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HI Laura
My son is also 2 1/2 and I am just waiting until he turns 3 years old. My neighbor has 5 kids 4 of which are boys and she said that from her experience with 4 boys, she suggested waiting till they are 3years old. It took her awhile to train her boy when he was 2 years old. She decided to wait till 3 for the next boys and they all potty trained within a week!! My other friend who's husband is a urologist said the same thing, wait until 3 plus years old when they can fully understand and speak out. He said holding urine in is bad for the bladder. Guess he should know.
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| posted by clindy on 08/15/2007 05:14 PM
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Hi
Im starting to wonder if that is true. I swear it seems everyone I have talked to even with girls said they trained in a few days and when I say how old were they ...they always said 3 or alittle above. Maybe he is just too young still. Im gonna continue putting him on the toilet and Im going not lose sleep over this anymore LOL
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| posted by laura on 08/15/2007 06:16 PM
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Hi
I have 2 boys and neither of them were potty trained until they were 3.5 (or alittle older). The way that I looked at it was that it is their accomplishment not mine, so I let them take their time. I worked daycare for 10 years and had to potty train kids and found out that if you try to potty train before they are ready the will regress. I also put my boys in underware with rubber pants and that seemed to work. They will let you know when they are ready. I hope this helps.
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| posted by Tara on 08/15/2007 09:54 PM
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| hi! my son is 2 and half also and people told me to put him in underwear to during the day.....so i just went out and bought some he was all excited. dont get me wrong he went on the potty but he still peed in them and he pooped in them. maybe boys just need to be a lil older then girls?? |
| posted by TAMARA on 08/15/2007 11:02 PM
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Hi cindy
Im curious if u do any training with your son at all for instance letting him pee pee on the toilet or are u completley waiting til 3.
THXS |
| posted by laura on 08/16/2007 01:06 PM
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Hi Laura
I tried once, I asked him if he needed to poo and he nodded yes so I put him on his potty thingy. He sat there for a long time and had one pellet!! I praised him I was so happy then he peed all over the carpet. I knew he was not ready at this point so now I am just waiting until he turns 3. People have told me that you pretty much will know when they are ready.
Lots of luck to you. Maybe we can talk about it again when both our boys turn 3. When will yours turn 3? mine will turn 3 in November...not too long from now. |
| posted by clindy on 08/16/2007 01:25 PM
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My son has ways to go he turns 3 in February,
Thxs for the advise.
Laura |
| posted by laura on 08/16/2007 01:33 PM
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Hi Laura
Lots of luck to you. Hope my boy is potty trained by the time yours turn 3. If successful, I will let you know any tips I pick up on the way there. Anyway, have fun:-) |
| posted by clindy on 08/16/2007 09:29 PM
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| when in feb does your son turn 3 mine will be 3 feb 5th. |
| posted by TAMARA on 08/16/2007 10:12 PM
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| wow tamara my son is 3 feb 4th !!!! |
| posted by laura on 08/17/2007 08:16 AM
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| wow that is crazy!!! |
| posted by TAMARA on 08/17/2007 09:44 AM
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| I don't agree that boys take longer than girls to potty train. With my son, he turned 2 in April, I started potty training him in May and after a week he was fully potty trained during the day. At night it took a little longer, but by the middle of June he was waking himself up at night and screaming to go potty. I think it just depends on the child and how ready they are. |
| posted by Angela on 08/17/2007 10:06 AM
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angela wow tell us your secrets to what u did ?
THXS |
| posted by laura on 08/17/2007 11:41 AM
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| One day I took him to the store, let him pick out some underwear and had him toss out all his diapers. Then put the underwear on and told him to tell me when he had to go potty. The first day was hard, both on him and me. He would have an accident then I would put him on the toliet and tell him it was ok and he had to tell me when he had to go. The next day was a lot easier, of course he had accidents, but I think with the underwear it helped him accociate the feeling of having to pee with actually peeing. At night he would wear pull ups until he started getting up on his own, but I would wake him an hour after he fell asleep to go pee and told him it was ok to get up at night and pee. |
| posted by Angela on 08/17/2007 12:48 PM
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| With pooping it was easier (at least with him). Before he turned 2 he would scream when he pooped in his diaper, so he quickly (on his own) learned to tell me when he had to poop. And has been pooping in the toliet before I began potty training. That's why I think potty training depends on the child. At 2 my son was ready and let me know, but other kids just might not be ready until they are a bit older. |
| posted by Angela on 08/17/2007 12:54 PM
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Thnaks angela
My son only pees on the toilet so think he is not completly ready but i will still try .
Laura |
| posted by laura on 08/17/2007 01:18 PM
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Hi Angela
I think you are right about when they are ready . My son doesn't mind poop in his diaper. He would walk around play with poop in his diaper and not a care in the world. That is why I don't think he is ready. Like with your son, he hated poop in his diaper so I think that expedites things more. You are very fortunate:-) |
| posted by clindy on 08/17/2007 02:31 PM
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cindy
my son counld care less if he poops in diaper too BUT within the last 2 months he has started to tell me he pooped in the diaper which i'd like to think is a nice step ahead.
Laura |
| posted by laura on 08/17/2007 02:34 PM
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Hi Laura
Maybe your son is ready since he is telling you already. That is a good sign!! Hope he successfully potty trains soon! Lots of luck to you:-) It is only recently that my son has been telling me poop too and sometimes he just tells me for fun. He will be a challenge with this part I think:-)
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| posted by clindy on 08/17/2007 03:25 PM
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Wellnicky doesnt tell me when he pees though. That is the problem i always have to put him on the toilet and then he will go pee (usually) otherwise he wont tell me he has to go. If i ask him he says no but sometimes he will say yes and then he doesnt go (but once or twice he actually did ) .Well no one said it was a cintch right LOL
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| posted by laura on 08/17/2007 03:31 PM
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Not a cinch! you are right LOL:-)
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| posted by clindy on 08/17/2007 04:14 PM
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| Sorry I couldn't be more help:) I got lucky with the potty training, I think God is making up for giving me such a miserable pregnancy:) Anyway, good luck to both of you. |
| posted by Angela on 08/18/2007 12:52 AM
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| My son was 2 when he potty trained..We let him go all natural from the waist down and would spend the day out side playing..he soon figured out that he had nothing to poop in so we would go to the toilet after about a week he liked the feeling of not being wet or pooped and we started to wear big boy underwear..just stick with a routine that is the best thing to do once you start or it will confuse him good luck |
| posted by Maria on 10/01/2007 09:51 AM
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| My son trained one month exactly before he turned 3. Keep him interested and he will do it when he is ready. We used rewards for using the potty but not for trying (my son liked to try ALL the time, even when he didn't have to go. We used stickers for peeing in the potty and hersey kisses for what he called "splashes", because the water hits his bottom. We did use the underwear tactic, apposed to diapers but I recommend only when at home and to ask them every 30 mins - hour or so, especially after drinking a lot of water or fluid. It took him about 2 weeks to get it down with only a handful accidents. he does still get a pull up at night just in case but he even gets up in the middle of the night to go. I would use this time as more of an introduction to the potty and the concept. Make it exciting, a big kid thing but remember he will not do it if he is not ready, when he is ready you will know. Also let them know they should pay attention to thier body and what it tells them, my son tells me "My pee pee is tingling" which means he has to pee. He came up with that on his own and not I tell him to listen to what his body is telling him and he won't have accidents. |
| posted by Nikki on 10/01/2007 11:14 AM
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| My boy's were totally different from each other. My oldest with some praise and stickers and suckers he was fully day and night potty trained by the time he turned 3. Now my youngest was a struggle. He mainly was stubborn to be honest. I could leave his diaper off for hours with nothing on and he wouldn't pee. But then if I put a diaper on him he would immidetly pee. No matter how many times I tried to put him on the potty. So I finally just stopped for a while. I didn't want him to get a UTI from holding it in so much. He was almost 4 before we was potty trained. He did it on his own though. As for night training it really didn't take that long. Once he wanted to really do it he was pretty much fully potty trained once he decided he was tired of diapers LOL. Man I thought for sure with him I was going to end up sending him to collage in depends LOL. So I guess it all depends on each child and when they are ready. |
| posted by Jody on 10/02/2007 11:26 AM
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too funny Jodi
thanks for all the advise ! |
| posted by laura on 10/02/2007 12:11 PM
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| Get him to go to the bathroom with your husband. That is the fastest way. My son is 21months and pees in the toliet after watching his big brothers and dad. I didn't waste the money on pulls ups etc. or underwear just to turn around and wash the underwear because he pee in them I just put him in a diaper and he grabs himself and says pee and I take him. |
| posted by rosie on 10/21/2007 04:27 PM
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My son is 2yrs.3mo. and started himself on potty training. He is pretty good about letting us know when he needs to go, but we still have some issues. What I did was went and go those pull-ups . . . hate them! I think they are too much like a diaper. So, I just took him to the store and let him pick out his very own "big boy" underwear. As soon as I run out of pull-ups he will wear those during the day and a diaper during naps and at night.
Something else I have heard was when the weather is nice to have your child run around naked as much as possible. I guess it makes them more aware of their actions . . . I'm not sure. I have not done this because I am not so sure I want my child running around outside naked all the time. |
| posted by Sheila * R on 11/12/2007 10:36 PM
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