Just curious on how others went about toilet training their sons. Mine is almost 2.5, although he isnt showing any signs of wanting to use a potty/toilet i think id like to start trying soon. My eldest is a girl so this is my first experience TT a boy, she never liked the potty so went straight to sitting on the toilet. Do you get boys to sit first off (to pee of course ) or stand? He's quite tall for his age so standing wont really be a problem, and i have a step if need be, but not sure if thats the way to go. Is it easier for them to be sitting when first TT. If so what age do you try to get them from sitting to standing??? Ahhhhh im thinking girls are so much easier when it comes to this LOL
Wehen ds1 was toilet trained we went cold turkey off nappies except for sleeps. He sits cause he's to little to coordinate the whole standing thing. Anyway, it was a matter of just putting him on the toilet regularly and letting him feel his accidents and encouraging him when he did it in the toilet. We had 2 days of going through 8 pairs of undies and pants and that number gradually dropped till he was having no accidents after about 1.5 weeks. Good luck
i have just started attempting with my 2 and a bit year old little boy and I got a great elmo potty that has a little wee wee guard so it doesn't splash out and can be removed if needed. I ain't having much luck and might wait another month or two, but I think sitting would be a good start.
We started with sitting first as it was easier when it came to poo as well. Then progressed onto standing once he worked it out. My DS2 quite often doesn't poo and wee at the same time, so he will often do a wee, finish, then say 30mins later, go and do a poo.
If you are outside and it's a nice day, you could get him to wee on a tree or lemon tree. That way he can practice standing up without it going all over your floor
Another trick is to put a table tennis ball in your toilet and when he goes, get him to aim for it, so it teaches him penis down.
DS1 was 3.5 when we were finally sucessful, lots of gentle encouragement before that but he wouldn't have a bar of it. He started with sitting as he was never was a big fan of the potty. Now at 4.5 he's majority of the time standing.
DS2 is just over 2.5 and sees DS1 and is doing a lot of pretending. I would love to get things moving for him but not too sure about his readiness yet. I had a day without nappies the other week and it was enough for now. Although this week during a nappy change he said he wanted to go do a wee and stood there for a few seconds aiming off our decking and he actually did wee!!!!! I was so excited for the somewhat sucess so much ealier than DS1. As soon as the weather is a little wamer here i will really get stuck into it.
My first boy started by sitting to wee, but DS2 wanted to be just like DS1 so he stood up (on a step) from the beginning. Neither would use a potty so it was straight to the toilet - DS1 because he wanted to be just like us and DS2 to be just like DS1! Otherwise I would say it's just like TTing a girl.
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) or stand? He's quite tall for his age so standing wont really be a problem, and i have a step if need be, but not sure if thats the way to go. Is it easier for them to be sitting when first TT. If so what age do you try to get them from sitting to standing??? Ahhhhh im thinking girls are so much easier when it comes to this LOL
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