So, after months of not being allowed to see him (my sisters doing) I'm finally able to see my nephew again. Thing is, the kid is behind. :/ He will be three in July and he doesn't know his shapes nor his colours. He talks quite a bit, but he still doesn't always make sense or get his point across. Also, there's not really any man in his life. I mean, my sister has a boyfriend, but he's a wack job. Can't even take care of himself. So, how does a woman potty train a little boy? I'm working with him on all the rest of it, but I don't know about potty training. I figure it's best to just take them outside and piss on some bushes right? Well, I can't piss on any bush for I do not have the proper equipment. He knows that I go potty and why I do, but he will have nothing to do with it. What do I do???
my mom raised my little brother with out a man really around and we got him potty trained fine!! try putting cheerios in the toilet for him to aim at... best of luck
Some kids potty train late; making a big issue of it just makes it harder on everyone. My boy was over 3 when he finally did it full-time. If you're worried about being able to show him how to pee, you can get one of those inserts for the big toilet (i detest those little potty chairs, the ones i got always seemed to leak), since he can use it to poo anyway, and just tell him to "point it down." That worked for my kid until he was confident enough to stand and aim.
I think you need to not worry so much about him. He'll learn what he needs to when he's ready. All kids learn at a different rate. My son's father was not really involved with the early potty training. They don't need a man around to teach them how to pee like a man. Daddy does show him how to use the urinal when we go out and stuff like that now. But in the beginning I was the one who took him potty all the time. By the way, my son will be three in July. He does not know his shapes or colors. He does kind of know yellow. A lot of people can not understand most of what he says. He is day time potty trained but not at night. And he is not delayed at all. Kathi
Yeah don't worry about the color and shape thing...my nephew is two and a half and he says everything is "blue"...and all the shapes are "circles". He's getting the hang of it, but every kid develops at his/her own pace. Potty training is easier than one might think. My brother and sister in law are doing the sit down method right now, just so he gets used to going potty not in his diaper but in the toilet. Once that is accomplished, he's going to be doing the cheerio method. Cheerios work...my aunts and uncles all did the cheerio thing and all of my cousins an pee in the toilet just fine. *winks* Dr. Phil had a great show on potty training kids one day...check his website...it's really valuable information.
thankyou for you guys who have posted some differnt development point than what is expected...my daughter is learning to toilet train right now and after watching all my friends toilet train thier kids in the last few months and be so proud of it I have been feeling a bit worried...but you know what, she is not stressed and she is only 2 and a half and when I askd people my parents age about when they trained kids to use the toilet I suddenly feel ok cause generally it was older then...my Japanese friends also don't expect his of their kids till they are a little older so this helps me to figure that maybe the two year old thing is a cultural thing and some kids can learn then but some can't so don't stress too much.Seems to me that we are placing a lot of pressure on kiddies these days to get it right younger. Believe me it would be easier if she did but at the moment i am dealing with her learning what wet means and how funny it is that you can widdle in a toilet...when we get past the fun of that then we will deal with number twos!! :X
