Parents who've had toddler boys - please help!

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Hi guys I borrowed a potty chair from my neighbour for a few days, but had to give it back as it wasn't hers either. Anyway long and short is, its the first potty Jack is wee'd in, so I am thinking about buying one. He has refused the standard potties around the house, they end up in the paddling pool.

The one we borrowed was this http://www.kiddicare.com/webapp/wcs/...-promo_product

Admittedly the wee he did was through his shorts as he just sat on it and wee'd before I pulled his shorts down, but he did do the action. The reviews are mixed for boys at the bottom of the page, so I don't know whether to spend out or not. He knows where wee comes from and how to wee, so now its just trying to show him where and timimg. Forget the toilet, the only good thing about that is the flush!

I'd like to get this sorted quickly, as I think I maybe able to get somewhere before the autumn!

Parents of boys please help!!!

Keeping_Positive

How old is he?

I found it hard enough with my two daughters so when DS came along I didnt even attempt to start until he was 2 yr 10 mths. He also went straight to toilet rather than a potty. We used a seat insert to help. It took a few months and another 18 mths before we could get him to do No2s though!

They all get there in the end I think they pick up on stressed parents Im fairly sure thats what happened with DD1. I saw other youngers kids getting it but she just wasnt ready.

Sometimes them seeing other kids being big kids can help.

zekepes

I had this one for my son:

http://www.preciouslittleone.com/acatalog/S136500720.html

It has a comfy seat, unlike most potties and he really liked it. I bought a second one for upstairs too.

The first thing I did when I got each one was throw away the 'boy guard' thing at the front. The can hurt themselves on them, and seeing the way my son flung himself on it I would tend to agree!

Like the other poster said, there is little point in forcing it. I just had it around and tried it whenever we felt like it for a good few months. I think he was 2.5 before I would say he was potty trained. I am quite shocked to realise I don't actually know when he was potty trained (he had just turned 4) - it was quite important at the time!

tubbee2

When my sons were small and the weather was good, if we were at home I'd take their nappy off and follow them round with a potty (round shaped without the 'boy' guard big at the front) There were quite a few puddles, but as long as I got to them before they'd finished pee'ing, a round of applause and copious praise when they pee'd in the potty seemed to encourage them to seek out the potty by themselves (of course then you have the interesting scenario that they bring it to you - full!!!) I wouldn't spend a lot, but make sure it's a bright colour that you and they can spot easily. Good luck

elisebutt65

I got both my boys to go straight into the loo as well - used a footstool to stand in and threw cheerios in for them to aim at - great game - LOL:rotfl:

I did wait until they were 2.5 so that may have helped as well. Pooing took a little longer so I got one of those seats that fit over the loo to stop their falling in fears.

toniwoty2009

we started DS off at about 9/10 months sitting him on the potty as soon as he was out the cot in the am and usually they will just wee on reflex but we made a big thing of it everytime and as he got older he was really pleased with himself. unfortunately we moved house just before he turned 18 months so everything went to pot a bit what with his own bedroom and big boy bed. but we went back to in Feb (he'll be 3 next week) and within a week he'd got wees down to a tee. No2s is a whole other ball game for us as DS has always had a constipation problem (self-inflicted as his diet is spot on) since he was a tiny baby but we've almost got that sorted too.

MERFE

Hiya, my son was 2 in june and we took his nappy off last wednesday after dd broke up from preschool, he has had 1 accident in that time and that was purely because I had taken the potty upstairs to empty and been faffing about up there and he obviously had more!

I knew he was ready as we had had a few afternoons when it was about an hour till bedtime but his nappy was full and didnt want to put a new one on so left him bare and he would say when he needed to go. It hasnt even been a week but he takes himself to the potty and tells me he has been afterwards, I dont have to do anything. This sounds great but has all been with no pants or trousers on so that will be the next stage. Also I will put him in a pull up for car journeys for a while.

He sees DD going since there is only 15 months between them so I think he is ready a bit earlier than most boys. We are taking a much more relaxed effort this time and it is really paying off because although dd was ready and very good she still has her off days now.

Mine just have standard potties, a seat for the toliet with a step. I think ds is happy to use these as he sees DD doing it and DD is happy to go anywhere and I mean anywhere - she is really lazy with the toilet which is so frustrating because I know she can do it.

Ophie

My daughter uses the OP's potty. It's the only one small enough for her bum to fit on without falling in.

As I said I have a daughter, and she can pee like a boy and unfortunately we have had a fair few peeing over the top moments... mainly cos she likes to watch the wee come out and sits with her legs as wide as possible (so not like her mother ) But after lots of 'sit with your legs closed'... it's getting better. She also has no issues with pooing in it, and is very excited by the fact that her 'bum' worked and produced a poo.

I'm finding that we are getting better with the potty training if I take her outside and let her play with no clothes on, she just takes herself to the potty and uses it (heaps of praise after from me :rolleyes:), but as soon as I put a nappy/clothes/pullup/pants on her she instantly forgets and we're back to square one. So it might take some time, but who cares. Although when I'd put her in her cot cos she bugged me yesterday (with a nappy on) she did yell 'wee wee Mummy' so I took her out, sat her on the potty and bingo... wee wee!!! FLUKE!!

Just don't get pressured in to it - I'm sure he'll do it when he is ready.

specialK

I used this one for my daughter, it was 12 years ago so surprised they still sell it! It was very stable and quick and easy to clean.
http://www.mothercare.com/gp/product/B000TJDOP0/sr=1-6/qid=1217328741/ref=sr_1_6/026-1018201-3914044?ie=UTF8&mcb=core

At the bottom of the page that you show there is this potty and one review says its the only one the little boy will sit on.
http://www.kiddicare.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/productdisplay0_10751_-1_9923_10001

My little boy went straight onto the toilet, OK he was 3 and did not want to know any potty. I used a gimmicky one with him that played music, but he did not want to know.

I just left the potty out with both of mine, it was always there, DD took to it like a duck to water and was out of nappies day and night by 18 months old, DS had started nursery and was still not out of them. By his second day his was out of them!

Can't you show your DS a selection and let him pick one himself?

Broken_hearted

We had potties but the boys prefered the big toilet with a padded seat, as they got bigger they dangled thir tails over the bowl rather than holding them to pee. Now they are much older just miss altogether but thats men for you.:rotfl:

seatzie

Like Keeping Positive, we tried our DS at about 2 yrs 6 months and he just wasn't ready, waited til he was 2 yrs 10 months and he took to it easily, took probably another 2 weeks to get his no2s sorted properly, he'll be 3 in a couple of weeks and he's now brilliant at it - he pretty much opted for the toilet more with a seat originally then after a couple of days normal seat and us holding him on or standing on a stool.

Basically I guess what I'm saying is don't rush him he'll get there in his own time and don't worry if your friends are all going on about how theirs was potty trained at such and such an age!