My son is turning 2 next month and he shows no interest in potty training. I know he knows when he is going because usually he tells me when he has done #2 and lets me change him. But if i try putting him on the potty he freaks out and will not hear of it. I have tried nearly everything i can think of. Even sitting him in front of the TV when he wakes up or around the time he normally goes. He is interested in what I am ding and what his father is doing when we use the "potty" but still shows no interest himself.
Any tips/suggestions???
Thank You!
Oh and he can talk and get his point across and he has been running around the house since he was 10 months old. I tried training him when he was 16months and he was going everyday for 2 weeks and would only mess his pants maybe once a day.. afterwards he got tired of it and it became a game that he didnt want to play anymore!
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He may just not be ready yet. With my first I waited until my daughter was 2 1/2 she understood things when I would explain better an seemed to pick right up within a couple days. I have a second child that just turned 2 in May and I have talked about it showed her the potty and pull ups but have not pushed the issue just yet.
Its important no matter when you do it that you are consistant. If you start the potty training you have to stick with it and can not go back to diapers not matter how tough. Going back in forth will just continue to prolong your results as they know they have a crutch with the diapers.
Be consistant and gauge when he is ready not when you are. Some children are early and some are later that is what makes them different there is no time table I would say as long as its before 3.
Good luck.
You and me both need answers. I, too, have a 2 year old that wants nothing to do with the potty. I also have a 18 year old that was completely potty trained by 22 months. I have helped with 4 nephews also, so you would think I would know some special trick..... Nope. Zilch!! I will keep reading your answers. I hope you get something good.. Good Luck to the both of us!
I have a 2 year old as well he was intreated in the potty everytime i went i would sit him on his potty and if he went i would give him a reward either m&ms or fruit snacks or something he LOVES and rarely gets. They see it as an incentive to go potty. They also have a urinal for boys its by peter potty and My son loves it. he can stand and pee just like daddy. They sell them at walmart. Boys have more set backs then girls. My son still has accidents and sometimes uses it to lash out for attention... cause apparently i dont smother him enough. I wish you luck. Try having him use his potty standing up like daddy when daddy goes. And it may work. Good luck!
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