Potty Training a Boy Part 2 – Pull-Ups First Flush

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Potty Training a Boy can be pretty tricky, I shared a lot of ideas in Part One of this 3 part series. Head over and read my How to Potty Train a Boy Part One for more tips and tricks.

So the potty training is going well with us. How is it going with you? My little buddy is doing so well! He is not having any accidents except night time every once in a while. So we are still wearing pull ups every night. I’ve now officially potty trained 5 children, three of which are boys. I will say, boys are harder to potty train than girls. I don’t know why, but they like to take their sweet time. They are too busy and don’t want to bother with the time it takes to sit on the potty. This time though, it was a bit easier than with my other boys. I’d have to say the secret to my success was waiting until I knew he was ready. If you read Part One of these potty training posts, you can ask yourself the questions listed there to help you figure out if you and your child are ready for potty training.

My son loves these “Cars” pull ups. He loves putting them on at night time. He runs around the house like he’s a race car! I love the fact that he doesn’t have on a big bulky diaper, and that he can pull them down all by himself when he needs to use the bathroom.

About a week ago, he wasn’t feeling so well. He was having diarrhea. We all know how horrible it is to clean up after those accidents. This is when I was so glad that I had pull-ups handy. He didn’t feel like I was putting a diaper back on him (which he would have hated) and he could quickly pull them down when he made it to the toilet on time. If he had an accident, I could lay him down and undo the easy undo sides and it wasn’t a big mess! LOVE IT!

In the first post on how to potty train a boy I said that we use a small treat every time he used the potty. Well a lot of you asked “How do we stop giving treats when they are potty trained if they expect them every time?” Well, I have an answer to that, and I know a lot of you don’t like using rewards, but this is what worked for us. We decided that once he was really good at using the potty every time, we would go to the store and purchase a small toy that he had been wanting for a long time. We made sure to help him understand that once he got this awesome toy, he would not be getting little treats any more. Because he is such a Big Boy now, he doesn’t need a treat every time anymore. He gets the toy as a reward for being all the way Potty Trained! YAY! He loved it. He only asked me a few times if he got a treat, and after I reminded him of his awesome toy, he was just fine not having a treat.

If you don’t like using treats as rewards, you really should check out the Big Kid App from Pull-Ups. You will love all the fun things you can do as a reward.

The Big Kid App is used on our smart phones and tablets. It has a checklist for getting ready for bed and a little game they play at bed time to collect stars. There are fun games they can unlock by earning stars for every time they use the potty. And the games feature their favorite Disney Characters! You can take a picture of your “Big Kid” and make a cute frame with the characters. It also has a timer so you can be reminded to take a potty break. It even has training tips and articles for parents. This app is so cute and has many more fun features! You and your child will LOVE it!

If you don’t want to use the app, you can do many fun activities on your computer at the Pull-Ups Web Site. Be sure to like them on Facebook and follow them on Twitter for more interaction with other parents.

We are going to work on our night time potty training from now until the 3rd potty training post and I’ll let you know how we succeeded!