Pottytraining - Shelby, NC

Why not start getting him used to the idea? The trick will be to make it fun and not stressful for you or for him.

We started with our son by just taking him in to sit on the potty in the morning when we woke up. We would sit there with him or really early on, sometimes I would sit on the toilet also. Mostly we just wait a while, read some books, see if he had to go, play with a few toys etc. If after a while he didn't go either pee or poo then we would get up and move on. But usually, he would at least pee and often poop once he got in the habit.

We are still waiting for our 19 month old to get to the point where he can tell us that he needs to go and express an interest on his own to go to the potty but if we catch him "grunting" like he is making a poopie and we put him on the potty, often he will poop there.

It definitely saves on diapers and worrying about finding messes there! for the most part now we are just dealing with urine in the diapers.

Good luck!

My son was pushing 4 before he was officially done potty training. If you start too early, and he's not ready, you could end up with a very long battle, not to mention the messes. He will show an interest. A good rule of thumb, try it for a week if it's a no go, stop for a month and try again. My mom ran an at home day care for 26 years and trained dozens of kids and this is what worked. As far as the diapers are concerned, try asking your pediatrician about larger ones, or even adult depends, something like that. Just to help him feel more comfortable. As they say, no kids go to Kindergarten in diapers. He'll get there, just be patient.

It would be nice if we could decide when it is time for our children to potty train. My son began to show interest in the potty at 18 months and did great until one day at 26 months he decided he wanted his "Diaper" back. I was very frustated and tried all the tricks including cheerios in the commode, a potty chart, prizes, the singing potty, etc. I found that letting him decide when he was ready worked best for me and my family and one day around 28 months he decided he wanted to use the potty and has never looked back. Another factor that did help him was being in mother's morning out and he saw other children using the potty and found hey, this is neat. Also I am embarrassed to say I let him pee outside dt he liked doing that in the Summer. He even cries when I try to get him to wear an overnight diaper at times. I wish you the best and do whatever works for you.

I would try to wait if you can. Having a big change like a new baby can really mess things up. My son had just turned 2 a month before my daughter was born. I purposefully did not try to potty train him before then. After my daughter was born, he started showing an interest so we started trying. Inevitably, as soon as i would try to nurse her, he would decide he needed to go potty. Then she would have to wait while I helped him or I would have to try to nurse her while I helped him (not an easy task). You might try pull-ups instead of diapers since they are sized for bigger kids. Hope this helps.

i would just try introducing him to the potty, let him see it, play with it, sit on it...just let him go at his own pace. my little girl has an elmo potty training video that she loves. as far as the diapers...have you tried using training pants...i think they run a little bigger.