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Toddlers: 24 Months+
Frustrated with Potty Training
We have been trying to potty train my son for about 6 months and it doesn't feel like we are making any progress. He turned 2 Nov 10th, he can stay dry if we constantly put him on the toilet and we have used rewards every time he goes but the problem is he doesn't tell us he has to go. He is a very vocal child but doesn't tell us, he doesn't mind being wet, we have even had him in underwear, and he still goes in them.
I am at a loss, you hear so many people who train their kids so much earlier and in such little time span, this is my 1st child and I don't think I have a clue what I'm doing..Any advice would be appreciated.
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Re: Frustrated with Potty Training
That's really early for a boy. Give him some time. We tried around 2 and he wanted nothing to do with it. He had to be PT'd for preschool in the fall (and he was turning 3 in August). I kept giving him a chance and he just wasn't ready - I got pullups thrown at me, the works. Then, suddenly, right after he turned 3, he was ready to go on the potty and hasn't looked back (well, poops are a different story, but we're getting there).
Three is WAY more the norm for a boy. If the situation is frustrating both of you, then stop for a bit.
Oh - and what really got him on the potty was spending the day with daddy and watching daddy going standing up. DS has never peed sitting down, really - he wanted to go like daddy. So, get daddy involved a little!
2 things- up the ante- make it fun- put food coloring in the toilet bowl and throw cheerios in there. Also, make a big deal of when you have to pee- BIG announcement, and flush and wash your hands and come out singing a wild peepee song. Go get a treat and announce that you went by yourself so you get a treat. Consider inventing a fun secret potty signal/sign and makke it a game...
Also, gradually shift the cues for him to go from you physically taking him/reminding him to go to maybe just a visual cue- hold up a brightly colored potty card. But ultimately you'll have the most success if you build it into his routine- he should ALWAYS go as soon he gets up- so get him into the habit of going without being told when he wakes- including taking off and throwing away his pull up.
All kids are different and maturity is part of it but 2 is not too early- especially if he goes when you take him.
Good luck!
i agree w/ PP, 2 is VERY young for a boy to potty train, it can be done but he has to be ready... forcing him into it will only delay and frustrate you both. so maybe back off a little and look for other cues that he might be ready in the near future.
little girls tend to potty train earlier than boys... dunno why... but the more your force it on him before he's ready the more problems you'll end up with.
He isn't ready. I tried with dd a few times and she did the same thing as your son. I stopped after a day or two though because it was pointless for me to keep putting her on and she wasn't getting it. Try again in a few months. You can definitely have him try to go before bath, etc but don't push it.
He may surprise you one day and tell you he has to go. Or he may wait until he is closer to three. My dd did it all of a sudden one day about 27 months old. It was no work at all. She just started telling me she had to go and we were potty trained.