Potty Training - Sandusky,OH

I know you all may laugh at this but my son who is also 2 1/2 loves to pee outside in our backyard. We spent a week with my nephew, who lives on two acres and can get away with it . . . and my son picked it up. While it can be embarassing it is working. He does go in the potty but also will just wander outside, pull his pants down and pee :) He is a boy and is going slower than my daughter did but I heard boys were harder to potty train. I agree with Rachel, he will regress so don't push it and let him go at his own pace. Wish I had better advice as I am going through the same thing. Be as patient as you can. Good luck!

You just posted the other question about your hubs coming home right? Don't do too much, Miss Preggers, you'll exhaust yourself before he gets here ;)

Honestly, and you won't like this, but he will probably regress once the baby comes. Maybe not, but probably. I would just kind of let him do his thing. If he's ready, GREAT! But pushing it + new baby... he'll probably regress and you'll feel like you failed (you haven't! It normal to regress!) and you'll have wasted all that time and energy and driven yourself insane.

On the flip side, wait until daddy comes home. Once your son sees dad standing to pee, he just might mimick him, and the potty training thing will work itself out on it's own :)

Just something to consider, there is a 50/50 chance that after the baby comes your little guy is gonna go back into diapers, even the most well adjusted little ones will regress a little when a new sibling arrives.

My son started doing that as well, he hated being wet. We put him in underwear and the nasty feeling of that wetness or poo against his skin convinced him using the potty was much better. He potty trained in 3 days shortly after his 2nd birthday. We too have a baby on the way, due any day, and I know we may face accidents and some regression. I plan to just continue in the same manner, telling him baby wears diapers because she is too little to be so grown up like you are, mommy needs your grown up help!

The other ideas are great. I have three boys and they never potty trained as early as you are doing. I tried but boys seem to have a hard time with letting go of number 2. Since he is your first child just try to be patient with him. All kids show an interest in the potty at this age but it does not always mean they are ready for all of training. Unfortunately kids have a way of changing our plans. SO I hope your goal is not to have him potty trained before the new baby. Kids have their own schedules. And boys behave very differently than girls. Sometimes us moms have a hard time understanding them.

Be aware that your son is very likely to regress when the new baby comes, even if he does get potty training down before then. Any huge change in family patterns tends to shock toddlers into regression.

But if he's truly ready, you can go for it. Here's a wonderful, informative website you might find helpful. It gives a few variations on"readiness" checklists, plus tips on various training strategies, the best ages to start them, and the advantages and disadvantages of each approach: http://www.parentingscience.com/toilet-training-readiness...

(It's also helpful to know that night dryness arrives in its own time – no amount of training in the world will speed that up. For some unfortunate kids, they can't stay consistently dry until adolescence. If there were a way to "train" a child to tighten that sphincter, or increase bladder capacity, or slow down nighttime urine production, or awake from a heavy sleep, millions of unhappy bedwetters would celebrate.)