Potty training advice... PLEEEEEEEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
#175767 - 05/02/05 11:30 AM
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My son is driving me insane. He's on a time out after a shouting match. After naptime, he ALWAYS has to pee. So I escorted him to potty. He refused. I waited and wiated and waited. Nothing. A shouting match ensued and now he's in his bed. He doesn't care whether he wets his pants or not. He just strips from the waist down and keep right on going. HE DOESN'T CARE! We've told him that you don't want to pee in your pants. We've tried rewards. We've tried everything we can think of. He just doesn't care! I'm tired of doing laundry every 2 days because he pees through EVERYTHING. It's been 2 months! You think he'd have some control! He's 3 1/2 years old! I've been potty training him for 2 years!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Help please, anyone. I'm desperate.
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Formerly HanSolo. IBS, OCD, Bipolar, PTSD times 3.
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Wow I wish I had some great advice but I am not at that stage just yet. I do have a friend who just told me today that she finally got her 4 year to poop in the potty. They bought him a toy that he wanted and put it up on the TV. They told him if he pooped in the toilet he could have it. Well I guess that day he went in the bathroom every 5 minutes to try and poop! LOL ANyways he finally did and they gave it to him and told him in order to keep it he needed to keep doing it. So she called daycare today and he pooped in the toilet! I don't know if there is a special toy your son has been wanting but maybe something like that will work. What about putting cheerios or fruit loop cereal in the toliet for him to aim at??? I know some friends who did that for their little boys! Good luck and let me know what works. I may need it in a few months! 
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I only have a girl (for now) but a friend of mine told me that he put Cheerios in the toilet as targets for his little boy to "aim" at and it worked! I know it sounds silly, but sometimes you get desperate...I am sure that you have tried Pull-ups? My daughter did pretty well with those. Good luck....hope something works out.
Christianne
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I wish I could tell you what to do, every kid is different. Luke trained with the "naked" method - he'd pee in his underwear but left bottomless he would NOT just PEE on the floor (thankfully), that helped him "get" what was happening, and so as soon as he started to dribble he'd run to the potty, did the trick.
This did not work too well for Aaron though, he was just a strong will and I had to somehow break that with him. I don't remember exactly HOW though.
GOOD LUCK!
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Michelle
...the greatest of these is LOVE. (I Cor 13)
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My girlfriend is going through the same thing right now...it's not that she pees - she won't pee - she will literally hold it all day and then pee in her pullup.
But my advice...don't push it...put him in a pullup and let him go if he wants to go....it will only become a battle of wits between the two of you and my GF told me that she read in parenting mags that it's not the best idea. Just go with it.
She designed a sticker page with potties and panties and toilet paper etc on them and they stick stickers on these pages to keep her distracted and enjoy the bathroom. She only gets them if she sits on the potty so they are posted above her potty.
Because the rewards never worked for her either....anyway - hope this helps even a bit  Good luck, I can't imagine what you're going through!!! Only 1 more year (at the MOST) and I will be dealing with it so I will in NO WAY judge you.
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Lana_Marie
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I was going to say the same thing about the Cheerios!! I just heard this on the radio recently when I was getting ready for work. (the DJ on the radio was trying to potty train his son, and all these callers were calling in with suggestions) I thought that was the funniest thing! Anyway, the caller said since Cheerios don't sink, he had his son try to sink the Cheerio. I guess it kinda made it into a game.
Not that I know what I'm talking about - I've never even changed a diaper, let alone potty trained! 
Good luck!
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I wish I have some great advice for you. All three of my boys potty trained by 2 1/2 without much effort. The bad news is my 10 year old still wets his bed at night (family history of bedwetting on my DH's side.)
We didn't use pull ups for our boys - pull ups are still too much like diapers. My Aunt told my to put the boys in cloth diapers and put the plastic coverings over the diapers. That way your child can feel when he pees and is wet, which is uncomfortable. We also used Michelle's method - the bare bottom method.
Good luck and not feeling well yourself I'm sure the potty training has been put on hold.
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