[Solved] potty training

Hi westwingfan - don't you find they talk too fast!? Guess not, your brain must be able to work a bit faster than mine, I just get lost. 😳

Re: potty training. Wonder if your frist kid was a girl? According to my ex-wife who did most of the potty training in our house, girls just get it quicker than boys hence she didn't get stressed when our son took a bit longer to toilet train. One thing we did find that was fun was to put a few bits of puffy breakfast cereal (eg. cherrios) in the toilet for target practise - if he isn't tall enough to stand at the toilet yet, give him a little stool to stand on. You could even try standing with him & show him how its done!

Hmmm, our family subscribes to the "when they are ready they will", so our daughter managed it sometime when she was 2, and our next one struggled at 3.5 (but is there now!). So we tried it for a few days to a week each time, and on the third time he decided to cooperate.

I think you can get them to do it earlier - it just depends how much cleaning you are willing to do 😀

Hi Fred

why would it make a differnace if the oldest was a girl?

Hi Fred - both kids are boys

oldest took to potty like a duck to water, he saw a freind use on and well that was that. Number 2 son is 3 next month and just not interested..he tells us when he has a wee coming but just wants his nappy..

Cause girls are more clever than boys?

Don't know...you would have to ask my ex (but that is the answer I can imagine she would give!)

My sister in law found girls nail it far quicker. I think boys are not too bothered letting rip in their nappies. I am going for the Guiness Record book and hoping 1 year! 😀 Credit crunch and all, would save a ton on nappies!!

I agree. Potty training or Toilet Training can be really difficult. Bribe him, tell him that if he listens to you, you would would give him something he loves. Something small like say chocolates or a toy. It should help. 😉 Good Luck!

Potty training - I remember it well. We had the opposite, eldest a boy took to it no problem. Younger daughter was a nightmare. We tried everything to coax her including reading her stories whilst she sat on toilet or the potty to try to distract her from the deed.

She got there in the end - it sometimes just takes patience.

Hi
Just thought I would add to this one, with some experience from my two which will hopefully be helpful for anyone going through the same. I remember doing a lot of searching on the web on this exact topic.

When my boy was 2.5 we got him to start using the potty for pee, over a week at Easter and I remember thinking this potty lark is not so bad. It was another year and a bit until we got him to use the toilet or potty for his poo. He would hold onto it, like a scrooge with money, unless he had a nappy on. We had to put him to bed every night with a nappy as this is when he would poo. Tried all sorts to get him to go during the day - prune juice was one I remember - the fact he did not like the taste did not stop me trying.
It was not until my cousin said to me when we were talking about it one day, that "No one will ever ask him when he is 10, when did you first poo in the toilet?". It made me stop and think, why are we pushing him so much. Completely dropped the issue with him after that conversation and as if like magic, within two weeks he said I need to go to the toilet. He went, he poo'd and the rest as they say is history.
It can be stressful for the parents, but "what does not happen in a year, will happen in a day". 🙂

Our little girl is the complete opposite and took to the potty for wee and poo herself, without our intervention.