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I have a very young (emotionaly) 4 year old, who is very bright, stubborn and spoiled. my problem is he pees in the potty like a "big" boy about 50 % of the time goes in pullups the rest. refuses to poop. potty charts worked for a while, bribary does not work, embarassment doesent work, ignoring it dosenot work. any ideas
Even though pull-ups are a nice idea, I don't find that they work for potty training during the day. I used them overnight with my oldest child, and not at all with my youngest. I found that as long as I was willing to put a pull up on my oldest she thought of it as a diaper and felt free to pee in it. It was messy in the beginning when i tossed pull ups and went straight to underpants, but it worked much better and relatively quickly. Try to stick with only big boy pants during the day for a few weeks, and pull ups only overnight. I realize this will take a lot of dedication and you may not be able to go many places with your child, but consistency is key. He will learn to use the potty all the time if you stop allowing pull ups to be an option. Good luck!
beleive me< I know I should get rid of the pullups but he refuses to put on underware. we tried every design known to man; star wars, spongebob, bob the builder, elmo etc, etc.
Hun, who is the parent here? You convince him by putting them on him yourself.
From what I have seen from your post, forgive me if I am wrong, but you are being the softy, he knows how to get what he wants. You need to stand firm, be consistent. He is too old to be wearing pullups now. He needs to start getting ready for big boy school, and big boy schools don't allow pullups.
Is daddy in the picture? Maybe Daddy can have a talk with him about big boy underwear?
I agree you need to get rid of the pull ups. All of the above post are indeed correct. Remember consistency and remember that he is the child and you are the mother. He is too young to be controlling when and what he will wear. I hope you are strong and stay consistent or he might be very embarrassed to go to school. That would be very sad. Good luck!
lets all remember he is 4. try cheerios in the toilet, make it a game. my son's daddy wouldn't help train him, so i put cheerios in the toilet and told him to sink the cheerios. Gross, but fun for him. let me know if you try it and how it works, just remember to be persistent with him
I used raisins and M&M's to train, they got one or two every time they went potty then they were good to go. I should have done the cheerio thing though, less cavities! LOL!
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