Help! Time to Use the Big Boy Potty

Don't push or he will push back. I learned that the hard way (steam cleaning, furniture cleaning, mopping, laundry... you see where I am going...) He will go when he is ready. Let him pick out something of is favorite in the store, and tell him maybe when he goes on the potty like a big boy he will be able to have it. Then get the toy - on a SOLO trip to the store~(lets say he likes Cars from disney) and put it on the fridge (or somewhere out of reach, but nOT out of sight) and dont mention it until he sees it and asks for it. Let him know only big boys who use the potty can have it. Pretend it says that on the box if you want. He will get mad, but he will keep seeing the toy and be reminded. Then, make up a potty chart, and let him see the Cars stickers. Dont talk to him about it until he asks about it. Let him see you taping it to the wall and "organizing" the sticker sheets. Tell him he gets to put a sticker on the special chart for when he goes potty. When he puts a sticker in the days for a full week, give him the toy.

I definately reccommend letting him run around bare-assed so he can just sit on his potty at the drop of a hat. I have had to turn up the heat in the house because I am right now training my 2 year old daughter, but the extra cost will far outweigh the cost in diapers.

Dont push him, Dont force him, just give him very visable reasons why she should go. Maybe give your husband stikers when he goes, as he annouces loudly and HOPEFULLY takes in your son when he goes. Let our son see him getting the sticker. That works for some people. Good luck, like I said I am doing training as we speak, so I will be happy to keep you updated, and gladly take advice from you too.

We had a problem with my son wanting to go on the potty as well. Honestly the thing that worked was letting him run around with no pants or diaper on. We constantly reminded him that he can't pee on my carpet. He has to go on the potty. As for the underwear thing. My son likes to wear them over his pull-up. Try going to the store and letting him pick out the underwear he'd like to wear.

hi. I have an (almost 3 year old) who was trying the potty and doing a pretty good starter job when all of a sudden (for no apparant reason) he just stopped wanting to go on the potty! "NO, I don't want to!" so, I too stopped pushing it b/c I didn't want to force. Not sure what to do. My son has good "potty" role models in playdate friends and at daycare but just doesn't want to wear underwear (despite the fact that they are Thomas the Train and Lightning McQueen). I would love any tips/suggestions too! The advice I hear is that it will just "click" when they are "ready".

Let him pick out his own underwear, whatever style he wants, this may help get ghim to want to wear them. If yoyu are just at home with no company tell him no diaper and if you can trust him, let him run around naked. Wanting to wear a diaper is probably because they are what's familiar and comfortable.