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From: bren
Date: 01-18-2004, 10:36 AM (1 of 12)
My grandson is not to impressed with potty training ...Any Ideas of how you make it better ...stickers are not impressing him anymore LOL...He's only 2and a 1/2 ...I'm sure He will be trained before grade 12 ...LOL... 
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From: maps
Date: 01-18-2004, 11:35 AM (2 of 12)
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hey bren, my favorite is to put cherrios or fruit loops in the potty and make it a game of target practice!!! too funny i know!!!
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From: Magot
Date: 01-18-2004, 12:00 PM (3 of 12)
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I suppose the option of thinking " I'm trying this too early" and not doing it for another 6 monthes isn't popular? Boys train later than girls and he may just not be ready for it. My foster son was determined as the only thing in his life he could control was his bladder he used to wet himself to get attention. His Mum insisted he was potty trained and he used to walk around wet all the time when he visited her, he stank when he came back and you had to throw his shoes away. we put him back in nappies, took all the stress off. He made it out of nappies at night when he was 6.( Mind you, that was a whole 'nother issue) At least in summer your grandson can gallup around the garden naked and nobody cares if he tinkles in the bushes! love and kisses, Jan
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From: Sherri
Date: 01-18-2004, 12:23 PM (4 of 12)
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We did the naked bum thing in our house. We just turned up the heat a little and let him go for it. B4 trying this it is a good idea to get one of those Bissel little green machines if you have carpet. Kids really don't like the feeling of pee trickleing down there leg so it only takes once or twice and they are basically trained and you can still pull out the pull ups for trips out of the house. Sherri My website
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From: Karebear
Date: 01-18-2004, 02:41 PM (5 of 12)
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Along with "maps" suggestion, when my son was 2-1/2 yrs, we would put coloured stickers in the toilet and he would have to aim for them.. I got them at Zellers I believe... They would generate a dye into the water when his "pee pee" got it square on the movable part of the sticker.. once, he got the hang of it (LOL) then of course, every 10 minutes it was "i have to go pee" Now that was 23 yrs ago.. and he does not want to discuss that part of his life any longer.. so I cannot even ask him what might help your grandson best of luck... I am certain that by the time he goes off to high school, he will be ok... Karen Karen
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From: Aimee S
Date: 01-18-2004, 05:54 PM (6 of 12)
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I am one of those let them wait. I did it for the three oldest stated 1 week before thier third BD. The oldest did it before his BD the nest one was two weeks over his be and then the third one was one week over his BD. I thought sucess I can do anything. Well the last one wasn't potty trained till he was 4 years and 3 months. We tried the cherrios in the toilet, Then went to the stickers, then we went to the bribbing. then the doctor, (nothing physically wrong) Did the Dr Phil way.. Told us we were dummies.. He knew it wasn't Blue on the phone. It took him to decide to go. I started making him change himself. No pull ups, If he peed on himself he had to take a bathe and change his clothes and then wash out his clothes. Really thought that would work well I guess it did after 2.5 months. The more you disaprove, the more fun I am having!
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From: Pudge99
Date: 01-18-2004, 07:16 PM (7 of 12)
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As a person currently going through the potty training years, I must say the only person who will be potty trained at 2 1/2 is you. There are certain things that they must be able to figure out for themselves and going potty is one of them. Is your grandson showing any signs of being ready to go potty like a big boy? Can he undress and dress himself? Does he go hide in the corner when he goes in his pants or stop what he is doing to concentrate on relieveing himself? If he does not know when he is going then you can't expect him to know when he has to go. With my oldest daughter I was convinced that she would train when I was ready, at 11 she is still wetting the bed and didn't keep her pants dry all the time until 2nd or 3rd grade. There is nothing physically wrong with her. I have to wonder if her problems aren't somewhat caused by my being so determined to have her trained by the time she was three. I read many books between her and the next one. I decided that there would be no pressure with him. One day he was sitting on my lap and I said "Get up I have to go potty." He said "Me too!" followed me in and has been going on the pot ever since then. He was over three at the time. My almost three year old daughter has now decided that she wants to go and makes it most times. Her main problem is being so small that she cannot get on the big toilet by herself (only our downstairs bathroom is big enough to have a potty chair in) or open the doors which have to stay shut or my one year old is in there spinning the roll of paper into the toilet. Really for everyones sake you should just wait until he is ready. Boys are notorious for waiting until right before they start kindergarten. Here's a link to information on toilet training. This is my second favorite site to visit (sew what's new is my favorite of course). http://bsearch.babycenter.com/search/?_si=1&_hm=10&BodyQuery=toilet+training&_sm=article%2Bexpert%2Bpremium Gina
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From: Mom of Six
Date: 01-18-2004, 10:24 PM (8 of 12)
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My girls were all trained @ 2. My boys were both just short of their 4th birthday. & grandson # 1 was 3 1/2 . But DGS # 2 will be 3 in May & has been potty trained since Oct. He kept asking for a soccer ball every time we went to the store so I told him Grandma would buy him 1 when he was a big boy & wore undies like Rudy (big brother). We went back to my house that day & he asked for undies & went that afternnon. It took about 1 week to get him to tell us. Most of the accidents happened when he was @ the other grandmas ( only 1 toilet upstairs & hard for him to get to). He still needs help getting on & off the toilet but he hasn't wet at night more than a few times & VERY rarely in the daytime. I tried this same thing though with the other 3 boys & it didn't work. Some kids are just not ready & I found with son # 1 it is less frustrating to just keep asking but not forcing the issue. ( it took me 2 years of trying with him). I did find that as long as they are wearing disposable diapers they don't care if they are wet because they can't feel it. Barb Barb
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From: sewingrandma
Date: 01-19-2004, 08:34 AM (9 of 12)
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My DGS is 26mos and DIL got him a "Royal throne" it plays music when he does his thing. He loves it. He is able to pull his pants down to use it and everything already. My oldest was very easy to train. At age 2 she wanted fancy panties. She is the one who would pull her pants down and squat on our door step if she couldn't get into the house to use her potty. Seems I was always cleaning our doorstep. DD#2 was a different story. She wanted no part of potty training so I didn't push the issue. We moved and the girls had lots of friends and they would all come in to use the toilet. DD#2 would line up with them and one of the other girls would pick her up and put her on the toilet and she would use it. I never did have to get a potty for her and I never had to put any effort into training her! When DS started bringing me clean diapers at 18mos I figured it was time to train him. I got pants that were easy for him to pull down and he pretty much did his own training. All I had to do was pull up the pants. Guess I was very fortunate with my kids and housebreaking them
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From: LeapFrog Libby
Date: 01-19-2004, 01:34 PM (10 of 12)
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My Dear Mom took a voluntary layoff from a job in the early 60's to give a single Mom the remaining position and came home to early retirement at age 45.. She couldn't stand being idle, so she opened a day care business.. She had just become a Grandmother and loved Children always, anyway.. She was the best in the business and soon gained a reputation as being the best potty trainer in this area.. She started girls at 18 months, and boys at 21 months.. we put them on the potty every hour at first .. It never took her more that 8 days except once.. We had a child that had open heart surgery when he was born and his parents had him spoiled rotten..They could not (or would not say no to that child) .. Took three weeks for him because we got no help from the parents.. And to top it all, a month later they put him in a large chain day care facility that required all children be potty trained.. She told my mom that they brought him to her to train so they could put him in that facility..She had some nerve , Huh???The first 3 days , we put the heavily absorbent training pants on them, after that, the thinner regular weight cotton knit pants.. It never failed.. of course they had accidents, but until they were fully trained, Mom used her own supply of tr. pants and put the child's own garment on when time to go home.. She did the laundry every night while preparing dinner for Dad and my Sister.. I helped her in the Day Care, but DS and I went to our home in the evening because I had to pick up DH after work and also cook dinner.. The regularity at first is what is important.. Mom said it was crazy to expect a child to tell you at first.. You had to catch them the first time and when they peed, praise them, and then, an hour later put them back on the potty.. They soon learned to go on their own..
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From: Mom of Six
Date: 02-01-2004, 02:07 AM (11 of 12)
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Bren, How is the potty training going or did you decide to wait. Barb Barb
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From: bren
Date: 02-01-2004, 04:12 AM (12 of 12)
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My DGS told his mom just yesterday...he had to go pee... He's getting the idea... Thank's for all your help Gal's. Bren:
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