Potty Training a 2 1/2 Year Old Boy

actually this is quite normal and for a boy he is doing awesome! My son barely got pee down by his 3rd b-day and we worked on #2 till he was a good 3 1/2. I say give him time and he will become more indeporendant but most boys are nowhere near this trained so thats great! My daughter was fully trained by 2 1/2 but I still had to remind her about pee. She did great for #2. She just turned 3 and for the most part takes her self but I do still remind her if she is playing or we are out. She forgets when she is having fun...LOL

Have you seen the tip where you put a couple of o's in the toilet & get him to use 'em for target practice? maybe you could make a game of it & make it fun for him.

Keep in mind that toddlers can regress in potty skills by up to 6 months when a new baby comes along. While you are probabley in a hurry for him to wrap up his potty training before your baby is born, he may have other plans! Just wanted to warn you.

-S.

I hate to tell you this, but this is pretty common. I'm not sure why, but it seems that kids feel they can't go potty without you.

My oldest (now 7) wouldn't go at all unless I watched her. And then if she pooped, I had to go inspect it - until she was like 5!

I know that's not encouraging, sorry. Here's what I did, tho. She would run in there and start calling for me. I would tell her that I was in the middle of something, and that she needed to pull her pants down and get on the potty and I would be right there. I still had to go in, but she figured out that she could start without me.

Hope that helps some - good luck. I'm getting ready to start potty training #2. Can't say I'm looking forward to it!

We dealt with this. I made it a race. "See if you can get in there and start before I can finish this and get in there." He loved it. It usually worked and around 3, after about a year of being potty trained, we started to notice he was gone. He was in the bathroom, by himself, taking care of business. Although, now at 4 he still says he needs help wiping. :( We use the flushable wipes to help with that.

K

I would practice being too busy to help. Soon you will be feeding a baby and may not be able to go in to help him, so maybe yell from another room...I'll be there in a few minutes...you get started without me...
also, I know my 3 yr. old boy is excited when he is wearing pants that he can pull up and take down himself (like the elastic waist pants) We make a special point of it when we put them on him in the morning, that he won't need any help from mom today, because he can do his pants all by himslef.
Finally I wouldn't make too big a deal out of him wanting you there. it is great that he is doing it on the potty! that is a big step and one day out of the blue, he'll just say, i can do it by myself, mom! and none of it will seem like a big deal.

Well, I don't have much advise for you, but to congratulate you. My son who is also 2 1/2 will have nothing to do with potty training. I after 9 months now, have finally gotten to the stage where he will sit on the potty and try. I have not had any success! My 5 year old son, was extremly easy and was potty trained before his 2nd birthday. My youngest is just content with being wet or dirty. So I just keep on it and stay patient! So feel better, Your a lot further than I.