How Long Did It Take You to Potty Train?

Started DD at 18 months and completely accident free night and day took about 7 months. We used Gerber cloth pull up panties. Don't give up. :)

When you are at home, try setting the timer for every hour and when the potty alarm goes off, it is time to try. I have girls that were both fairly easy, though we too had kidney issues with my oldest. Hearing the other mom talk about high fevers just sent a chill up my back. Anyway, he will get it when he gets it and the less pressure he has, usually, the faster he will get it. Accidents will soon be a long lost memory.

Good luck

Hang in there Stacy!! It took my son until he was 3 1/2 to get to where he was finally potty trained. Like your child, mine would hold it until he was doing the "pee-pee" dance and we would finally have to tell him to go. I think most of that stemmed from his teacher at MDO telling a newly potty trained child that he could not go to the bathroom except for desiganted potty breaks!!! He still has an accident every once in a blue moon. Most of them are in the morning after he wakes up where we have not monitored his water intake after dinner.

My first son was 1 week shy of his 3rd birthday when he would go on his own. Our doctor told us that when he woke up dry in the morning, that as our cue to start potty training (that was about 3 months b/4 he turned 3). So while he wore pull ups for about 4 months, we really didn't expect him to know when to tell us untill he started waking up dry. I realize we waited longer than most, but we didn't have any drama or very many accidendts either once he was trained. btw, I also bought target and kroger brand pull ups b/c at this point I wanted him to feel uncomfortable when he wet, I didn't want the super absortant ones. Good luck!

My son did it on his own two weeks before his third B-day. I used cloth diaper since he was a baby.
He wore big boy underwear but I would put plastic pants over them (found at babies-R-us or Wal-Mart). When he would have an accident, he would feel it but wouldn't soak his clothes.
With boys, they have to learn on their own- it's only frustrating for the two of you if you push him to go on the potty. Something that helped my son go #2 was I bought him his very own potty that was low to the ground and sings.
http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=4241540
He had so much fun because it rewards you just for sitting on it!
I know putting him in pull ups would be a step back but your little boy is only 2- he may not be ready. Take a breather and Try again in a few months.
Good luck,
V.

It took me just a couple days because I waited until she was completely ready. It sounds like he has great control if he can hold it which is good. But, it sounds like he doesn't care too much about the accidents. I believe that Pull-Ups are not the best thing if you are actually trying to get them completely potty trained, but I would do the Pull-Up thing for a while just to take the stress off of you and him for now. Give it a few months and try the undies again. It should be an easy stress free transition if they truly are ready. My child's teacher says that is the case with every child she has kept for 11 years now.

I know it's hard and sometimes frusterating but hang in there!! He will get it one day. Every child learns and develops at different ages so it really wouldn't do any good to know when everyone else's kids were potty trained : ) My son was soooo much easier than my daughter and he learned so much younger too! But that was just my experience. He basically learned over night. With my daughter, it was like 3-4 months! But I always hear that boys are suppost to be harder than girls?? Just take it one day at a time and don't give up. He'll get it one day : )

Oh.... what a sore subject. ha. My 4 year old son JUST starting pooping in the potty all the time. He had been in underwear for over a year. I tried everything.. my Dr. finally told me to not press the issue, and he will be ready soon. He was right, but boy did it feel like forever.

My 2 year old son is already halfway potty trained...meaning he will go in the potty.. but also in his diaper. He just turned 2.. so I guess every child is different... I am sure the 2nd is easier since he is watching his big brother.

Good luck!!

Hang in there it takes longer with boys. My son was 3 1/2 before he got it. He was getting ready to go to preschool and I told him the other kids were going to make fun of him. I think what helped the most is a timer. We would make him go like every hour on the hour and make him sit for at least 5 mins. He would often go but would not stay long enough for results. I guess he thought it would just happen like magic. Also setting up a reward board helped too. If he would go in the potty we would put stars by the day and at the end of the week if he had no accidents or fewer we would take him to pick out a new hot wheels. Good Luck I hope this helps a little.

try switching the focus for a while: I assume you are giving him some sort of reward for going in the potty (sticker, small snack/candy, etc), but instead of rewarding his using the potty- try rewarding him for keeping his pants dry. Check him every 15 min. or so- and give him a reward for being dry each time. Still do a fun potty song/dance/celebration when he does use the toilet- but the ultimate goal is to stay totally dry, so reward that instead. Good luck!

I took me forever with the boy. My daughter had one kidney that never grew all the way and she could not potty train and wanted to really bad. In my heart I believe it was drugs her dad took in the 60's. There were a few others but rare. Her other kidney grew larger and after cathering for 7 years she finally was not sick all the time. High fevers seemed like every time we turned around. She is fine now. She was in sports and strong and very healthy now. She also is a health nut. One of the reasons they gave me was that she got her potty training message wrong and held it instead of releasing but I do not believe it. She wet the bed for a long time at night. G. W

This is such a hard subject because whatever worked for me was because it worked for my kids, and may not for yours. My son was poopy and TT trained in two days, and my daughter still has TT accidents about once every other day. Not full blown accidents, but where she will TT a little in her panties and then come tell me she needs to go, and then she goes big. It sounds like we started potty training at the same time. Both of my kids nap and nighttime sleep in pullups, because they are still wet when I get them up. I'm not going to worry about this until after summer. The reason is because I'm not going to cut back on their fluids when it's hot outside. Anyway, I totally agree with you on the pull-up thing, I would not go backwards. Honestly it sounds like maybe he wasn't completely ready. I truly believe that my daughter is having a hard time because she showed an interest 6 months ago, and I started my son the day he showed signs of interest. I don't know if any of this helps, but good luck. Just be patient, it won't always be this way.