Potty Training Help Please!

Don't rush him! Not all kids are ready at this age, and boys especially take longer than girls! My son's doctor made a very good point: How many kids have you seen sent to kindergarten in diapers? None!! He will get it eventually. The more you push him, the harder it will be. Wait til he shows more interest, and try again in a month or 2. I taught daycare for many years, and some kids were potty trained at this age, some weren't. It's not a big deal right now. He's proably busy exploring other things in his life at this time.

I just wanted to add this after reading the other posts...I like what Erin K said about the cheerios for aim (for when he is ready). But here's another option: one sqaure of toilet paper works great! Plus, every bathroom has toilet paper so you don't have to carry cheerios around all the time. I this with a boy in my daycare class that had a hard time with aim, and it worked like a charm! He enjoyed making it sink!

Potty training is a readiness thing, and boys develop slower physically and mentally in this area than girls. Many boys aren't physically able to control their bladders at 2. Being around "Big Boys" who are no longer in diapers will do a lot to encourage him, but don't push too hard, in case he is not physically able to control his bladder quite yet. Also, you can try throwing cheerios into the toilet bowl for "target practice," or even (and this is TOTALLY a guy thing) letting him pee on a tree in the backyard. Don't get frustrated, he will learn it in good time. Have you tried having a potty party? Try putting him in undies, and if he goes pee-pee anywhere that isn't his pants, make a HUGE deal of it. Kids love to please, and they love treats even more LOL. And if he goes potty in his big boy undies, don't be too quick to change him-feeling uncomfortable and smelly might just help him make a transition. GOOD LUCK! :0)
E. K.

I potty trained my daughter at 28 months. She was very easy to pee potty train, but took me another 2 month to get pooping down. I never used pull ups just keep him in regular underwear. It is messy, but I think it really works. I also went out and bought her Diego underwear (he was her favorite at the time). I explained to her that Diego would be so sad if she pooped on him. It worked she started pooping in the potty and had no more accidents. It might be worth a try.

I am in the same boat as you with my over 2 1/2 year old girl. ZERO INTEREST. Let me know if anything works!

My 2 1/2 year old daughter is the same way!! My son on the other hand was super easy. So I thought ok girls are easier than boys...they are not. It just depends on the kid. On my daughter I started her a couple of weeks ago she went once in the potty and then never went again and after a few days she had no intrest. So I am trying every month, the first week of each month we are going to try again and if she does it she does if not then we have another month. Don't stress about it he will not graduate in diapers. You don't want to push him because then he may have a negative thinking on it. Have a little treat for him when he goes like a m&m or something like that so when he does try it he knows if he goes again he will get a reward and your happiness. It takes time and I know 2 kids in diapers is a strain on you and your wallet I had 3 in diapers not much fun! But it will happen before you know it! Good luck!

My son wasn't trained until he was ready which was just after his 4th b'day. You can't force potty training. If he isn't interested then put him in diapers and try again when he is ready which may be a while. I think it is ridiculous that any children's program would say a child must be trained by the time they are 3. Most boys aren't even ready to begin until then. Good luck to you and your son.

All I can say is hang in there! We had a similar situation in our house. Our boy did show some interest at that age, but he was most uncooperative. We tried m&ms as a bribe...two for pee pee, five for poo poo. We thought this was a big deal since he doesn't get candy very often. And it was a big deal. The problem? He would "force" the littlest trickle of pee pee out when he wanted candy and just bring me a pull up when he had an accident. It was very frustrating. I too swore I was going to invest in Depends, because I just knew he was going to need them at his prom! Finally a friend told me I was getting too upset, she suggested I take two weeks off from potty training and try it again. So I did and when we returned to it, I got rid of the bribes. And I got rid of the pull ups when we were at home, he only wore them to bed and when we were out and about. It was a mess for a while...lots of pee on the floor. I made him help me clean up any messes...it wasn't a punishment, just part of our day. "Uh oh, help Mommy clean up the mess and lets get you changed." (We always cleaned up the floor first and then him...like the other poster mentioned I wanted him to feel how uncomfortable it could be) Shortly after that I noticed an improvement. Then I started having him wear undies on short trips out (my purse was always stuffed with a hand towel, just in case, but we never needed it). Then I just had him wear underwear everywhere. There were a few incidents in the car, but never out and about. I kept a change of clothes in our car just in case. About a month before he turned three this November, we realized that he was going all on his own and couldn't remember the last accident. I procrastinated on starting the night time training because we just had another baby. Now that things have calmed down in our lives a bit, we are working on night time training (and since I am up nursing anyways...might as well get him up to pee). It's tough too, my little guy is a heavy sleeper, but I used the same technique. I bought a plastic mattress protector and just refused to buy any more pull ups. We have only been doing this two weeks, but have already seen improvement. Every kid is on their own timetable. It will come...eventually. Until them hang in there mom!!!