My son is 2 years old (27 months) and I have been introducing him to potty training. I don't try and force it, just kind of going with the flow. But I have to say, this is starting to frustrate the hell out of me. He will come up to me and tell me he has to potty and then will take his diaper off. I will get him to the potty chair and let him sit on it but he never uses it. He'll sit there for forever and then the second he stands up, will start to pee on the floor.
I offer incentives for him using the potty. He get a cracker for telling me he has to use the potty. I've tried M&Ms but he's not a huge fan of chocolate so that didn't work real well. I just don't know why he refuses to use the potty. What's so appealing about peeing on the floor? I don't overreact when he does it. I just say 'oops you peed on the floor, help mommy clean it up'. After cleaning it up I put him back in the diaper and go on about our day.
I got him some big boy underwear but he hates them. He screams and cries when we put them on him and will take them off the second we look away. I don't know what to do here. Do you think he's too young to be potty training? Should I back off for a little while? Suggestions would be much appreciated. Thanks.
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our 3 year old isn't trained yet, and we started her at 2. I started with my son at 25 months and he was trained in 2 weeks.
If ANY of it, is upsetting him, back off. You're doing more harm than good. 2 is considered early. And I'm told my son was very much the exception to the norm.
Take the potty in whatever room your in. Monitor his food and drink intake. dont just leave drinks around for him to sip on. Give him a drink at breakfast, take him straight to the potty after. Give him a drink an hour later, give him 10-15 minutes, sit him on the potty and so on. If hes not into it...give it a rest for at least a month.
You have a 2 year old boy. Good luck. Usually it takes longer for boys. Our daughter was potty trained at 2. Our oldest son was 4. Our youngest son was 3. I don't think there's any trick better than the other. Bribery and keeping at it is the best strategy. 2 more years and you'll be out of the woods no matter what. Hang in there.
He just is not ready yet. My son is almost 3 and now just getting a hang of it. Boys take longer. My son did the exact same thing. My daughter was completely potty trained by the age of 2, but the boys take longer. Have patience it will happen soon enough.
He is not ready yet, they say boys in general potty train latter then girls. Quinn didn't really grasp the concept until he was about 3 and then he was pee potty trained and we had to work on the poop part and that took 2-3 months for that.
he needs to be the one to say "mommy i have to potty"