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3yo avoiding potty training
I'd drop it for a while, but that's me.
Have you tried the *7 days and $75* (higher in NY) approach, where you let him run around without bottoms? Also, some kids despise a potty seat on the regular toilet, while others can't tolerate a stand-alone potty chair. Perhaps trying the opposite of whatever you're now using would help. Anyway, I remember that, as a child, I loved my position as the baby in the family, and had no desire whatsoever for that to change. Perhaps your youngest is feeling a bit ambivalent about *being a big boy* (which you didn't say, but its a pretty common comment on training) or even being like his big brothers. If there's some sort of treat you can use to take the place of that, maybe it would help. Eg *I wish that I could take you to X, but its just too hard with you in diapers. We'll be able to go once you use the potty, though* And a happy 3d birthday. Barbara (Robyn Kozierok) wrote in message ... My youngest is about to turn 3. To say he is not interested in potty training would be an understatement. He will not sit on the potty without a diaper on. He seems scared, though he is not afraid to sit on it in a diaper and PJs (which he does every night after brushing his teeth while I give him his fluoride supplement). SNIP It just seems really odd to me that he is so resistant to this and it can't be "marketed" to him in any way, shape or form. I would like him to train before kindergarten ;-) So, should I just drop it for now, or keep talking about his cool underwear and about how "someday" he'll wear underwear and use the potty like his big brothers do. We have a potty video that he likes, but no books, fwiw. Thanks in advance, --Robyn (mommy to Ryan 9/93 and Matthew 6/96 and Evan 3/01) |
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In article ayv3c.93058$PR3.1589762@attbi_s03,
Claire Petersky wrote: "Robyn Kozierok" wrote in message ... I've tried casually mentioning that at some point he's going to be too big for diapers and will wear underwear, and make his pees and poops in the potty. When Rose was three, she mentioned that she would do such things when she was old enough to drive the car, and vote. Evan is so far steadfastly denying that he will use potty even as a grownup. ;-) Thanks for the anecdotes, --Robyn |
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My advice is this:use a favorie candy or snack for efforts at the potty.
For instance M&M's worked for our son.Put a bowl of them on the back of the toilet and enforce that the only way he gets "that" candy is for effort to poop or pee in the potty.By the way,our son didn't potty train until a week before I had our daughter and still had accidents for a year afterwards.He was 3 and a half when she was born. |
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Jessica wrote: (Robyn Kozierok) wrote in message ... My youngest is about to turn 3. To say he is not interested in potty training would be an understatement. He will not sit on the potty without a diaper on. He seems scared, though he is not afraid to sit on it in a diaper and PJs (which he does every night after brushing his teeth while I give him his fluoride supplement). I don't know if you're a big fan of Dr. Phil or not, but he had a show about this very topic. His procedure seemed to really work. Basically, try to find a doll that pees. What you do is make the doll pee and then make a big deal out of it - have a little party for the doll (part hats, noise makers are all you really need). Then, give your child a lot of water to drink. Ask him several times if he needs to go. Tell him when he does go, he'll get a party. When he finally says he has to go, take him to the potty and have him go. Then have your "party" .. You can put on music and dance, etc. You can also have someone call and pretend to be a character loved by your child (the child on Dr. Phil like Thomas the train). There is a book about this method called something like Potty training in under a day. I can't see this working right now where Evan is particularly resistant to even sitting on the potty naked or being out his diaper for longer than it takes to change it. Besides, he wouldn't drink the water if he thought I wanted him to ;-) Robyn (mommy to Ryan 9/93 and Matthew 6/96 and Evan 3/01) -- Support a family business and learn about the technologies underlying the Internet with the TCP/IP Guide! http://www.tcpipguide.com Special Limited-Time Offer for Educators Currently Available "Far and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing." -- Theodore Roosevelt |
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Bev Brandt wrote: My youngest has noticed that everyone else in the family goes in the potty but him. Doesn't care, not his problem. Peer pressure doesn't work on this one. (Let's hope that carries through to other, more important things later on!) Our boys would get along great ;-) Bribery is in the form of his favorite candies. Doesn't care. Same here. He'll even talk about the candy he'll get when he goes in the potty, but then say he's not going to do that now. Oh, for Evan there is no "when he goes potty". He's never going. Period. He will agree to "maybe tomorrow" if I suggest it, but he's just saying that to shut me up ;-P Being a "big boy?" Eh...he thinks he's already "big" and will tell me that. In fact, he's so self assured that he says that he's not big, he's not little, he's "Jarrod." So there. So it's not a matter of maturity for him, it's a matter of convenience. Evan says "I not big, I just little". I have tried saying that one day he will be "too big" for diapers, but I have to be careful about that approach since I expect he will need night diapers for a while yet. We live walking distance from a high caliber, private university. I'm convinced that my youngest is smart enough to go to med school there. I'm also convinced that between classes he's going to rush home so that I can change his diaper. hee hee Well, good luck and let me know if anythign works ;-) --Robyn (mommy to Ryan 9/93 and Matthew 6/96 and Evan 3/01) |
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Ann Porter wrote: "Bev Brandt" wrote in message . com... If that doesn't work, I was thinking of taking a few days off and hiding the diapers and letting youngest go about in either underwear or nothing. We did "naked and $75" with our little boy. When he was home, he wore no pants. He had a little potty seat in the family room so he could use the potty right when he needed to. He had a few accidents, and we had to occasionally put the computer in "time out" when he'd have an accident while playing on the computer, but within a couple of weeks he was trained. Evan does not tolerate being out of his diaper for even a few minutes P.S. Robyn, how the heck did Evan get to be three already? He was just born! The time just flies ;-( Robyn (mommy to Ryan 9/93 and Matthew 6/96 and Evan 3/01) -- "Far and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing." -- Theodore Roosevelt |
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Barbara wrote: Anyway, I remember that, as a child, I loved my position as the baby in the family, and had no desire whatsoever for that to change. Perhaps your youngest is feeling a bit ambivalent about *being a big boy* (which you didn't say, but its a pretty common comment on training) or even being like his big brothers. I've been thinking about that aspect. I think there is definitely something to that. If there's some sort of treat you can use to take the place of that, maybe it would help. Eg *I wish that I could take you to X, but its just too hard with you in diapers. We'll be able to go once you use the potty, though* Worth a try.... We've been bribing with candy but that doesn't work. But I wonder if he'd be excited enough about some unknown place, considering that any place he's already been is obviously doable with diapers. Thanks, --Robyn (mommy to Ryan 9/93 and Matthew 6/96 and Evan 3/01) |
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Chris Himes wrote: (Robyn Kozierok) wrote in message ... My youngest is about to turn 3. To say he is not interested in potty training would be an understatement. He will not sit on the potty without a diaper on. He seems scared, though he is not afraid to sit on it in a diaper and PJs (which he does every night after brushing his teeth while I give him his fluoride supplement). What worked for us was a trip to Grandma's house. I just announced that Grandma didn't have any diapers and he would need to start using the potty there. I can't believe he fell for that ;-) I'm pretty sure my Evan would insist that we bring some of ours. After all he has experience with us bringing diapers when wo go out other places. Robyn (mommy to Ryan 9/93 and Matthew 6/96 and Evan 3/01) -- "Far and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing." -- Theodore Roosevelt |
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