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Title: potty training (any tips)
Post by: nick v6 on 10 January 2009, 08:54:49
ive started to try and potty train my 2 and half year old son as he goes to nursery in september
he keeps saying he wants a wee when he has got a nappy on but when i take the nappy off for him to use the potty he dont want a wee then when he has pants on he comes to me soaking wet

any tips or do i just grin and bare

i was told boys are the hardest to potty train

the daughter was easy she potty trained straight away
Title: Re: potty training (any tips)
Post by: Marks DTM Calib on 10 January 2009, 08:57:45
We are currently starting to potty train our 2 and half year old daughter.

She is being a bit of a mare but its a case more than anything of getting them used to sitting on the potty (we use the toilet with a seat) rather thn getting them to wee.....thats more stage 2!

I personaly think it would be easier to attach them to the loo with a ratchet strap but the wife is not so keen.
Title: Re: potty training (any tips)
Post by: nick v6 on 10 January 2009, 09:05:56
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We are currently starting to potty train our 2 and half year old daughter.

She is being a bit of a mare but its a case more than anything of getting them used to sitting on the potty (we use the toilet with a seat) rather thn getting them to wee.....thats more stage 2!

I personaly think it would be easier to attach them to the loo with a ratchet strap but the wife is not so keen.

good idea lol
my mrs would kill me if i did that
Title: Re: potty training (any tips)
Post by: nick v6 on 10 January 2009, 09:14:14
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/FISHER-PRICE-LAUGH-LEARN-POTTY-TOILET-TRAINING-SEAT_W0QQitemZ190278713557QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Baby_Potty_Training?hash=item190278713557&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1298%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318

just seen this on flebay
looks good not sure about the price tho
Title: Re: potty training (any tips)
Post by: Marie on 10 January 2009, 09:35:53
with boys you need to forget all the gizmos. apart from the pingpong ball in the loo. gives them something to aim at!

forget the potty to! go straight to the loo.

my son was a bugger to train we had to give up for 4mths and try again. some times with boys they are just not ready.

i had to put him on the loo every hour. he soon learned. our biggest problem was he didnt like going infront of people and went through a phase of putting a nappy on just to go for a poo. then asking to have pants back on. we soon left him to his own devices with just pants on and a potty out just incase but he always went to the toilet instead.

the biggest thing i can advise in not to put pressure on him or get mad and upset when they come to you wet. i know it can be soul distroying when all you seem to do is clean up after them.


good luck! oh and my son still wont wipe his own bum!  :-[
Title: Re: potty training (any tips)
Post by: nick v6 on 10 January 2009, 09:40:42
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with boys you need to forget all the gizmos. apart from the pingpong ball in the loo. gives them something to aim at!

forget the potty to! go straight to the loo.

my son was a bugger to train we had to give up for 4mths and try again. some times with boys they are just not ready.

i had to put him on the loo every hour. he soon learned. our biggest problem was he didnt like going infront of people and went through a phase of putting a nappy on just to go for a poo. then asking to have pants back on. we soon left him to his own devices with just pants on and a potty out just incase but he always went to the toilet instead.

the biggest thing i can advise in not to put pressure on him or get mad and upset when they come to you wet. i know it can be soul distroying when all you seem to do is clean up after them.


good luck! oh and my son still wont wipe his own bum!  :-[


thats what i'm doing at the moment and i got the potty out as well just incase
my 1 year old has taken a shy to the potty and likes to sit on it now
(looks like i wont have trouble potty training him)
Title: Re: potty training (any tips)
Post by: nick v6 on 10 January 2009, 10:08:38
[media]http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=QFVoLz88hiU[/media]

there's some c**p on you tube
Title: Re: potty training (any tips)
Post by: gwa on 10 January 2009, 12:35:10
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with boys you need to forget all the gizmos. apart from the pingpong ball in the loo. gives them something to aim at!

forget the potty to! go straight to the loo.

my son was a bugger to train we had to give up for 4mths and try again. some times with boys they are just not ready.

i had to put him on the loo every hour. he soon learned. our biggest problem was he didnt like going infront of people and went through a phase of putting a nappy on just to go for a poo. then asking to have pants back on. we soon left him to his own devices with just pants on and a potty out just incase but he always went to the toilet instead.

the biggest thing i can advise in not to put pressure on him or get mad and upset when they come to you wet. i know it can be soul distroying when all you seem to do is clean up after them.


good luck! oh and my son still wont wipe his own bum!  :-[

absolutely the right course.... you can buy a mini seat to fit over yours so's he/she won't fall in  ;D but a potty is a useless unhygienic gimmic. I love the idea of a ping pong ball in the bog, think I'm gonna trey that one for myself ;D ;D
Title: Re: potty training (any tips)
Post by: Lizzie_Zoom on 10 January 2009, 12:42:56
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with boys you need to forget all the gizmos. apart from the pingpong ball in the loo. gives them something to aim at!

forget the potty to! go straight to the loo.

my son was a bugger to train we had to give up for 4mths and try again. some times with boys they are just not ready.

i had to put him on the loo every hour. he soon learned. our biggest problem was he didnt like going infront of people and went through a phase of putting a nappy on just to go for a poo. then asking to have pants back on. we soon left him to his own devices with just pants on and a potty out just incase but he always went to the toilet instead.

the biggest thing i can advise in not to put pressure on him or get mad and upset when they come to you wet. i know it can be soul distroying when all you seem to do is clean up after them.


good luck! oh and my son still wont wipe his own bum!  :-[


That all brought back long ago memories Marie and I would certainly echo everything you said, as I had two boys and one girl! :D :D ;)

Certainly with boys, that are lazy little buggers and the hardest to train, you have to make going to the loo somehow exciting and the ping pong ball is a very good answer to it! :y :y

Pure perseverance is the mother's ability that she must have and trying to second guess when their children need to go to the toilet by watching, how can I say, hand movements, especially with boys! :D :D  When they need the poo it is also the tell tale 'dances' that give the game away. 8-) 8-) 8-)

Oh, happy days of long ago, although recently I have been helping my adopted daughter train her young son that brought a lot of my skills back. ;D ;D ;)
Title: Re: potty training (any tips)
Post by: Elite Pete on 10 January 2009, 12:45:02
Rub their noses in it a few times they will soon learn ;D

Only joking ::)
Title: Re: potty training (any tips)
Post by: nick v6 on 10 January 2009, 12:46:19
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Rub their noses in it a few times they will soon learn ;D

Only joking ::)

i did that with the kittens i got my mrs
they soon learnt to use the litter tray
Title: Re: potty training (any tips)
Post by: Richie London on 10 January 2009, 12:46:39
offer them a reward for doing it on the potty, worked most of the time for us, they did coccasionaly miss and have a dump on the carpet which wasnt so bad as it was my mums house mostly  ;D ;D
Title: Re: potty training (any tips)
Post by: Nickbat on 10 January 2009, 12:58:13
Invite a friend who is potty trained round. Should be someone they get on really well with, maybe slightly older. When the friend wants to use the potty get your son/daughter to watch. Kids love imitating their peers and this method has worked with my youngsters.  :y :y
Title: Re: potty training (any tips)
Post by: Marie on 10 January 2009, 16:47:07
the best bit with boys is they dance and start holdin it when they want to go :)

we went through a phase with shane when he was going every 20mins and peeing more then me. there was nothing wrong with him but sometimes now he doesnt even realise that he has gone.
its like the bladder is not talkin to the brain! :-/ thankgod now it hardly happens.
Title: Re: potty training (any tips)
Post by: Vamps on 10 January 2009, 17:11:24
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with boys you need to forget all the gizmos. apart from the pingpong ball in the loo. gives them something to aim at!

forget the potty to! go straight to the loo.

my son was a bugger to train we had to give up for 4mths and try again. some times with boys they are just not ready.

i had to put him on the loo every hour. he soon learned. our biggest problem was he didnt like going infront of people and went through a phase of putting a nappy on just to go for a poo. then asking to have pants back on. we soon left him to his own devices with just pants on and a potty out just incase but he always went to the toilet instead.

the biggest thing i can advise in not to put pressure on him or get mad and upset when they come to you wet. i know it can be soul distroying when all you seem to do is clean up after them.

good luck! oh and my son still wont wipe his own bum!  :-[

Very good advice Marie, and for the bottom wiping ::) my daughter sometiems asks, she can tell if it may be a 'difficult' one to clean ::) ::) ::) and she is 8.
Title: Re: potty training (any tips)
Post by: Richie London on 10 January 2009, 18:15:39
i think my neice was still wetting the bed at 16. my sister, her mother was a sleep walker, my dad found her walking down the rd one night  ;D ;D
Title: Re: potty training (any tips)
Post by: nick v6 on 11 January 2009, 15:36:41
when the son woke up this morning i took his nappy off him
he pulled his trousers down and weed up the sofa (good job its leather)
that was 7am this morning
he still aint got a nappy on and he has not had a wee once yet
he has drank loads of pop
ive looked round and there are no wet patches any where
so he is either holding it in or he genraly does not need to go
normaly he has had at least 3 nappy changes by now