Potty Training--How do I do it???HELP!

[shopgirl72]

I will be keeping my grandkids a week for daughter-she will be on a cruise! Little boy is 2years 9 months. I would like to work on potty training while she is gone! I haven't trained anyone for 17 years! Beside pottychair, pull-ups,& a lot of sitting him on potty, ANY SUGGESTIONS appreciated!!!!

 

[Lynn CC]

There are a lot of cute books about potty training that you both could read together. That may help!
Have Fun

 

[mickeyboat]

We bribed our kids with little candies while they were sitting on the potty. We praised them up when they did business. We also used a reward chart, but that may be a little advanced for your GS.

I've heard that potty training is often easier when someone other than a parent does it, so you have that on your side.

Good Luck!

Denae

 

[disneydragon]

Be sure to have treats of some sort on hand as a reward for participation/cooperation!

 

[Jenn Lynn]

I would say don't use pull-ups unles you are going out. THey definitely held DD back. We let DD just run around naked a lot. We had a potty chart for her (small piece of poster board) and a bunch of stickers. Every time she went she got to pick a sticker and put it on the chart.

We also asked her all of the time and just took her and sat her on the potty a lot. We also drilled into her to 'Tell Mommy and Daddy' when she had to go potty.

Good Luck!

 

[CEDmom]

Wow, that's really nice of you to take care of your grandkids . Is your grandson potty training at home? If he is then get the low down from your DD on how she's handling it. I would probably be prepared for some set backs since he might be missing his mom. If he's not training at home than I wouldn't do much more than ask if he's interested in using the potty.

I personally didn't have much luck using pull ups alone while training DD. She just used them like a diaper. However, they were great when put over her underpants. She didn't want to get the Princesses wet but if there was a little accident nothing got ruined.

If your grandson does want to train I'd let him run around in just his underpants while in the house since the less clothes on the easier it will be for him. The portable potty chairs are nice because you can take them from room to room.

Good luck.

 

[sue1013]

We played a game with DS shoot the boats. I cut colored construction paper into little pieces, gave him a stool at the big potty and he shot the boats. Went to the store let him pick out which big boy underwear he wanted and explained if he soiled them they had to go in the garbage. He did test me once, he pooped I put them in a bag made him throw them in the garbage, never did it again.

 

[peg2001]

No pullups! We had the best progress when we allowed them to run around naked (at least bottomless). They did not want to mess on the floor but if they were wearing anything (even cotton undies) they would just "go".

Good luck, have fun.
Peggy

 

[MosMom]

I would definitely talk to your daughter about your plans to do it. I would be upset if my mom potty trained my son while I was gone without talking to me about it.

My method with my daughter was to make a non-issue of it. Her potty was always there but we never pushed it. She basically trained herself and it was less stressful for both of us. She was trained by her 3rd birthday. We had very few accidents as well.

So, since I'm a person that doesn't really believe in pushing it, it would irritate me if someone else pushed it. That is my only advice.

 

[dennis99ss]

Go to amazon or barnes and noble site. Buy the book, toilet training in less than a day. read the book. Follow it. Child is trained in less than a day. Did it, didn't believe it would work. uess what, it worked. I have not seen a negative review on it. Our 3, soon to be 4 yr old trained on the theory, and he does not wet the bed to often. Our 6 yr old we trained "ourselves", and still wets the bed. One of the results the book claims is that the children will not wet the bed.

I am a true believer.

 

[tar heel]

Well, don't use Pull-ups if you want to be successful. They feel like a diaper, so the child does exactly what he's been doing in a diaper. Prizes worked for us, too, but all my boys were slightly older than your grandson. Is he showing signs of being ready: going for a long time without doing anything in his diaper, showing an interest in doing it, etc.?

 

[The Mystery Machine]

Originally posted by MosMom
I would definitely talk to your daughter about your plans to do it. I would be upset if my mom potty trained my son while I was gone without talking to me about it.

I would have to agree there. My older dd potty trained when she was "ready" and my younger dd had constipation issues.

The person you need to ask is your daughter, jmho.

 

[JerseyJanice]

What really worked for my son--at least in the No. 1 department--was to put him on the potty seat first thing in the morning.

Most boys have to be awake for a little while before they can go. And toddlers, like adults, wake up with full bladders.

Anyway, I'd park him on there first thing in the a.m. and talk to him about how much I wanted to see a "bright yellow pee-pee." And this was how I got him to make the connection between what wound up in the potty and how it got there.

A few weeks of this and he learned to understand how the urge to go felt. From there, I made him try to go every two hours. Sometimes he did; sometimes he didn't, but by his third birthday, he was completely trained and accident free.

Good luck!

 

[palmtreegirl]

I would definitely talk to your daughter about your plans to do it. I would be upset if my mom potty trained my son while I was gone without talking to me about it.

I know I wouldn't be. I wish someone would potty train my son for me, he has no interest in going. lol

 

[shopgirl72]

Thank you all for taking time to reply!! DD would appreciate me trying to potty train her little boy if he is showing readiness, I would never try to force it!! I agree having raised 4, all are different and do things in their own time! Having been 17 years since training my youngest, I really appreciate all the reinforcement, and ideas!!!

Shopgirl

 

[mom2of2]

Having 2 boys I did the "naked $50" the $50 is for the carpet cleaning
worked for me in 2 days.

 

[Blueeyes101817]

i dont have kids, but a lady i babysat for was potty training her son...she bought this flushable targets she found at a baby store...drops them in the toilet and makes a game of "shooting" the target...the kid thought it was fun to play the game, and therefore was potty trained!

 

[BethanyF]

Originally posted by mom2of2
Having 2 boys I did the "naked $50" the $50 is for the carpet cleaning
worked for me in 2 days.

I did a similar thing.
I covered the couch and the area of the floor where he sits with cheap vinyl table cloths and had a stack of towels. If he wet, he had to help me remove the towel, wipe up the table cloth, put a new towel out and put the wet one in the washer.
I never yelled if he wet, just matter-of-factly told him to change the underpants and help me clean up. In less than a week he was trained and we havent had any accidents since.
I did it during the summer when he could comfortably run around the house in just underpants and a t-shirt. I also chose a week when I didnt have any plans, so we never had to switch between underpants and pull-ups. He did wear pull-ups at night for a couple weeks, but he never wet them. When I ran out I just stopped buying them.