my nephew is 3 and is having a really hard time potty training and he needs to be potty trained by Oct 10 (that is his 3rd birthday and the daycare has informed us that if he's not potty trained by then, he won't be able to go with the 3 year olds and his spot is already taken) Any Advice?
-Tiff
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As a mother of five this is my advice. Don't use pull ups as no matter what they say the kids don't feel the wetness. They are not associating the sensation that they are feeling as the need to go. With my children I found the old fashion way worked best. Get the rubber pants. It only took a few times of this for my children to realize they did not like the way it felt. I am not saying it will work for you nephew but it is worth a try.
As a mother and a former worker at a daycare where I taught 2 year old children, I find that you must be consistent!! Taking him atleast every hour if not more often. Also, make sure that he is getting rewarded after every potty use. We used stickers at the daycare and found they really worked, as we had all of the children potty trained at a little over 2 years of age!
I also agree that pull-up's and such items do not help. Once I put real underwear on my lil guy he was trained in no time! I had a potty chart on the door and bought all kinds of his favorite stickers!! Sometimes it helps to have the Potty somewhere that is easily accessed...then once he gets the idea of it you can move it to the bathroom...good luck! and stick with it..its a huge job as a parent and the kiddies need us to be consistent....
I have a two year old and I am looking for some tips on how to potty train him. Here is my situation: He used to use the potty all the time and I think the novlety wore off and he would just run away when I would sit him on it. So I put it away for a while. The other day I start up again and he was diaper free with no accidents for 2 hours. I had him on the potty and he was squirming around like he had to go or something. I tried my best to keep him on there for a couple more mins and when he really wanted off I finally let him. He then peed in his underwear!!! I don't understand why he wont go on the potty, the reaction he gets from peeing and pooping in his underwear is certainly not warm and cuddly. Any advice on this would be awesome, because I am at my wits end as to why my little potty user has now refused to use it.
I had my little one trained and when i started babysitting other children that were not trained he went back to diapers as well but still pooped in the potty. I never made a big deal over it and one day he woke up and said he wanted underwear not a diaper and he has used the potty ever sence so its really when they are ready but dont try and force it or make a big deal out of it and I never used pullups eather it was diapers or underwear. Hope this helps good luck.
How often do you think I should take my 2 year old to the potty? Ever 15 mins?
It depends on how often they pee I think. We put our little boy on quite frequently until I figured out that he only pees about every half an hour or so, so I started putting him on every half hour and letting him sit for about 10 min or so and then taking him off and trying again later.
I have heard that doing a log can help, has anyone tried that?
I think that a log is probably more work than is needed. Potty training is a lot of work as it is without adding keeping notes. I just keep a mental note of how often he goes, I don't think you need to write it down. You will get to know your child's habits.
Setting a timer for 30 min also works and the get to no when the timer goes off its time to go sit on the potty and once they get to no to use the potty you can up the time.
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