https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 05 Apr 2026 22:40:36 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/potty-training-boys-vs-girls#post-2785836 Sun, 12 Nov 2017 11:09:17 +0000 ALV91711 2785836@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DS was fully pee trained by 3. Daycare helped a lot with this since he had to be fully out of pull ups to go to the next room. </p> <p>Poop is another story. He ca do it but we keep going through cycles of daily accidents. He just started again a couple days ago after at least a month with no accidents. He will be 5 next spring. </p> <p>Just after 4 he night trained as has not had any night accidents. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/potty-training-boys-vs-girls#post-2785638 Fri, 10 Nov 2017 14:56:33 +0000 BSB 2785638@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@meganmp: I might start potty training (maybe after Thanksgiving) my DD because I think she is ready. She will let us know when she pees or poos. DS isn't quite ready. Maybe he will see his twin sister going to the potty and get it. Or maybe he won't. One article I read said don't push the other twin if they are ready. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/potty-training-boys-vs-girls#post-2776465 Fri, 29 Sep 2017 06:51:06 +0000 NurseDMB 2776465@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My oldest son was potty trained at 2 1/2, and was fully day trained in 1 day.</p> <p>My youngest is almost 2 and I'm not starting potty training with him yet, but I can definitely see him being more difficult! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/potty-training-boys-vs-girls#post-2775845 Wed, 27 Sep 2017 09:45:07 +0000 Mrs. Bee 2775845@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Charlie was waaay easier. I think we could have potty trained him earlier but put it off due to Olive being born. He was fully trained at 2 1/2 and it was super easy breezy.</p> <p>Olive didn't show much interest so we didn't really push until just before 3. She had a lot more accidents than Charlie, but it was really preschool that was instrumental in helping! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/potty-training-boys-vs-girls#post-2775827 Wed, 27 Sep 2017 08:56:44 +0000 raspberries 2775827@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This is all very interesting - thanks everyone! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/potty-training-boys-vs-girls#post-2775710 Tue, 26 Sep 2017 17:28:10 +0000 Alba4 2775710@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I still can't believe 5 people said their girls were totally potty trained by 2!!! Wow! (Coming from a mom of 2 boys). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/potty-training-boys-vs-girls#post-2775668 Tue, 26 Sep 2017 15:02:36 +0000 Mrs. Yoyo 2775668@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Both of my boys resisted until around 3. After then, it was relatively easy. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/potty-training-boys-vs-girls#post-2775660 Tue, 26 Sep 2017 14:35:17 +0000 meganmp 2775660@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My daughter was way harder than my son! She figured out how to pee in the toilet in about an hour and half and didn't really have any pee accidents, but poop was a whole other story- that took almost a YEAR. My son took longer for pee- about two months, but he got pee and poop at the same time. Since they are twins, it happened at the same time so I know there were not any other life factors that may have influenced it in some way. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/potty-training-boys-vs-girls#post-2775562 Tue, 26 Sep 2017 09:18:07 +0000 snowjewelz 2775562@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DD1 is almost 3 and not fully potty trained~ </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/potty-training-boys-vs-girls#post-2775557 Tue, 26 Sep 2017 09:03:41 +0000 misolee 2775557@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My daughter was pretty easy. We started around 2. My son is almost 2. I should try before new baby comes but I already know it will be a disaster. He's totally not ready. </p> <p>My friend potty trained her son before 3 and he had a hard time for a long time. He's almost six and still has night time accidents. His younger sister was potty trained around 2.5 and she rarely has any accidents -even at night </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/potty-training-boys-vs-girls#post-2775526 Tue, 26 Sep 2017 07:08:12 +0000 ShootingStar 2775526@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My son was not particularly difficult to potty train. We started Presidents‘ Day weekend when he was 2.25. I figured if it didn’t work we’d try again 3 months later on Memorial Day weekend. But we didn’t need to. He mostly got it the first weekend. Our biggest problem was pull-ups. We started using them because we were afraid of accidents in public, and daycare insisted. </p> <p>After a few weeks i decided to put him in undies at home full time except naps. He made it the whole weekend with no accidents so when I brought him to school I told them he’d been dry for days and he was in undies now except for nap. </p> <p>Poop did take a bit longer and for a while he would poop in his nap pull-up. But then we found a bribe that really motivated him and he started pooping in the potty. And consistent overnight dryness took almost another year after we started. But he’s been dry very consistently since just after he turned 3 and he’ll be 4 in a few weeks. Now our biggest challenge is teaching him to wipe after poop. I’m tired of 6:30 weekend wake ups because he needs his butt wiped, lol. </p> <p>Also, I have a friend who potty trained her son practically the day he turned two and they had no problems. I told her our biggest mistake was pull-ups and I think she followed that advice. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/potty-training-boys-vs-girls#post-2775513 Tue, 26 Sep 2017 02:42:01 +0000 Mrs. Gumdrop 2775513@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Hmm i will weigh in just in case it's helpful! i didn't vote because my daughter is not fully trained but she's 16 months old and we've done a casual version of Elimination Communication since she was 5 weeks old. If we keep her in underwear or shorts instead of diapers she signs when she has to go and then uses the potty (i help her with her pants and sitting down) or big toilet if we hold her. If we have her in a diaper (when we go out) she just uses the diaper whenever. at night she wears a diaper and it's dry in the morning about 30% of the time. I'm sure she'll have some regressions but she does see the potty or toilet as a normal thing because she's done it for so long. My understanding of EC is that we train babies to use diapers, and then they get to used to it that it's difficult to train them out of it around the age when they are so strong willed. If i have a second child i will start EC around 5 or 6 months because the early months were a lot of work, but it's still young enough to get used to something new. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/potty-training-boys-vs-girls#post-2775509 Tue, 26 Sep 2017 00:22:44 +0000 ChiCalGoBee 2775509@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My son was pee trained at 2 years 5 months, poop trained at 2.5. He is still in a pull up at nights and for naps, but will only have an accident during the day once in a blue moon at this point. I really hated being told "boys are harder" and "Boys take longer." At about age 2 I started putting him on the potty to pee before bath. 90% of the time he'd want to get off almost immediately, but something clicked around 2 years 2 months and he started going once a night before bath. When I then went whole hog with it he understood when I said "go pee pee" what he was supposed to do physically. I think it really helped that we slowly started that way. I don't know that it would have been that much different were he a girl, but I think he was pretty ready and there was no pressure to do it (from school or home) so it really helped us feel like we didn't have a timeline? Good luck to you! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/potty-training-boys-vs-girls#post-2775499 Mon, 25 Sep 2017 22:29:23 +0000 Mrs Green Grass 2775499@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Sure some boys are easy but almost everyone I know who had difficulty had boys. I'm the 4+ vote because he are not 100% at almost 5. We've gone through phrases with no accidents but then have daily or many a day. (All poop.) We are so so close.... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/potty-training-boys-vs-girls#post-2775493 Mon, 25 Sep 2017 21:28:46 +0000 Mama Bird 2775493@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DS was in undies by 20 months, but had a seriously hard time with staying dry at night till he was either 3 or 3.5. DD fought all my attempts at training till she was 2, then got it in a week. She started staying dry through the night the same month. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/potty-training-boys-vs-girls#post-2775490 Mon, 25 Sep 2017 21:10:05 +0000 macintosh 2775490@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I didn't vote because DS isn't fully trained yet, but he's 28 months and doing really well. We have been practicing for a few months but we did a boot camp over Labor Day and he's been getting better each week. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/potty-training-boys-vs-girls#post-2775487 Mon, 25 Sep 2017 20:29:38 +0000 skipra 2775487@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have 3 boys.<br /> My oldest basically potty trained himself at 23 months when he saw his older cousin using the toilet.<br /> My second started telling us he had to poop at 18 months. It was winter so we waited until spring to potty train right after he turned 2 (like a week later).<br /> My third just turned 1 and he says "stinky" whenever he poops. We are not attempting the potty yet but I am hopeful that he is aware and will also train early and easily. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/potty-training-boys-vs-girls#post-2775485 Mon, 25 Sep 2017 20:26:12 +0000 twodoghouse 2775485@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have boy/girl twins and my son was much easier than my daughter. I waited a long time to actually attempt potty training (they were just over 3), but my son basically decide he wanted to be potty trained and did it himself. My daughter took some heavy bribing (we were pushing it so she'd be ready for preschool in the fall). For us, it came down to my kids' personalities - my son is the laid back one in everything, including potty training. My daughter is, uh, higher maintenance. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/potty-training-boys-vs-girls#post-2775482 Mon, 25 Sep 2017 20:17:22 +0000 LilSprinkles 2775482@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DS was easy. We potty trained him right after he turned 2. We did our own version of the 3-day boot camp, and it worked like a charm. He was trained that weekend. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/potty-training-boys-vs-girls#post-2775473 Mon, 25 Sep 2017 19:43:33 +0000 lamariniere 2775473@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have a boy and a girl. My boy was trained at 30 months and completely diaper free (at night) by 33 months. My girl was trained around 27 months but still wears a diaper at night (she’ll be 4 in 2 months). It’s not always wet, but there are more wet mornings than dry mornings. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/potty-training-boys-vs-girls#post-2775441 Mon, 25 Sep 2017 17:58:08 +0000 yin 2775441@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Both of my boys were fairly easy to potty train (within 2-3 days). I didn't read any books and just followed tips I found on Hellobee. My first was ready before he turned 2, but I was pregnant and not ready to potty train. DS1 was 26 months old, and DS2 was 32 months old. Main reason why I didn't potty train DS2 sooner was because I like to wait for summer when I can let them strip down to just their underwear. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/potty-training-boys-vs-girls#post-2775438 Mon, 25 Sep 2017 17:19:40 +0000 oliviaoblivia 2775438@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My oldest trained at 30 months, middle at 28, and my youngest is pee trained at 20 months. All girls. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/potty-training-boys-vs-girls#post-2775432 Mon, 25 Sep 2017 16:37:53 +0000 gingerbebe 2775432@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We are going through this with our 3 year old now (he just turned 3 on Sept. 6th). We had a small window around 2.5 when he was super interested in the potty, but we didn't capitalize on it because we didn't think it was "the window" - we just thought oh cool, he's into it. Well, turns out it WAS the window and it slammed shut quickly and after that he resolutely was NOT into potty training at all. </p> <p>We just eased off it and let him be, for the most part, and just tried to make it a positive experience whenever he decided to go. We had him sit on the potty every night before bath time and for a long time, that was basically it. As we approached 3, we found character underwear he was pumped about and put him in them whenever he was at home with us. Accidents were frequent, and we just asked him to be a big boy and tell us if we need to go potty.<br /> Suddenly, after he turned 3, he started telling us when he needed to poop. And then after that, we told him to let us know about pees too. In the last 2 weeks, he's been pretty good about it at home, totally self-led by him, and so we're taking the plunge to undies at school now. </p> <p>I'm hopeful that DS2 will potty train sooner than DS1 by wanting to be like his big brother. He's 16 months now and we'll probably have him start hanging out on the potty pretty soon here and see if we can snatch up that early window this time! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/potty-training-boys-vs-girls#post-2775431 Mon, 25 Sep 2017 16:31:56 +0000 Mamatimes3 2775431@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DS1 - 2 months after 3rd birthday and was basically completely trained in one day.<br /> DS2 - he turned 3 in May and still in diapers. He adamantly refuses to potty train. As the pediatrician said, he is strong willed and will do it when he's ready. No amount of pushing will help. So, I'm waiting. </p> <p>DD - she's only 16 months so if she's trained before 3 I will think it's amazing. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/potty-training-boys-vs-girls#post-2775387 Mon, 25 Sep 2017 14:22:37 +0000 Alba4 2775387@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We waited until DS1 was 3, sinc ehis new brother was born @ 2 months before he turned 3. It was a long process to be poop trained, but we made it!! 💪 </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/potty-training-boys-vs-girls#post-2775385 Mon, 25 Sep 2017 14:19:34 +0000 travellingbee 2775385@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>A few weeks before he was 2.5 he just decided he wanted to stop wearing diapers like a big boy so we trained him over a weekend. Super easy. He poop and pee trained (and even night trained) all at once basically on his own... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/potty-training-boys-vs-girls#post-2775382 Mon, 25 Sep 2017 14:11:52 +0000 KT326 2775382@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>With my son we had a few false starts, we tried starting at 27 months and it was a disaster. He just wasn't ready until a couple months after he turned 3. He was fully pee trained by 3.5 and was pooping on the potty a couple months after that. </p> <p>Our pediatrician was very adamant about not forcing it. If he isn't ready then he isn't ready. She didn't want him to have any negative associations with the potty. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/potty-training-boys-vs-girls#post-2775377 Mon, 25 Sep 2017 14:06:27 +0000 HeartAbandoned 2775377@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DS is 32 months, and was fully potty trained around 27-28 months. We used Oh Crap! Potty Training, and found that our consistency was key in getting him trained. We trained over spring break, so he was in our home every day for 10 solid days, and only had 2 accidents at school after that (and his teachers took the blame for those - not getting him to the potty fast enough when he said he had to go). We had a few "potty books" that he only read when on the potty, and that seemed to help (one of Jamie's suggestions in the book!). The most difficult thing for me was figuring out the physics of peeing with a penis! Gravity has always worked my favor, but with a boy, he needs some assistance to pee down and not out! You wouldn't think that would be a hard concept for a grown-up to consider, but it definitely took some getting used to! Ultimately, I think if you are ready to train, are positive and consistent, you will all be fine. Good luck! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/potty-training-boys-vs-girls#post-2775376 Mon, 25 Sep 2017 14:03:13 +0000 Mrs. Champagne 2775376@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My son was easy. We waited until a few months before three. We did an hour here or there of no diaper. Then full mornings.. etc. Accidents were super rare... he peed a lot but almost always made it to the potty. He always waited to poop in a diaper and was afraid to go. So we would just wait him out. It would be time to nap but he had to poop so we wouldn't give him a diaper. Took a few days of dramatics but he was fine. I think the key was waiting until we thought he was ready. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/potty-training-boys-vs-girls#post-2775368 Mon, 25 Sep 2017 13:43:46 +0000 bushelandapeck 2775368@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My daughter was 2y9m and my son was 2y11m for pee, and somewhere around 3y2m for poop. It was MUCH harder to get him to use the potty for pooping than it was for her. </p>