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Potty training boys

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When should potty training start? What are good methods to check out? Should I buy a little potty just for DS or get a seat for the toilet & maybe a stool for him to climb up? Sit or stand? I'm literally clueless, school me on potty training!


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  • ktpaladinoktpaladino member
    My son has been going on a potty seat for about a month now. We started by putting him on there before bath time and he went right away to our surprise. He'll basically go immediately whenever we put him on there, but he's still perfectly fine with going in his diaper too and is not to the point of communicating to us that he wants to go on his potty seat yet. But if we ask him if he's going poopie, he will say yes. We just have to start catching it BEFORE it happens which is difficult. Most of my friends used the 3 day potty method and had great success with that, so we will be trying that too. I'm waiting until he does a few more poops on the potty before we start. I think he is ready now because of his excellent muscle control, but he's so young I don't want to rush into it. It would be nice, however, to have him out of diapers by the time the new baby arrives, but I know that things usually backfire when you set deadlines.

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  • JENandJEHJENandJEH member
    edited November 2013
    I'm a big believer of waiting until they are showing signs of being ready and not turning it into a battle of wills.  Do dirty diapers bother them?  Are they telling you when they're pooping?  Are they showing interest in the potty (and not just wanting to be mischievous and play in it)?  Also, I'm not interested in training myself to take them at certain intervals...in MY mind, that's not being potty trained so much as it's me being trained to sit them on the potty.  Plenty of people don't mind doing that, but it's not for me.  

    Boys are typically slower to potty train than girls.  I waited until DS1 was showing signs of being ready and that was around age 3.  DH was getting ready to return from a year long deployment so I waited til he got home because I was afraid the change in our routine would cause him to regress.  When DH got home (3y 2m) he took him to the potty with him a few times, told him that's what big boys do and DS1 potty trained in a day.  He was ready and it was easy.  I know he was a rare case and that not every kid would be like that but I think a lot of it has to do with waiting until he was ready and not trying to push him and make it a battle before then.  The 3-day method is popular among my group of friends as well as just taking the diapers completely away and having lots of naked time.  

    I think it's important to remember that if you're going to potty train early, it's very common for kids to go through a regression period at some point.  Just something to be aware of and ready for.  

    ETA:  We didn't use a potty chair, just an insert for the big toilet.  I didn't want him to be afraid of a big toilet when we were out and about and didn't have our potty chair with us.  They do make travel potties that fold up and can fit in your bag.  We kept one of those in the car for emergencies.
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  • g8trkimg8trkim member
    Wait until they show signs of readiness. DS was really into trying to potty and asking us about the potty all the time so we bought him his own at 18 months but he would just sit on it for fun. He started trying to actually go closer to 2 so we potty trained right when he turned 2. That's a little on the early end but he did well. We did the 3-day method but even at 3 1/2 he still needs reminders and has accidents sometimes.




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  • MrsW101011MrsW101011 member
    Thanks for the responses! That's all very good information. Good to know we've got plenty of time. I don't want to start until he's ready!


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  • sunnyday016sunnyday016 member
    I would definitely wait. DS is showing a lot of interest in the potty right now, but he hasn't actually peed on it yet. He just likes to sit there. I don't have plans to train him until he's at least 2.5, unless he seems really ready before then.

    We did the 3 day PT for DD when she was 2y2m and she did great, but I wouldn't say she was totally trained in 3 days. She was ready though, and the weeks after the official 3 days were just about practicing & perfecting her new skill. 
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