Still Trying to Get My 2Yr Old on the Potty

Perhaps try one of the potty chairs that play music or one that does something? I thought those things were dumb gimmicks but it works for some. A reward system of some sort may help too. Constant reminders for him to use the potty and the Elmo potty video and book may be good too.

J., I went through a similar situation with my son who is now 4 1/2. I found very quickly that you can't force potty training on them. You can encourage them and reward them, but ultimately they will do this when they are ready and not one minute sooner. the month before my son turned three he decided he was ready to use the big potty. It took about a week to get him consistent and then no more issues. One thing I had to do with my son is to let him go naked from the waist down for that week so he didn't have to struggle with clothing and I could more easily tell what was happening. One other suggestion, I have a friend who set a timer and made her son sit on the potty for 10 minutes every hour. He quickly got frustrated with the constant interruptions in his day and started going when he needed to and stopped having accidents. Good luck and don't put too much pressure on yourself or him, it's still early.

J.,

I understand your furustration as I'm going through it myself.

My 2 1/2 year old is still not trained but he's trying.. occassionally.

Let him do it at his own pace. He wants to but he may forget, or not understand the urge to go yet until it is too late. My 1 1/2 year old has the opposite problem. She knows 5 minutes before she has to go potty and then won't sit on the toilet long enough and ends up going on the floor or in a new diaper.

My son surprised me the other morning by taking off his pull-up and putting a clean one on all by himself! Who knew he could do that? But he hasn't done it again since.

I started expecting too much of him by demanding he do things, such as thinking everyday he'd get his own pull-up on. It doesn't work that way.

So, my suggestion is, when he poops and pees on the floor to take him to the potty and sit him down anyway. Let him wipe and flush, even if he didn't go. Eventually he will catch on. It takes a long time.

Also, if he poops in his diaper, and it's not all smooshed in there, take him and the poop and go flush it down the toilet.

My son actually took his diaper off and did it himself one day which also made me proud thinking he was going to train and still nothing.

Anyhow, routine and consistency. He won't be in diapers forever, but for now, let him call the shots, otherwise he will get frustrated and not try at all.

~J.

when you see him pulling his diaper off, calmly rush to him, pick him up & rush (calmly) & put him on the toilet/potty;
it will eventually click...