Help Potty Training - Central Falls,RI

He's probably just not ready.

Keep with the diapers or Pull Ups and read him a few books, let him flush the toilet for you, but stop for now trying to get him on the potty.

My son turned 3 in May. He's not potty trained yet either. He occasionally will pee on the potty, but absolutely refuses regular potty use. It's not the end of the world. Your son isn't ready. Many boys aren't potty trained by age 3, but they eventually get there. My oldest was finally out of diapers at 3 1/2, and my youngest is apparently on the same path. Hang in there! It's definitely no fun to change a pre-school age child's diaper, but forcing him isn't worth the negative impact on your relationship.

It might be best to just wait. You could try again in a couple of months (when it's still warm outside). You could try again in 6 months. It really does sound like he's just not ready yet.

You wouldn't be alone in waiting. My son was 2 months shy of his 4th birthday when I trained him. I did the bare bottom/underwear. It took 3 days, and he's only had a handful of accidents since then.

Good luck, whatever you decide.

he's not ready! He has to be able to tell you.....before.....he pottys for this to be successful. Until he attains that self-awareness, it's just a matter of you training yourself to take him. :)

Alot of people told me my son wasn't ready. But he was. We did give him a one month break after starting, mostly because I had just given birth a couple months ago and it was exhausting chasing him around to get him to sit on the potty. Is your son not wanting to sit on the potty because he does not like it, or is it because he doesn't want to stop playing to sit. That was the case with my son. Everyone said he wasn't ready, but honestly I did not see a time, given the option, that he would want to stop having fun to sit on the potty. So I bribed him. My mom got him a piggy bank, and everytime he pees on the potty he gets a penny. He usually remains dry most of the day (this is two weeks latter) but still has an accident every three to four days. We still put a diaper on him when we go out, and just cotton shorts when we are in the house (they are eaiser for him to pull down on his own then underwear.) Yesterday we were out of the house for five hours and when we got home he rushed to the potty to pee, and his diaper was completely dry. I was so proud of him! If your kid is afraid of the potty try going with him. In the begining my son always asked, "mama pee pee too?"

Hi! I know everyone has already said this, but he definitely doesn't sound ready. Everyone always told me that when your child is ready, you'll know and it will just happen and that is so true!

I thought I'd go the fast training route, but that's not what happened b/c she resisted it. I'd put my daughter on the potty whenever she wanted starting at 2. She'd sit very sporadically and actually only did pee pee a few times in a year's time. At 3 we started talking more about the potty, saying bye bye to diapers and bought underwear and pull ups. Every morning I'd ask her what she wanted to wear. We also started a rewards system. She loves stuffed animals so after 5 pees and 2 poops she could get one. It also helped for her to see us and her friends go.

In any case, 3 months passed and then all of a sudden she wanted to wear underwear and consistently did pee on the potty. Then a week or so later poop came. She's not 100% trained (we still use pull ups sometimes), but what a difference it made when she decided she was ready. No battles and hardly any accidents b/c she knew when she had to go.

I hope things become easy for your son soon and hope some of these suggestions help. Good luck!