Where is your 2.5yo boy on potty training?

Re: Where is your 2.5yo boy on potty training?

• MrsJLK

  March 2009

  Well, I don't have a boy, but I want to add my almost 2 1/2 year old DD into the mix.  We started on January 19th and she was doing fine and was even not having accidents for a while, but has since regressed and maybe goes on the potty once a day.  Ugh....ok that's it .

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• cbidt*sgirl member

  March 2009

  my 2.4 year old does all his poops on the potty, but often pees in his diaper.  peeing int the potty is only by chance.  he wears diapers full time and i'm in no rush to get him into underwear.  it's early.
  

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• AnneUCSB member

  March 2009

  Eric was completely PT'd at 29 months but I am sure my Kyle won't even be close at that point.  He not at all as mature as his brother was.  We'll start trying this summer (at 2.5) and see what happens.

  
  Ryan 5/2010, Kyle 1/2007, Eric 3/2005

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• finallymarried

  March 2009

  Any rec's Anne?

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• firefightersgal member

  March 2009

  Obviously Nora isn't a boy, but she's nowhere near potty trained.  We really need to start working on it, but she's pretty reluctant.
  

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• JulieandBen member

  March 2009

  I will try to make this brief. I bought the 3 Day Potty Training eBook last week. We started Saturday morning. I screwed up the entire day so we don't count it. Yesterday morning Jack woke up and on his own while playing stopped, screached, and then ran to the bathroom in his room (he had been playing in our bathroom), sat on the potty and peed. Not a drop was spilled on the way. The eBook says it will 'click'. They were right. Jack has had a few accidents in the first couple days and a few poopyish accidents one day before getting it out. We're working on the poops. It's an issue for Jack. Today was his first day back at daycare and I had to pick him up early because he was crying his tummy hurt. He was holding his poop so of course his tummy hurt. He did however pee on the toilet twice at school and didn't have a single accident while he was there for six hours. I brought him home and we had some issues. I tried this new tactic where each time he poops he gets to put a cotton ball in a bud vase. When he gets three cotton balls (three poops in the toilet) in the vase filling it up, he gets a toy motorcycle. He asked for a motorcycle prize so there you go. He got a poop out this afternoon with much less effort and struggle than yesterday. He fights and fights it. Then this evening he panicked and screamed the poop was coming again. I told him to go poop on the toilet if he needs to go. He walked over, pulled his underwear down, climbed up on the toilet and pooped. I put him to bed tonight and heard him up before I had a chance to turn the monitor on. I found him pulling down his pants in front of his toilet telling me he needs to go potty. He climbed up and pooped. I think we may have turned the pooping corner. This is three poops on the toilet with no accidents or even a little bit in his underwear.

   I highly recommend buying this eBook. It is worth.every.single.penny.

  It is in depth though. You literally cannot leave your child's side every waking hour for at least three days. It took us four since I screwed up the first day. Yesterday was the fourth proper day of the program so I called it our fine tuning day before going back to school. We are keeping Jack home tomorrow and then we'll go back on Monday. He has been in underwear since Saturday morning. Done. No diapers. No pullups. Done.
   

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• winery

  March 2009

  It's been at least a month since he's peed on the potty.  Even more since he pooped and that was just once.

  We haven't pushed it at all because of introduction of the baby to the family, I didn't want to do too much at once.

  But, it's been nearly 8 months, so I'm thinking we should start soon....I'm not sure though. 

  
  
  Me with my littlest.

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• JulieandBen member

  March 2009

  I meant to say that Jack exhibited all the emotional and physical signs of being ready including peeing a few times, pooping once and keeping his diaper dry for up to six hours at a time plus being dry overnight once in a while.

  Check out the eBook. Google the 3 Day Potty Training. Also read askdrsears section on potty training before you move forward. Three months ago I don't think Jack was ready. Even though the 3 Day plan thinks he would be.  

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• Hooray2005 member

  March 2009

  DS will be three in May and has only once used the toilet (yesterday was the first time!)  He shows little interest, and while he's been "practice" sitting on the toilet for months, we're nowhere near full-on training. 

  Between moving cross-country and the new baby coming, however, I'm trying to give it some time before worrying too much about it.
  

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