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can anyone give me some useful tips on toilet training please?

my son is 2 years old.we were going well with toilet training until my son came down sick. now we have to start all over again. do i wait a bit longer or do i try and start over again.

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1. just wait till hes ready to try again or try a star chart good luck xx
2. Keep up with it, as long as he's willing. Don't push him though.
3. Oh Boy.Well my girls got potty trained by me painting thier toenails while they sat there,,,BUT you are talking about you'r son which scares me a little because my son just turned 1 now I have to start potty training him and I don't even know where to begin.HHHAAAAAAAA
4. My mom had the same problem with my brother. He was potty trained by 18 months then was diagnosed with leukimia 2 months later. He had to be completely potty trained again after his treatment was finished. Keep an eye on him and watch for signs that he's ready again. My mom said that she put a little bit of water in his potty chair with some cheerios and had my brother aim for them he thought it was funny and liked to do it.
5. most boys are not ready until around age 3. you are trying too soon. be patient and allow him to decide when it's right for him. if you actually say, "Honey, you don't have to use the potty if you don't want to, but I think you'll feel cleaner if you do, and I'll help you and sit with you if you want me to. Can you just let me know when you are ready? Okay?" Smile, hug and kiss him - then be patient. He'll choose sooner rather than later, especially if you show him how nice it is to be clean - use wet ones to wipe in the beginning.
6. Don't get upset by the set back. When I helped my kids learn to use the "potty" I waited until they were old enough to understand the concept...for me..each child was about 2 1/2. I also strongly suggest that you keep calm..your son WILL become potty trained. It just takes more time...and NEVER make him feel shamed that he's taking a little more time on it. Kids have their own readiness levels.
7. If he has fully recovered, there is no reason why he cannot begin now. I would say the most important things are: 1. Be patient 2. Reassure him 3. Praise him when he uses the pot sucessfully. If he has an accident on the floor, do not make too big a deal of it but show him the pot and make it clear (nicely!) that you expect him to go in the pot like a big boy. 4. Be prepared for accidents! My son needed a lot of reassurrance when I was training him. He seemed anxious about going in the pot (he thought his insides were going to fall out!) so be prepared to sit with your boy and reassure him that going in the pot is okay and isn't going to harm him. If his dad is about, let your boy see his father going. I know it sounds disgusting but my son was reassured when he saw his dad on the loo, without a care in the world and he often wanted to go straight after, to prove to his dad that he was a big boy too. Good luck!
8. If Potty Training is an effort for you - he is probably not ready! Children who are ready are usually potty trained very quickly. Boys are often older and 3 to 3 1/2 is not unusual. Let them take the lead. When they can communicate with you - they are ready!
9. Follow your son's lead! He'll use the potty consistently and willingly when he's ready, so pushing him if he's not interested will only cause both of you unhappiness. If he's interested in using the potty, can pull his pants on/off, is aware and has words to tell you when he's peeing and pooping, then he's probably ready. Make it easy and accessable to him, but don't force the issue. Introduce the idea through books about using the potty (check your local library), or by having him spend time with an older friend who uses the potty. As the weather gets warmer, letting him spend as much time as possible naked is a great transition tool. He'll be able to see what happens when he pees, and won't have lots of clothes to struggle with when he realizes he needs the potty. Also, potty chairs are great because he can reach them himself and doesn't have to get help to get onto the big toilet (that will come with time). Boys are often ready later than girls (they just can't physically control it as easily). It's very normal for children to go back and forth between diapers and underpants, and that's normal too. Also, many children are more comfortable pooping in diapers, even after they're consistently using the toilet to pee. Whatever else you try, please don't shame or scold him for any accidents. They happen and it's not his fault!
10. It is perfectly normal for a child of his age to have setbacks, especially if he has been ill. You can still encourage him to go potty. You need to patient with him. Praise him and let him know that he does a good job when he goes potty. You may try rewarding him with use of a sticker chart. Find stickers of his favorite characters. Make a big deal of his successes when he goes potty. Do not discourage or punish him for not going potty. He is emotionally vulnerable right now. If you take toys away for not going potty or use other types of punishment. This will cause a negative association with going potty and he will resist even harder. At his age he could even associate negativity with going potty and try to hold his urine or bowel movements which could cause him to have infections or other more serious problems. Love him, encourage him, and let him choose the time that is right for him. Build his confidence that he is a big boy. You may find that when he associates rewards and extra attention for going potty that it becomes a type of game and fun exercise for him. Good luck and I am sure that you will be just fine.
11. That happens some times but the second time is easier cause he now knows when he has to go and what to do. Be patient. Best advice repeat everything that you did before to train him. He knows that method and if you try new things now that may confuse him. Just reward him when he goes. sticker chart, small piece of candy, what ever gets your childs attention. what worked for me was 1 m&m each time they went. You'll be giving them out all day so keep it small. Good luck
12. Don't force him, thats most important. We started training at 2 years, the day after his birthday. We put him on the potty once or twice a day to get the feel of it. After about a month I brought out Smarties rewards (1 smartie for pee, 2 for poo) & he would also sit on his potty when myself or his father went to the bathroom. After about 2 months I started to teach him to stand at the toilet for pee & sit on the potty for poo (was still too small for the toilet). Then, one day at 2 years, 6 months old he told me "Mommy I have to pee" and ever since that day he's been trained. don't forget, train a boy to pee standing up because if you train him sitting down you'll have to retrain him standing up. best of luck to you! (PS you can always trade the smarties for stickers if you're not too keen on giving him chocolate all day LOL)
13. start right away because then he will get in to the habit agian. here are some tips: 1. when your son is on the tolit dont have loud sounds around him or he will be distracted. 2. Give him some thing to drink on the tolit so that it will be easyer for him. 3. Pretend you are going to the bathroom ( this is not a joke i have a sister and we started potty training her when she was a little more then half a year old. when we made sounds or pretended to go to the bathroom then she would use the tolit too.) 4. Have him hold his faverite toy if he is having problems going to the bathroom. I hope your son gets better!:)
14. i would put it off when he is ill but don't leave it too long before trying again - the summer months are the best time for teaching such skills although bearing in mind that boys do take longer than girls to learn potty training if it doesn't take then leave it and then try again next summer
15. Ok, u are going to think I am crazy but I am the type of person/parent that allows my imagination to teach(that's the excuse I use to dictate my off the wall mess I come up with lol). As a single parent there was hardly a man around to teach my son the way a lil man uses the restroom. I tried everything from being straight forward to the ever so popular cheerios floating the bowl of the potty. Finally I told my son (and eventually my cousin's baby as well & it worked) that the potty was hungry & we had to feed it. It ate our tt & poopoo. I came at it as when I had to use the restroom I told him, "Ugh oh the potty's hungry & mommy's go to go feed it." I know it sounds like an unconventional approach but I began to get desperate u never know what will entice ur son's mind to make things work. Good luck!
16. If he's already started it would be fine to re-introduce it. This is how I got my daughtere potty-trained: I started out by buying a simple white potty that looked the closest to a regular toilet. No bells n' whistles. Then I got her the "Feel N Learn" pull-ups which are great because when they are wet, they feel wet to the child. Then we had a "sticker" program. I would put her potty in front of the toilet and we would both go potty together. Every time she was successful, she got a sticker that she placed on the bathroom cupboard beside her potty chair. That way she was able to see the rewards of her efforts. And I also made a big effort to praise her really dramatically! Then we'd both empty her potty into the toilet and wave and say "bye-bye peepees/poopoos, thanks for coming out!" She'd sometimes just sit on the chair and "pretend" to potty just so she'd get a sticker! But she quickly figured out that she needed to produce visible results... It took about 2 months. Then I took her shopping and let her pick out her own underwear (Dora). She was so happy to wear them and very, very proud. She had a few accidents but I never made a big deal out of them to her. It got tricky when we went out because it's important that as soon as said she had to potty, we had to pull over right away. I was sure NOT to fall back on the pullups just because we were out. It just prolongs the process. She was able to wear underwear during the day and a pullup at night. Then, eventually she lost the nightime pullup and I woke her at 2am and took her to the potty - every night for about a week. And then that was that. Every child is different tho - the key is to make a big fuss when they go and not make a fuss if they don't. Good luck with it.