Potty Training Issue with 2 Year Old and New Baby

Well, I don't subscribe to the theory of putting him back in pull ups...I feel that will only make trying to re-train him harder and you're sending him mixed messages. Since he was trained for three months prior to the baby, give it some time. Like others have said, it's a big adjustment for him. One thing you can do to minimize the damage is buy rubber undies that go over his big boy underwear. Then come up with a reward system. First reward him perhaps with a sticker every time he goes in the potty and two every time he poops in the potty. That way he's getting positive attention for going potty. Tell him "after ___ stickers, we'll take you to the dollar store and you can pick out a toy". What I did was fill a chest with dollar store toys and let them pick one out of the chest after so many stickers. It worked like a charm! Good luck and hang in there! :)

We had that problem with our 4 yr old when number 3 came. He was used to sharing me with his sister, just not the baby taking all of my time. Once we figured out what was going on, I tried to be more understanding to his needs and tried to spend more time with him. So that and having to take away certain toys and treats we have it mostly under control. Now we have the issue of waiting to long and peeing just a little before getting to the bathroom. So if anyone knows how to stop that, sure could use help.

Good Luck!

According to what Ive read and have been told-Its very typical when a new baby comnes for kids to do this, their biggest fear is they are being replaced with the 'new' baby so go backwards in progress thinking they will be around if they are the baby again. My daughter still has her times where she wants to the 'baby' again and my son is 19 months old now, she is 3. We went above and beyond to make sure she knew she wasnt going anywhere, turned up the love, hugs and kisses and spent special time with her alone, which helped. Each time I did this it went away in about a week-until the next time anyway : )

Hi C.

I have a 3 and 1 year old also. My oldest just got into underwear when we had our second child. He did the same thing with the relapse in potty training. I just went back to using pullups and let him know that he was a big boy, and his poop was too much to fit in the pullups. About a week later he started again in the toilet. I do know that every child is different with potty training. Also having to give him less attention makes him do this. Once you work him into the routine with the new baby, and he feels important again, it should get better.

That is a very normal reaction to a huge change (new baby, moving, death,etc.). My daughter did it when we moved but it didn't last long. Don't fret too much, even if you have to go back to pull-ups or diapers. It isn't worth going crazy over when you are trying to take care of a new baby! He'll get trained and when he's 25 no one will ask when he was potty trained:)

My son also did this when his little sister was born. My advice is don't push the issue. Let him wear diapers again. It's a big adjustment for him to have to share you (and dad) when he's had both of you all to himself for his entire life.

Don't worry - he won't be in diapers forever. In a couple of months (or so), he'll decide that he wants to try the potty training thing again. And once he decides to give it another go, he'll basically pick up where he left off. It's not like you need to start from scratch.

And praise him up and down when he starts his potty training again. Make sure he knows what a big boy he is and how proud you are of him.

He may not be ready... you may need to put him back in pull-ups

i have a 3 1/2 year old girl and a daycare.
that is what happend to me when i got a baby in my daycare.
she must have thought that the baby was in diapers that she
would go in her pants.... it does go away
what i did was tryed not to change the baby with my daughter in the same room. it might work for you.

Yes, it obviously is a attention issue. Make sure that he is being included in helping with the new baby. Give him choices when it comes to things like clothes or daily activites, and remind him that he is a big boy that gets to makes those choices. Have a talk with family and friends as well and tell them he needs some EXTRA attention and that its not all diverted to the new baby.
My hubby and I always switched off, if the baby needed attention then the other parent went off with the other child and did something special.