Breaking from the Diaper

I agree with the other moms. 2 is pretty early to have mastered pottying in the toilet. My son was 3 before he was potty trained and I was so glad I waited! Now we did try every once in a while to offer the potty chair to him but he just wasn't interested so we never pushed him. Then one day he just decided that it was pretty cool to use the toilet and refused to put on a diaper from that day on. He was literally potty trained in a few days. I am planning on doing the same with my daughter. We'll wait for her to show interest and then we'll put her in pull ups and potty train. But I can almost guarantee that if you wait jsut a while longer you and he will be less frustrated (and traumatized) and the whole training time will be shorter. Good luck!

first off , do not rush him. it supossedly makes babies more stubborn. and babies, especially 2 year olds...can be oh so stubborn. but whatever you do, you have to be consistent and full of joy each n every time your son does use the potty. our youngest is 2 and still after she goes potty, she still does "the potty dance" and gives 5. if your having trouble getting your son to go pee in the potty...try to get him to atleast sit on the potty once in awhile....standing will come later. and with the lack of aim, it may be best for you if he sits as well. but if hes already ok with standing in front of the potty..what i did with my son when he was about 20 months was put some fruit loops in the potty and he played a game by trying to pee in loops....he had a lot of fun playing his game and did not even realize he was being potty trained. but i do know from potty training all of my 3 kids, that each child learns differently....but generally all need a lot of praise, encouragement, and the knowledge that if they dont get it right away that they are still loved. hang in there, your son will get there soon enough. i hope i have been of some help to you. good luck

I know this is a little unconventional, but for both my boys, I let them run aroud with no bottoms on. It took about a week, but they got the hang of going in the big toilet with relatively few accidents.
My older son was completely potty trained by 2 1/2. My 2 year old still wears a pull-up to bed and has occasional accidents, (#1), but it beats having to buy diapers!

You have to watch them closely and every couple hours take them to the toilet to see if they have to go, but for me this method worked! I think my younger one caught on quickly b/c he saw his brother doing it in the big toilet.

Try it for a couple days--you will see if he's catching on or not. If he doesn't, try it again in a couple months. you never know, he may surprise you!

Having a boy potty trained at 2 is very ambitious. When I was working with my son, the doctors and everyone else said that I would be doing very well to have him trained before 3. I waited until he was 2 1/2 and it took a few months, but it will eventually come. Don't get too stressed out about it, it might actually make it harder.

you might just need to put the potty away for a little while. if he really doesn't get it, then maybe he's just not ready yet. boys in general take longer to potty train because they do not mature as quickly as girls. but some tips to get him started...have him go potty with his daddy. that way he can see how "big boys" use the potty. aslo you can try letting him wear big boy undies for a little while each day...increasing a little more as long as he can keep them dry...if he pees or poops them then he has to go back to a diaper.

Don't give up. Try not to get frustrated with him when he doesn't go in the potty, but just keep plugging away at it. Sometimes it takes time. He is definitely not too young to learn, but it may take him a little longer than it took your first two. Each kid is different. Hang in there!

sounds like your 2 yo isnt ready to be potty trained yet. my dd wasnt trained until 3.5yrs. they will get it when they are ready.

2 is pretty young for potty training. Give him a break and try again in a few months.
Diapers suck and are expensive, but if he's not ready you are only frustrating yourself. My son was just 3 yrs and a couple months when he finally got good at it.
Take your time, your other boys might have gone quicker but each child is different.

Neither of my children were potty trained at 2. My son was 3 and my daughter was 2 1/2. With my daughter it was very frustrating because everyone tried to tell me she shouldn't still be wearing diapers but I knew if I tried to break her too soon, she could have a backset later on & have to go right back to the diapers & do it all again. She actually potty trained herself. Quite literally, one day she wouldn't use the potty & the next day she went without me even asking her. She's been doing well ever since. I just quit trying to force the issue. When they're ready, they'll go. Some kids learn earlier, some later, but mine were somewhere in the middle. Each child is different but if you try to push it, you'll not only frustrate yourself, but your child could have a backset later then you'll have to do it all again. Just be patient, it'll come in time. Good luck.

Does he go pee in the toilet? My friend tried cheerios. It might sound funny but she said it worked with her little boy. You put a couple of cheerios in the toilet and tell him to shoot the cheerios. I would here him in the bathroom laughing. One time he was watching dad go and I guess he told him to watch the bubbles in the toilet (of course your husband would have to be confortable enough for it) but anyway once he saw the bubbles his dad would make going to the bathroom he wanted to try and make bubbles and it was adorable because he would come out of the bathroom yelling about how he made bubbles in the potty.

Good Luck

I have all girls so I will not be experience the boy potty training first hand.

Wait until he's 3. Some kids just aren't ready for it.