Tips on Potty Training a Boy

Have him pick out a potty seat. He might prefer a seat that just goes on the toilet rather a freestanding unit. If he picks it out, he might be more willing to give it a try.

Better bribes might work too. I went to walmart and picked out whole assortment of cheap toys like farm animals, crayons, playing cards and things. Also, if there is a favorite place to go like Chuck'e'Cheese, use that as a bribe. Go potty 5 times or 3 times and you can go.

My final suggestion would be if you are desperate enough, plan one week to be training week. Lock yourselves in rooms with hard floors and put your son in big boy underwear. Bring the potty in with you and make sure he can get to it quickly. Don't pressure him to use it though. Watch tv, do some activities, whatever he normally does throughout the day. He will probably wet himself a few times so have a supply of underwear and papertowels on hand. If you see him starting to go, move him on the potty as fast as possible. After a while he will figure it out. I used it and have heard of a few other people trying this method but you have to make sure the kid is really ready.

http://www.learn2potty.com

Excellent tips! :-)

When my husband was training my step-son he says he put cheerios in the toilet and told him to try and hit them with his "stream". He turned it into a game and he says it worked great!!

When I potty trained my son, we ran into the same problem. He would go on occasion but that's it. I ended up backing off and dropping the issue, basically giving up. Then I noticed that he wanted to do it .. I think me not pressuring him so much helped. Also, I had a potty chair for him that he would take with him all over the house, the toilet didn't cut it for him. Good luck!

To be perfectly honest with you R., the only difference with potty training boys and girls is that you need more patience for the boys because they naturally take a little longer to train. I have 2 boys (one of which is developmentally delayed) therefore I know that helpless feeling when it came to potty training. I received the same advice that I'm about to give you. Rather than setting your goals as high as potty training in a week like your daughter did, use the same technique that you used with your daughter but for twice as long (i.e., 15 minutes for TWO weeks, 30 minutes for TWO weeks) and see how he does from there.
Good Luck!
-Jan

well my son was potty trained complty with in a week. i got the potty movie the have a real silly movie and song it comes with a book and it has one for boys and girls let him watch every one go to the potty also it will encourage him