Potty Training - Niles, MI

Hi there!
My son is now 5 and when he was 2 1/2 he didn't want to go potty like a big boy either! He could walk me through the steps and everything. He kept on saying when I'm 3 momma. Well 3 came around and he said no not yet. finally about a month after his 3rd birthday I just said it is time. We took the diaper off and put big boy pants on. He messed in them and hated it! He didn't like the pee running down his leg or the poopy in the pants either. He did each twice I think and decided it was easier just to go in the potty. He's been trained ever since. He wasn't ready at 2 1/2, but he was ready at 3. Hang in there! It's frustrating, but he will get there!!
Good luck!!

Just keep trying. My 4 year old was just potty trained this past summer. He still isn't able to go through the night yet. Have you tried pull ups or just sticking him in big boy underwear? We also had a basket with candy and small toys/stickers in it for him to pick out of after going potty. If he picked stickers we let him stick them on his closet door for some where special to put them. He may not be fully ready. It takes a lot of patience. Keep trying eventually it will happen.

I bought me 21/2 son his own bad of choc. kisses. Each time he goes to the bathroom, he gets one. He was pooty trained in no time.

Boys just seem to take longer...mine was almost 3&1/2 before we were totally done and it seems like that is the average age with most of my friends with boys. You can't really puch it. If you are able to be at home most of the day try haveing your son go without underwear or pants and then take time to remind him to go potty or take him in. for some reason being without something on was a huge reminder for my son (and several of my friends' kids) to go in the toilet. Also, have hime spend some time in the bathroom with his dad if possible, imitation works great.

I also had some problems with potty training my son too. He would go some days without any accidents and others he would pee a lot in his pants. What seemed to work for me was to get rid of the diapers all together and put him in training underwear from Gerber. I had to do lots of laundry at first but this was one way for him to understand what happens when he pees his pants. The diapers did not let him feel wet and I even tried the cool alert ones as well. I also told him that if he could go on the potty, he could pick out pairs of his favorite character underwear. He had to have several days of no accidents before he could wear said underwear and was told that if he peed them, he had to go back into the training underwear and could not get them back until he had three days of no accidents. This took a while but it eventually worked for me. Boys seem to be harder to train than girls (I have a girl also).

Take the pressure off and give him the reins. He'll decide when he is ready. I thought my second son would never potty train; he was still in diapers when he turned 3. He eventually did train, on his own, at 3 years 4 months. And when he decided he was ready, it was so easy! He never had an accident and it was smooth sailing. Sometimes, boys just take longer to potty train than girls. Good luck!

The two ways that i have found that have worked for alot of people is a) to go potty put cherrios in the toilet and tell the to aim for them and b) to give them a penny every time they go to3 put in a penny bank. Its worth a shot

I'm a stay at home mom with two sons. One's three and the other is one. I felt the same way you did about potty training with my oldest. He was almost three and could pee in the potty but had no interest in pooping there and wouldn't stick with the peeing either. I got one of those seats that sits on the toilet from kmart. He was really excited about it, but still would go in his pull up. I tried even putting him in underware and he'd just go in those too. So I know this sounds a little unorthodoxed but I let him run around our house naked. He would actually notice when he had to go and it only took a month to get him completly trained. And another thing was consistantcy. I had a friend come over all the time so she could stay home with him if I had to go somewhere else. He had to be at home and I had to stick with it. I had to really pay attention to him and be ready to drop evertyhing to get him to the potty. Just keep at it.

Rewards are what worked for my little guy. He was potty trained by 3 months after his 2nd birthday. We discovered that he really liked little cars and trucks and tractors. I went to Walmart and ToysRUs and bought the 5 or 10 packs of matchbox cars. They only cost about $1 each. We left the pack on the back of the toilet and whenever he was successful he got to pick a car. He would accumulate quite a few; but when he would have an accident (not counting nap or night-time accidents), I would take them all away and we'd start over. The first few times that he had to go back to having zero cars was hard, but that made the next reward that much better.
Try to find something that will motivate your little guy. Just don't give up...Good Luck!

I know it isn't much help but this will pass, you just have to be smarter than him. I would suggest taking treats from him, maybe getting big boy underwear and getting dad involved. Sometimes a little male bonding helps. He will get it and just hang in there. Find something that he really wants or likes to do for an incentive. Is he dry at night and from naps?