Potty Training - Lakeland, FL

This may not work with all boys but it worked really well with my son. I was a stay at home mom and when my son was right around 2 he started telling me when his pull up was wet. So what I did was I stayed home for 2 weeks. No lunch out, no church, no playdates. My son stayed naked from the waist down all day for two weeks. When I started I took him to Wal-mart and let him pick out some "big boy" undies and when we got home I told him he couldn't wear them until he "went in the potty". I put pull up's on him at night but during the day....he was naked!! At first he got a little nervous and would come running to me telling me he had to go and I would praise him and then we would run to the bathroom. He didn't have even one accident and at the end of the two weeks, he got his undies!!! Good luck!

I do not know if this is helpful. I have girls, and I here form everyone that girls are different than boys. However, I bought a potty and put it on the floor inb the bathroom. When they were your sons age and they wanted to follow me around, I would let them sit on there potty while I sat on the grown up potty. Also I would undress them and encourage them to sit on the potty while I was getting there bath ready. Hope this is helpful. Good Luck.

M., try talking to him about going to the potty every night before bed and every morning upon waking. Just have casual conversation about it asking him if he's ready to start going potty like a big boy but don't put any stress on him about it. This is the way my son trained himself, he's been trained now for 3 weeks with only 1 night time accident. Tuesday night I asked him if he wanted to go potty like a big boy, he told me "no". Wednesday morning I asked the same and he said "yes", he went straight from diapers to underwear and has been going potty ever since. When they are ready, they just are. Good luck. A.

no disrespect intended, but it's not up to you, it is up to him. he will go when he's ready. don't stress about it. i think the most counterproductive thing a parent can do is to pressure the child to use the potty. he will go on HIS time. relax, and enjoy the younger years. they go by before you know it.
p.s. accidents will happen. how you deal with it will determine how the child feels about using the potty.

good luck, and best wishes,
signed, been there, done that, it's ok.

Hi M.,

We did the bare bottom routine with our daughter, and she learned how to stay dry inside the house within 2 weeks time. That was several months ago, but we are not accident-free at this point... I think there will be accidents here & there for years and that's normal.

The previous posters are correct that this is your son's decision to make, though I think I should add that introducing the idea and showing him "how to" is a great way to start it off. If he takes to it, great. If not, try again in a month or two. No pressure though! In time it'll happen.

"i really want him to go"...theres ur problem...its not about u its about him!!i have 4 children...they all went when THEY were ready...one was as young as 22 months to 3years.its ur job to talk about it and introduce the potty,its not ur job to force it.so my tip is...dont rush him!