Is it necessary to sit a toddler on the potty for 30 min to an hour?

This is so funny 😂😂you teach them one thing they do something else he'll learn one day 😂

It might be too much pressure for him. We did not train our daughter that way but there's lots of different methods.

I tried that but it really didn’t work lol I just stopped buying them and cleaned up accident. I bought pads for the bed to lay under them. My boys didn’t get it until four and five years old though.

No. I don’t think so. I just watched for their 💩 signs. One of them always went to the same spot. If I saw her heading that way…I scooped her up and brought her into the bathroom. After a few successes, she started telling us she needed to go. For me, catching it before it happened worked better.

In my experience and from what I’ve heard from other boy moms, boys just potty train later. Not always, but often. It could be he’s just not ready yet. 🤷🏼‍♀️

You can try bring them to potty every time they wake up and before they go to nap and maybe every hour in between and just sign potty signal with a hand gesture and say “potty” and just sit them down for a few minutes or so and if they go praise them and say “potty” and signal, if they don’t go say “no potty” it’s okay next time. And after a few of those they’ll catch on. Also watch for their cues too. They might get quiet all of a sudden and get that look in their face like they’re trying to push something.

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My eldest was ok with having a wee but has always struggled to poo on the potty, the more we tried the more he would hold it and the become constipated. It’s a very slow process. He would generally try and hide or crossing his legs, think your meant to do it after food?

Honestly it's probably an indication he can do it but is fighting actually using the potty. It's not beneficial to just keep them on there though. How old is he/how long have you been potty training?

O have similar issue with my daughter. She's potty trained 4 monts now. Wees no problem she even wants to do wiping herself. But poos.... she suffering from constipation and it's on regural doses of movical to keep things moving. She will only poo standing up and will not go to the potty no matter how many times I offer. Don't want to press more at this stage as she has such poo fright.. she does poo in her underwear at the moment. My worry is that she will start nursery in September.. any advice how to make her go on the potty?

I'd maybe try a reset if you can, go back to stage one e.g. top, no bottoms, any accidents- "oh no, wees and poos go on the potty/in the toilet now"- not telling off but not saying it's absolutely fine either. Some people do nappies for poops, so they say when they need a poop then they are taken to the bathroom and put the nappy on, poop then back to pants. That's probably more for if they're getting upset/holding it in. Can you put the potty by the TV? Or have it super close ready to grab him and get him on the potty any time he goes there?

I would try reading the “Oh Crap Potty Training” book. It really helped me out with my toddler boy who was 3 at the time we started potty training. Peeing in the potty was easier to learn. Pooping took longer to get the hang of it. I got portable toddler potties that I could move around the house wherever we were playing and one in the car. Also prunes and prune juice has helped much more than any medication to keep my toddler regular