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Re: Desparate for potty train help.
May 1, 2008 9:30 PM
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My son would not use the little potty. He would cry if I had him sit on it half the time. I got him one of those seats that go on the big potty, with a guard on it. He Felt like a big boy. I put him on a 2 hr potty schedule. Every 2 hrs he was sitting on the toilet. I would give little treat. Gummy bears,..stickers,.. something. Even if he didn't go at 1st. Just for bigging a good boy and sitting on the toilet every 2 hrs. I also let him put a handful of ruitloops in the toilet. (They are more colorful than cheerios) Nathan thought it was cool even though he sat on the seat at first instead of standing. Once I got him on a 2hr schedule I put him in underwear. And I told him he was a big boy and this is what big boys wear. I would be on him all the time. "nate, let's go potty?" Kept him on the schedule. Eventually he was going all the time. Don't expect your little one to tell you when they have to go. They have to learn that. They are so used to NOT having to tell you. But I think a schedule and PERSISTENCE are key. Nate had 2 or 3 accidents with the underwear at first, but nothing after that. He hated being.
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Kelly (28) Husband Shally (27) Nathan 3 years old Emilie 16 months
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Re: Desparate for potty train help.
Apr 10, 2008 4:19 PM
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I have two children. My son is only 15 months, but my daughter will be 3 on april 16th. I also am frustrated with potty training. She only goes when SHE wants to, and she will only pee in the potty, she wont stinky in it. I'm trying to let her wear panties and hoping that she will get tired of wetting them, but She still refuses to go. she only wants to go when she's inside the house, Never outside, and even when she's inside she will only go when SHE wants to. She will go when I go and she will try to stinky in the potty when I am using the bathroom, but she refuses to go any other time. She also hides when she goes poop and I just don't know what to do about it. I am a single mom who works day shift so I myself am not home during the day with her most of the time, but my mother watches her and she also tries to encourage my daughter to go, so I am going to keep trying the whole letting her wear big girl panties for a while hoping she start going soon. I know she knows when she has to go, she just refuses. I've had people tell me boys are easier but I've also had people tell me that girls are easier. Every child is different, I think you just have to keep encouraging them to go. I will ask my daughter if she needs to go peepee on the big girls potty. I don't really want to try to bribe her because I don't want her to think that if I want her to do something and she wont that I will give her a treat or a surprise is she does it. My son on the other hand, like I said he is only 15 months and is already interested in the potty and will sit on it while I go to the bathroom and say "peepee" but he doesn't quite understand any of it yet. I came on here looking for help in potty training my daughter and now I know that she's not the only kid having trouble. I've had people telling me "oh my god, my daughter was potty trained by 2 years." and I was concerned that my daughter was behind on developement or something, which I really didn't understand because she seems to be so smart.
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Re: Desparate for potty train help.
Apr 3, 2008 11:40 AM
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i have a 3 year old. i got her to do #2 in the potty and she's good at it but her only problem is peeing. i tried to make her go pee every two hour but she end up peeing in her training pant so one day i just got enough of it and went out, bought her some underwear( i actually let her choose which one she wants). she seem to understand that if she pee, its not gonna be like her training pant where it doesn't leak out. every now and then i have to tell her to go use the bathroom or make her if she drank something an hour or so ago. it works for me, but hopefully one day she would use it without me telling her to go. but my sister in law had a son who's younger than her by 3 month, and he's already potty train at age 2 1/2. i guess they just have to get use to it. i still use training pant on my daughter at night, and usually once in a week she would pee overnight. i just had to make sure she pee before she go to bed and when she wake up.
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Re: Desparate for potty train help.
Mar 31, 2008 5:57 PM
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i understand how you feel. My son turned 3 in Jan. and was no way interested in using the potty. He would hang on to the door jam so we couldn't go into the bathroom when i was trying to get him to sit on the potty! We tried using a sit down potty and that didn't work. I went and got a diego insert for our toilet. He would at least look at that!!
Don' t get discouraged though, one day he woke up and told me he wanted to use the potty. That was in the first week in March and now I can proudly say he is now potty trained. It is nothing different we did, HE just decided it was time and your son will too.
In the beginning we had accidents and when he did poop in his underpants I would leave them on him for about 20min., he hated that. He would beg to get changed so I would tell him not to poop in his pants. He only did it 2x. Kids are smarter than we give them credit for, just keep talking about using the potty and how big he will be when he uses it. My son loves that, and he also loves the insert, he still would not go on the other potty if that was the only one we had. We also let him sit on the potty for now, I'll worry about him standing later. I'm just so glad I don't have to buy diapers anymore!!!! Yeah.
Good luck and don't give up, I will happen when he is ready.
Ang
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Re: Desparate for potty train help.
Mar 30, 2008 9:04 PM
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YOUR pocketbook!!!!! Wow. Try praise more. The other method that helped was having him sit for JUST a while in the wet pants, especially if he/she does not like the feel. About a half hour might work. Also, talk in a gentle tone about how the wetness feels, ask if it feels ok, & WHEN they say no, let them know that they can do it Get them to try and remember they do not like wet pants & need to let you know & you'll help them go!")
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Re: Desparate for potty train help.
Mar 30, 2008 8:53 PM
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Never thought of the blue food coloring, cool!
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Re: Desparate for potty train help.
Mar 30, 2008 8:52 PM
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My oldest is now 7 years. I have two boys, the other is just 14 months. My mom told me that when I was finally ready, he would get trained. On a day off, I had several pairs of REGULAR underwear, & changed him every time he wet himself, BUT I also watched the clock. So, for example, he wet his pants at 8, 10, 12, 1, 3, etc. The next day, I tried to get him on the toilet just before the time he would wet himself. It takes some time AND TONS of patience. Make sure to praise, praise, praise") You may have to do potty vacation, unfortunately, instead of Florida, it may be home.
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Re: Desparate for potty train help.
Mar 15, 2008 4:54 PM
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ahhhhhhhhhh!!I am so frustrated with my three year old daughter-(she turned three in november) she was pretty much trained right before she turned three- right around her birthday she started regressing and here we are in march and she is still going in her pants!!! I find myself getting so frustrated sometimes that I have to leave the room- because I don't even enjoy being around her! does that make me a terrible mom?) but I know she can do it and has done it- she is very very smart and I can't help thinking she is doing this just to get to me!!!! I'll put her on the potty and she'll say she doesn't have to go and she'll tell me when she has to - but she doesn't - the only time she tells me is if she wants something- she has to go to school in september!
somebody help me!!!
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Re: Desparate for potty train help.
Jan 24, 2008 6:54 PM
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you really cant force it- they will go when they are ready to- but try using blue food coloring in potty when he goes and tell him to turn the water green by peeing- it worked for my sis in law but so did the cheerios!
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Re: Desparate for potty train help.
Jan 21, 2008 8:38 AM
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I just wanted you to know, you are not alone! My son is 3 as well, and we've tried all the same things as you. He could care less! He launches in to a major fit every time I sit him down. The sad part is, he actually goes for the baby sitter. Why not us? He does the hiding thing too, except he holds it in as well. Now his pediatrician has him on a daily dose of Milk of Magnesia to sort of make him go! ARRG! I'll be watching the responses you get to try some myself.
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Re: Desparate for potty train help.
Jan 4, 2008 8:05 PM
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Well to no prevaile he still wet his pants. I'm at my wits end with potty training. If anyone has any other ideas please let me know as well. Thank you.
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Re: Desparate for potty train help.
Dec 29, 2007 9:19 PM
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We have a 3 year old son. He has no interest in potty training. He knows he needs to but throws a fit and won't do it. He won't even stand by the toilet. He is too big for a potty chair. He have tried bribing him with the dicast cars from the movie Cars, he knows he can have one when he goes, we have tried to pay him, we even went as far as to tell him that if he goes potty in the potty and stays dry and wears big boy underwear (which he has) he can go to the big toy store (ToysRUs) and we will buy him whatever he wants. He wants a Woody and a Buzz. He gets all excited but refuses when we get into the bathroom. He has watched his daddy and myself go. We tried the cheereo thing, doesn't work. Someone suggested we put the big boy underwear on first then the pull up and see how that goes. Pull ups and diapers these days pull the wetness away from the skin and that may be the problem. I am going to try this tomorrow. I will let you know how that goes. Our son even hides when he poops, whats up with that? We can smell him and ask him if he has a stinky and he will say no every time. I am so ready for him to be potty trained. If anyone has any other ideas they would be appreciated. Thanks!
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Re: Desparate for potty train help.
Dec 5, 2007 11:10 AM
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You need to give him a lot of insentives at that age.
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Re: Desparate for potty train help.
Nov 26, 2007 2:31 PM
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My daughter is giving me a lot of trouble w potty training. She is very defiant about trying it and cries if I try to put her on. She is 3 and everyone says girls are supposed to be easy but she isn't. Can u give me some advice? Thanks.
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Re: Desparate for potty train help.
Nov 8, 2007 2:17 PM
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Hi,
I have gone through potty training a boy and 2 girls. The girls are 10 times easier to train. I taught them sign language and they were trained by 22 months. But the boy on the other hand; I was having trouble with until he was 51/2 years old. He was totally pee trained and night trained by 2 years. It was the brown business we had troubles with. But to pee train, I gave him a stool by the toilet and would put cheerios (3) when he would pee, it was like a game he had a target to aim at. If you are having trouble with pooing, boys take longer, everyone says and my son was the ultimate test. Be patient and try not to let it phase you. Try to see if he will go at the same time everyday in order to work around school and extra curricular activities. Evenings before he bathed were pooping times. He is 6 1/2 and he still poops before he showers.
GOOD LUCK!!
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