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GLightfoot -> Potty Training (6/25/2009 5:52:20 PM)
My son is very resistant to potty training and he is now 2 1/2 yrs old. I am always askiing him to go on the potty and have a Dora sticker board by the toilet, however he just seems like he is content to keep wearing a diaper. I am not pressuring him about it. He will do it whenhis time comes, however I was just wondering if anyone has any good ideas that worked for you. We are also slowly but steadily getting wid of the pacifier. He now has it when he naps and goes to bed, that it. He loves it.

TXRedhead -> RE: Potty Training (6/25/2009 5:58:18 PM)
My kids liked watching a DVD called Potty Power. It really stirred my son to want to try the whole potty experience out. I think it also helped to have the little potty in the living room so they could sit and watch TV. I remember the first potty we got made a sound of trumpets when they went [it was shaped like a throne]. My son liked the noise. Boys are usually slower to potty train than girls, but I think my son was actually really easy. Oh, and you might look for some of the little toy paper/sponge things that boys can 'shoot at' while they're going in the big potty.

bolt. -> RE: Potty Training (6/25/2009 6:11:56 PM)
My advice is to either go for it, or leave it alone. It sounds like this is not the plan for this summer. If that's the case, stop bothering him about it for now, so that when you bring it up again, maybe in the fall, he will know that it's something new, not just the everyday inquiries that he's been ignoring for months. Do leave the stuff out, in case he has an interest in the meantime, though. If you do want to do some 'lite' potty training (before you really get into it), you could simply sit him, diaper-less, on the potty for a little while at the same time every day, once or twice. Say, while you do his hygiene tasks, before his evening bath, or while he watches TV or something. Don't expect anything to happen, and don't tell him that you want him to do anything. Act nonchalant. But if it does happen, you say, "That was pee-pee. It came out of your penis and went into the potty. That's great. That's where pee-pee belongs." (And maybe do a treat or a sticker.) Then put on his diaper and go on with life as usual. Hint: Going is easy -- it's knowing when you need to that's hard. Start with the easy stuff.

manda59 -> RE: Potty Training (6/25/2009 6:38:24 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: GLightfoot My son is very resistant to potty training and he is now 2 1/2 yrs old. I am always askiing him to go on the potty and have a Dora sticker board by the toilet, however he just seems like he is content to keep wearing a diaper. I am not pressuring him about it. I'm a bit confused here. You say you're not pressurising him about it, yet you said earlier that you're always asking him to go on the potty, and very resistant to potty training. Always asking him to go on the potty is IMO pressurising him. How does he react when you ask him? Has he ever done anything on the potty? Are you using a plastic portable one btw or are you expecting him to use the big toilet?

p31mom -> RE: Potty Training (6/26/2009 11:58:10 AM)
I have a resistant boy too (same age). He knows what to do, he is just being lazy about it. I just decided that it was time because during summer I can stay home all day and just get it done. We said bye bye the diapers together. I let him run aroung naked and every 20 or minutes or so I set him on the potty and we counted to 10 to see if anything would come out. If he pee peed any bit at all, I rewarded him with a jelly bean ( we had to step it up because stickers were not working) It has been about a week and we have been able to go out in underwear for short trips and he used the potty at the grocery store. If your are going to commit to it, then don't ask him..just tell him that it is time to try and potty. Today is the first day that my son actually went in on his own without me prompting. For accidents, I make him help clean up. We stop what we are doing and make a long process of cleaning then go sit on the potty to see if anything is left...I am trying to make the point that it is easier to just go potty than to have an accident because I think that right now he thinks it is easier just to pee pee on the floor LOL[&:] It has been much more difficult to train my son than it was my daughter.

manda59 -> RE: Potty Training (6/26/2009 12:07:46 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: p31mom It has been much more difficult to train my son than it was my daughter. I found it easier with my son than with my daughter! Though neither was extremely difficult, thankfully! At least with a boy you can let them run around naked and get a 2-3 second "clue" when they need to go. With a girl you don't get any warning, you just see the puddle form round their feet.[8\|]

W.O.F. -> RE: Potty Training (6/26/2009 4:41:47 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: manda59 quote: ORIGINAL: p31mom It has been much more difficult to train my son than it was my daughter. I found it easier with my son than with my daughter! Though neither was extremely difficult, thankfully! At least with a boy you can let them run around naked and get a 2-3 second "clue" when they need to go. With a girl you don't get any warning, you just see the puddle form round their feet.[8\|] lol...my older boy was easier than my oldest daughter and the daughter after him (not that they were hard)...my fourth kid was probably the most difficult...and he just was too busy with other things to be bothered...but one day, woke up and voile.... my fifth was the easiest...she just wanted to be like all her big brothers and sisters. That said....to the OP....he is only 2 1/2. That is a really good age to start training him, but it is also a good age to just wait and see. As someone else said...leave the stuff out....put him on it right before or right after bath (or we used to have our oldest sit on it while one of us showered)...if something happens...great. If not....oh well. If you really want to make it happen...you can encourage him by taking one day and feeding him salty snacks and then letting him drink as much water as he wants...and every 30 minutes put him on the potty (and yes..set a timer)..whether or not he has just gone or not. AT least once during the day he will succeed. You then make a HUGE big deal out of it (but do NOT make a big deal one way or the other out of accidents or non successful potty tries)....and offer more salty snacks, etc. Usually this will work with most kids...but be warned...it usually only works on the urinary part of training.....it takes a little more time to get the bowel movement part.... personally....I would just wait a little longer (and try jelly beans or m&m's or raisins for a treat instead of stickers...or...my oldest boy loved to blow out candles....lol...so every time he went...he got to blow out a candle)

Katie51 -> RE: Potty Training (6/27/2009 11:43:27 PM)
My son was 2 and he would say "need diaper".....meaning he needed to go. I'd put him in a diaper and he would wet or poop it. One day I said "I dont have any more diapers!" and put him in training pants".....shortly thereafter he was potty trained as he didnt like the feel of wet or poopy training pants (yes messy for a bit lol) Also let both of mine, boy and girl, sit and watch favorite cartoon while sitting on their potty. They eventually wet in the potty and we clapped and cheered. Only parents clap for bowel movements LOL.

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