The Potty Boot Camp

Over and over again, I hear questions from parents about how to potty train their little boys. Should they train sitting down or standing up? Should they use a urine splash guard or teach their son to “tuck it”?

This unique product is promising, very practical, and solves a lot of the problems mentioned above. The manufacturer claims that it actually speeds up the time it takes to potty train a toddler boy. Below is their press release about the item:

INNOVATIVE POTTY TRAINING PRODUCT
REDUCES POTTY TRAINING TIMES FOR BOYS

The World’s Only Flushable Toddler Urinal Can Speed the Potty Training Process By As Much As 15 Months!

Chicago, IL – Not only has the potty training process changed little since the introduction of disposable diapers, but the process has actually become more difficult due to the super absorbency of modern diapers. Until the Peter Potty®, no new products have emerged to specifically encourage early potty training for boys. The Peter Potty®, the world’s only flushable toddler urinal from Visionaire Products Inc., effectively encourages boys to become interested in potty training at a younger age. In addition, it empowers them to be able to stand and go potty by themselves, just like Dad does.

According to a study published by the American Academy of Pediatrics, on average, boys do not master potty training until after their third birthday. With the Peter Potty®, parents find on average, boys achieve this milestone 6 months earlier; with some as much as 15 months earlier. In addition, the normal stresses for both
parents and child are reduced, as it is natural for boys to stand while going potty.
The stand-up factor of the Peter Potty® can be a key aspect in the early potty training of boys. Most two-year old boys have mastered the motor skills needed to lower their pants and training underwear partially, while standing. In contrast, the motor skills required to lower their pants and underwear to their ankles (necessary for sitting on a traditional potty chair) are not developed until they are much older.

Little boys also delight in the added reward of having the ability to flush the potty themselves, and eventually use the Peter Potty® without adult supervision.
Parents also appreciate the fact that the Peter Potty® saves money by speeding up the training process.

Using a Peter Potty®, to eliminate even one month of training, saves parents approximately $45 in diaper costs, not to mention when potty training occurs 6-15 months sooner!

I found the Peter Potty from Amazon.com (See Above) and www.PottyTrainingSolutions.com

Training boys how to properly aim while on peeing in the toilet is an age-old problem. This company has developed a product that actually makes going to the potty a game!

Instead of drenching your walls or floor, little boys are potty trained by playing a target game. Just place a target in the toilet and tell your little man to take aim! Rice paper potty training targets dissolve when wet, so there’s nothing for you to clean. Just flush everything away!
Soon, he’ll be asking to go to the bathroom (which means no more diapers for you!).

You can find the targets at Moms On Edge.com for $9.97 for a pack of 50. (I figure the $10 will likely save about 20 loads of laundry when he pees on the bathroom rug.!)

Here’s yet another creative toilet training aid for boys. Similiar to the other “pee targets,” this one actually will reveal a hidden picture when urine hits it.

Click below or on the title link for more information.

http://www.gizmag.com/wee-target-toilet-training/8562/

Update 5/11/2008: The product described above seems to only be available in Australia - which is great, I guess, if you are in Australia! For a product available in the U.S. look below:

These Targets are Available from www.MomsOnEdge.com for $9.97 for a pack of 50.

Toilet Potty Training
By Loo Puay Kiong

Successfully potty training boys is said to take a longer time than girls. Nobody can really tell the reason why, but most people consider the fact the it is the mommies who are the potty-trainers, and considering the difference between males and females, girls are usually the ones who immediately get the idea of toilet potty training since they are physically like their mommies. Boys on the other hand would need a male role model to completely get the right procedure.

Another reason may also be because, more than learning the basics of potty training, boys need to also learn and master the proper way of peeing standing up. At first, boys need to learn to pee sitting down since peeing and pooping usually come at the same time at least for the first few months thus, it would be easier to toilet train them that way.

After a few months or so, when your son can now pee sitting down by himself, he is ready to go to the next step: learning to pee standing up. This would require a male role model so it is better to ask his dad, an older brother or an uncle for help. Make your son go with his male role model to the bathroom and see for himself how it is done. After a while, he can try doing it himself.

To help him perfect the proper way of peeing standing up, here are some potty training tips that you could try:

Aiming takes a lot of practice and so you must be ready to do little wipe-ups here and there before your boy can actually do it right. Show him how to point his penis down so that he won’t spray his pee around the bathroom. It would also be helpful if he has a target to which he can aim his pee. One potty training tip suggests Cheerio cereals, paper boats or any other small, floating and flushable products as useful and fun targets.

Making toilet potty training fun for him can also help. Instead of floating cheerios, you could also try draining the water from the bowl, then painting a red target. This could be another way of perfecting his aim.

Training could also be made fun with his role model. On a trip to the woods for example, or somewhere where it is private, the boy can practice his aim. In the winter, father and son could have a peeing party while trying to right in the snow.

It would also help to make everything about toilet potty training comfortable for the boy. If the boy can not reach the toilet bowl, give him a boost by letting him stand on your toes or providing a safe platform on which he can stand. But, be sure that the toilet seat is secure enough not to fall down on your little boy as he is urinating or is guarded enough to prevent him from scraping his penis. You wouldn’t want his potty experience to be a painful one.

Toilet potty training your young boy won’t be much of a problem for you if you make it fun and easy for your son. Without the stress of trying to learn something new and perfecting it, your young one could learn to go to the potty with ease.

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