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Potty training 3 year old

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Hi everyone,

Wondering if there is any advice on how to potty train a 3 year old boy? He is non verbal and doesn't seem to understand alot he is just at the start of the diagnosis process. The reason why I'm potty training is because he is removing all his nappies so it's pointless putting them on but when I try and get him to us the potty he becomes very stressed. I have a potable potty and one that is steps to the toilet so I heard they like one or the other. Neither is seeming to work. Has anyone else going through something similar?? Or any tips and tricks? 

Thanks in advance

Catherine Smiley

  • My son is 3 he has had so many serious toileting issues in the past years from hiding and being distressed when doing number 1/2 in his nappy to completely holding the toilet in for a full day and crying because his tummy is so sore. I used to have to stand him in the bath to encourage him to do a pee which isnt ideal.

    He wouldn’t even go near the potty and I tried numerous books but my child showed no interest. To be honest he was too tall for a potty as he’s rather big for his age. 

    It’s been a roller coaster but we were referred to the continence nurse for our local area. We are now at the stage he will not wear a nappy throughout the day and will wear one only to do a number 2 in the morning which he takes himself to my bedroom with the door closed and no one can go into the room and he will only allow myself to change him afterwards. He will not do the toilet outside of his home either.

    At my sons appointments with the continence nurse she had suggested getting my son to play at the sink with running water with no pants on hoping the water gives him the urge to pee and once he starts to pee catch the pee in a small jug and pour it down the toilet so he can see where the pee goes. Encouraging my son to flush the toilet (if he wants) 

    We are now at the stage my son stands on a stepping stool in front of the toilet and pees in the jug and then I move the jug away quickly so the pee goes into the toilet. He will flush the toilet.

    I must say though he doesn’t always want to stand at the toilet when doing a pee especially if we are down stairs he doesn’t like leaving what he was doing to have to go up stairs to pee. So a lot of the time he will do a pee in the jug and I then have to dispose of it down the toilet. 

    We have been doing this method for just over a month now and my son now no longer holds a pee in which is great for him. I would much rather he done his toilet in the toilet but for now this suits as he is no longer holding the toilet in and causing himself alot of pain and risk of infection.

    If you set up a water activity at the sink for your child he may do a pee and you could try the jug method with hopes that in the future he would use the toilet. 

    My son loved washing shaving foam or bubbles off of his cars. He also enjoys playing with his cars in sand then washing the sand off the cars. 

    Hopefully you find a solution that works for your child.