Potty Training Boys

I AM LOSING MY MARBLES!!! My son is refusing to potty train at all. He is straight up telling me “No”!
I’ve tried, candy,music, his favorite stuff animal showing him to go potty, the potty watch, stickers, the naked method( I hated this one). Is he not ready? He has to be ready! If anyone has any tips PLEASE!! HELP ME!

Read more on Peanut

The views expressed in community are solely the opinions of participants, and do not reflect those of Peanut.

Learn more about our guidelines.

Add a comment

Girl I FEEL this! We have even tried the naked weekend thing and no luck! He has peed in the potty and in the yard lol a few times. But he just doesn’t care!

How old is he? I’ve tried a couple of times before my son turned 3 and he was the same. He turned 3 and March and it’s only been 5 days for me potty training him and he’s doing so well!
He may just need more time. A lot of people say it takes boys longer to potty train than girls.

He just turned 3 in March! :/

Mine turned 3 in March too and it’s going so bad. He’s my 3rd boy and the worst yet 😭 like actually send help

Hey there! We potty trained starting in January and my son also refused to the point of falling asleep because he was screaming and crying. DO NOT GIVE UP! At this age, it’s about control more than anything. It’s REALLY REALLY hard! But stick to your boundaries, be kind and supportive. Underwear didn’t work for my son but if you just leave him stark naked for a few days and let him recognize the feeling, he’ll eventually get it! You got this.

But what I did is showed him that I’m throwing away his diapers and in a way he could understand, explained, “no more diapers” “no more pee pee in pants” “we pee in the potty now” and only having him in underwear helps too and pull ups at nap time (similar to underwear to avoid confusion) and not changing him laying down if he has accidents (in the bathroom standing up or on potty only to also avoid confusion).
Straight to the potty after waking up from nap and night time.
Sitting down on potty for no more than 5 mins.
Setting timer for 30 mins after peeing. Shorten the timer each time he doesn’t pee to avoid accidents and start to familiarize yourself with signals for when he needs to pee/poop.
Letting him hear the timer and telling him it’s time to potty so he’ll learn what the timer means.
Reminding him constantly to try and pee/poop in the potty “no pee pee in underwear/pants”
Rewards EVERY successful potty trip.
I’ll even bribe him lol.

in our community

People with children just don’t get it😡

I have a gbf he’s nice we enjoy going out together but when I bring my toddler I feel as if he’s a burden, yes toddlers play up sometimes, get tired, ratty but he dosent have children and finds him exhausting and makes comments like “so glad I don’t have children” “couldn’t deal with that” etc. he never sees the true side of my little boy he hardly ever sees him but it’s really upset me should I take this so personal or jus brush it off.

Is this fair?

I’ve been with my partner for 7 years, and he’s a mechanic who manages his garage. He’s always handled my car—MOTs, servicing, repairs—just like he does for his mum, dad, and friends.

Recently, he told me he feels I don’t respect him or do enough for him (not sure why but anyway)🙄 because of that, he won’t work on my car anymore. My car just failed its MOT and needs two tyres and a shock, so it’s going to be expensive but that’s not really the issue.

What’s upsetting is that he’s refusing to help me at all and says I now have to go through the garage and pay full prices like any other customer. At the same time, he still goes out of his way to help family and friends, even when they’ve treated him poorly in the past.

It just feels hurtful, like he’s punishing me😓 is this fair? I don’t know where he’s getting that I don’t do anything for him, I constantly clean, cook, wash, work, school run/pick up, be with our child while he swans off after work🙄

Is it fair to wait or am i being selfish?

Maybe this is just my mom guilt popping up, but i put together a play kitchen for my 1 year old. Its designed to make real mud pies and so i was going to put it in one of our garden beds that diddnt take so he can play in the dirt hes ver interested in right now.

Heres the issue. That thing made putting IKEA furniture look like a breeze. It literally took my an entire week and many tears. I even had to go get a new kind of screwdriver, and im fantastic at putting together stuff like this. Because it took so long, its now my one break day per week. The next day i tutor and wont be home till dinner. My husband is a sahd so really he could pull the kitchen out now and introduce him to the play kitchen right now, but i feel like im being selfish for wanting to wait the 2 days till i can introduce it myself.
My son has been watching me put it together and besides "helping" me put it together when he would hold my screwdriver he doesnt know what it is.

Am i being selfish or crazy?

Do you have a joint account for bills & shopping?

My husband and i bought our house in 2020 and without a discussion put the mortgage and bills in his name. I wasn't happy but it was done. I have to send him money every month after he tells me how much the bills came up to. Shopping we take turns to pay which isn't fair as one week might be more than others. Also, I do odd shops and buy the essentials for my newborn. This is causing a lot of arguments so my mum intervened and suggested having a joint account to make it fair.
He's now backtracking saying I have to make more effort with him, having date nights and not hide behind my children (ages 3 and 9 weeks). This is what's important to him. Is this fair?

Safest first foods?

I have really bad PTSD & Anxiety surrounding BLW. My 8mo is ready but I'm not. I don't want to hold her back.
I watched her have CPR twice while she waited for open heart surgery and the trauma of her 4 month fight from birth has me in a chokehold.

I know bigger foods are safer, easily squished between fingers ect

But what about things like tuna mayo? Mashed up flakes?

Salmon? (Am I not right that fish is a possible allergy caution food?)

I know broccoli and Carrot, sweet potatoe ect but is there anything else

What is the majority census of least likely choking food?

She's managed baby melty puffs, baby wafers, baby biscotti all fine...

(I only gave her these things because they say they melt in the mouth)

> I have health visitor coming out in 2 weeks to LITERALLY hold my hand and be present while I make my 8mo her first proper BLW meal of finger foods

> I am booking a baby and child first aid course with st johns ambulance for the 9th May

Weaning

I’ve started weaning my baby she’s 6 months and 2 weeks and since I’ve tried her on food she’s been off her bottles and throwing most things up and most of her bottles and she was settled before. I’ve barely given her any food just spoonfuls to try.. is this normal or something I would need to see the GP for?