1. Don’t start too early. Remember we tried to start him when he was around 2.5 years old because all his other friends were starting, but that was because their moms were expecting 2nd, 3rd child. BIG MISTAKE. He just didn’t get it.
2. Other kids are good stimulants. His early education school had kids in his grade already potty trained and that was a big boost.
3. When in doubt ask professionals, i.e. His school teachers. Because, they know better and this is our first time.
4. Patience patience patience. The longest D took on the potty before he let out a tinkle was fckn 3 hours. Yeah, he sat on the potty for fckn 3 hours. And he wouldn’t let me do other stuff around the house.
5. Encourage and be consistent. Like overdo the “good job” “way to go” “awesome” “wow you’re such a big boy” boys love that and so do grown ass men.
6. Try different combos that work. We tried pull ups on it own. Nope. We tried training pants with liners. Nope. We tried just undies. Nope. We tried pull-ups and undies over. YES!!! For some reason this was the exact combo that made Derrick feel like he can go potty.
7. Relax mama. I was always nervous and anxious, asking the poor kid “do you need to go potty” every 30 minutes. But once I chilled out D just let me know “mommy pee pee is coming”
8. Remember little boys can have boners too. And when they do the pee does NOT go into the potty, but everywhere.yes even on your face. Learned that the hard way and had to teach him to hold his penis down, and to shake at the end.
9.Still working on the poop. Will update later. He will say “I need to poop” but once I say okay let’s go sit on the potty! He’ll start freaking out.
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