Potty Training - Wentzville,MO

He may be too young. Children need to be able to do many things before potty training. They should be able to tell you they need to go (requiring recognizing the signals and language to let you know), AND be able to make it to the potty with bladder control (requiring the development of kegel muscles to 'hold it' until it is time). They should also be able to pull their pants up and down (on and off) by themselves. Once you know he has reached these developmental milestones, consistency is key. You can't go back and forth...it sends mixed signals.

hmmm: two choices...either go cold turkey & live on the potty for several days. Or wait until he has self-control rather than you controlling the situation. One of the key cornerstones of potty training is the child learning to recognize the need to go, to independently head to the bathroom, & begin the process on his own.

So the big ???? would be: has he hit this stage yet? If he has, then he's ready to train. If not, I'd recommend waiting!

Be patient. He is quite young (since he is a boy). I have four sons and they all trained at different ages when they were truly ready (3 1/2, 2 yrs 11 months, 3 yrs 8 months, and 4 years). It was so quick when they were ready. Three of my boys trained in ONE day with only two accidents each in the following month! The other took a bit longer, but once he had really made up his mind, it happened just like that with few accidents!
Best of luck! Give it time. He may be verbally acknowledging the concept, but not prepared physically. It will happen!
K.

Hi A., K. here again...Have you ever heard of a book called "once upon a potty?". If you can find that it just might help. That book helped me train all my boys and it was wonderful not to have to spend all that money on diapers. My boys were all done w/ diapers by the age of 2, Now my daughter was harder then my sons, but she was trained by 2.5 yrs of age...TRY looking for that book, it worked for me and all my kids..diapers are sooooo expensive..good luck hope this helped...
K. M

I swear by 3daypottytraining.com. I used it when my daughter insisted she was done using a diaper at 19 months. She was a little young so I was warned that it would take a little longer but we were successfully potty trained both night and day in 4-5 days for her. I have 2 other girl friends who used the same program after being frustrated with their boys (both between 2 & 3 years). They were both done in 3 days both for day and night! They now swear by it to!! I means that you go straight to underwear and don't leave their side for 3 days but it works!! Good luck!

My advice is just to be patient. We have been working with our son since he turned 3 last October on potty training. He just finally figured it all out last week and he will be 4 next month. Sure, it would have been nice if it had happened sooner, but each child is different.

Take a couple days to just be home and close to a potty. Put underwear on him and go cold turkey-no more diapers/training pants. Praise and reward him after each success. Don't make him feel bad for an accident just encourage him. Also, are you sure he's ready? Boys sometimes learn at little later. If you have tried several times I would back off for a couple of weeks then try the cold turkey method. Many blessings!

In my opinion 2 is too young especially for boys. I wouldn't rush it. Most boys are close to 3 or older.

I would wait a month or two and then try again. Training pants are a waste of money - go either diapers or real big boy pants and save the pull ups until you just need them for night time.

I agree going cold turkey, i have just finished doing that with my 2yr old.He did what your son is doing and they are not cheap either plus they kept breaking when he was pulling up and down,it is just as cheap to get couple of packets of his favorite underwear or let him pick.We had some accidents but that changed very quick he didnt like that feel.We did try a couple of months before but didnt work when we went on vacation and came back he wanted to do it and now we are dry at most parts just holding on the poop which then becomes a problem at times,if you get to that problem plenty of fruit and water.Good Luck

I would have to say that he is too young to fully potty train yet. Most boys aren't potty trained until 3 or older. You might just try at a later date and have more success and less aggravation. Good luck.

My son is almost 3 and he's just now getting into it. Praise and reward are key. When my son goes potty on the potty, he gets M&Ms. I don't like using food as a reward, but it's the only thing that's worked for us so far. We have a dispenser that he gets to get the candy out of - and that's really more the reward than the candy itself. And he only gets M&Ms for when he goes potty - no other time so it's a special treat. We are involved with parents as teachers, and our rep told us not to say to him that going potty would make him a big boy - because he's in the stage where he's not sure if he wants to be a baby or a big boy - so just praise the action. Good luck!