I am trying to start potty training my almost 2-year-old boy because he is very interested in it, and likes to sit on his little potty whenever we let him. However, every time I start doing the training (I am doing a underwear or naked during the day training to simplify it, since I have a 3-month-old as well and can't be as attentive to the 2-yr-old as I'd like), my son seems to be doing fine but then starts refusing to nap or sleep. On top of that, he wakes up screaming whenever he does drop off to sleep. Could the potty training be traumatizing him? I am not punishing or anything - just letting him run around naked and encouraging him to put his "pee pees or poo poos" into the potty. When he has an accident, I just say "Oopsy, next time lets do that in the potty" and clean it up. So I don't think I'm the one traumatizing him? Anyone else have similar issues? If so, any suggestions? Right now I am just backing off and keeping him in pullups for a few days while the bad dreams resolve themselves.
I agree with Amanda P. I have a two year old that would scream and cry when I put him on the potty. He also would not sleep in his room at nights after we started potty training, so I got some advice from older people in my family and his pediatrician and they suggested I put it off for a few months and try again...slowly. I know its rough...I work full time and am in grad school, so I feel your pain.
Don't worry...he'll get it!
I have never been in your situation but maybe you should hold off on potty training him until he is a little bit older. You can try to keep him in interested in the potty by letting him sit on it but I would hold off for a few more months and try again.
I doubt potty training has anything to do with it. Might just be a phase. By putting him back in pullups, you may have undone all the hard work you did with training. Sounds like you're doing well, keep it up.
I think maybe the potty training and dreams may be two different things. my son had "night terrors" around that age.
Have you tried chocolate? The mini ones? we kept them in the bathroom and everytime my husband and I went, we said, good mommy, good daddy, and we took a chocolat. we kept it out of reach of my son so this was before he even was potty trained. He was ready but wouldn't go on the potty. After a couple of days of us eating chocolates for going potty (husband and I) my son got so frusterated he sat on the potty and peed and said "good boy, chocolate"? so after that every time we kept reminding him, "do you have to go potty"? and he would remember the chocolate and go potty. We only gave him one if he went potty. Was a great incentive, someone else told me about it. We only needed to use them for about a month and then "good boy" was sufficient. Now he goes totally on his own and hardly ever has accidents.
