My son is going to be 2 in October, I know he is ready to be potty trained because he asks to go on the toilet, he can undress himself and take his daiper off. He puts his lil toilet seat on the toilet and will sit on it. He just doesnt know how to pee in the toilet. I am nervous about potty training him because I think that if we start to get heavy in it he will loose interest and not want to do it, and that will be frustrating to me. How do I teach him to go on the toilet, and help him not to lose interest. How can I make it fun for him to use the toilet without bribing him to do so or having to give him M&M's because I really don't like giving him much candy or chocolate because he's a handful as it is
Please comment, but I would prefer to be written maybe your experience with potty training or even what kinds of things you did to potty train your child.
It sounds like you're doing well. With both mine we just waited until they were ready, then let them run around without nappies on. When they go, we cheer and congratulate them and when they are a bit older, we use stickers on a reward chart. If they don't do it or have an accident I don't make a big fuss - just say "oh well next time we'll use the potty".
My Bella seemed ready over summer and would do all the right things - take her nappy off, sit on the potty etc... but then stand up and do a wee on teh floor. So we left it for a few months and now we are trying again. She can easily do poos on the potty and knows to do them there, but we are still working on wees. So keep going, follow his cues, be open about it (and maybe let him watch Daddy), be encouraging, use stickers if you wish and overall make it something interesting - not scary! Good luck!
I think it was easier for me b/c I had a daughter so she could watch me. You didn't mention; is your little fella's Dad with you? If he could watch Daddy pee it might help him work it out. I kept an open door policy (on the toilet) until my daughter had it figured out. If his Dad isn't around, maybe your Dad might show him how its done? Or someone else you trust & he sees a lot of.
My son was potty trained at 2 1/2. I tried at 18 months to just get him to seat on a potty chair but he wasn't interested so I put it away. I tried again at 2 years old and the same thing. Finally at 2 1/2 his diaper was staying dry for very long periods of time so I tried again and it worked.
I brought him to the toilet every set amount of time (I did 2 hours) and sat him there and waited a couple of minutes. So even he didn't go, it was fine. After a day of that, he started refusing to go to the toilet so then I looked at sticker charts online and found this
Since he was heavily into trains at that time, it worked like a charm. He didn't mind going to the toilet anymore. But then he started refusing to wash his hands so I had to get a different potty chart that rewarded hand washing and all that.
Oh thank you soo much.. Looks like Im on the right track. lol right before I read your comment I found some charts one for his current progress, one for his actual going to the bathroom chart and one for hand washing. and he loves elmo, and thats what they have on it. Thank you so much for your advice!!! It gives me confidence knowing that Im on the right track!
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