Potty Training. HELP!

This is going to be the unpopular answer, but have you considered that he is not ready? he may be interested and that is great, but a 2 (and just 2 in the last few weeks?) year old boy, is nowhere near behind on this. In my daughters preschool, there were lots of kids that were in diapers at 3. He may not be really getting it yet. I would say you may need to wait several months.

The only thing i was told to do is have a potty in the room he spends most of his time i am also trying to potty train my son which is 2 year old also i have try a bit of everything but he just thinks the little potty is a toy and he think the big potty is just to flush i was also told to teach him out side with a coffee can so i may have to try that next email me if you find somthing that works ____@____.com.

Thank you

You can try using the bathroom at the same time he does, maybe when he hears you pee it will make him need to go. Otherwise, just keep up what you're doing, eventually he will go in the potty on accident and will realize how he did it. It won't be long after that he will be able to go on "command". Just don't get discouraged, it could take 2 days or 2 years, don't give up.

Has he had a chance to see his daddy or even another male child around his age that already uses the potty? I have never trained a boy, but I have always heard that this helps.

My daughters aunt on their dads side has 3 boys. She started training like you only when they would potty after being on the pot she would make them sit there until they pottied by themselves. She is a stay at home mom also. You could also try getting your husband more involved. Maybe if he sees it from someones point of view that has the same body parts as he does he may catch on quicker. I hope it works for you.

When first trying with my oldest, for some reason he liked to pee in a plastic (disposable) cup. Then we used blue food coloring in the potty = just a couple drops and had him watch me pour in the contents of the cup 'see, it makes the water green! and then challenged him that now he was a big boy and could make the color change by peeing in the pot. Try either the food dye in the potty or you can try cheerios for target practice.
Good luck

Hi Crytal-
My son will be 3 next month and we just got him potty trained in July/August, but he caught on really quickly b/c he was ready. My son understood the concept but not the application of it at 2. We thought he was ready b/c he would want to potty sometimes and then other times he wouldn't. Most boys aren't potty trained until 3! So, maybe just wait until he is 2 1/2 and get then really understand the concept and application of it. Good luck!

The first couple of times he pottys in the potty it will most likely be an accident. He will soon realize after a couple of times accidently going on the potty that it is much more pleasant to go on the potty than on himself. It sounds like you are using the same method i used to potty train my youngest. It only took her a week because i didnt budge on the underwear and i set a timer so i knew for sure i was taking her to the potty every 15 minutes the first two days, every 30 minutes the next 2 days, and every 45 minutes the next day, and then every hour on day six, and then on day seven she was telling me she had to go.IF it hadnt been for the timer i wouldve lost track of time without a doubt. It took her a couple of months before she was comfortable enough to go without me though. She is three now and backslid after we moved but only for about a month she is right back where she needs to be now though. If you stick to it he will be on track soon. Good Luck. I know how hard it is to keep your patience sometimes.

This might be too late for the original poster but might help someone else. What my SIL's pediatrician told her was once the little one was walking, take them to the potty with you when you go. If you can, get them to sit on the potty while you're on it. That way, when they're ready they know what their potty is for.

I didn't do this though, because she told me about it waaay too late :)

My oldest wasn't fully potty trained until he was almost four. Our pediatrician said please relax, you won't find a kindergartener with diapers on. He also said don't use "be a big boy" when you put on training pants or express that idea. The reason being that if they're a little older (3-4ish) and they get diarrhea, it would be so much easier to let them use pull ups but it would be an emotional blow if they associate pull-ups with being a baby. That did make sense to me so I did manage to avoid it.

My second showed all the signs of being ready but mom ignored them for a while. It took him no time at all to learn (a couple of weeks I think). He was 2 1/2. Dry bed in the morning and all. However, after our move to Austin, he's regressed. I'm going to let him sort that on his own, but I think insisting that he help clean up is making a little bit of an impression on him.

You know most boys don't potty train until they are 4, not to say that your son won't potty train earlier but I wouldn't worry too much if he doesn't get it right away.

Does he watch Daddy or you go? The best way to teach them is by example.

A girlfriend of mine let her boy run outside without clothes on so that when they urinated they would get the connection.

FWIW, we didn't get too good at it until he was 3 - and didn't fully potty train until right before 4.

That said, why not try standing - put a few fruit loops in the potty and tell him to sink them... maybe daddy can do a demo.