potty training

misskitty said:
yea shes gona give me that potty that Ethan uses at the mo (how nice is that of her!) cos Jacks not keen on his normal one.....shes a star :)

*OI Nic where are ya????*
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havent seen her on tonight. she,s prob still rofl @ me trying to tell her what to get her dad for xmas over the phone while her dad was sat at side of me.. omg it was hilarious ..pmsl!!!
 
I'm here! Nothing really to add, apart from I got him special 'big boy' spider underpants so he really didnt want to wee on them. I also got one of those padded toilet seats that they can sit on, cos i know even know he gets nervous when he's sat on a big toilet.

Just lots of praise, and making yaself look a fool when they go on the potty lol! He still wears on for his afternoon nap and at night time, but a lot of the time, if he's wearing it when he's drifting off to sleep, he'll take it off and go the toilet now. Theres no way I can keep him out of them for his nap, as he is still weeing when he's asleep

And when you decide to do it, you really have to commit to it. The amount of drains he's peed in is unreal when we've been down town or whatever, even thought it would have been easier to throw a nappy on him for an hour. You would have thought it would make sense for the toilets to be the last thing that are closed in the Arndale, AFTER the car park, but no! lol.

Oh and me father came up with an idea of putting a ping pong ball in the toilet bowl as it encourages them to aim for it when peeing so more fun. Then again, he's always been a little strange pmsl
 
if he is not taking to the potty, ask dad or grandad to show him how to use the toilet, little boys or facinated by toilets and will be impressed by standing up to wee.. also, if you use those blue toilet blocks the water turns from blue to green when you go, my little lad loved that and its educational 2... make sure he see's others using the toilet so that he knows that everyone has to do it..

if he still uses his nappy try emptying the contents into the potty, giving him lots of praise while its in there then show him that you flush it away in the toilets.. he needs to see that this is where its supposed to go..

if all else fails..... show him how to use the potty, you can borow my little lad, he will pee anywhere:D

just to add that when i have a little one potty training i group them with a bigger kid at toilet time, children want to be like their peers and this will get them using the toilet better than an adult trying to get them to do it.. sticker charts are good too, he gets a small sticker everytime he sits on the pot and a big one for using it, then he can trade the stickers in for something he wants......
 
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Heh, Siobhan has this thing about wanting a wee when we are in the cafe. Only there are no toilets there. She won't just 'crouch' so I found a back alley with a wheelie bin in, opened the lid and put some wipes on the edges. She will happily perch there and wee for England! Only problem is now she won't go on them when they are full so its a fun time.

Commitiment is the word. and don't be embarrased when they do it in teh middle of a shop/cafe/etc. Anyone who's been a parent understands fully whats your going through!

BTW, you can get a 'portable' potty that is sort of a toilet seat with bags and a huge absorbant pad. They aren't much from that kids shop on Abbey Street opposite Greg Popes.
 
i had one of them... its a fold out potty with a carrier bag with a big sanitary towel in the bottom... you can get them from wilkinsons 2.
 
i have a boy same age,
1st of all wait till after winter, with the cold weather outside they will need a wee more often, plus is not good to train them on winter.
2nd, boy are a bit more lazy than girls so like everything it will take time, my son was well lazy, started walking at 17 months.
3rd dont push it cuz the more you trying the worse it gets, they will do it when they feel like it, after all they are babys and thats the way they do it
 
Update:
Jack doesn't wear a nappy in bed now....(he kept taking his nappy off when i put him in bed and NEVER wet himself so now i dont put one on him)...his had 1 accident in 2 weeks!
AND.....he has nappies during the day when we go out or if he wants a poo but doesn't wear one in the house and he wees in.....wait for it.....a biscuit tin!(he doesnt like his potty)he's posh though-its an Marks and spencers biscuit tin :D ....im not going to stop him doing this, although Corker and myself can't help laughing when we hear the noise of Jack peeing in a tin :o
Thankfully we had finished the xmas biscuits first!
Has anyone else had children weeing in something other than a potty?
 
Neil said:
Yep it's easy, I know I have 5 kids.

I always found the easiest way was to let my wife do it :eek::D
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Poor Romps......i heard the last one still hasn't succeeded in making it to the toilet on time-what size nappies you in Neil?:rolleyes:
 
I saw some quality things that I first seen on dragons den - which you can now get in bigger boots shops - they are coloured balls that float in the toilet and when you pee on them the balls turn round and little faces appear ( they are on the other side )..great idea and probably fun for dads too !! - so the incentive is to aim into the toliet, pee on the balls to turn them around to see the faces... sorted !
 
glasgow guy said:
I saw some quality things that I first seen on dragons den - which you can now get in bigger boots shops - they are coloured balls that float in the toilet and when you pee on them the balls turn round and little faces appear ( they are on the other side )..great idea and probably fun for dads too !! - so the incentive is to aim into the toliet, pee on the balls to turn them around to see the faces... sorted !
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Use a ping pong ball-its cheaper :)
 
miss kitty, my son was going on 3 before he was potty trained, boys tend to be lazy, The most important thing is not to make a scene about it, he will do it in his own time, i used to think he gonna go to school with a nappy on:obut he finally did it!!
dont worry about it;)
 
RE all my worrying......
Jack started having dry nights a few months ago then about 6/8 weeks ago he just automatically using the toilet to wee......and last week i decided that it was time i stopped the nappies,so i have been putting him in 'big boy pants' and catching him n putting him on the loo when he started straining BUT today he disappeared upstairs and did a poo on the toilet....flushed the chain,washed his hands and didnt even bother telling me he had done it.....although i peeked so i knew ;) so i praised him LOADS and his gona get a special present for his achievement! :D

NO MORE NAPPIES WOOHOO :pain30::alright:

WELL DONE JACK :D:D:D
 
misskitty said:
RE all my worrying......
Jack started having dry nights a few months ago then about 6/8 weeks ago he just automatically using the toilet to wee......and last week i decided that it was time i stopped the nappies,so i have been putting him in 'big boy pants' and catching him n putting him on the loo when he started straining BUT today he disappeared upstairs and did a poo on the toilet....flushed the chain,washed his hands and didnt even bother telling me he had done it.....although i peeked so i knew ;) so i praised him LOADS and his gona get a special present for his achievement! :D

NO MORE NAPPIES WOOHOO :pain30::alright:

WELL DONE JACK :D:D:D
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Well done to the little man, I cant wait till mine start doing that
 
Our son danny is 3 in september and the wifes getting a bit worried as he is still in nappies and dosent seem to like the potty,,, i told the wife not to worry just give the wee lad time,, its good to see some msg on here about the old potty training.. makes me worry a bit less reading one or 2 msg..

thanks guys and girls
 
Kevan said:
Our son danny is 3 in september and the wifes getting a bit worried as he is still in nappies and dosent seem to like the potty,,, i told the wife not to worry just give the wee lad time,, its good to see some msg on here about the old potty training.. makes me worry a bit less reading one or 2 msg..

thanks guys and girls
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Jack was the same.......used to hide his potty from me so he wouldnt have to use it!I was worrying all the time-now he uses the toilet without even telling me his going.....seriosuly listen to these guys and tell her not to worry x
 
my nephew Cameron has just turned two and he's taken to it straight away, our kel leaves him without a nappy during the day when she's at home and he goes on it no problem, every child is different, some do and some dont, they will do it in their own time, just persivere (sp?) you cant force them to do it
 
He's done it!!!!!, My son has used the potty for the 1st time last nite without me even saying nothing, he came to the livingroom and said mum im taking nappy off cuz is full, so i said ok put it on bin,anyway i turned and said if you need a wee potty is there, he says no i dont like it so i though oh i will try anyway.I never put a nappy on him and all of the sudden he went quite sat down on his potty and had a wee without me saying a word, his morning same thing, i took his nappy off and he went straight when he needed it.
Im so glad he has started because he starts nursery in september so he has to be of nappies.
Wohooooooo
 
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