WHAT I WISH I HAD KNOWN BEFORE POTTY TRAINING | 3 Day Method
Hey guys! Today I'm sharing some potty training tips for boys and what I wish I had know before potty training! We used the three day potty training method from the course below and Rowan was potty trained by day 5! Let me know if you have any questions about potty training a 2 year old in the comments and I will try to answer as many as possible.
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Thank you Megan, there are so many expectations about potty training! But you made it more realistic and I’m happy the 3 day method worked for you, that’s exactly what I want to do with my toddler ❤
Thank you so much for this video! I’m sure I’ll be referring to it in the future! My son is 27 months and only showing a few signs of readiness, but this will definitely come in handy in the next few months!!
It makes me tear up listening to you speak about parenting. You are so intentional and kind with your children. It’s so refreshing and inspiring! You’re doing great!
Loved this video! Currently in the thick of that now with my 27 Month old and definitely understand the pressure to get them potty trained right before two years!
Thank you megan this was perfect timing and so encouraging thank you!❤
My daughter has been using the potty since she was 1 off and on so when we fulling potty trained she was ready and knew how to use a big girl potty. I never bought a small potty. She goes in there by herself now. She’ll be three in august!!! Good luck ladies!!
Thank you for making this video! I’ve been so nervous about starting potty training but just hearing how another mama got through it is so reassuring 🫶🏻
This was so good!!
Awesome video!!! Thanks for ur help.
We love the folding portable seats. We got a green frog one and a yellow owl one. My son refused to go on the potty so these little seats on the toilet have worked great and also gave him familiarity for public toilets so they were never a problem
Megan, I’m sort of laughing at myself as my son turned 32: on the 16th and I’m watching your potty training video! It brought me right back to his experience , though, and wish that I’d had seen this then. Great advice!
Thank you!! Hoping to do this a few months before little sister makes her appearance!
Love your hair!❤
Yes, so much pressure to do it early! We waited and it was a breeze. Also, I forgot stickers the first time my daughter was in a public restroom and she’s still terrified 🤦🏻♀️ So def stickers or a thing of post it notes went into the diaper bag! She can’t avoid public restrooms forever 🙂
Love this, thank you 😊 my son is almost 2 and looking to start a.s.a.p. 🎉
Thank you! So, so helpful!!
Super helpful!! Thank you so much
My son had a speech delay so it wasn't until 2.5 when he even began communicating bodily needs so don't feel pressured parents! I actually had a family member tell me they couldn't believe my son was still in diapers and told me I needed to get him trained but it's not up to me, he needs to be ready.
My son was potty trained at 18 months. We stayed home one weekend and put undies on him and he peed in it about an hour after starting. No coaxing, no demanding. He then continued for the rest of the day. The next day he was quite and I went looking for him and he was standing on tippy toes, trying to stretch his little doodle up over the rim of the toilet 😂. I put the seat on for him and he used it all the time. He never had an accident and at 2 I notice that the nappies were dry over night, so I told him one night no more nappies and again, no wet beds. He showed no signs of even wanting to use the toilet prior yo us starting. I used the same technique for the other two and the boy was fully trained by 2. My girl was fine for using the potty but wouldn’t do no 2 in the toilet. Around 20 months I would put her on the toilet and sit with her reading a book to her. It took a few weeks but once she used it once for no 2’s she then continued. None of my kids wet their beds. It is definitely individual to each child but. I was lucky that none of mine had ongoing issues. I did find with my grandkids that the ones that slept solid and were not easily roused, were the bed wetters. I think we believe that it is going to be so hard but in fact the majority of the time it is pretty easy. I love the idea of a tap out word between parents. 😊
I had to potty train during the start of the pandemic when the stores were cleared out of diapers in Honolulu and I didn't have any cloth ones. We were in lockdown and the kid and I was isolated from the husband (ER doc). It wasn't too bad, but I don't recommend potty training this way! 😂
I feel that there is so much mom peer pressure to potty train early when many kids just are not ready until 2.5 to 3. Both of my boys were not ready until closer to 3, and when they were, the whole process was a breeze. Our 6 month daughter has DS, so I'm expecting her to be in diapers longer than her brothers, but you never know. She could surprise us.
So true and extremely a lot pressure.
Mines ready😅 he just prefers the floor, not the toilet🤣🤣
Did u try the tummy massage potty training method
@elizabethcopsey3791 did u try the tummy massage potty training method
Same here ...my daughter is 29 months old and not yet potty trained and I see mother's training their child by 24 months it's really stressing me up
Pray for me! Staring potty training for my 3 year old who also has a speech delay ! ❤🙏🏽🙏🏽
Your not alone, this is my current situation 😅
Thanks for this video! My son just turned 2 and is starting to show signs that he is ready, but we got a little push back from daycare when we brought it up previously, because he doesn't do the same things there as he does at home. So I think we are going to wait until the fall when I am home full time. Maybe baby sis will spend a day or two with the grandparents so we can fully focus on him!
Great video !! I thought the adult visit to bathroom simultaneously with our kid is key.
Just started day one of potty training and I am trying to fight to good fight. He turns 2 in two days. Wish me luck!
Hi @megan, thank you for your video and content. Where is the twin bed from that you purchased? Thanks!
It’s an old IKEA style called the Leksvik! I scored it on FB Marketplace
For both my kids we waited until 3 years old I just felt they would understand more idk lol. My boy had way more accidents than my daughter had and I've come to realize that when a boy has accidents the pee just kind goes everywhere and for the girl the pee just soaks all in the underwear and down the leg. Way less mess to clean up when potty training a girl haha. My daughter I'd say was way easier than my son. She started going in the public restrooms 2 months into potty training and it just so happened it was a porta-potty lol we were at a pumpkin patch at that was the only bathroom available. My son wouldn't use a public restrooms until he was almost 3 and half. It's crazy how different each kid potty trains when you have multiple kids. My boyfriend works all day so I basically trained both my kids by myself. We just did underwear all day and pull up at night until we got to potty training at night time.
Thanks for this, Megan! Would you consider doing one for sleep training as well?
Thank you Megan!!! My daughter is TERRIFIED of public restrooms and she's only 2 (as of tomorrow). So I know that potty training while away from home will be a struggle for us at first. I appreciate this video ❤
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Thanks dear
I’d love to potty train my son, he’s a little younger than Rowan but he is autistic and nonverbal. I have no idea how to even go about potty training😅 if anyone has any experience with that I’d love some advice!
Thumbs up and comment for signal boost! Good luck Mama!
@I'm Drawing A Blank I'm in the exact same boat. First I tried teaching him hand signals, sign language but that's not working. The only thing that is working is to time it after I give him something to drink. Put him on potty 20 to 30 minutes after and give him his favorite treat when he pees in the potty. It will take longer but it will happen.
@@luludi3 yah I’ve done some reading but I’ve also got an 8 month old so it’s been rough😅
I'm the same my sons 2.5 and likely asd, awaiting diagnosis. I think it will be a long way off for us unfortunately
Does he sign at all? Mine has a speech delay and some sensory differences but not on the autism spectrum and his speech therapist taught him some signs for other needs like hunger or thirst! No potty training for us yet though, he has some withholding issues as well so I'd like to work through that first 😬 I'm sorry it's hard! Sending hugs ❤
I love his big boy bed! We’re starting to prepare for potty training and big boy beds with our 2 year old son. Where did you get his bed? ❤
It’s a discontinued ikea bed we got on Facebook marketplace after searching for months!
I needed to see this. My 2.5 year old is showing signs but he’s also on the spectrum so I’m struggling with this.
My son is the same. Not quite verbal just yet. He does understand. Will go pee
@@tianna906 My little one isn't verbal yet as well. Sometimes it's difficult for him to express that he has to go.
We potty trained our son at 20 months because he would poop in his diaper, then go get his diaper bag, pull out the pad, the diapers and wipes and throw them at us! Lol. For our second son, we’ll wait until we see a similar sign - even if we see it much later! But at that early of an age, you just can’t expect good communication. As long as we put him on the potty regularly he was good to go.
That’s so funny! “Here you know what to do” 😂
What if I’m doing the big little feelings method and it’s not working. I’m at my wits end and so frustrated. She pees in the potty most the time but refuses to poop
This was super helpful, thank you! My baby is only 13months, but I’m researching early, haha.
My son will be 3 next month. We started potty training today. We introduced everything slowly because he needs to evolve into change lol. So far, he will not pee unless he has underwear on. Any advice on that?
How has it been since.
As an early educator for 16 years and the mom of three now grown folk, I tell everyone I know girls can typically potty train at around 18 months and boys I don’t even START until they are 3. Boys just need more time. But if you wait until they’re 3 they potty train as quickly as girls do.
It sounds like you guys had great luck with the BLF method, but I think you were also right to wait and let Rowan "be ready". I've only seen success stories with the BLF method, but it didn't work for us at all, and I wish I'd listened to my mom who told me not to push my daughter. I followed the class to a T with my daughter at 27 months. She had already occasionally been peeing in the potty and had shown all the signs of readiness. We did the 3 day holiday weekend thing, no rewards or punishment, stay calm with accidents, etc. It was a DISASTER. She freaked out the minute I told her we were saying "Bye-bye" diapers, but still she got a few pees/poops in the potty the first morning and I thought we were on a roll. But then after that it became an unintentional power struggle - no idea what switched in her little toddler brain, but every single pee or poop went straight on the floor and every morning was a meltdown that I was taking the "sleep undies" off. By the end of night three we said forget it. She was just not emotionally ready. So here we are a few months later, she definitely seems closer to being ready now, and I think she'll sort it out on her own with a little more time.
Totally! We waiting until 30 months and I definitely don’t think he would have been ready at 27. Glad you decided to wait until she was ready and try again then! I hope it goes better for you the second time around
Clicked so fast.. my girl is potty training, a few months younger than Rowan.. Idk what to do
I'm curious if he still pees/poops in a pullup or diaper during nap and nighttime. My little girl has been potty trained for a while but she still goes so much at night and nap! She's not holding it either because she goes plenty during the day! It's just funny because one indicator to start training is a dry diaper, but I'm so glad I didn't go off just that and went on her other cues because she was definitely ready!
I literally typed this before getting to that part of the video.... sorry! So I switch my question. Does he POOP during those times, still? 😅
No! He actually woke Matt up this morning to tell him “the poop was coming out of my butt!” Matt rushed to get the potty and he made it without incident!
@@MeganAcuna Oh my gosh I love this haha! We're still working on this apparently.
What toys did you use in your sensory bin?
I just started today..i feel frustrated because my 2 year old daughter is not itnerested in the potty. She pees everywehere and no signs that she is about to pee. Its different with pooping I'ts predictable. It's now the 5th accident now nad theres no pattern. I want to give up. Im following the 3 day method /naked potty training.
It’s totally OK to try later on! I know for us personally 2 would have been too early, but you know your kiddo best of course!
Where did you get your kiddos bed from!?
It’s a discontinued ikea bed I found on marketplace!
HELLO
I’m struggling with potty training my 3 yr old…we r staying with my mother now, and she doesn’t understand rug say he’s 3, they make messes…also if I let him train around in just a diaper, I’d I turn my back for a second, she has him fully dressed…shirt pants, not allowed to take them off… she wants him to use the big potty, now. She doesn’t want accidents, no pee or poo on her floor, couch, his bed etc. so that’s a battle. I finally convinced her that he needs a little potty, but she won’t let it leave the bathroom and it can’t be left out when he’s not on it…I feel so bad for my child!! Everything is so much harder now that we live with her!! I thought she was going to be moving but it’s sounds like she thinks I need her here, like I don’t know what I’m doing. I don’t, I’m a first time parent, but I know me and I know my child and I know what works does me and him and it’s not the same as she wants it to be. So now I am looking to move, but in the mean time, it’s a freaking struggle!! 🤦🏽♀️
Send you a big hug! ❤
My 4 1/2 year old is not fully potty trained. She goes to daycare, she is the only one who still isn’t trained. They put pull ups on her for nap time. And undies through the whole day, she won’t let them know she has to go. And they bring her in the potty every 1/2 hour. She doesn’t pull her pants down or up herself, they have to pull her pants and underwear up and down all by herself. BUT with me at my house she does tell me she has to go, she does say I need to potty mama, she does walk to the bathroom and have me fallow her, she does pull her pants and underwear up and down. What do I do??? She’s been at the daycare for 1 year and still doesn’t tell them when she needs to go.
I am in this battle too. Mine is 3 and is the only one that is not potty trained in the nursery. I decide not put nappies on her and try to see if she tells me but nothing happens and lots of accidents. I feel frustrated 😩
In any third world country, where are no diapers, kids do not have problems with potty. Babies as little as 1 year old are slowly trained to sit on potty.
My son is 2 year and 7 months now Struggling since 1 month to train him He fears potty seat and avoid doing potty in toilet and bathroom too Hold till we offer him diaper
What did you do, when you were in the car, and your child had to pee, while you're Is still in potty training interview
We didn’t leave the house for the first five days. After that we would take the little potty with us and pull over when he needed to go