Potty Training

I haven’t yet but I know for sure my boy needs to cus he doesn’t like sitting in the dirty diaper, lets me know when he’s dirty etc but I haven’t gotten farther than that so that’s all I got! Those are clear signs they want/need to be

He’ll definitely give you signs, like above! I was suppose to start since the beginning of summer. But I’m officially starting after we run out of these pampers lol. Ive just been placing him on his potty or his seat. And he’ll sit there for a while, but he hasn’t done anything in months. I’ve seen some boy moms put them backwards on the potty. So that’s one thing I’m going to try when I start back.

Love it ladies! Yes yes, come back and share your experience with me. I’ll post as I start too. My son definitely indicates as of the last month or so when he’s got something in the diaper too. I got a Bluey themed toilet this past weekend to inspire him to wanna sit longer and try. Lol! I like the idea of sitting him backwards since we’ve got boys. Let’s face it, we wanna keep the wetness to a minimum if at all possible LOL

He will give you signs when he is ready! It’s much harder to potty train a child who isn’t ready. I got my girl potty trained in a couple weeks once I saw all the signs. I did let her pick out her own potty seat and let her just sit on it for a while before she finally started using the toilet so I finally just put her in underwear. Now I’ve got a nephew who is just 3.5 months younger than my daughter and he understands when he’s wet/pooped but refuses to use the toilet. They even let him go commando and he decided to pee on their dining room table instead 😅 he just doesn’t care about the toilet yet which is fine!

Buy him underwear and put them on, and take him to the bathroom every 15-20 minutes and set a timer. Thats how I started and although it is time consuming he started understanding that if he needs to go he would say “pee pee” and we’d go. He did have like 2 accidents on day 1 and then it reduced. But that’s okay! I personally didn’t like the idea of letting him be naked because we have animals and such but that’s what we did. And day 2 was every 30 minutes, day 3 he was more into telling me but I still took him ever 30 minutes or whenever he seemed like he needed to go. However my son loves to pee standing. He doesn’t want to sit. I did have to get my boyfriend/my dad to kinda help with that but he got it. Unfortunately he is more stubborn when it comes to pooping. But he is potty trained 100% when it comes to pee.

1. Teach him to sit backwards facing the tank instead of facing forward like normal for easier aiming 2. Once you decide to start, be consistent and be patient. Accidents are part of the learning process.

@Katie yes, totally would be harder with a child that isn’t ready. My son definitely shows the signs and has never liked poop in his diaper for very long so the little pot is coming into play. I got to get some pull ups and start there, too. That’s amazing you got your daughter fully trained in a couple weeks! *props* your nephew story cracks me up. Naughty but funny 😆 almost like , I’ll show you guys! 😜

@Megan planning to buy pull ups and I had bought some Bluey underwear since it’s his favorite. Figured it’ll help with the transition and I explain Bluey wears these too whole bit 😂 but yes, back and forth back and forth because timing is everything! And accidents will happen but that’s all apart of learning the process. So funny your son enjoys peeing standing up so early but completely refuses to sit and poop. It’ll come with time 👌🏼

@Charlotte I heard that before this thread and thought it may help. I purchased a Bluey potty since my son loves Bluey and he saw it and wanted it. I almost think he thought it was a toy since it plays some songs and it’s colorful so I want to make it fun for him as we learn to use the potty.

Mine has learned to tell me he wants to go poo poo now and i got this far from realizing he would tense up and freeze when he had to poop and it was usually around the same time of day. I would make sure to tell him “let’s go poopoo” after realizing what hes doing and would give him a sticker on his thighs if we managed to catch the toilet in time or if he had more in the bank lol. Told him good job going poopoo and to tell his poopoo bye bye as we flushed the toilet so he knows to flush the toilet. Eventually he caught on that going poopoo can be fun and if he tells me “poopoo” himself and sit on the potty then he’ll get bigger incentives like picking and putting on the sticker himself or whatever suits ur toddler. I also tell him to go “eughhh” so he mimics and pushes and speeds things along In short, learn their signs and timing, teach and repeat the key words like peepee and poopoo so they can adopt the words and give incentives and praise so they don’t feel uncomfortable.