I helped train my 3 grandsons and great nephew.
The potty fairy came when they were successful.
Sometimes coins or small candy
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Feed same time each morning a good breakfst, like oatmeal. Let her play for hour. Put on potty chair with book full of pictures. Sit beside her and read to her out loud. Do not mention her job or question her. May take a coule of times but it works!
When she’s ready, she’ll go. We waited until my niece was 3, and she easily trained then.
I bought my girl pretty panties and told her she couldn’t go to the bathroom in them. I told her she must use her potty or I would have to give them to another little girl. It worked!!
Have you tried pretty, frilly panties? This worked with my granddaughter. She thought they were too pretty to mess up.
I said my kids backwards on the toilet and let them play with their toys on the back of the toilet
My daughter potty trained herself when she was two
I let my daughter pick out a couple packs of “big girl undies” and she was soooooo excited to wear them. I also kept her naked at home for a month or 2 with a potty chair in the bathroom, her room and living room. That way when she had to go there was on near. Also keep one in the car! It has helped us so many times! We also gave her a sticker to put on her potty when she would pee and a Hershey kiss when she would go poop. She was fully potty trained even at night in 3 months after starting. She was fully in undies at 1.5 years old!
Try fancy pretty panties if she is successful. Plain padded if not. My problem child loved the pretties and prevailed!
Toys to distract her while she sits down, sing to her distract her while she sits down on her lil throan and just sit with her with a portable toilet seat for her with her favorite movie or show get her to sit on it for at least 30 to an hour and the more you do that she will be trained eventually and give her stickers or lil toys for a prize for being a good girl
Keep her in underwear.
Don’t use pull ups it confuses kids.
First, you get an Iddy-Biddy Pottie.~
Cloth training pants no disposable pull ups.
Literally stop stressing out about it… Lots of great suggestions here, but mostly just remember she’s going to be potty trained before she’s 30… LoL. It’s gonna work itself out mamma.
One time we visited aunt Bernie you and Jody were there with your mom Josee was not potty trained yet When she seen you s using the potty done deal we used potty that day.
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Stop using the training underwear/pull ups, to a little kid there’s no difference. Once she pees in her pants without them a few times she’ll get it.
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I see so many comments on what you should do and not do. Here’s mine all kids are different. It’s hard. Mine is 4 and refuses to go the potty. I have honestly tried almost everything possible. From taking her every 30 minutes to and hour, new toys, sticker method, from buying 3 different potty chairs and inserts! Our son was potty trained by the time he was two.
I feel your pain and I’m so tired of diapers. But at this point I feel she will go when she is ready.
Two words.
POTTY CANDY!
We did star bursts. 1 for 1. 2 for 2. When she went potty in the potty, she got candy. We started with a little kids potty and worked up to the big one. Load of teeth brushing later, shes done wonderful and has only had a few accidents since she started.
She’ll get it eventually … don’t sweat it … my pediatrician said well you don’t see many kids starting kindergarten in diapers … I am on kid # 5 now and I’ve learned they all just get it in his/her own time
Don’t ask take her in and have her sit. Have a sticker board that she can put a sticker on each time she uses the potty. During the day try putting her in big girl undies and tell her when you start using the big girl potty you will be wearing these. Have a friend of hers that is potty trained and her have playdates and she will see them using the potty and getting completed for doing it. She could pick up faster with a friend showing that they are a big girl. Just went through this and did it and worked. Now my little one comes to me Everytime she has to go potty and tells me and I say go and that’s a good job. I’m proud of you
I would just take her every 1/2hr or hour, and if I notice her peeing I carry her and run to the toilet and just remind her to go to the toilet. Clean up and continue on. Consistency is key
Put her in a bathing suit a 2 pce works well… I don’t know why that strategy Worked for me…BUT IT did when my oldest was little she liked wearing them ALLDAY EVERYDAY!!! So I made her a deal. She can wear what she likes as long as she’s actively going to use the Potty. And not mess her suit…(especially when she wore her Fav)
Reward her afterwards.
Persistence pays off…
My son literally picked out his favorite underwear and I told him not to pee or poop on them. That seemed to work
Teach him to sit. You’ll be happy you did especially since I’m sure he’s to short to aim right. I first showed my boys to sit backwards on the toilet until they could hold there self up on the toilet
Sitting is totally okay it gets them used to being on the potty! Depending on age getting them to go standing up will be difficult if they dont know what you are trying to get them to do 
start with sitting once they are old enough to understand how doing it standing works change from sitting to standing
Teach him to sit first. Praise him often
I taught him to sit then his grandpa showed him how to stand and hold it 
still working on pooping 
I would recommend teaching to sit and even sit backwards facing the back of the toilet… Until he gains control of when he is going pee… Then you can start with aiming into the toilet… Drops of color or Cheerios for him to aim at… Stock up on Clorox wipes 
and be cautious making sure he sits forward or pushes pee pee down otherwise you WILL get a shower
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My son sat. He is also whole. There is no need to clean it extra. Just teach how to properly wash in the shower or bath and you are good.
I used “Cheerio Targets”. If he said he needed to tinkle i put a cheerio in the bowl and excitedly encouraged him to aim for it. When he hit it and finished his businesses, we washed hands so we could “splash high ten”.
I’m goofy though. Lol
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Start with him sitting to pee then as he gets old he can pee in a big toilet standing. Have him aim for cheerios floating in the water.
Teach him to sit first n tuck his private between the legs so if he has to pee and poo it all goes into the toilet!! Then when he gets the hang of that teach him to stand and pee use Cheerios for the target!! Lol
I taught mine to sit first after awhile of him being consistent then I am that mom that used Cheerio’s and had him aim with the seat up for sure .
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I turn it into game with my boys. We threw fruit loops in toilet told them to aim. It work really well.
I trained my son the same way I was trained. Sit down to do everything. When he started kindergarten I got creative and bought a pStyle so I could stand and pee to teach him how to aim in the toilet without making a mess. It was a bit of a learning curve, but I was finally able to stand and pee with my pants covering my privates well enough to be appropriate from a side view. He was able to see where I pointed my stream to be quiet as well as not splash.
I don’t know if any of that helps, but I’m just giving me experience. I hope you can find a good solution!
My mom used Cheerios as targets in the toilet, “sink the cheerio” game and then had a jar of m&ms on the back of the toilet labels “potty treats” so when he sank the cheerio he got some m&ms!
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Both my sons sat on the potty first. I just threw both mine in under wear and brought them to the toilet about every half hour in the very beginning I would reward with a Hershey kiss when they actually went. My oldest was potty trained by 2.5-3 and my youngest is now 2.5 and fully trained
Thrace him to sit and go in the potty and make sure to Hogg five or cuddle hun praise him often but don’t shout or go mental if he does a mistake, tuck his private part in between his legs and that’s it once’s he’s bigger put hoops in and get him to aim at that it takes time but you will get there hun
I taught my 4 year old to sit first then my husband taught him to stand and aim (he worked all the time so I did most of the potty training) and I’m teaching my 2 year old the same.
Start with sitting and making sure he always holds it down, once he gets that down, have him sit backwards and after thay standing
When first starting, they sit. After my son was using the toilet only, we used cheerios. Throw a few in the bowl and tell him to sink the cheerios. Its fun for them and keeps them aiming in the bowl. Lol
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Once he has got used to sitting to do his pee, you could get him his own little urinal. They sell them on ebay, they use suction pads to hold them on the wall etc, so you can have it at his ideal height. Good luck.
I taught my son sitting down first once he understood the concept of going pp i taught him how to stand up in front of the toilet with a stool and how to always put the seat down for his sister and i he’s such a little gentleman it takes sometime but you’ll get there just be patient with him
Ours started peeing outside on a tree now that they are 7 and 4 they still pee in a tree lol
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Buy him a kids kids urinal that attaches to the wall
Or throw a cheerio in the toilet and have him aim at it with his pee
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The most important thing is to be relaxed about it. He will catch on. A kids book about going potty can help give him the idea.
Put Cheerios in the toilet and tell him to pee on them or make him go every time you go and make a big deal about it like it’s the best thing on earth
Put a ping pong ball in there and tell him to aim for it
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I taught my 2 special needs boys to sit first then taught them to stand and aim for the cereal
I had mine sit first. When we were outside, I taught him to “water the trees”.
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Teach him to sit first have him push his penis down and close his legs. Potty every 20 minutes. Skip pull ups straight to underwear. Pull ups are just a glorified diaper. Remember accidents happen and be patient.
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I’m not at that point yet but I did see urinals for potty training that go on the wall.
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Teach him to lean i. Close to avoid a mess . honestly my boy peed in the tub to start we would just spray it down after
I raised only boys and I would put a square of tp on top of the water then tell them to sink it. When they sit and forget to push it down you will be mopping the floor A LOT
When potty training my son it was during summer time so I let him be naked around the house and had a little potty I put in the room he was in. he started with sitting but once he got the hang of it I got him a tiny urinal and he loved it I also reminded him every 15-30mins to go potty if he needs and I rewarded him with praise when he did. He had accidents but every child does so stay calm as to not discourage him. He was fully potty trained around 2 1/2 years
Good luck!
I threw Cheerios in my toilet and told my boys to shoot the 
it worked too
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Honestly my ex just told his son to go pee on a tree and he thought it was so funny and once he got that down they told him he had to pee in the toilet when inside and he could pee in the backyard if he didn’t want to come inside lol
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My nephew didn’t start potty training until he was 3 years old because he was terrified of the toilet and he wouldn’t use a potty chair I just put him in underwear and had him go potty every 30 minutes even if he didn’t have to go I had him go and try and he sat to go pee for years then my mom got him a frog urinal that u hang up on the wall and it has a little thing in it that would spin when he went pee then he started to stand up to pee I potty trained my two godsons and did the same thing put them in underwear and had them go potty every 30 minutes and they were potty trained in one weekend it all just depends on the child I never forced my nephew to potty train when he was scared and would freak out I waited until he was ready
This is what my mom bought him
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With my boys they sat first because until they know they gotta go and can verbally tell you there is no other way. So like a puppy (sorry if that offends) sit them on the pot when they wake up in the morning and after any naps. Have the potty sitting in front of the tv so they can watch and don’t get bored. And give them a drink or snack (could be there a minute or twenty) till they go. Once they go let them up and praise them for going pee or poo in the pot. Do this again a few more times each day. Pretty soon they will be telling you they need to go
I taught my son how to use the bathroom. He learnt to sit for 2 and stand on a stool to pee I used a ping pong ball for him to aim (as long as no toilet paper is used while ping pong ball in toilet) as a ping pong ball won’t flush and I removed it with a glove untill he needed to use it again.
Cheerio target are a good way to start
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I’m in the struggle of potty training my 3 year old daughter now. For the past 2 days we have been doing really good going on the potty. I made a sticker chart and she loves that she can pick out the sticker and put it on her chart herself. She has had a few accidents today but doing ok
We started with sitting down and “tucking” it down…when we moved to standing up I put Cheerios in the toilet!
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My step-son wanted Spiderman underoos so much I made a deal with him: if you use the potty I’ll take you to the store and I’ll give you money so you can buy some all by yourself. He used the potty from that day on and proudly brought his own “big kids underwear” 4 days later.
Honestly my son is 5. And he REFUSES to potty. We have tried it ALL. Even going to the doctor. He is just now in the past month started going on his own (pee only he tries to poo but dosent make it). He will not use a electric flushing toilet it scares the living lord out of him. Kudos for what ever you try and I PRAY it works for you. In my case he just has to learn. My.older 2 boys got it by age 2 (minus night time) but my 3 they were rocking full force. Good luck mama
The way my son learned, i did ask his permission to show him, (as i didnt know how to potty train at the time) i aimed for him for a few seconds just so he could see how to do it and told him to hold it himself and pee down towards the water. After that 1st time, i didnt need to help him again. But he did need to practice aiming for a few weeks. He still does get it all over the toilet seat, but we taught him to clean it up after if that happens. We tried the cheerio thing, but he thought it was a game and kept dumping all the cheerios in the toilet and not peeing. A friends sister said there are stickers woth a Target on it, that u can put on the bottom of the toilet bowl, and teach them that way. My son didnt like the fake little toilets either.
Start with sitting till he learns the sensation and knows when he needs a pee. Once he’s got that move on to standing.
I had mine sit down first, and once he could pee in a potty if he had poop accidents I got him to clean his pants out. Sounds mean but he was quickly unhappy with this and pooped in the loo x
My boys learned by putting a few Cheerios in the toilet bowl. It becomes a game. Aim and shoot big guy. Also helps them learn to control the stream.
Put a cheerio in the toilet. That helped my son w his aim. Good luck!
My grandma used a couple fruit loops in the toilet and told them to aim for them it worked for her lol
I taught both my older boys to sit first like we do and then when they got around my father and brothers and went potty with them and that’s when they learned they were suppose to stand
Make a game. Throw a cheerio I’m the toilet and give him a treat when he does good
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Hey hun I literally put a potty in a particular spot in the house and every hour just got my son to sit on it but let him run around with no jocks on it was summer when I did this though lol within two weeks he was toilet trained
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Sitting first to handle both tasks 
then the number ones standing. Bonus of being male!
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Sit to pee and aim the penis down when done wait a few seconds and pat the tip (i didnt teach shake till later on) and wipe any drips on the toilet same as a girl.
Its healthier for males to sit to urinate due to the angle of sitting and its healthier for the prostate.
Teaching to pee standing i used the bathtub and the drain for target practice. He was not to stand to pee into the toilet till he could hit the drain. Lol its a fun game.
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We waited until he was 3 yrs before we started. It was much more easy when he understood what we were telling him. Let him sit. My son has been diaper free for a year now and he sits down when he’s peeing. Except when we are outside where there is no toilets. When we started to potty train him we let him run around naked from the waist down. We told him that the diapers were out and that he need to go to the toilet. Some accidents happened but that’s alright. After some time we put on underwear and told him to remember that it’s not a diaper, sometimes he forgot that that’s not a diaper and som accidents happened, he did not like to get wet and soon enough he just started to go to the toilet. At first we had a potty who sang to him when he peed. Now he goes to the big toilet.
Even though I was married when I was potty training my 1st son I had to teach him to pee sitting down and as soon as he got that down pat I had his dad take him a few times too show him to stand to pee, my 2nd son we went camping a d he thought it was fun peeing on the trees
Boys all pee when they poop and if they have to go #2 real bad will pee while sitting( we all usually pee when we poop). I don’t know about the uncircumcised part, but a step up to the toilet will help him reach it to stand and not make a mess down the toilet. I dont know if this helps. I have three boys and I think they all sat and peed at some point.
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Make em aim at cheerios
Aim for the Cheerio! Also, yes, there is a little more to cleaning an uncircumcised penis. He needs to be taught to pull the foreskin back and clean the area. Does he have an idea of when he needs to go poop vs just when he has to urinate? If he can sense the need to poop he will be able to sit and take care of Both. Does he have a BM around the same time daily? Try and keep tabs on his bodily functions and see if you can sense when he has a BM. That can be the sit right away time and the rest of the time practice his aim at the Cheerio game. Also, positive re-enforcement and positive words for any behaviors or action that lead to the desired behaviors or actions. Like trying to run to the potty but even just barely missing it on time should get positive words “Oh what a great try to make it to the potty! I’m sure you’ll get it next time.” “You tried so hard, what a big boy! do you want me to help you get cleaned up or do you want to do it alone?”
Best of luck mama!
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U can get them this potty that goes on the wall so they can wee standing up
Freaking frog urinal on Amazon ! I swear it’s the best thing ever . My son refused to wear underwear . He would pee on himself and on my floor . I bought the frog potty and he’s been good since . No pull-ups just underwear . 
Im a single mama too and I had no idea how I was gonna potty train him.
Use real training pants - not pull ups. When he pees, don’t change him right away, let him feel uncomfortable with the wet training pants - he won’t like it snd he’ll tell you next time when he needs to pee.
Also, about 20 minutes after he drinks, bring him to the potty.
I only remember potty training my oldest boy. The day care worked with my younger boy and daughter. My son kneeled backwards on the seat to pee. Teaching them to sit first would be in my opinion the easiest. Then once they got that down, teach them to stand
Advice I got from a friend and it works wonders. I faced my son towards the back of toilet so he’s facing the lid but sitting on the bowl itself. And that’s how I got the pee and pooping down. Standing it was harder but my dad and my boyfriend stepped in on that part so they taught my oldest to hold his wee wee after care and clean up.
My husband was potty trained by his mother. He was taught to sit and pee then tap . He always thought this was the normal thing to do. That is until he went to first grade and sat down and urinated. Apparently there was another boy in the bathroom who thought it would be hysterical to announce to the entire class he peed like a girl. He claims it was the most humiliating thing. It followed him all through elementary school. I would advice teaching him to sit but be sure to explain to him it’s more socially excepted to stand up and pee. Use Cheerios in the toilet to teach him to aim. It makes the situation less awkward and adds a fun challenge. 
If he is uncircumcised be sure to teach him to clean properly. Good luck mama
No different than boys. Dont push them. They need to be ready.
I took mine to the bathroom with me so he would see it was ok to sit and nothing would get him . He learned to sit and pee which helped with #2 also. I put him in regular underwear and he got pretty tired of that wet feeling quick. I’m also a single mom and he hasn’t had a male in his life until this past year. He’s gonna be 7 soon. He was potty trained by 3. I didn’t pressure him too much, just the undies and bathroom trips with me.
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I potty trained my son by letting him pee outside on a tree lol. We lived up north so not many neighbors. Not sure if you live in the city or not but it worked for me.
Sit him backwards so he won’t fall in on a regular toilet. If he has to hold himself up he won’t be able to go easily.
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I sent my son out in the backyard naked for about a week…he would pee when he wanted to, squat and poo on the sidewalk then I’d take him out in just big boy underwear, after he peed in them a couple times he learned he didn’t Iike that at all. I’d also set his potty on a towel infront of the TV, and once an hour make him go sit on it while he was watching cartoons for 10 minutes or so and I’d make a huge deal when he went potty in it. He was sleeping through the night with no accidents after 2 weeks. Also, cut liquids after about 6pm to avoid overnight accidents, leave the bathroom light on for him to find in the middle of the night.