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Thursday, October 20, 2011
Potty Training.....
Sucks!! Frankie still shows NO interest in this. He will be 3 in November. I've stopped trying because it seems like the harder I try the less interested he is. The kid seriously doesn't care that hes walking around in his own shit!! So gross. Please any words of encouragement, suggestions, anything?? Miss Ava on the other hand seems extra interested so after we heal from surgery (which of right now is still scheduled for Friday, fingers crossed for us please) I am going to focus more on her training then his. I have to be completely honest and say that after having 2 kids 13 months apart this is the only thing that has been really HARD. I'm really going to try and stop stressing over it, its just really hard. So again any suggestions you have (or links to articles) would be greatly appreciated.
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Sorry you are having such a hard time. Hugs to you. Girls (so I hear) are much easier than boys to train. Maybe if you train Ava then Frankie will see all the *special* treats she gets for going and want to go too?!
ReplyDeleteMy suggestions: cherrios in the toilet for him to aim at. They also sell boats ect online as targets.
M&Ms as treats after. 1 for #1 and 2 for #2.
Potty chair in the living room. I had a friend do this so that her son could sit there for awhile until he went. It took about a month but it worked for her.
Letting him pick out undies to wear. Start with them over the diaper/pull up and then gradually put them on without after he is going steadily.
Hope some of this helps!
I started "training" Colton by putting him on the potty whenever he woke up--either from a nap or in the morning. I gave him mini M&Ms as a reward every time he went potty--2 for pee and 3 for poop. I would ask him about every 45 minutes if he had to go during the day. I never let him use pull-up during the day though. They are just glorified diapers. He did use them at night and at nap time. He was potty trained by 2, completely by 2.5. Good luck and be patient. If you stress it will make him more resistant as well.
ReplyDeleteI have 2 boys and 3 girls. They are all very close in age. My recommendation...don't potty train.
ReplyDeleteLike everything else, they will do it when they are ready. Our dr. gave us that advice with our first child (who is a boy
). They sit, crawl, and walk when ready....going potty is no different. My boys were both 4 and two of my girls were 3. My youngest is 1 so she is in diapers.
Save yourself and them the stress of it all. :)
Hi. I am a new follower from the Wild Wednesday Hop. Training can be hard and every kid is different. With my oldest DD we used smarties as a reward and she trained fast overnight too. She was very motivated by the treats. My younger DD took longer but started sooner. She took her sweet time, but she had sensory issues and would freak out at the noise of the flushing. So we just kept at it. But she was 31/2 before truly trained. ow my newphew did the train in one week program with my SIL. Undies and nothing but for one week. Plenty of accidents but he was done inside of a couple of weeks. It was actually pretty accurate. She cloth diapered and he didn't really mind all the accidents and neither did my SIL. I don't know that I would have the patience for that. I hate scrubbing poop and pee stains out of everything. Ick! Anyways good luck and be calm. I am a new follower. Cheers, Paula
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I hear you!! Kendall is turning 3 next Tuesday and we are still not 100% there. She's doing a lot better because she just started pre-school one night a week, and I told her they won't let her go if she's pooping in her pants. We started PTing at 18 months, so it's been a year and a half of this!! People say to pull back and do it when they're ready, but when they are so close to 3 it's hard to do that. Especially when you've already invested so much time. I finally started punishing her (time outs, taking away her fav book/stuffed animal) when she would poop or pee in her pants. I held off for a long time, but at this point she knew what she was doing and that it was wrong. Good luck, momma!! I know what a pain it is! Sydney always wants to sit on the potty chair, but I just don't have it in me to start up again.
ReplyDeleteHey! I am NOT looking forward to this!!! There's a link on one of my pinterest boards that sounded really good. Best of luck to you!
ReplyDeleteI feel your pain! My son was almost 4 before he got potty trained. I tried to hard and he refused to go on the potty. It got to the point where he didn't poop for a week and I have to give him a suppository, he screamed for 20 minutes trying to poop. Our dr said to let it be and that he would go when he was ready and he eventually did. Hang in there...
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I feel your pain. My daughter recently started preschool and she goes on the potty there but not at home. She will actually yell at me that she is a baby and she's going in her diaper because that's what babies do. My best tip that used to work really well until she decided the potty was the devil was M&Ms. I'd give her one every time she went or tried for a while and was disappointed that nothing came out. Good luck!! At this point, I'm just waiting for preschool to get her more used to it, then hopefully one day she'll tell me she has to go potty. I'm not asking her anymore because it just upsets her.
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