What are some good tips for potty training our son?
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mrs.ANONYMOUS
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I raised two boys and with my first has no idea how to teach him, so he began watching Dad, and soon I got him a little stool and he went by himself. I then traught him how to sit to do number2..With my second son, he watched his older brother, plus he hated diapers, so he was easier. I found praising them, and making a huge deal out of them going, is their incentive. Good Luck
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I took my little girl every half hour (when at home) and lots to drink so she'd have to go often and within a week she was going on the potty by herself. I'm doing the same thing with my son and he's now just turned 3 and is always having accidents. I also think it depends on the kid. How badly they want to go on the potty. We've tried it all with him and nothing, he goes when he wants to on the potty and goes when he wants to in his pants. It's SO frustrating!
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have you tried offering him a sticker or another little treat if he does? my mom did that when i was little . . . but like when i was 2. 3-year-olds may be a little different though.
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Well, he has to go sometime. Maybe (if you feel comfortable with it), ask him if he'll go if you leave the bathroom. If he agrees, then reward him afterwards. Everyone loves rewards, and he'll eventually learn to go. It just takes time.
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My granddaughter is the same way..She wears big girl pants now, and will go to potty, but she is adamant on not pooping in the toilet! Her Mom and Dad have bribed her, encouraged her, but she says "yuck: LOL..All in due time..
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The best way is to get him around other kids his own age, like cousins, siblings, or school mates (if he is in daycare), he will see the other kids using the potty and become more intrested and less afraid to go. Some kids just take a long time to go poop even after they have been potty trained. You might want to make sure there is no medical problem to where is uncomfortable or painful for him to poop and causing him to be afraid to do so. Where as when he goes in a pull up he can do it where no one sees him and he feels more comfortable and relaxed making it easier.
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offer treats for going.i used m and m's and it worked on all 3 of mine.but only give them to him/her if they go not as another form of award for something else.only the whole going to the potty thing.
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Stop using diapers. Period. Let him go whereever he goes. But he won't. Suddenly he'll find the potty or the toilet --on his own. Like magic. Trust him. Most likely letting him use the adult toilet will help too. BUT NO DIAPERS. EVER! Buster Stronghart
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I told my son he had to change his own diapers because I was done changing them. I also reminded him he could not go to school until he was potty trained...believe it or not he just started on his own one day and never turned back.
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I and my wife raised three boys and a daughter. The daughter just about went on her own fairly quick. However the boys were another story, finally on the third son, as we were trying to get him to go to the bathroom to urinate, we discovered that if we put a handfull of Fruitloops in the toilet it made it a game and he would enjoy "shooting" the little targets. Now for #2, well, we had to just take him every so often. But after the fruitloop thing, he picked it up pretty quick.
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If you can obtain a copy of "Toilet Training in Less than a Day" by Azrin and Nunn--it worked for my five in 24 hours each (sometimes overnight) and two of the five slept through the night without a change immediately, too. I can't imagine bothering with anything else.
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just experience here. set a timer for every 20 minutes tell them to go pee. when they wiggle tell them to go pee. dont use stools or training pottys. wake them up at the same time every night and have them pee. for boys get one of the water proof toilet stickers my son loved it you just have him aim for it no stool though have him stand like a big boy.
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