How do I get them to pee!!

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Right my lads are driving me nuts. They were 3 in Oct and they still wont use the loo, they will sometimes ask to use it after they have gone but never before. We have tried sitting them on it a few times a day however they just scream or cry :(.

The problem is they are fairly big and stocky (~3 1/2 st or 21kg) for their age and so are in the biggest nappies asda/tesco sell :eek:.

So how and when did you teach your kids. Also can you get normal lav seats that have a smaller than normal hole as they boys are a little big for the training ones but too small for the norm loo seat.
 
are they potty trained at all?

generally you just need to let them do it. try and get them to go the same time as you, then they can see what you do
 
Not at all trained, I have been showing them for last ~6 months but they dont seem well to care to be honest :(
 
do they go to nursery?
have you sought guidance from a community nursery nurse or anything?
 
yeah, could be worth asking if its a common thing with the kids they share time with.
 
ste_bla said:
Also can you get normal lav seats that have a smaller than normal hole as they boys are a little big for the training ones but too small for the norm loo seat.
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Let your kids pick one out when you find a shop, it might help them to use it more. They do them at Boots.

My three are all girls, they all wanted to be out of nappies as soon as they could. Friends with lads have all had problems though.
 
Let them run around without with no nappy during the day and just leave their potty in the middle of the room. If they start to pee on the floor, grab them and move to the potty. Worked for mine.
 
All kids are different and will sort it out in their own time although a little nudge in the right direction won't hurt. My son is almost three and he wanders off to the toilet whenever he feels the need with no help from me other than to redo his belt. Like a previous poster has said, let your kids choose a training seat or potty as this may just be enough to swing the balance of going or not.
 
neodude said:
Let them run around without with no nappy during the day and just leave their potty in the middle of the room. If they start to pee on the floor, grab them and move to the potty. Worked for mine.
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ditto, same with most things they need training and showing, so take nappy off so they don't rely on that and keep an eye and be ready for any mistakes. Don't shout or upset them, encourge them and make a big deal of it when they do it right. Should then take about a week to get them fully trained. Same with nightime if they don't stop naturally and in this instance just be prepared to wash a fair few sheets but whatever you do don't upset them if they make a mistake otherwise you';; just give them a phobia/complex and it'll take twice as long
 
hmmm, my brother has only just turned 4 and it wasn't till he was 3 that he really started to go on the loo at all, but he just did it in his own time, there wasn't much we could do to speed it up (we tried) but he just sort of decided on his own. although putting him in pants and asking him every hour or so if he needs to go seemed to help
 
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We started potty training our youngest @ 18 months - we just took his nappy off for a few hours a day and slipped on some underpants. You'll have a fair few accidents for a fair while but eventually they recognise the feeling and they don't like getting wet so now he uses the potty 95% of the time (he's 2 next week). He's still in nappies at night or when he's at nursery but when he's at home - it's just underpants. Haha, in fact, thinking about it, he sits on his potty to watch cartoons before bed time.

This is only one method of potty training - it's the messiest but it's also the quickest.

encourge them and make a big deal of it when they do it right
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Well said - I think this is the most important thing of all. Ours used to get a strawberry when he got it right.
 
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We did it by letting them wee themselves.
They soon learned, think it was about 10 days, start to finish.
Its the night time that did it. they hated waking up wet and tired.
 
What worked with mine was to get them to understand clean. Once they recognise the difference they get it.
Definately a big difference between boys and girls though. My daughter was no trouble but my eldest was a nightmare but looking back we were new parents and were learning too.
My youngest never stood a chance, my mrs had him on the potty asap and thats the best way, takes time though and there will be the odd mishap.
 
A friend of mine has a little boy who refused to use pants instead of nappies and it wasn't until he was told that his friends at nursery were 'upgrading' that he decided to change.

Pee-r pressure :p
 
My son is about the same age. He is not fond of the loo or potty at all.

His brother was pretty much the same, we tried encouraging him but he wouldn't 'perform'. Then one day he just clicked and all was good. Just waiting for that day with the younger one.

If you force it too much you can get into more trouble.
 
amigafan2003 said:
We started potty training our youngest @ 18 months - we just took his nappy off for a few hours a day and slipped on some underpants. You'll have a fair few accidents for a fair while but eventually they recognise the feeling and they don't like getting wet so now he uses the potty 95% of the time (he's 2 next week). He's still in nappies at night or when he's at nursery but when he's at home - it's just underpants. Haha, in fact, thinking about it, he sits on his potty to watch cartoons before bed time.

This is only one method of potty training - it's the messiest but it's also the quickest.

Well said - I think this is the most important thing of all. Ours used to get a strawberry when he got it right.
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We're currently doing the same with our 20 month daughter (started at 18 months) except with pull ups instead of knickers. First, we developed the "routine" of sitting on the potty in the bathroom when she gets up and goes to bed - it actually helped if one of us sat on the toilet at the same time! She was scared of the thing at first, but with encouragement she got over this pretty quickly. Recently, she's started taking one of her books to the potty which keeps her occupied! Now, she knows it's potty time and actually enjoys sitting on it.

The trouble is that she actually performs on it very rarely, as she's not scared of it and enjoys the routine it's only a matter of time before we get results :D
 
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