My son is nearly 2.5 and is showing some signs of being ready to potty train. He loves naked time after his bath and will go in the potty (both poop and pee) when he is naked. He talks very well and will tell us that he has to go when naked. He never does when he has any type of clothes on. I have tried to put just undies or a pullup on him but he forgets when its all put away! :) He wakes up from naps wet and very often wets THROUGH his diaper at bedtime. Do you think its better to wait...until they can hold it better or start now? Should we just keep up with our night time naked time...and also i have him sit with me when i go...when he wants to, i dont push it. Some people told me that if you start before they are ready you just delay the process even longer. Just looking for some insight/advice from all you smart mamas out there. TIA
My older sister said the biggest clue of readiness is the "dry overnight" signal cause that signals that their bodies are ready too. Good luck!
You're on the right track, but you have clear signs that he's not ready. He knows how, he just needs to mature a bit in realizing that he needs to remove clothing, pullups, etc during the day. My first son was totally potty trained by two, so I figured my 2nd one should be also and he did understand the process and could, but I pushed too much and finally realized they've got to "go" at their own pace. He was 3 before he was fully ready. But, both my boys were also dry at nite by the time they potty trained, so in my experience that's a big bonus in letting them make the decisions in this area. In my opinion, this is the first step in showing them that it is their body and they have the right to set boundaries related to their body.
It has been my experience with boys, especially, they will tell you when they are ready. Now would be a great time to start reading kid books to him on being potty trained. Let the little wheels in his mind start turning and thinking about this. You might also want to encourage his father to teach him as well, when he is home. It was much more effective with my son when he understood that boys and girls were different and he was like daddy. Good luck!!! B.
I think it depends on how you want to go about it. If you want to take it slow and read books, try daytime training first, then nightime training, really introduce things gradually, now might be the time. We preferred the all at once quick method which requires waiting until he's really 100% sold on the idea. My boys weren't potty trained until they were about 3, but it only took a couple of days or so and they were completely trained, day and night. I preferred that to the longer methods. Good luck with whatever works for your family. :-)
I tried to get my first son to be potty trained before he was really ready and I learned you cannot MAKE it happen if they don't want to. I had a friend who had a daughter 3 months younger than him (she was barely 2) who was completely potty trained so that's what prompted me to try with him. If I happened to sit him on the toilet when he needed to go...he would so I thought he was ready. I took him to the store to pick out big boy underwear and he seemed excited about them, but within a 1/2 hour of wearing them he pooped in them and was walking around as if it hadn't even happened. He didn't care so that's when I realized I needed to wait. He was closer to 3 when he started showing true interest in using the potty.
When we first started, he wore underwear during the day, but pull ups during naps and night time. When he showed he could stay dry during his naps, those pull ups were traded for underwear, but still kept the pull ups at night time. I think both my boys were done with the pull ups altogether by the time they were about 4.
Give him time - he'll come around when he's really ready.
I would start now - with a t shirt and nothing else on. I don't think this is an issue of starting before they're ready - I potty trained mine in the summer, in a t shirt, using trees. Get the picture? Thank God we live in the sticks!
S.
