potty training

[Guest guest]

Hi I have all girls, But I have a friend that had a little boy, and she put

Cheerios in the toilet, and let him aim them....It made going in the potty Fun

It worked for her.I thought I would tell you all about this..

- Alisha's mom

potty training

Hi Everyone

I no this has been discussed before but I wondered If anyone had any new

ideas.I started potty training Christian in jan 1999 and from the beginning if I

asked him to go to the toilet he would 'perform'.Well a year later we have not

got very far,He rarely has accidents ,but left to himself he would wet himself.I

feel I have tried everything-sticker charts,treats,special pants etc.I have now

got to the stage where I don't no what to do next.Unlike his brothers and sister

I can not seem to get through to Christian,I don't no if its the RSS,how he has

been brought up or if he would have been the same anyway.I started training his

younger brother 3 days ago and he is already virtually independent,just telling

him that this is what 'big boys' do is enough.It is so frustating because I no

that it is only an attitude problem.Oh and he also waits for his nappy[sorry

diaper] to do his poo.He has been at pre school and now nursery for a year and

he manages fine[He doesn't need to go in 2 1/2 hours]Has anyone had this

problem?Had problems rationalising with a seemingly bright child?Do any of your

chidren seem like they are from another planet?I could go on forever!!!

Joanne mum to ashley 8,kyran 6,christian 3and 8 months RSS and harrison 2 1/2.

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[Guest guest]

I can tell you from trying to potty training to Ian, IT WAS HORRIBLE!! That

child would not go to the bathroom no matter what!! He is five and we still have

to remind him in there for BM's!! It's not the fact that he doesn't know,

because he can't hide it well and would go in a corner and squat from the time

he could walk, so we knew right away what he was up to. We would put him on the

toilet when that was going on. I can only hope that anyone has better luck than

I did with Ian. To this day, he still waits until the very last minute to have

BM's and then he might not even tell you he has gone. We have had this " potty "

talk before and I have to say, he has very large BM's. I think it is that he

just doesn't want to stop what he is doing to go to the bathroom. He has gotten

so much better about not waiting now that he is older and we can take things

away from him that he really likes-TV, computer, not going outside, not riding

his bike, etc.. when we know that he is deliberately not going and not having

an accident. When he was younger, it was more difficult. To this day, he still

wets the bed at night. My mother in law has told me my husband AND his younger

brother were betwetters until an older age, but I wonder if it's more due to the

size of their bladders?? Ian is eating and drinking more and maybe the small

size of his bladder just can't handle it. I don't know, but I tried all kinds

of things. Putting him on the big potty, putting him on a small potty chair,

giving him books to read and giving him something to do while sitting down

probably worked best for us so that he wouldn't immediately want to get up from

going to the bathroom. We had him sit down until we knew that he was more

comfortable about going, then let him go like a " big boy " . Missymom to Ian-5

yrs old

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