Potty training advice please!
My advice would be to just leave it for now you say he's two but how many months? I tried potty training Tate too young after xmas as was under pressure from friends and family but I have now decided he is too young to know when he needs a wee. He can tell you he's done one but doesnt know when he's going too. He got really upset when he wet his pants and after four changes in half an hour I decided to forget it. I may try again in a couple of months in the warmer weather!
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Like nicola says he it still oung and boys are often slower at this than girls,i started riley at 2 and it was to young for him so i left it,then when riley was coming up for his 3rd birthday he just started going alone,he'd ask for the potty most times.
Im sure if you have a potty about he will get comfortable with it in time and suprise you.
Rewards have helped immensely with gettign him clean, we put toys on the bathroom cabinet so he could see them and knew he'd get one if he pooed in the potty. I am now overrun with 'Ben 10' toys but it is worth it!
They all get there and I think the main thing is to not get upset about it. The feeling transfers itself to them and reinforces negatives about the potty. Relax, leave it a bit, read around the subject to reassure yourself and try again later, maybe with a reward scheme in place if that works for your son. Good luck.
I also wondered if those of you with boys if any of you went straight to use the toilet? Tate doesn't like his potty we have two and they both seem a bit small for him. He always has a wee in the bath but stands up to do it! I think it is because he is copying his dad and brother maybe!! Tom was v.slow in standing to use the loo, im just wondering whether the right way is to let tate try and stand on a step and use the big toilet? Any advice thanks!
The others have given you great advice but i just wanted to add to their experiences. Ethan turned 3 in march and only became dry in Feb after 8 monhts of trying!!!! Admitedly i never stressed too much about it or did it very intensely i let him take it at his own pace and in the end he sort of did it on his own and everything just clicked!
I think boys are generally later and it's much easier if you let them do it when they're ready. Try to ignore the pressure from others, i wish i had!
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