Sos Potty Trainging !!!!

I think you should back off for a while and wait until he is ready.I have 3 children and the 1st two potty trained themselves at age 3 when they were ready. My third is 2 and she is not ready yet.I had a ton of people telling me what to do and how... but the bottom line is, if you wait until they are ready, it will be easy for him and easier on you. besides, when he is ten, no one will care at what age he was potty trained. I hope my advice helps a little. good luck!

First I am just curious why you are in such a rush to start? If you can answer yes to these questions than He is ready...Does he tell you when he has to go, does he want his wet or soiled diaper changed, does he understand what wet and dry mean, does he stay dry for at least 2 hours during the day, is he dry when he wakes up...maybe your two year old is different than mine, my little guy turned 2 in June and I can't answer yes to any but maybe one of those questions. If you push him before he is ready it will backfire, potty training is not when you are ready, it is when the child is ready, that being said all kids are different I have known 18 month old girls that were completely potty trained, but that is the exception. My oldest son took two weeks to potty train and it was a snap( he was 2 ), my daughter was nearly 3 before she mastered potty training. Whatever you do make it a positive experience, make the attempt last between 5 to 10 minutes at the longest ( I kept a basket of books nearby) take him in every 20 to 30 minutes to try, load him up on beverages nothing helps teach him how to go potty than actually getting him to go potty on the chair, even if at first it is just luck or chance! Praise trying, go over board crazy with praise when he makes a potty where he is supposed to, and don't shame accidents.
Patience, optimism, consistancy and praise...also I totally do not believe in pull ups to a kid pull ups are no different than a diaper, if you are commited to potty training and he is ready transition to big boy under wear
( well not at night or nap time until you have met with success) but definitely during the day...and anyone who tells you that you can potty train in a day is in my opinion either Very lucky or crazy...good luck to you, I know it is coming up on the horizen for us again ( will be my third go round with potty training) I wish I could say I was looking forward to it!
B.

If he is just now 2, he is way too young. Boys are usualy closer to 3 or so before they are finally potty trained. I would take a step back and not rush it. Girls usually train a little earlier, like 2 1/2. You will probably know when he is ready by his actions. It sounds like now is too soon.

if he is getting upset when you take him i think it's a safe bet he's not ready. don't let some mothers who brag about having their kids "totally" potty trained at 2 get you thinking you're a bad mom if he isn't. the key is to relax about it, take it in his time, not yours. that was my biggest challenge, being patient, and waiting until my son was truly ready. give it a few weeks or a couple months, then try again. invite him to watch you and daddy "go" (if you're comfortable with that), show him it's no big deal...talk to him about how exciting it will be when he's a big enough boy to go by himself...two isn't too young to introduce him to the idea...but if he is intimidated by it, then i'd just back off for awhile. read his cues and use common sense. would you go if you were terrified of the toilet, and someone bigger than you forced you to sit there anyway? this is a bodily function issue, you literally can NOT force it. good luck!

It's way too soon. Some children have done it this early. But I'd love to see the real percentages of boys at the age of 2 that actually want to. It's been my experience that potty training is most pain free if you wait until they are almost 3 to even start, especially with boys, but also with girls.

Hi S., If he's just two I'd back off for a little while, he may not be quite ready. I tried with my oldest at 2 and got about the same results that you are getting. After some advise from my step-sister who had been there and done that, I waited untill my little girl was 2 1/2 and it was much better. She was almost 3 before we were done. With my youngest I just waited untill she was 2 1/2. Also, if you can hold off a little longer it's easier in the summer. No coates, no heavy clothes and you can go without socks and tennis shoes. Just shorts and sandels, makes thinges easier. And if you are going to wait a while I wouldn't put the potty away, try to get him in the habit of sitting on it before he gets in the tub or while your changing him ask if he wants to sit on the potty, even if he's not going potty, just making friends with it will help. Also, the potty chair didn't work for us. My kids hated it. We had a potty chair that you could take the seat part off and put on the toilet and then the base became a step stool. So that's what we did. They had their little seat on the potty and then a step stool in front of it so they could get on it easty. Good luck and God Bless!!

I have three sons. 5 year old twins and a 3 year old. None of them was potty trained before 3 1/2. I started when they were about 2. I would have them try to go potty before bathtime. If they went we got very excited. If they did not want to go that was fine too. At 2 1/2 they were in pull ups and I would ask them about every 30 minutes to try and potty. Sometimes they would go, sometimes not. If they went pp in the potty they got 1 mini m&m. If they went bm in the potty they got 2 mini m&m. By 3 they were pretty much trained with a few accidents here and there. Also I got them this cute little froggy potty from walmart that they loved. I always told them after they went that the froggy was smiling cause they were doing such a good job.

All 3 of my children were 3 or just a couple of months older when they potty trained and it was easy. It sounds like he isn't ready.

Good Morning S., Betsy is right not every kid is ready to train at 2 or even 3. Zane gr son was 2 in Oct. he just started talking more and he is definitely NOT ready to start potty training. He knows when he is stinky but he doesn't care unless it is nap time.
You can take Zane to the potty if you enjoy really loud screaming and fits. So to me it's not worth it and he isn't ready. He knows what it is for as he watches his big brother, but he wants no part of it.

Our eldest son took me 2 days at 19 months, our youngest was 3. Zane is our last gr child so I am in no hurry to cause me more Gray hair anytime soon. lol Fake Bake Blond is here to stay!!!

God Bless you S.
K. Nana of 5

S., what I did was put him in underwear through the day. He hated the feel of wet pants, yes I had a bit of laundry to do but after only a few incidents he started telling me when he needed to go. We kept the pull ups for bed time and when he started waking up dry then we just kept him in underwear full time. Let's just hope it goes as smooth when it comes time to potty-train his sister!

He's not too young because he is two, he is too young because he is screaming on the potty. Keep the potty out so he sees it regularly, but don't push it. He will get curious or at least not scared. I started my kids by sitting them on the potty morning and before bed, but I started much younger, so I don't have much other advice. Mostly, follow your kids cues. Don't feel pressure from others, our kids really show us what to do if we just listen to their signs.

K.

He's not ready. Let it go completely and try again in a few months. When he's ready he will show some interest and willingness. You cannot force it.

I wouldn't push the subject until he is 3 or 4 yo. Just keep potty around & have him sit on it fully clothed & read books if he is willing.
One of my boys was 3 yrs. & the other was 34 mo. before they even thought about the potty. Boys take more time to potty train, partially because it takes them a little longer to control their bodily functions.
I know how much you would like to get away from diapers, but pushing will only make it take longer. When he starts holding pee for hours at a time then start trying again. We did the 'cold turkey' method with our boys. we put them in underware that they chose & only used pull ups in the car. With my youngest we had to use the thick gerber underware because they were warmer than the regular underware & he didn't like how cold the regular underware were.

God bless!

I was told to go about it nonchalantly so they're not afraid to go on the potty...my son is 2 1/2 and he is getting there slowly. I don't know if all children are like this but he likes to do things on his own time. If he is asked or told to do it he is less likely to do it. He wants to be in control of the situation. He will get there...try to be patient...I'm the same way though :)...I'm wanting to transition him to pre-school and the one I'm looking at says they have to be potty trained...

I would definitely say that you are trying to early - boys usually are a little slower at that. My son was a little over 3. I would say wait until he starts showing some interest in the potty before you start trying to push it. Just wait - it will happen. Good luck.