Hello everyone! So here's the newest parenting issue at our house that I could definitely use some advise on: We have twins. They are potty-training age. One is a boy and one is a girl, and our girl has picked up the whole thing without any difficulty whatsoever. Our little dude, on the other hand, not only doesn't seem to be getting it - he doesn't seem to WANT to get it now that his sister did it first. He's just a little guy, but I swear I already see a rebellious streak in him a mile wide!! I've tried everything short of physical rewards (candy, toys, etc.) to get him to give potty training a try again, but he's just not interested. Any suggestions on how I can get him back on the potty, and out of diapers in a reasonable amount of time?
If you have already noticed a rebellious streak - I wouldn't try and push him now. It will only make things worse. Boys also tend to be slower than girls - as with most things!! Give it a week or so before trying again. Good luck.
i have girls... BUT my friends have boys of the same age as my oldest girl.
caitlin potty trained with no prob, although she still has prob's at night sometimes and occassionally wears a nappy, but i'm not concerned about that as she is only 3.
her peers, boys of the same age were all at least 6 months behind her.... so i'd just take it at your son's own pace i know it can be frustrating, and i'm sure it is with twins, but remember your children are twins, but they will always do things differently!
Thanks so much everyone for all the advice! We are going to try the daddy tactic combined with the cheerio tactic first, and then move on to candy if we must, or just stop altogether for a couple months. I'd love to have him trained as soon as possible, but it was good to be reminded that if he doesn't get it now, it doesn't mean he's never going to. Cheers, all. xM
Cheerios...my son was needing a little encouragement....so we starting putting cherrios in the toliet and made a game out of him aiming at the target, he would get so tickled at this. Seem like every 5 mintutes he wanted to go potty. Then I explained that the only way the Cheerios would go all the way down is if he did number two...I talked to him like this was a "mission only he could help the family with". It was up to him to save our bathroom from flooding over with cheerios. After the initial 1st time. I called everyone all the doting grandparents and explained what a big boy grandchild they had and all he save everything was not a "baby" anymore...he liked this attention... I even called his father at work and made such a big deal! We danced around the living room, I made comments to him like ohhhh Santa needs to hear about this right away!!! Good Luck and here's to "they wipe their own assets!"
I do like your approach! Lots of praise and positive attention is the way to go! Pushing and moaning gets you nowhere. Who said bribery and corruption didn't work? {Providing it is the right kind of bribery and corruption!!)
I would suggest that seeing as you sit down and your baby girl sits down to wee, then maybe daddy stands and bubby boy stands (we had a step stool for our youngest didn't like the potty). Can't hurt to try it. If he is rebelling cause his sister did it first, doing it a different way (like daddy) could be the catalyst to do it.
Hi, everyone told me boys are the hardest to train. My son is 23 months and is trained - apart from number 2's which he won't do on the toilet for some reason! He chose to be trained at 17 1/2 months so we just went with it! He may not be ready, all kids are different. I used lots of praise - never get angry or show him your frustration (as I know it can be really frustrating at times!). We went on the grass for a start then went to the toilet. Feel free to minti mail me if you want to ask any q's.
boys are supposedly harder to potty train and take longer but perservere and dont get angry he may not be ready but keep letting him know your there to help
Rewards work, though agree they must be used sparingly. I gather from friends that girls are generally easier and often earlier. How old are yours? My wife has gathered a consensus view that it's definitely worth waiting til they are "ready" rather than choosing an age and setting forth.
I have twin boys, and we started training them when they were about 2 1/2, and it has been surprisingly hassle-free (we didn't use a potty, but went straight to the toilet with one of those toilet seat inserts).
The first time we tried was a disaster, and we waited a few more months and it was easy. We had to just hold one of them back a bit.
Does the boy watch you on the toilet? Our boys got right into it because of the right to push the button afterwards!
hey i agree boys are a little slower i am toilet traing my youngest at the moment a boy, he is 2 and a half i tried mths ago but he wasn't ready, then he started doing it himself, we are still struggling with the 2's but 1's are fine.
so what i am trying to say its better to let him go he will do it when he is ready
Boys are notoriously slower than girls at getting this little trick(not all,but noticeably a lot) I feel the only thing that may work is patience and perhaps little rewards (stickers etc,I gave my little one a food treat she really loved,but I am afraid to say for no2 she was coerced with jelly beans...only one per pooh PMSL ) this really worked for her as she was not allowed candy etc other than at that time and I feel one little jellybean per day is not going to hurt.Just a though Hugs Crystal xx
Thanks Crystal! I think I might have to try the candy approach. We don't allow much candy eating so it will be a big incentive. Good ideas on the jellybeans. One per pooh isn't too bad for them after all. :) xxM
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Cheers, all. xM
