Could My Son Be Ready for Potty Training?

i think what you are doing is perfect. ask him, let him go when he wants to, but dont force him. dont worry about night time, my little girl is pushing 4 and just now is night time trained. its very common for a lot of kids not to be able to hold it through the night until they are 5 or 6. the more comfortable he gets with it, the better. if he hasnt fully done it on his own in a few months, then start buckling down a little more. it sounds like you are doing great! one thing that has always worked for me ( i have done LOTS of potty training!) is when he gets a hold of it a bit more, try putting on a pair of underwear under a diaper. that way he can feel the discomfort of the wet fabric, but you dont have the mess!

I say it pretty much sounds like he's ready. If he's showing interest and actually going potty, and you decide to put it off, it may be harder in the future when you decide to really train him. This one's kinda tricky though since he's not staying dry at night. Our son had been dry at night for several months before we started potty training, and he has never had an accident or had to get up in the night to potty and he drinks a full glass of milk before bed too(wish I didn't have to get up at night!!). I say let him potty during the day and just put diapers on him at night-pull ups in my opinion are just a waste of money. Good luck!!

I ws never aroound little boys, my family is made up of all girls so when I ended the Mom of two boys, I was floored!haha! I waited until I was 100% certain that my son was ready to go on the potty full time before i even messed with it. We bought him a potty chair when he acted interested, and let him use it when he wanted to, etc. but I didn't "push" the issue until her was already 3 years old, waking up with dry diapers and could tell me when he had to go, and had interest in pooping on the toilet as well. Once all those things seemed to be coming together I did a sticker chart where whenever he went on the pot he git a sticker and affter so many stickers he got to pick a bag with a prize in it (toys from the cheap section). We went through 15 toys and he was trained. We had a little trouble with pooping at first and he still has accidents here and there (pooping), but I'm confident that he's "potty trained" now. He'll be 4 in March. I just feel like there is no point in pushing or pressuring them, they'll come around to it once they are ready so if he's not totaly into it yet just keep up with it as much as he's interested or even let it total;y go for a few months and see what happens. Good luck!

I'm of the wait until they are interested then seize the moment type. He sounds like he's ready. If you start, and you realize he is just peeing constantly and can't make it to the potty/can't hold it, he might not be physically ready and you should then stop for a while.

My nanny trained her son by buying a bunch of colored buckets from the dollar store and scattering them about the house, using them as potties. We simply offered my daughter M&Ms for each attempt - she had been mentally ready but not technically ready for a few months, and so we needed the M&Ms to jump start the interest when her body caught up. With my son, he just started using the potty one day, accident free at 27 mos.

So, there is no right way. I think the only "right" to it is simply to understand that accidents happen, and aren't intentional, so you should clean them up without getting mad. Other than that - jump in!

Good luck!

Don't force him on all the potty training if he wants to let him, but if he won't then you defeat your purpose as he won't do nothing just sit on it. My grandson was the hardest on pooping as nothing worked until we all backed off an then poof he got this brain storm to do it on his own. His mother had tried it all time outs squishing it up against his behind an making him stay in them. Nothing phased him. So if he is interested in peeing in the toilet go for it, The other end may be a different story so be prepared. For some reason boys are more difficult then girls, Good Luck.

I think you are on the right track...let your son indicate to you how ready he is for the prospect of potty training. You can start the sticker chart...or "trying" and you might try some of the things that my oldest daughter does with her son when he is sitting on his potty chair...they sing songs, she reads a book to him or they "discuss" what they are going to do for the day. There is no pressure...if he goes in the potty...yeah!!! If not....oh well...you tried.
Have faith he will NOT still be in diapers when it comes time to head off to kindergarten!!!
R. Ann