made it unpleasant for them if they peed anywhere other than the potty.  Being only 18 months, I'm not sure that your boy is ready for that. 

I would definitely recommend Potty Training in a Day book, too.

[Maquenzie]

I like:

naked or underwear all day

tot sits on potty when mom goes potty or right after waking, eating, or before leaving the house

tot helps clean up (at this age they usually like to anyway), I've found with both kids for this to be very crucial for understanding

teach a potty sign

[ashish bhatnagar]

Its a interesting thread on potty training. This post is helpful for those moms who want to train his child for potty . Thanks for sharing it with me.

[patreiche]

If they are old enough all that is required is the proper incentive. For my grandson if he wanted to graduate in school and stay with his friends, he had to go potty. Only took a day once he understood he would not be with his friends and would stay with the upcoming babies.

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