Comments on: BM For 3M

By: Nancy

Nancy — Thu, 01 Feb 2007 15:16:41 +0000

I meant to get my two out of diapers earlier, but both were just about three. I think that waiting that long made it easier. Neither son or daughter wore diapers or pull-ups to bed for more than a week after they were trained in the daytime. (I did put waterproof pads in their beds, just in case, but they weren’t really needed.) Good luck!

By: Shannon

Shannon — Mon, 29 Jan 2007 03:20:50 +0000

uh oh – just saw misslionheart’s post. had a nephew like that. actually had to be catheterized at 3 because he refused to go without his diaper on. two of my sisters, including Josh’s mom, lived together for awhile. so one day when he was 4, my sister told Josh’s mom to leave the house. Then she told Josh he wasn’t allowed to come out of the bathroom until he’d gone potty in the toilet – and she didn’t care if it took all day. needless to say, he’s 12 now, and no diapers. whatever works.

By: Shannon

Shannon — Mon, 29 Jan 2007 03:16:26 +0000

A few months before Maryn was 3 we really kicked the potty salesmanship into high gear. As a result, she held her poo for 10 days. Freaked me right out. We backed off, didn’t really say a word after that. Grandma read her a few potty books now and then at her request, maybe a potty movie I think, too. She told me she thought she would use the potty when she was 3, or maybe 9 (yes, she actually said that, exactly). Then one day, just before she turned 3 I was changing her diaper and she refused to let me put the next one on. So we declared it naked time. Took some naked pictures in front of the tree. Then, as we went into the playroom, where her potty resided, she said she thought she might like to use it as more than a handy chair. And wanted it put back into the bathroom. She’s used only the potty or the toilet since, with only two accidents – both of which were deeply traumatizing to her, or could have been without a lot of hasty soothing and reassurance from me.

By: Christal

Christal — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 06:45:41 +0000

My son was 3 1/2 when he finally trained himself. I gave up at 3. We had to hose him down in the tub. We gave that up too. He did it all himself, even running his own water and dealing with the clothing. Finally he decided he was bored with poop-induced baths and voila, became “trained”.
You are so-o-o funny, Thanks for the chuckles!
~C

By: HolyMama

HolyMama — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 01:34:16 +0000

Sean says ‘no thank you, i poo poo in my diaper?’ that’s waaaay better than actually being potty trained. (Especially the ‘no thank you’ part. love that! wish we could do that!)

By: AM

AM — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 01:04:47 +0000

My husband just reminded me that we had promised our son a toy fire truck when he used the toilet. My son told him he could have the firetruck.

By: Ranee

Ranee — Wed, 24 Jan 2007 22:45:03 +0000

I hate to be the only person who goes against current schools of thought about this, but if we had not forced the issue with our first son (who is now 8 1/2), he still wouldn’t be potty trained. Our second son was exactly like the books say, he told us one day at around 3 that he wanted to wear underwear and that was that, no more daytime accidents. Then, he said he wanted to wear underwear at night, no more wetting. Our next son was somewhere in between, we had to work with him, but once he got the hang of it, it was fine. Our daughter is in the middle of it now. However, our eldest wasn’t showing any signs of being interested at 3 or 4 or really 5. If we hadn’t made him do it, he still would be wearing diapers. We still have to make sure he goes to the bathroom when he needs to because he’d rather not deal with it. So, I agree to a point that you need to wait until they start showing cues, but when they don’t care at all at 4 or 5, I think it’s time to step in.

By: misslionheart

misslionheart — Wed, 24 Jan 2007 20:40:47 +0000

He’ll surprise you one day! My girls were a challenge. My son who is also two, is going that way too. I’m not pushing the issue, he’ll go when he’s ready…

By: JennyK

JennyK — Wed, 24 Jan 2007 18:55:15 +0000

Antique Mommy,
My son was very uninterested in potty training. He knew how to do everything potty related – he had pooped and peed successfully in it dozens of times. He just didn’t care. He’s as smart as a whip, but he’ll totally let me do everything for him, if I’m willing. Can you say “male”??

When he was 3 1/2 and started that school year of Mother’s Day Out, at orientation (5 days before classes started) I kind of hinted to the teachers that he still had “accidents”. He was actually still in Pull-Ups full time. He would often pee in the potty, depending on his mood, but pooped in his Pull-Up. They weren’t negative about it, but it was clear that the expectation was to use the potty – no changing of diapers.

So, we just went cold-turkey the very next day. I did the whole thing of making a special trip to Wal-Mart to get the super-awesome character undies. But I took it one step further

By: Wendy Boucher

Wendy Boucher — Wed, 24 Jan 2007 18:53:58 +0000

Age 3 for Girlie and she of course is brilliant. No worries.