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Many parents find that the "elimination communication" method, also known as 'natural infant hygene' is a simple approach. It is important to clarify that this approach is not 'potty training'. Rather, it is a two-way communication. Children know how to potty when they come out of the womb, and most will let you know. The basic principle of this approach is ...

Our kids were "night trained" by the time they were about 4. If you can figure out when they are having their accidents, it makes it easier to help them. Here are my recommendations: First, get a plastic sheet; there are going to be accidents. Second, don't use pull-ups. Help her feel like a big girl so the accidents matter. Then, make the last drink at ...

A possible less-than-orthodox answer, provided you did all the standard advice already (e.g. usual behavior modification tricks and avoid hard/constipated stools as another answer mentioned). He may have a problem with the water splashing on him when the poop hits the water. Ours had issues with pooping on the toilet, but once they were resolved he started ...

That is a typical age. They will let you know when they are ready. Now I would make sure you help her know that going on the potty is a very good thing! The Mayo Clinic has a good set of questions you should ask yourself before starting: Does your child seem interested in the potty chair or toilet, or in wearing underwear? Can your child ...

"Ok, one more trip and then straight to bed." worked well for us... not only with the potty but also with "I'm thirsty" and "I need to give mommy a kiss good night" and ... all his other stalling tactics. Basically he realized that whatever thing he wanted to do to stall getting to bed would replace the next story I was about to read, and make it the last ...

I had no idea potty selection was a challenge. We did what we always do: drive to our local outlet of a major worldwide Swedish furniture store. (I love going there, to me it's like a mini-vacation to Sweden.) They have a potty for just a few bucks. It's small, simple, and effective, and I highly recommend it. The bottom edge has a rubber inset so it's ...

We're dealing with pretty regular bedwetting right now with our four-year-old sons, who we switched to underwear all at once (daytime and nighttime together) around a year and a half ago. Our pediatrician assured us that the best thing is to just let them wet the bed, and that pull-ups at night actually delay the process of them learning to get up to use ...

Some children don't want to stop playing and sit on the toilet long enough to get all of the poop out. Also, being a new experience for them, they might not recognize the feeling of having some left inside. Having some entertainment could do the trick. Some books or toys or music (a portable cassette player) could keep your son on the toilet long enough to ...

Potty training is one of the most difficult milestones for children and adults alike. For us, potty training was like a jail sentence; as soon as we realized that our child needed to go, we felt stuck, like we couldn't go out lest we risk an accident in the car seat while driving. For the child (and I am not a psychologist), I can imagine it can be equally ...

It takes some practice for kids to really learn what it feels like to need to use the potty. When we first tried potty training our son, we put him directly into underwear and it was a big flop. We think the underwear just felt too similar to wearing a diaper to him. So the second time we had a go at potty training, we let him run around naked from the ...

Not many toddlers that age stay totally dry when sleeping. If she has the potty routine down during her waking hours, she probably just isn't physically developed enough to hold it during sleep. There's a big difference between conscious urine retention and what happens during sleep. Most toddlers are just beginning to use the toilet around 2.5, and many ...

I've never heard it called a potty party, however this is the way I potty trained which is very similar to this idea and did work. I left out the doll idea. I did stay home for about 2-3 days (depending on the child) in order to avoid accidents outside the house and recognizing that the child was not quite ready to hold it and make it to a store bathroom. ...

One helpful tip is to get underwear printed with characters she is really into, then anthropomorphize the underwear when she has an accident. "Oh, no! Princesses don't like to get peed on :-(" Also, continuing the diaper sometimes is a confusing signal. It's faster to do underwear full time, with the possible exception of pull-ups at night, and just ...

Some useful steps we used: Try to move her liquid intake earlier in the day - sounds like you have been trying to do this, but it is what will really make a difference at this age Make sure she visits the toilet just before bed - possibly encourage her to do this both before and after cleaning her teeth. Sometimes trying twice can help a child relatively ...

I think you are reading far too much into this. In fact, I was struggling to see what the problem was. You helped the young kid go potty. He needed help. If he'd poo-ed himself, you would have changed him, right? If he'd fallen down, you'd clean the blood off his knee, right? If you feel uncomfortable about it, you could mention it casually to the parents, ...

I think balanced mama's response is great. I was just going to add that we go through similar situations with my son on a somewhat regular basis. My son is 4 and sometimes he'll hop out of bed and be super cooperative and sometimes I have to practically drag him out of bed and dress him myself. At around age 3ish kids hit this "power" stage where they ...

Here are some things that worked with my son who started toilet training around 2.5 years. Peer pressure. He goes to child care 4 days a week and his older friends were already trained. He saw using nappies as being a baby thing. We didn't need to do anything there, his peer group meant he wanted to change himself. Character underwear. If you provide him ...

We have been using a clothes free method when we are home. Even underwear are tight around the legs like a diaper, so they don't quite recognize the difference. If you are concerned about your home, like I am, send her outside. Our son loves to run around the backyard and when he wets he looks down and tells us. It might take a couple of intensive days ...

Three parts to toilet training: recognizing "the feeling" (aka readiness), knowing where to go, and getting undressed. The hard part is getting them to recognize "the feeling" when they have to go. For young children, they say it's more about training the parents. Be the scientist and keep notes about when they drink and when they go. Then put them on the ...

Unless you have a parent who is with the child 24/7 and can constantly and consistently monitor the child's facial expressions and movements, I would highly recommend not wasting your time. In most modern societies today, this is quite an ambitious and futile goal. If you can't be utterly consistent with it, then you end up confusing your child which makes ...

The fist step is to confirm that there's nothing medically wrong, so before you do anything else just confirm with your pediatrician that it's a behavior issue that's okay to work on. Starting there, the next step is a little counter-intuitive. You need to actually drop the subject of potty training for about a week, and totally take it off her radar. You ...

Moving to a new house and changing the daycare are big changes, a new bed is a small change. Potty training can be either, as is so often the case, it depends... I see three separate issues here: Can you separate the daycare switch from the moving? If you can, you definitely should consider making them two distinct events, IMO Moving means a new room and ...

It is actually relatively normal to revert a little. Try not to get upset or punish, accidents do happen and it is developmentally appropriate for him to be more interested in play time right now. They get busy and want to play and think they can hold until something more boring is going on. If he is at home with you it would be pretty easy just to have a ...

I wouldn't rush it, unnecessarily. You can take it slow and let your child learn at their own pace. Putting a timeline to it only stresses you and them out needlessly. Every kid is different. Be consistent with him/her. Be patient and loving with them and they will learn in 3 days or 3 months. Our own kids were different -- Our oldest took 7 days. (He ...

Our son is 2 and a half and he has the peeps pretty much mastered. He occasionally has accidents, but is on his way. We started with him sitting down and he does much better that way. When we introduced the idea of peeing outside, standing up became the thing to do. When he is inside we will give him the choice, but he has much better aim sitting down ...

It seems to me that the other possible reasons for this behavior is: Your son does not like other people to see him doing his business or the result of it. He is attached to his potty and does not feel comfortable on others. I don't think you can do much about either except for discussing it with your son and letting him know that there is nothing wrong ...

There are a number of answers on this site about both the oppositional behaviors and potty training. For all of these questions, the checked question may not be the best answer for you, it was simply the best answer for the person who asked the question. I recommend reading - or at least skimming - all the answers offered. For Potty Training I suggest: ...

A couple of suggestions that worked for us: Stress that he has to sit on the potty, but doesn't have to actually go Give him a distraction - a book to read on the potty will help take his mind off it Lead by example and go together! My daughter would frequently say that she didn't want to go, but when we went together she would quite happily do so.

If I were in your situation, I would start having your son go to the bathroom at specific times throughout the day or before he gets something he wants. For example, before lunch, I would ask him to go to the bathroom and wash his hands, after which he would be allowed to eat. You could also have him do it before he gets to play with a toy or gets to play ...