Potty training struggles

I've been trying to potty train my son for awhile now but I'm just not having any luck. My son who is nearly 3 years old as a speech delay so he never tells me when he needs the potty so he just pees on the floor. As anyone been in this situation and got any tips I could try.
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Hi, my daughter never told me either she’s 3 in April, we have had a long battle for months on end until I decided to stop and we tried again last month and she’s doing well. Don’t keep stop / starting this was the biggest thing for us which set us back and it got confusing I’ll list what we tried that worked. - Character underwear let your little one pick these with you keep explaining that they are for big boys now, we took a trip out together and she chose princess ones - lots of praise / sweets and stickers each time they even sit on the potty ect - We took away the nappies completely we binned one together this was a good visual for my daughter to process that she didn’t need them. - we stayed inside and I’d ask every 15 mins or so if she needed the toilet then I would guide her to the potty to sit down(this was the hardest) as we just didn’t have the time to sit inside

I’d remind daily that she didn’t have a nappy one as I think sometimes they forget obviously she isn’t professional advice it’s just what’s worked for us and believe me it’s been a tiring journey to get to this point so I feel you. But don’t be so hard on yourself too I know I felt so bad at this point but maybe some other parents with experience in speech delay can also offer some advice xx

My son had a speech delay too, we waited until he was 3.5, and even though it was a later than ‘usual’ it worked for us. Sometimes, starting before they’re fully ready, makes it harder for yourself, and if they’re just not ready then it won’t work. We changed to pull ups when he was 3, and just asked him to sit on the potty during every nappy change, to help him get used to it, even though he never actually did anything on there, we just kept telling him that when he needs a wee/poo that he uses the potty. Then one day we just bit the bullet and put him in underwear, took him to the toilet/potty every 20/30 mins and luckily he cracked it straight away. We also used a sticker chart for whenever he tried to have a wee/poo, and of course when he actually had one, and we made a massive deal out of it and gave lots of praise. We also took him out and let him choose his own underwear, which he loved as he chose paw patrol ones x

I'm struggling with potty training for my son who is going to be 3 later this month. He would stand on step and wee but hates sitting on the toilet seat. Even if we manage to make him sit somehow by telling him stories he would sit but then does nothing. And as soon as the diaper is on he would go in a corner and finish his business. Also my son is suffering from constipation and I feel it scares him more to sit there and push

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