How to Potty Train a Boy in Three Days

You can train your toddler how to use his potty chair in three days. However, while he can grasp the basics in three days, this doesn’t mean he’s going to be completely accident-free after the third day of training. Measure his success by his use of the potty even though he has an occasional accident. Training pants and disposable training pants can feel like a diaper to your son, leading to confusion. For this reason, his training necessitates below-the-waist nudity.

1. Familiarize your son with the bathroom and the potty prior to beginning training. Allow your little one to sit on the potty fully clothed and to accompany you or your partner to the bathroom to gain an awareness of bathroom business.
2. Show your child his diapers and tell him that, in a few days, he won’t need to wear them any more. Let him know he’ll be naked below the waist while he’s at home.
3. Remove your child’s diaper as soon as he wakes. For the rest of the day, he wears only a shirt. Give him salty snacks or foods with high water content such as watermelon. Let him have water or juice frequently. Everyone in your family should be drinking plenty of fluids, eating salty snacks and eating the same high-water content foods as your son, so they have to use the bathroom frequently. The point is for him to see you using the bathroom so he begins to learn by example.
4. Watch your son for signs that he needs to use the bathroom. Take him into the bathroom with you whenever you need to use the bathroom and show him how to lower his pants, sit on his potty and either poop or pee. When he is successful in going in his potty, celebrate with clapping, cheering or a short dance. Make him feel good about his new accomplishment.
5. Avoid anger or shame when your son has an accident. Ask your child to help you clean his accidents by putting your hand over his as you both clean the mess. Explain that pee and poop belong in his potty as you matter-of-factly clean up the mess.
6. Remind your son to use his potty before naps and bedtime. Don’t ask him if he needs to go just tell him to go potty in his potty chair (White Riding Potty Chair).
7. Stay inside on the second day of training until your child uses his potty. He needs to make the mental connection that peeing on command means he can leave the house. If you take a drive, put something absorbent on top of his car seat to protect against accidents. When you go somewhere with your son, put loose-fitting pants on him. Don’t put anything on under the pants no diaper, training pants or disposable training pants. Take him to a park where he can play and make sure to take spare pants and a portable potty chair in case he has an accident or says he needs to use the bathroom. Stay at the park for one hour, then go back home
8. Take your son out twice on the third day of potty training and remind him to use the bathroom before you leave home. Stay out for one hour each time take spare pants and his potty chair.
9. Dress your son only in a shirt for the next three months after his three-day potty training session. During nap times and at night, have him wear diapers or disposable training pants. Continue dressing him in loose-fitting pants and taking his potty chair and a change of clothing when you go out. If he is in daycare, take only his loose-fitting pants but no diapers or training pants. Explain to the administrator and his teacher your toilet training method.

Warnings
If your son doesn’t catch on to using his potty after three days, wait for six to eight weeks and try again. Look for a less than 75 percent success rate to decide whether he’s ready or not.
Practice good hygiene after your son uses the bathroom, especially after cleaning up accidents and messes.

Tips
Toilet training is easier during the summer when your son isn’t wearing a lot of clothes, writes PBS Parents.
Look for signs that your son is ready to toilet train. These include a developing toileting routine in his diapers, no bowel movements during the night and an awareness that he is going potty in his diaper. He can keep his diapers dry for longer periods and can help dress himself.
If you have to train your son during the winter, put leg warmers on his legs so he doesn’t get too cold inside the house while he’s naked below the waist.

Things You'll Need

• Water or diluted juice
• Salty snacks
• Fruits with high water content
• Potty chair
• Cleaning supplies
• Absorbent pad or towel
• Loose-fitting pants
• Portable potty chair
• Leg warmers

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