Potty Training FRUSTRATIONS!

[davidsmommy]

Okay, how'd you do it?!?!

David is being stubborn when it comes to potty training. He does it when he wants to. For example, he was 99% PERFECT the whole week we were at the beach and on the trip to and from. He's great when we're out to restaurants... but NOT home or church. He only does it ~sometimes~ both places.

WHY? He was getting an incentive to go, but now he doesn't even seem to care about that.

He's now 3, and will be starting Preschool in August. HELP!

I know where you are coming from - I couldn't train DS until he was just over 3 (actually my friends told me not to bother with boys until age 3 :wink: ).

What kind of incentive did he have?

Do you think he's "trying it on" with you? The only reason I ask that is because we had a recent issue with DD (3 1/2) deliberately peeing in undesireable places after having been potty trained for over a year.
We used currency (taking her favourite toys away) to correct her.

If you think he's being just genuinely disinterested maybe a new incentive? Maybe try a toilet seat insert instead of a potty and say "You re big like Daddy, wow" and make a huge deal out of the big toilet?

There is another thing you can buy called a "wee man" which is like a "trough" (as in where men pee) which you attatch it to the toilet so he can go standing up like "daddy".

My kids were still bedwetting up until recently too (I have 3 y/o twins) and we really played on the "big boy/big girl" thing and everytime they have a dry bed we make a huge fuss. ???So maybe more fuss or emphasis on "big boy"??

Kids generally love to do things that please, ??? is any of that helpful? Boys can be funny things can't they?

[mommyto3]

MY SON WHO IS 3 AND 1 MONTH IS STILL NOT POOPING ON THE POTTY. HE IS BASICALLY URINE TRAINED ( 1 ACCIDENT IN THE PAST WEEK). HE IS GOING TO PRE KINDERGARTEN IN THE FALL AND NEEDS TO BE TRAINED. WHEN HE HAS AN ACCIDENT( PEE OR POOP) WE MAKE IT HIS RESPONSIBILITY TO CLEAN IT UP (WITH SOME HELP FROM US). WE KEEP TELLING HIM THAT HIS POOP GOES IN THE POTTY. AT THIS POINT WE DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO DO? DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY SUGGESTIONS.

[robbskell]

I noticed with all three of mine there came a point when they knew what they were doing but choosing not to. For instance, when my second son was pt he was pretty tough. He knew exactly what he was doing. One day I caught him pooping on the floor right in front of the bathroom door. With all three of mine (not saying you're at this point) but we saw the differnece between an accident and definance. We could tell when their attitude was "well they'll clean me anyway". At that point I started to dicipline. We do spank , not all the time but I told them they would get a spanking if they choose to ingnore my direction. It only took one time and it solved the problem. I never diciplined for accidents, I could tell the differnece. I do understand that is controversial to spank or dicipline during potty training but for us that is what worked when they were pushing their wills. Good luck