Potty training a boy

From a mom who just potty trained her 4 year old and almost had a nervous breakdown down….. (lmao) one good piece of advice I can give you is to follow his lead and don’t listen to anyone who isn’t actively trying to help you or your son potty train. When I say follow his lead I mean always remember, especially in the beginning and when it seems the hardest, that he will be potty trained and he will be okay! Put him in underwear all day. I only use pull ups when he sleeps. Let him feel what it’s like to be wet and maybe even let him poop in the underwear to see what it feels like. When you feel like nothing is working I promise that’s when it turns around! Seriously tho, low pressure and positive reassurance helped so much! I hope that helps 💜💞

We did the naked method and it worked for us.

I never used diapers or pull ups. Just underwear after a week of being naked then by wee 3 we added pants

I didn’t pressure him. He just went when he needed to. Good luck!

We did sitting every 15 mins, it was a few long days but by the Friday we had 3 days trips planned and we did them all with no accidents (one poo started in pants and finished on the potty!) with him sitting every hour.

Keep a potty close by at all times, because kids get caught up playing and ignore the signs they need to go toilet.

It really does just click in though, mine initially didn't care about wee and poo on himself, but after a week of me also not making a big deal out of it, he started to hate it and would run to the potty himself.

Initially at home we went pant less, it was one less thing for him to learn and worry about. After the confidence grew we went trousers but no pants, because we found putting pants on made him think they were his pull ups and he would wee and poo in them. We gave him another week of trousers without pants before bringing the pants back, and by that time he understood wee and poo is for the potty.

It took us 3 weeks, once he was ready for the training. He also went straight on the toilet too. I had potty downstairs, but upstairs always used the toilet.

Absolutely. They go when they are ready. I got both my 5 year old and 3 year old pottted trained. Together. But I was not easy.its do able. With the last little nerve you have. Lmafo

My son is 3.5 and is potty trained. Don’t put a lot of pressure on yourself. Trust me he will get it. My son liked sitting on the potty while watching tv. I would let him go naked from the bottom down. Also, his stepdad would take him to the bathroom with him anytime he had to pee so he could show him what to do. Anytime he even attempted to use the bathroom, I gave him a piece of candy. But you got this mama!

My son turned 3 in January. He is fully potty trained as of one month ago. He just wouldn’t do it until he just did. I bribed him with the most but it didn’t matter. One day when I was truly giving up he said mom I gotta go poop, he ran to the toilet. I have no advice just keep trying and keep talking about it and they just do it when they do it, in my case anyways!!! My son is very strong willed so it’s all on his time. Wishing you lots of patience and luck!

Honestly. Practice and time. Miss Rachel has a whole potty training musical. Good stuff.
My son liked the “pooping pooing dinosaur”
Also modeling. Like oh I feel like I need to poop. And getting up to go to the bathroom myself.
Follow up with cheering when they do make it to the potty on time.

How old is he? We toilet trained our son at 21 months - we just followed the Go Diaper Free guide and it worked so well. Amazing helping them tune into their own body and recognising cues so empowering for them!

I tried potty training him at 2.5 years..he's not ready i think..he screams alot..do you guys actually force it on the child to sit or ..😭

The big little feelings program is what helped us get our son potty trained initially. He is 5 now and still sometimes doesn’t want to stop playing to go potty but learning how to notice the feeling and getting himself to the potty was a pretty quick process with that program :)