Okay, so I have two kids in diapers and I'm sick of changing them. Will turns 3 in July...is it too early to potty train? He'll do #1 on the toilet when I change his diaper but he's never done #2 and rarely tells me when he needs to go. (When he does, I think it's to get his treat that I give him when he sits on the toilet.) He knows he gets to get an ice cream cone if he does #2 and gets excited about it, but still doesn't want to do it on the toilet. I'm just curious out of anyone that reads this, do you have ideas, suggestions, solutions?
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All I can say from my experience is that every kid is completely different. Jacob was just about 3 1/2 and Spiderman underwear got him trained (although it did take a couple of extra months for the #2...don't let that discourage you). Zach was 4 1/2 and it was the threat that they wouldn't let him go to preschool...hopefully you won't have 2 more years with Will. With Savannah it's jelly beans and being like her best friend Morgan (although we've had a bad week since Grandma came and Spring Break...it threw off the routine). If he'll even go for you I'd say that's a good start. Zach refused to do that for a long time. If treats work I think it's way worth it in the long run. Some days Savannah gets a little handful of jelly beans 8 or 9 times, but it won't be forever so it's worth it to me to have her sugared up. :-) Good luck!!!
Hey Stephanie - I used to keep a little container of new hotwheels (or you could keep whatever little cheap toy you think would motivate Will) ready for when Jackson would go #2. It seems like that worked the best because it was hard for him to imagine "getting a treat later" for doing something right now. The cars were just enough of a special treat that he really wanted to do it. I think I kept it up until he was always going #2 on the toilet, and then we did something extra special as a reward for that... and then the treat stuff stopped. The best advice is just wait until they are ready. I started to push Natalie into it too early, and for almost a year paid the consequence because she would have accidents often. I think if I had just waited until she was ready that wouldn't have happened as much. Hope your little family is doing well!
Just keep talking about it and throw in a bribe or two and one of these days it will click!
If you push then you just have to deal with cleaning up accidents which is less fun than changing diapers.
Maybe try some fun big boy undies with his favorite characters on them.
And good luck! :D
Can I just say - I hate potty training! But don't let me discourage you. I think every kid is different and has an age when they are finally ready. Lauren was just over 3 when she was finally ready but everyone else kept telling me I should have done it earlier but she just wasn't ready. Of course - #2 was harder to learn how to do and it took some serious bribes. But once she was ready she could pee in the potty everytime within just a couple of days. And it really took finding what was fun for her. Of course she liked the treats and all that but for her it took buying a fun candle (Dora) and she got to blow it out everytime she went potty. Crazy but it worked! And for #2 - she just taught herself to go at night when I put her in a diaper for the night. And it didn't really bother me cuz she didn't have accidents during the day but after a couple of months I finally got down to business again and brought out a big bribe - a pet fish. It worked! So you just have to find what their motivation is (and make sure they are really ready)!
Good Luck!
That's a hard one. With Hallee I would just have her go every 15 minutes or so. Which helped. And as she got better I just wait until she told me. I don't remember if she had any accidents. I probably blocked them out of my mind. With #2 she went in her pannies a lot. I finally cried one day because I didn't know what to do. She got really sad that she had made me cry, and she never did it again.
Good luck. Hope you can find something that works for you.
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