My boys are 3 1/2 and still haven't shown any inidcation of wanting to go on the potty. I've always heard that boys take longer, but this is ridiculous! Any suggestions?
My boys are 3 1/2 and still haven't shown any inidcation of wanting to go on the potty. I've always heard that boys take longer, but this is ridiculous! Any suggestions?
I wrote an article on Potty Training, and actually divided into sections for boys and girls.
From what I understand (having only daughters myself), you're right about boys taking longer - "generally girls are interested by 2-2.5 years of age, while boys are somewhat later".
One mom quoted in the article says her son was nearly 4, and others say boys just aren't interested. Sounds like you're on target with 3.5 yrs sons and no indication of interest.
You may wish to try painting a "target" to aim at - makes the whole potty thing a little bit more interesting! :-)
I have a 3 1/2 year old son that is barely getting to the point where we can say he is potty trained. He started going on the potty early but it took him a long time to catch on to the fact that he had to go on the potty every single time.
I run a daycare and I have another little boy that is nearly 4 and is in the same situation. He is just starting to catch on.
yep - I've seen a lot of boys and girls potty train and I've seen a lot more issues with boys! Try putting Cheerios or Fruit Loops in the toilet and have them play "sink the ship", and then reward reward reward when they've peed in the toilet to try and sink a ship, that will catch their interest. Can't guarantee they will potty train quickly, but it will at least get them to take notice. Also, you can try Dr Phil's methodology of using the baby that pees (they make a boy one) and have them teach the doll and through a party for the doll, role playing works well for kids at this age.
When my girls became interested we stripped them naked and had a couple of potty chairs floating around the house, when they started to pee we'd take them to the chair. However, we had hard wood floors at the time, I wouldn't recommend this technique if you have carpeting. Oh and we implemented a prize box. I filled it with dollar store toys, candy, and other small stuff they love. when they went in the toilet they immediately got a prize for it and we all did a cheer and dance.
My son is two and not really interested as of yet. Kinda wants to know what mommy and daddy are doing when we go in the bathroom and we tell him we are going potty. He is just putting it together that he is going "potty" in his diaper and we go "potty" in the bathroom. I can see the little light starting to go on, so these tips will be very useful. Especially "sink the ship", that is hilarious!
My oldest son was not completely potty tranied until nearly 4! My friends son, was over 4. Boys usually train much later, but every kid is different. From my experience, you can't make them do it. They have to be ready. But once, they're ready, it's practicaly an instant change.
My youngest son is 2 1/2 and showed "signs" of wanting to potty train since 2. Still no luck, though. He will absolutely not keep a dirty diaper on. After he poops, he tells me so I can change his diaper. He asks to use the "little" potty but will sit on it forever and not go. He seems ready, but when I put him in underpants, instead of going to the potty he just "goes" where ever he is. So he's wearing diapers!
Any tips to take him the final step??? I'd like to have this one out of diapers by Christmas!
He'll be 3!
I know it doesn't seem right but bribery worked for me! I kept a little container of M&M's in the bathroom so whenever my daughter went "potty" she got an M&M. Since she rarely gets candy, this was a special treat. Then, when it was time to "poop" she learned that it was 1 candy for pee and two for poop.
We never used a potty chair, only a seat that we put on the regular toilet. This made her feel like a "grown up" and we used this to our advantage as well. "Do you want to be a big girl and potty on the grown up toilet?"