Potty training 2.5 yo ds

[phamton]

We built a little wooden box to stand on like a little step so my sons would be tall enough to pee standing up.

Then I squirted dishsoap in the toilet. Then my husband showed them how when you pee in the toilet, it makes bubbles. After that my boys loved making bubbles. It also kept my toilet bowl nice and clean.

 

[lovebuzz]

Also you might want to try some blue dye in the toilet once they pee taa-daa you made green. Also my mom who gets every catalog in the world got a Fisher Price catalog with teach Elmo how to pee complete with his own potty. Good Luck!!

 

[kelscross]

I took alot of heat from my family because my daughter was very near three before she got potty trained. I would try to have her sit on the potty and she would scream and scream. I figured that it was doing her more harm than good. So I would stop for awhile and then keep reintroducing the potty to her. If she was reluctant then we would stop and try again.

I talked to my ped about the concern and she said it will happen when she is ready. Just keep reintroducing the potty and if she is reluctant then stop and restart after a week or so. She said don't worry it will happen, she will not go to college in diapers.

When she was ready it took a total of three days to get her to poo and pee in the potty. We did the panty approach. I found that pull ups did no good because they are pretty much like diapers and the kids know they can go in those.

So the first day she had an accident in her panties ALOT, and then it slowly tapered off. Again, after three days she was completely potty trained.

I didn't use any special technique or punishment. I didn't buy her any toys or anything just kept her in panties and once she realized she didn't like the feeling then she caught on. I didn't put a diaper or pull up on her during naptime or bedtime.

Not slamming your parenting or anyone's parenting in ANY way, but I find that giving in and putting them in pull ups or a diaper at nap time just lets them know they can hold it until that time.

Sure, I changed alot of sheets (I put a plastic sheet under hers to protect the mattress) and I changed alot of clothes and we didn't go anywhere for those three days (except to family's house and I came packed with lots of clothing) They even worked with her at daycare for those three days (I just took several changes of clothes)

When we went to Disney a few months later, we had a problem with her going in the public bathrooms. She was scared of the automatic flushing toilets so I would have to hold my hand over the sensor when she would agree to go. We had no accidents at the park ( a few in the hotel room, and one at the airport). We were in the middle of an attraction and she decided we had to go to the potty. The CMs were very accomodating and took us out the back way of the attraction so I could take her.

Good luck it will happen!

 

[Gillian]

Best of luck to all of you dealing with potty training!

I am another fan of waiting and NOT using pull ups. We went right to Big Boy underwear, which DS was excited about.

I think I got lucky with DS. I waited until he understood it all and had good bladder control, at about 2 3/4. His personal motivation was starting school. Pooping worked itself out a little later with no issues, thankfully. Just one nighttime accident that I can remember.

He did sit to pee for quite a while & his morning-only preschool was helpful with that. They don't assist at all with clothing or going, but made sure he knew it was fine not to stand. Eventually, maybe by Christmas? with help from daddy & his peers, he started to go standing up.

My mom is pushing me to train my 17 month old DD, but really, diapers are so easy and she hasn't a clue about using the toilet! We are going to Disney in April & I wouldn't even think about trying to train her before then.

 

[swilphil]

Originally posted by Jordan's MOM
I am the director of a preschool. We are the only one in our area that does not require complete potty training for admission to our 3 year old class. I have found that at the start of the year, MOST little boys have an occaional accident. Little girls rarely do though there is an exception now and them. We have a relaxed policy that a child can wear a pull -up to the three year old class, but we do not do routine changes and a wet pull up waits until they get home. We do not have diaper changing areas in these classes. The pull-up child goes potty just like everyone else and before long that pull-up is never wet at school. We of course do change a poop accident though in reality they are pretty rare. WE have had parents come to our school because their child was treated so badly at other schools over an accident. When I was teaching I would always tell the parent when the child started doing well at hime to swith them to regular underwear at school and I would deal with an accident or two for a few days. I however do not ask my teachers to do that though some do. We have only had two children ever not be potty trained by Christmas of their three year old class (sibblings) and the girl decided to train her self one day in the spring and NEVER had one acident. The boy, well that was another story. We do require they be trained for the four year old class. One thing about preschool is they get presure from thier friends. Not a good thing, but three's in pull ups get called a baby by thier friends. They really want to do what the other kids do. Guess what all this is trying to say is that a little more relaxed rules from preschools could be a good thing.

I'm so happy to hear about a preschool that doesn't require a child to be potty trained. The bottom line (no pun intended) is that he will use the potty when he is ready. Here's what happened to us, in a nutshell:

We wanted to send DS to preschool shortly after he turned 3, so we started potty training a few months in advance. He got the pee down pretty well, but couldn't get the poop and ended up having to quit preschool after he pooped in his pants 3 times. It became a real power struggle between he and I. We tried all the different rewards out there and we even took him to a specialist, who said to let him do it when he's ready and if he's not potty trained in a year to come back.

Well, DS waited almost that whole year. He was 4 before he was completely potty trained, but he still has accidents and makes it a control issue at times. I've talked to other moms who had boys that were close to 4 before they were completely trained, so it's just not him. I really think if I hadn't pushed him to use the potty before he was ready, it wouldn't have taken so long and it wouldn't be such a power struggle still.

The moral of the story: Wait until he is ready. My son did not have the physical ability to poop in the potty when he was 2 and a half or even 3. I didn't realize it then, but now I can see the difference.

 

[bethbuchall]

Originally posted by McKelly
Sorry to go off the subject a little here, but I am desparate enough to appear rude (usually I am not, really), but my DS is going to be 4 in a month, he has been trained for over a year, however, we used a potty chair with a deflector and then moved it to the big potty, now I am trying to get him to stand up and he won't. I have tried Cheerios, but no luck. I guess I wouldn't be that worried about it, because he does sit and go, but he consistently goes between the crack of the toilet and the lid, making a puddle. I pray when I send him off to preschool. That he just doesn't have to go, and he hasn't (it is only two hours), and the hope was that if he sees other little boys standing up, he would to, but doesn't want to. Anybody else have this problem. Any suggestions? I currently have blocked the "crack" in the toilet with a towel, but that doesn't help when we are not at home. HELP!

Tuck and hold has worked for us. Tell your son to use a finger to hold himself pointing down while peeing. Both my boys stood up from the beginning, but while pooping they need to tuck and hold.

I teach preschool and have seen more techniques for using the potty than I ever would have dreamed possible! At our school, the kids don't see others using the toilet, so peer example/pressure wouldn't really be an issue.

Beth