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im trying to get my 2yr old son to go on the potty and he wont even sit on it im gna get him a fancy 1 soon so it looks fun to sit on bt in case that dont work has anyine got any ideas on how it can be done he just dont like them as soon as i pull it out he runs away i try and get him to go when im runing him a bath and he still runs away please help
I have a couple of suggestions from the dim and distant past.
Firstly take your son out with you to choose his new potty - this way it is theirs and they may like it more
Second - always have it in the room so it becomes a piece of everyday furniture
Finally (and most devious) stick it in front of the TV and plonk him on it when he is watching something he likes!!!
Good luck!
Yep agree with SM,
Also although it will be very frustrating to have to fight to get him to sit on the potty stay calm don't get annoyed or he will associate the potty with battles and confrontation, somehow (and you will know your child) find an angle to make it fun, this could even be you sitting on it LOL
We read a lot of advice on toilet training before tackling it with our eldest, and we took what made sense out of various methods and did the following:
We decided to leave it until he was just gone three years old. He had a much better idea of when he was going to need to go to the toilet by then.
We then bought him some pants (and emphasised just how COOL the design was) and explained that when he needed the toilet he should use the potty. And then.....
We cleaned up the mess. Yes, there was a bit at first (lots of spare pants and putting them in pyjama bottoms helps). We purposefully chose a time where we weren't planning on leaving the house as a family.
We never told him to sit on the potty, or asked him if he needed the toilet. When he made a mess we just said "oh dear, never mind, I'm sure you'll make it to the potty next time".
Within a day he was making it with the odd accident, by three days in we never had an issue again.
The trick to this method is by allowing them themselves to work out when they need the toilet (rather than you continually prompting them), and also the effects of not making it (and not chastising them for not making it to the potty).
Edit: oh, and we were recommended by a few people, including a nursery nurse whose opinion we valued, to avoid toilet training pants, as they still absorb a lot, and kids find them tough to pull up and down so get frustrated. They get a lot more 'feedback' from real pants (normally wet and squidgy! :p )
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