Why is potty training your baby important?

I first taught him how to take his clothes on and off, usually at bath time. This took a good 2–3 weeks before he was solid on this ability. I also switched to pull-ups to mimic the actions of underwear. I talked about a how he was soon going to use the toilet and how great it was.

I then used a very high and very fast reward system to start the potty training. At first, I rewarded for every little thing, going to the room, sitting on the pot, putting on training pants, everything. I used a bowl to collect the rewards and he got to eat them whenever he wanted. I made a bag of goodies filled with raisins, dates, nuts, mom’s, skittles and chocolate chips as the reward system. I told to him what I was asking of him and if he did it, reward, if he didn’t then nothing, no punishment but no reward. Accidents were handled by him cleaning up himself the best that he could and I helped if he was to tired or was too messy. I asked him every hour to go potty and had the reward ready for him. Within two days he had urinating down but he was scared to defecate in the toilet. I tried to entice him but that didn’t work. After about 3 days I told him “if he needs to go poo, tell me and you can wear a pull-up”.

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This started to work and again rewards with treats for doing this. Then by day 10 or so he just up and defecated in the toilet without any prompting, of course this led to a big celebration with ice cream and a new toy. We are at about day 20 now and he still remains to pee great, I remind him if it’s been longer than an hour to go potty and I reward less often but sometimes with a big reward like a cookie. Number twos are still hit or miss, I would say about 60% success, he doesn’t poop more than once a day so doesn’t get a ton of practice. Going to the bathroom in public has seen its own challenges, those automatic flush ones are kind of scary but he has gone on a few, there are so many darn types out there you kind of have to re-teach on each new type.

I don’t need to reward as often but I give out bigger rewards randomly and if he did some sort of milestone, he will get big praises and a new toy. I never yelled at him, never shamed him and never punished him for having accidents or for not doing what I asked of him in respect of toilet training.

For anyone that thinks I am bribing instead of using positive reinforcement the evidence is in the proof, he continues to go potty without prompting, he does sometimes ask for a reward after going potty and will receive one but I try to reward before he asks, but never before he goes. Potty training your baby is important because you are getting him ready for school. You are teaching him to be an independent individual and a baby who is capable to meet his own needs gradually.

There are dozens of sites about babies and toddlers.

Training a 3-month-old is an exercise in futility, I am a guy but I know that is ridiculous.

So is anything significantly earlier than 36 months, maybe 24 months but I wouldn't expect rapid results that young.

Boys tend to be more difficult to train than girls and, statistically, train at a later age (3 months later on average), but some potty-training experts shun this notion and believe that boys can train just as quickly and easily as their female counterparts.

Teach him to sit first, then stand, Bowel movements and urine often come at the same time, so it makes sense to have your son sit down to poop and pee at first. That way, he learns that both go in the potty.

Once your son is comfortable going to the bathroom sitting down, he can try it standing up.

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