Potty Training a Boy After Having 2 Girls...

Well, my son seemed very ready at that age as well...but he did not actually potty train until he was 3 and a half. At about 18 months he showed all the signs of being ready...but noooo. He would do well in fits and starts and then regress. Then he totally refused for a while. Then when he was ready he did it on his own without his dad or I really doing anything.

Wow R., I hope it works!! Both my boys were 3 when they were potty trained. If I remember right, my youngest wanted to potty train right before he turned 3, and was OK but reverted back to diapers. I have heard from most of my friends that their boys were around 3 also, and all the girls seem to do is way earlier than boys. When we got down to a few diapers, my husband took over from there, since we were going on vacation. He sat the boy down, told him we have 2 diapers left, and you are not using them. We drove on vacation, and my husband stopped often and took him to the bathroom. He was trained that weekend. I think if you are training your kids, put the potty where it is best accessible to you and your son even if that's the kitchen. Oh, and yes both my boys ran around naked too, they did not pee on the floor either. Good luck!!

We potty trained 2 sons before our daughter, my husband was very active in the potty traing of our sons, our forst son was pottry trained by 21 months, and our second son was pottry trained by 19 months, he was easy cause he just coppied his big brother, and our daughter was trained by 22 months, it's not hard, it's just now a days parents are waiting WAY TO LONG to start. The cast may be an issue, but should not be a real big problem. J.

I did read a post of yours about him talking before. I have voiced concerned about the same thing to our ped several times, because my daughter was 8 months when she started talking. When my son was two he was barely talking, started talking sentences at 2.5, and is just now talking halfway good at 3. The doctor has always said he was perfectly fine when I hounded her about his speech. But anyways, my son has appeared to be ready several times. Right when he turned two he was really excited about potty training, then he was afraid of it, then I got lazy, and its just been hard.
A lot of times I felt like I was forcing him. But, now I KNOW hes ready, in the past couple weeks I just know, its time. We are just going cold turkey now, no diapers since the day before yesterday and no accidents what so ever. I am SO done buying him diapers!!
I want to go into the doctor next week for his 3 year checkup and tell the doctor he is potty trained!
If your consistant about it, (I wasnt) I think it will work out well, but its a lot of work!! I also heard boys anatomy is different than girls (OBVISIOUSLY) but it takes them longer to figure out the sensations of having to go potty, my son kept telling me he had to go potty after he had already gone in his diaper. That was a challenge too.
Def different than my daughter, took me a week!

But Anyhoo, good luck! In my opinion, boys are harder, and plus when they arent talking and dont totally understand bribes, thats hard too.

All right, well I hate to be so OLD, but what's the Big Holy Rush?! I can personally guarantee he won't be walking across the stage for his diploma in pampers (figuratively maybe, tehehe, but not literally).

I sucked at potty training until AFTER my second boy, when I finally learned they'll Do It When They're Damn Ready And Not A second Before.....finally learned there is No Such Thing As Potty Training.

Still, I would WAY rather 'potty train' then teach them to drive my car or negotiate with admissions counselors, which is now my life.

I also got ripped off after I finally understood the trick, as the third kid, my daughter, took her diaper off, climbed up on the pot, and that was the end of it, at 18 MONTHS, had nothing to do with me or any 'trick'.

:)

I have 5 kids, three boys and two girls. My oldest son potty trained himself at age 2, my other son, was potty trained at age 2 also with pennies. He got 1 penny for going #1 and 2 pennies for going #2. It worked like a charm. Now my 16 month old son has been sitting on the potty since he started walking at 13 months. I just say, it's time to go potty, and he goes straight to his potty chair and sits, says SSSSSSSSSS and gets up. He's actually gone on it 3 times. He knows what it means and how to do it even though he actually isn't potty trained yet. He even tries to dump it in the toilet after he sits even though he usually doesn't go. He's still just 16 months old but I figure this will help him when he's two. I won't even talk about how it went with my girls. Let's just say my boys were WAYYY easier! =) But my girls were night trained at a younger age.... anyway, i wish you the best!!

I don't know R., except just be prepared with lots of cleaning supplies. I don't know that boys are NECESSARILY harder or different to train than girls are, but they ARE messier. And with good reason. You will have lots and lots of urine splatter, wherever you put that potty. And even if you don't USE a potty chair, but use the regular toilet.
Ugh. Gross. Boys are so messy in the bathroom...

Mine were both potty trained as soon as they could stand in front of the toilet and go. I put bricks in front of it for them to stand on, they were both about 18 months old I'd say. They sat on the pot backwards to go poop. They were easy to train, they wanted to be like their dad, he pretty much showed them what to do and they ran with it. I never had one of those little potty chairs.

I don't really think gender has much to do with it, although I've heard a million times that it does. Mine were pretty easy to train. My oldest son was probably just over 2 when he was "day trained," but he did resist going poop on the toilet for a few months after that. My younger son was a breeze and trained in both departments (except at night) a couple months after he turned 2. 20 months seems like a perfect time to start. I don't have any girls. I wonder if your only barrier is his speech. I'd just pay very close attention to him so that you don't miss his cues. I just remember having mine go on the potty chair every so often. I went right to big boy undies and never used a pull-up. I'd say that one difference with boys is that they enjoy peeing outside on trees. However, inside, I don't start them standing until they have mastered the sitting down pee. My younger son trained earlier than my older son, and I think that was because he wanted to be like his big brother.

I've trained a boy and a girl. Actually, I'm still working on my son...he's mostly trained. My girl was easier by far, but not sure that it's a boy/girl thing. Might just be their very different personalities!

I also feel like there were times my son was ready and interested and times he wanted nothing to do with the potty. Even though he seemed ready long ago, we're STILL working on it. And I don't want to force the issue because it just turns into a power struggle, which helps no one. It's a delicate balance for us. One day this summer, he decided he wanted to wear underpants and--BOOM--he was ready. Pee-pee trained with only a few accidents. It was time. We're working on poop now, but that's a whole other story.

Wish I could give you specific tips or something, but I think you've gotten some good advice and you already have the right idea. Just don't be surprised if things don't go as smoothly with your son. But, for your sake, I hope it does!! :)