Potty training

System

One of my sons was a nighmare to toilet train. He'd freak out at the sight of the potty. I came up with the idea of getting a toilet seat for him and a toilet step and he came on leaps and bounds after that. As it turned out, he didnt like 'seeing' what he'd done. In the toilet most of the view was hidden by the toilet seat and he was a lot more content.

pinkshoes

Ticking the base of your spine makes you need to pee when you're on the loo!

fsdss

buy yourself a bottle of wine (one that is corked), pull cork out, drink the wine one evening, get him to paint the cork , throw it down the loo, make it a game to pee on it.

make some picture cards, one with a potty to put in his pocket, when he shows you this, reinforce the word "potty or toilet or whatever you use" and take him to the toilet

betsie

hi
I work at a pre-school and they should support you with your potty training. Once you decide to go for it you have to just have pants on, not pull ups (just tell them at pre-school - if he wets they will change him) as this will confuse him. He will get the message that if he wets it feels horrible and uncomfortable and it will eventually click that weeing in the pot is better than having wet pants and trousers.
Some child are just slower than others, I know someone whose daughter was in year 1 at school before she stopped having frequent accidents.

pimento

With hindsight, I wish I'd waited until my son had said "Mum, I'm 17 now, isn't it about time I stopped wearing nappies?" LOL

I spent an inordinate amount of time following him around asking if he needed to pee. I was trying to keep up with the other women in our group who's children all seemed to be toilet trained at 18 months (but probably weren't).

zippybungle

I would agree with the comments about ditching the pull ups totally.

Why not take him shopping and let him choose some 'big boy' pants with pictures of his favourite characters on? make a really big deal about it. Put a towel under the car seat and take plenty of spare dry clothes.

onlyroz

Apparently one thing that works with boys is to turn it into a game and put a ping-pong ball into the toilet for him to aim at.

When you say that you've tried bribery, what exactly have you tried? One thing that can work is a small reward (e.g. a small sweet) for each attempt at sitting on the toilet, whether successful or not. But with any reward mechanism you need to be consistent, and to praise the successes while trying not to get too annoyed at the failures.

I'd also recommend persistence unless there are clear learning difficulties. My daughter has just turned four and she has been dry during the day for several months, but is only just starting to be dry at night. I've been extremely persistent - even to the extent of having to change the sheets around 3/4 of the time for the last six months, and she's *just* starting to get to the stage where she's dry most nights.

mrsmortenharket

Thank you for all your replies.
I'm not feeling very well tonight so shall reply better tomorrow.
Just didn't want to seem rude and ignore till tomorrow x