Potty training book for my son?

I check at Virgin Megastore, they don't have any... I will check at ELC today...

thanks

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My son is the same age as yours -- will be 3 in July.

Several weeks ago, during the week of Spring Break (we're in the U.S. but moving to Doha soon), we started Potty Training Boot Camp. . .by "boot camp" I don't mean disciplining him or being nasty, I just mean that we focused on the potty for a solid week.  If you are working then this may not be a good option for you, but I swear I would have been willing to take a week off for it!

For the first 3-4 days he didn't wear a diaper at all. . .and no underwear either.  We had a few pee accidents around the house, but no poop accidents (he saved that for naptime, when he was diapered).  On day four or so we gave him some big boy underwear.  We had several accidents every day (more poop than pee), which is gross, but is par for the course.

By the time we got to a week or so he *knew* what was going on and what was expected.  Did he always use the potty?  No.  But he'd been going in a diaper for 2.5 years, so we couldn't expect him to stop going in his pants immediately.  Some kids do make the transition immediately and completely, but I suspect that these kids were probably ready to be potty trained long before the parents were ready for it!

Anyway, we are in week five of potty training now.  He has only had only one or two poop accidents in the past week and no pee accidents that I can recall.  He has figured out that he can hold his poop all day and then go in his diaper when he wakes up (a most unfortunate development), but we're working on that by trying to get him to poop before he goes to bed and telling him every night that he should hold his poop until he gets out of bed. 

I am still closely monitoring him when he's not at school, to the point that I think he's getting irritated with me asking if he's ready to use the potty because he does indeed know when he needs to go.  I also tend to remove his underwear & pants when he gets home because I know he won't poop on himself and will go to the potty when he needs to. . .very strange how that works. . .no problem to poop in pants, but no way would he poop on the floor or on himself.

We chose not to give rewards for using the potty because we don't feel that we should be giving rewards for something that he is expected to learn as part of life, if that makes sense.  It's a personal choice, though. We do try to make it fun by inventing games that we play on the toilet. . .tonight it was boxing into each other's hands. . .another time it was "sink the toilet paper".

OH -- and regarding poop. . .I have discovered that juice boxes work wonders.  If I give him a juice box I'm almost guaranteed to hear his footsteps running through the house and into the bathroom within 30 minutes.  The high sugar content in juice boxes gets the intestines going and create urgency, so they can be a terrific tool depending on the digestive tract of your child.  (Aside from potty training I have never purchased or allowed him to have juice boxes because of the sugar content and the affect they have on his poop!)

Also. . .since we live in a two-story house we purchased two little potties for him.  What a joke.  He peed in each one once or twice and from there on out he started using the adult toilet; it's amazing to see him hop up there by himself and do his business.  If I had it to do over I wouldn't bother with the little potties.. .they just encourage the reliance on something else and make them fearful to go in big toilets when there's nowhere else to go.  (Contact me when I'm training child #2 to see if I still have that opinion!!!

Anyway, we're not finished with the potty training journey yet, but it seems to be going well.

Best of luck! 

i dont know what the big deal is just glue the potty to his bum.... 

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patience is the key!some kids get trained early while some take ages to learn. i feel potty training is the most difficult and testing aspect of motherhood!no amount of literature is enough. it was trial and error method with all three of my kids so cant tell u what exactly to do.

best of luck!

I wouldnt stress about it too much, apparently the child will show signs of readiness and it will be easier. Go to this link and there are some visual footage (childrens stories "once upon a potty time", this might be useful as children like to emulate...

p.s his nursery should potty train at that age as the child spends a lot of time there, i think they are being lazy as most do... You will also find that once you have potty trained him at home if they dont support you in day care, then it will be a case of two steps forward and two steps backwards..

- there are other related videos for potty training on that page....hope that helps..

Bought a book for my son at Early Learning Center entitled "My Potty Book for Boys". Before, he was so interested to be potty trained, but now for some reasons he still want to be diapered. Maybe i should have bought his potty and book altogether because i bought the potty a little late.

I appreciate the time and effort you took to make my nightmare bearable.

I will certainly follow your advices... as of today...

Hugs

maybe u can try getting a doll tht wets letting the child to see going potty and getting praise, so the child wants the praise as well, dont yell or push him too much if he isn't doing it fast enough. He will get the idea slowly. Good luck...

As i said good thing they dont remember it :)

Did the samething with mine as well, then when it was time to teach him to pee standing up got hubby to show him how.

I started mine the same age as urs. He had no idea what i was talking abt. I took off his nappy as mis cat said and put him on the seat every 10 mins to avoid accidents. He took a while understanding. It was only after i sat myself and peed in the toilet in front of him he understood what to do!!!!!!! Embarassing but believe me they are too young to remember it :):) So u will not be blackmailed :)

Try this, when you are at home take his nappy off and just let him get around without pants, (your gonna have accidents so have everything you need to clean up handy) buy a potty seat that fits over your toilet seat, when you see him playing with his tackle or holding it ask him if he needs to go to the toilet (try using a kid friendly words like do you need to go pee pee or pooh pooh. somthing like that) even if he says no navigate him to the toilet and sit with him for awhile if he does something give heaps of praise ( we started a star chart, every time he used the toilet we gave him a star on his chart when he got 20 we took him to the rides or bought him a small toy) scold him gently if he goes somewhere else do this especially after, you have just asked him if he needs to go.  It will take time the biggest thing is getting him to relise when his body is telling him he needs to go. Boys always take longer to get to this point, the other thing I advise teach him to pee sitting down first this helps with the pooh situation as it gets confusing for them. Why can't I stand up to Pooh?  It also is for your own benifit most boys at this age cant get it over the rim without standing on soething which can become dangerous.once they have the sitting down part worked out you then can teach them to pee standing up, place a ping pong ball in the toilet it gives them somthing fun to aim at and you dont have to remove it when you flush as they float really well.

Good Luck 

well there's only one place... "barnsandnobles", google it, visit it and order it, cuz Qatar has no books that could be important... 

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