So I have been trying to potty train my son. He is 2 and 1/4 and has been peeing in the potty everynite for me and has showed a lot of interest. So I decided to go cold turkey on Monday. I will ask him if he needs to potty sometimes he will say yes sometimes no but he will come to the potty for me and pee I just seem to always him to prompt him. However, he does it by himself sometimes. I reward him afterwards and when he does an accident in his underpants no big deal. So now when he needs to pee he goes and hides. He is then very wet and wants me to take off his pants because it is wet and he does not like it. He also will go to the potty then but he does not have much pee if any left because he has peed in his pance. Not sure why he is hiding. I am only encouraging him and just reminding him when he pees in his pance he needs to pee in the potty. Any advice please.
Thanks so much.
A friend of mine bought a book called "Potty Training In A Day" You can look it up on Amazon.
She bought this book and her daughter was potty trained in a day. She still had accidents but, she highly recommended the book. She said it took all day. G/L
i would say 99% of the people I know who have boys say they didn't train until after they were 3. Not that there aren't exceptions, but it seems as though boys just aren't as interested.
I would keep the potty out, let him use it if he wants (my girls were always able to get their diaper off when they wanted to use the potty.. don't bother with pull ups)... and when he's dry most of the day, maybe switch him to thick cotton training pants at home. work with him that way. there's no rush to have him trained! If you wait until he is really ready, he'll be trained in a snap!
My son is 6 and I STILL have to remind him to pee before we leave the house! LOL
I think your son is pretty young. I'd stick to the night time pee and I wouldn't push too much right now. His behavior is telling you that he's not really ready yet.
The fact the he knows in advance that he is going to pee and seeks out a hiding spot is a really good sign. I would take him to the potty every hour or whenever you think he needs to go and when he has an accident just tell him it goes in the potty and show him where the potty is. You haven't been doing this long (the cold turkey thing) and you've come a long way in the few short days you've been doing it!
Sounds like you're doing lots of good things... keep them up. When he does have an accident - make him clean it up (as much as possible.) He will not want to do this, because it is yucky - but that is what makes him realize not to keep having accidents. Make him take off his wet clothes, put them in the hamper, dry up the floor, wash his hands, etc. If he has a #2 accident, make him toss the #2 into the potty to "say goodbye."
My only other advice is to make sure he is wearing big boy underwear - and skip the pullups. We only used those at night time, and now we don't even use them at all. I'd say my son is 90% potty trained... he still doesn't tell us every time he has to go. We still have to prompt him rather often... Good luck!
Hi M.!
You are doing a great job...good for you for not shaming him if he has an accident..best to remain unemotional (they say kids have accidents until age 6 and it's totally normal).
I'd just bring him at regular intervals to the potty ("Time to go potty"!), as he may not be familiar completely with the "urge" to go, thus the accidents.
I love the books "Early Start Potty Training" and "Diaper Free Before Three".
:) Good luck!
He is still young so his maturity level is still going to be low. He probably doesn't want to disappoint. It's natural for a young child to hide a mistake.
I suggest you tell him to sit down, not asking, until you see consistency for a while. Do this every 15-30 minutes. You decide on the time intervals as you know how strong or weak is bladder is at this point. Make this a regular routine so that his bladder becomes accustom to releasing on a regular basis. Stretch the time out as time goes on. This is what you're training, the bladder, not the child. The child can mean well but if the bladder isn't ready yet and not being consistent the child will be frustrated, upset, embarrassed, etc. You're doing right by giving him a small reward with every success like a Skittle or M&M, and not punishing when he has an accident. Have him help with the clean up in some way to learn his responsibility in pottying.
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It is my experience that you have to prompt them for quite a while. In fact, my daughter has been potty trained for over 2 years and I still have to prompt her at times. I know in the beginning I had to prompt her all the time. It takes them a while to realize when they really have to go. There were plenty of times when she said she had to go and we went to the potty and nothing. Then there were times when I asked her if she had to go, she said no, I had her go on the potty anyway and when peed alot.
it is sometimes a long process. just have him go at night for now. he may not be ready to be without diapers yet. do not press the issue as he may revert back and he may lose interest all together. try training pants and see how that works out. he is still young so i would not stress myself out too much. get some potty training videos and see if he watches them. i tried to get my 25 month old to watch it and he was not very interested. it is like baby steps take it one step at a time.
