Now that you are in the potty training years you may have heard form various sources, books, magazines, friends, etc., that potty training boys is harder than potty training girls. There is in fact some truth to this, although it is not always the case. Regardless of whether it is harder or not you will have to do it so the best thing to do is focus on how best to teach your son to use the potty.

Start When He’s Ready
Sometimes little boys are ready to use the potty later than little girls are. However, parents are eager to potty train and might try and start their son earlier than he is ready. If this is the case it will make potty training harder and may even delay your son becoming potty trained. So, make the process easy on yourself and your son and start when he is ready. He will let you know by staying dry through the night multiple nights in a row, will ask about going to the potty, and simply be curious about it. When your son shows these signs it is a good time to begin potty training.

How to Start?
This takes some ingenuity on the part of the parents many times to develop a potty training plan that works best for their son. The best advice is to be hopeful, yet don’t expect there to be no accidents because there will be. This is very normal and you will just have to get through this stage. It might take days, weeks, or in rare cases months to potty train your son, but with diligence and patience it will happen.

There are many tips to teach your son to use the potty, some may work for you while others won’t. You may find that teaching your son to use the potty while sitting down works better than standing up at first. When standing up the little boy also has to worry about aim and sometimes this is too much when learning to use the potty. You can place some colored tissue paper in the toilet as a target if you insist your son stands up to potty, but early on there is no problem with your son sitting down on the toilet. It might be easier for both of you, in fact.

Keep in mind that a training potty will be very helpful during potty training because it is small and more interesting to your son. A big potty that flushes loudly might scare or intimidate your son, so try and avoid this.

Some boys may be harder to potty train than girls, however with a good plan and plenty of patience you will certainly accomplish potty training your son with as little stress and as few accidents as possible.

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