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Anyone got any great tips for toilet training a reluctant nearly 3 year old boy?

Posted by Kellie, 23/08/13

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  • putting a cheerio of petal in the bowl and getting him to have a go at ‘SINKING’ it with his wee.
    Definitely not applying any stress or pressure is certainly key and keeping in mind that they do get there eventually.


  • Sticker chart:)


  • Sticker chart and incentive at the end worked for my children,


  • How is he going with his toilet training?


  • we’ll be starting soon and there are some good tips here for me to try


  • how did it go? 🙂


  • Hope you managed to find some ideas that have helped.


  • How is your boy now with toilet training?


  • What did you end up doing?


  • I hope you have managed to have some success.


  • How did you go with your boy?


  • Use ping pong balls or really cheap cereal (fruit loops, cheerios etc) as wee targets in the toilet. Add a couple of drops of blue food colouring in the toilet. It’s supposed to turn green when wee hits it.


  • I have downloaded a rewards chart from online for toilet training, have a search online for them.


  • Wanted to know aswell, thanks for posting.


  • We used to have a jar of lollies and for each time she did a poo in the toilet she got a lollie and each time she did a wee, she got a sticker to put onto her chart and at the end of the chart/row she got a little surprise.


  • Hope it all goes well! Will be starting soon with my baby and I’m a bit nervous about the whole process.


  • This may be a difficult time if he is reluctant


  • Hope your toilet training journey goes smoothly


  • Wear jocks that are his fav character n say u don’t want to get ‘character’ wet!


  • Let him choose some jocks in the shop and put him in them whenever you’re at home. Have a toilet training chart and explain to him how it works. If he pees in the potty/ toilet he gets a star/ sticker. If he has an accident encourage him to go and sit on the potty/ toilet. My kids each have a toilet training book that I read to them over and over. Get him to sit on the potty at times you know he’d usually have to pee, like first thing in the morning, after a nap, after a big drink of water. Looking through or reading a book with him while hes sitting on the pot can also help


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