Potty Training Help - Surprise,AZ

We actually just bought a peter potty! My son has been potty trained since 22 months (we used the e-book three-day potty training method and it worked great). I like the PP because he likes to pee standing up, and got used to it because the potty at day care is little - it is kind of a pain with the whole flushing mechanism, but it is simple and I think anything that gets them to "want" to potty train can't hurt! It took him a little longer to poop regularly on the toilet, he was peeing on the toilet for a couple months before he was actually potty trained. I would recommend a "cold turkey" method at this point... maybe keep him in diapers and don't talk about it for a couple weeks, then make a big production of throwing out the diapers/pull-ups and getting big boy underwear (maybe his favorite character) and tell him it is time to be a big boy. We also had the little toilet in the bathroom since he was about one year old. Good luck!!

I definitley know where you are at! It took my daughter a year (she just turned 3 in June) to get it all togehter. We went through constipation, her manipulating us to go in her pull-up, no interest, tons of interest, every phase there is we had. The things that helped us:
1) Having the top of the big potty (sounds like you have) option AND the separate little potty. If she had a choice she felt better. We started with the separate potty and not until 1-2 months ago was she comfortable with the top of the potty type.
2) Refusing to by pull-ups anymore and buying real underwear. It got a little messy but she was finally uncomfortable enough to want to make the effort to use the potty. She was also very proud and liked the designs. After we bought underwear she had it down in about 2-3 weeks.
3) Taking a break when she had no interest. If we forced her or made a big deal the further from interested she became. We had to take a real casual and matter of fact approach with her and then she felt like it was HER deciding she was ready instead of me putting her on the pot and waiting for her to 'perform'

I hope one these offers a glimmer of help. I wish kids were born potty trained...i would take teething over it any day and I thought that was bad!

I feel for you. I just got over that stage with my son. I was totally caught off guard with how difficult the process was. My daughter practically trained herself. There wasn't a whole lot for me to think about. And she was out of diapers by the time she was 22 months. My son on the other hand was a whole different story. Twice I had him out of diapers for two whole weeks only to put the pull ups back on. The first time was around 2-years-old. We did cloth diapers and I guess he really didn't like the feel. Like I said, two weeks with no problems and then he just reverted back. I put him back in diapers and thought it shouldn't be that hard if he was really ready. We went another 6 months and again a two week block then back to diapers. By the time his third birthday rolled around he was peeing in the potty and really making an effort to make it to poop as well. I had to finally throw out the diapers for good and buy the trainers. You know the undies with the extra layers of cotton in the croch. Then I just had to deal with the gross job of rinsing out the underware until he got tired of the feeling. That was the motivation he needed. This time it stuck. And he gave up the night time diaper at the same time. We've been free from them ever since. When his time came, he was ready.
Good luck. I know it's not fun. Just keep in mind that he won't start Kindergarten in diapers, so somewhere along the way you'll both find a way to make it work.

It sounds like you're doing all the right things and I tried a lot of those tactics too when I finally realized that what was most interesting to my son was using the big potty rather than a potty chair on the floor so I got one of the training seats that snaps into the adult toilet seat. I made the mistake once of letting him see me remove the trainer so that I could go to the bathroom and he got upset. He actually seemed frustrated and angry that he had to use a different potty than mommy and daddy did so I bought a family potty seat which is basically a regular toilet seat that also has a second seat with a smaller opening for children. I offered sweet rewards (1 M&M for pee or 1/2 an Oreo for poop) and LOTS of praise when he used the potty. LOTS of hugs and positive reinforcement about what a big boy he is and how proud I am of him etc, etc. After I got that seat, my son was potty trained in about 2 weeks. That was about 2 months ago and he is now wearing cotton underpants even at night. It was amazing! You might give the family seat a try. This is the one I bought-- http://www.amazon.com/KOHLER-K-4732-0-Transitions-Quiet-C...

Best wishes!