My son will be 3 very very soon. We got him a potty about 3 months ago. He loved it. He liked to sit on it and actually in the last 3 months, has gone on it about 4 times. Each time was a total celebration so he'd know we were proud. In the last 3 weeks, he has refused to sit on it anymore. We got him an insert that goes in the big toilet and he likes it too, but won't us it anymore either. I'm scared to force him and I don't know what I'm doing. We ask him if he wants to use it and his answer is no. We try and put him on it and he will only sit for a second, tell us he did it, and run away. (He didn't do it though.)
What do I do? I don't think it's wise to force it too much but shouldn't he be trained or at least training by now? How hard can I push? Please help. I have no idea what I'm doing here.
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4 comments:
I've heard that going back and forth between loving the potty and then hating the potty is really common... sometimes potty training feels like a never-ending process!
I don't want to give you bad advice, so maybe call your son's pediatrician and see what they say to do?
I wish I could be more helpful!
My first son was a nightmare trying to potty train (he finally was trained when he was almost 4!). But one thing is to not go back and forth. You have to be ready to stick to your guns. One thing I finally had to do was to take away diaper and pull-ups during the day. I would set a timer and he would go sit on the potty. Sometimes it was a real struggle but other times not so bad. He just has to know that this is what he has to do now. He's not going to get it right away...it takes weeks or sometimes months.
So I took diapers away and just gave him underwear. Yeah, it was not the most pleasant experience for any of us (there will be accidents trust me) but the whole point is to let him know that diapers are no more and to get him used to the feeling of what's going on down there. I've found that boys are really not in tune with their bodies. Not all but most.
Also, don't just take away the diapers. Set a day and circle it on the calendar and talk about it everyday. What that day means and how he's not going to wear diapers anymore and he'll get big boy underwear.
I hope this all makes sense. Every kid is different so you have to watch him and try new things. Some like rewards, some just like the praise, and so on. The one thing that I think is universal in potty training is that the parents HAVE to be consistent and not give in when they're being stubborn. It will only make it harder.
Good luck!
You need to decide whether you are going to potty train first. When you do decide to do it you need to stick to it, no turning back. I think it is so funny when mothers have 3 to 4 year olds not potty trained and they say "I just can't force him to do it". It is something they have to learn and you have to teach them. It is hard to teach them to share, they resist and don't want to, but they have to learn and the sooner the better. You don't have to force, but you can push and push, and push a little more. I would not even use pull-ups, they are just a big kid diaper. You will have accidents on the floor, not fun, but part of the process. I did use pull-ups at night, but I put underwear on first and tried not to let them know I was putting a pull-up on to. After 2 weeks, my kids (3) were out of diapers and pull-ups. Every child is different, even on my own I used different strategies with each one. You just have to find what works.
I have a daughter with disabilities and I take her to an amazing school. When her processing was high enough they gave me a potty training program. No one thought she could do it and even with her disabilities I had her going in the potty regularly in 3 days. They told me to give her water to drink regularly so she needed to go and set her on the potty. I made her sit there until she went and then she got 45 minutes off. Then she had to sit there until she went again. It took only two or three days until she was going pee on her own. Poop was a little harder cause you had to watch for that first gassy smell and catch it. I did this with my other kids after her and it worked wonderful. You don't put underwear on them at all until they are peeing regularly. At night you must limit the water they drink a few hours before bedtime and wake them up to go to the bathroom in the morning before they get up for a while and then they will catch on fast. I believe this works. It worked with my five children and I hope with #6 also,
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