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| I have 2 litle boys, Wesley is almost 3 and Elyjah will be 1 on 5/31. I am having trouble potty training Wesley. He knows what to do and how to do it, but he won't unless we tell him too. I think it might be realted to his little brother. He likes diapers. Does anyone have any advise?? |
| Posted by Amanda on 04/03/2007 11:31 AM
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I have a 20 month old and a 2 month old. My 20 month old started using the potty in December occasionally, he would tell me when he had to "poop" and he would go, he was doing really well and my other son was born in January, thats when my oldest started regressing back to using diapers all the time and now wont use the potty at all. He also started wanting a bottle again and more often. My only advice is to be patient. When wesley is ready to use the potty all the time he will. No sense in pushing him or rushing him, that only will make him frusturated and not want to do it. Just keep suggesting it to him, and praising him when he does it. I started using stickers when my son goes, he loves stickers and m&ms so you could try some sort of reward occasionally when he does use the potty.
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| posted by Amanda on 04/04/2007 07:17 PM
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| Thank you. I will taks any advice I can get. We were using suckers as a reward. He loves suckers. The only downfall was that if he just sat on the potty and did nothing, he still expected a sucker. After Elyjah was born, Wesley started saying that heliked diapers. He tries to get a bottle form me, but he hasn't had since he was 14 months, so I didn't give hime one. He has however stolen a binky from his brother that he uses occasionally. He hasn't had a binky since he was 8 months old. So I did notice some regression, but that is normal when you have a new baby. |
| posted by Amanda on 04/05/2007 09:13 AM
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| I can feel your pain and frustration. My four year old was the worst to potty train. He didn't officially beat the diapers until his baby brother was born. I had been trying for almost a year to get him trained and he knew how to do it, it seemed like he was holding out just to be stubborn. I read every book and tried everything he just refused. Every one in my family was so perplexed that he wouldn't use the potty, and I finally got so frustrated that I just let it go. The week I had my second son he spent a lot of time with his daddy and that seemed to do it. It was almost as if he wanted to please his daddy and hold on to his attention. So my only advice is to let your son take the lead, it can not be forced. One day it will just happen. Maybe let your husband take more of a part in the training, sometimes boys just seem to respond differently to their daddy's. |
| posted by Rhiannon on 05/01/2007 12:27 PM
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My kids were potty trained late, but one day they were ready and the deal was closed in 48 hours. I felt I could not manage the accidents and the constant asking.
Sometimes people put pressure to reach certain milestone within a certain time frame and I am sure there is a reason for it, but I decided that this battle was not worth fighting!
Vero |
| posted by Vero on 05/02/2007 11:39 AM
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