My son is ready for toilet training, but...?

Question

He is 21 months old. He can say pee-pee, nasty, poopy, and potty. He has even come to me with a dry diaper, and, grabbing himself, said 'potty, potty'. But every time I get him to the toilet, and sit him on it, he just screams, or tries to get off. What do I do?

Okay, a small potty and an extra seat are great options, but what do I do if we aren't at home? You can't exactly carry one of these into the grocery store or the mall with you.

Answer 1

I am not a big proponent of using potty chairs to toilet train, but in your case, the bathroom and the toilet just might be too intimidating. Many toddlers are not comfortable unless they can plant their feet on the ground. Try buying a potty chair, and set it in the room where he plays. Put his favorite stuffed animals on it and praise the stuffed animals when they sit for a bit. Allow him to play and sit on it first, and praise him whenever he sits on it. Get him the video of Once Upon a Potty (they have it at the library), and this should give him a better idea of what it is for. Once he starts to use it, then you might try moving it into the restroom. I hope it works! Whatever you do, he WILL potty train some day! ;)

Answer 2

My son is 2 and we started training him when he was 18 months he does the same thing your son does only he dosn't always make it.. All we can do is keep trying in time they will get the hang of it and Go. Boys usually take longer to train . My son goes into the bathroom and says pee pee as well and when i put him on the potty all he does is scream.
Public restrooms can seem a little scary when you’re under 3 feet tall. A strange environment to say the least!

Start by trying out toilets at friends' houses and then take "tours" of public restrooms.

Stay inside the stall with your child at first. Then work your way to "right outside the stall."

Answer 3

I have recently found a great training aid for boys. It is called the peter potty and is a stand up urinal for boys. A friend of mine recently got one for her son who is autistic and would not use the potty. He started with the peter potty and then began sitting on the toilet for his big jobs. FYI her son was 5 and totally not interested and after 3 weeks was totally potty trained.
As far as the little potty seat goes I have a one piece one that I carry in my van for my daughter when we are out and about. But that is your preference. Good luck

Answer 4

you cant rush him. obviously he knows the feeling when he has to go, which is good. potty training takes time and patience, and he is definitely showing signs of getting close. you have to let him get on the potty himself. try using some rewards. let him know that if he gets on the potty and goes, then he can either get a prize or a sticker and when he gets a couple he can get a prize. its important though not to make them get too many, cause they dont understand and when they are that little it might be a week before they even go twice on it, and if they dont get anything, they will give up. if he cries on the potty and wants to get off, let him. you dont want to make it uncomfortable for him or a punishment. try to think of some way to make it happy. maybe even tell him that you have to go potty. then let him see how you go in the bathroom and sit and flush, then tell him you did it and pick out a 'prize', then maybe he will want to try. sometimes buying a book helps too, about going potty. if he sees pictures of other little boys on the potty chair, he might be influenced. just be patient, hes still young to be potty trained. my son was a little over 2 when he finally was trained. my daughter is 2 now and she is close but not quite ready. she does the same where she tells you when she goes and before and she even sits on the potty, but doesnt go. she understands the concept, but i just dont want to rush her and discourage her. we thought that she would have been trained by 18 months because she started the whole grabbing the diaper thing, but shes just not ready, maybe hes not. good luck.

Answer 5

Is he having this reaction to a full-sized toilet?

If you are using a little potty, he's not ready.

If he's grabbing himself and saying 'potty' is he wanting to stand up and pee, not sit down?

Was he ever severely constipated, with possible fears of reliving that pain?

Usually when kids are ready to go on the toilet, the last stage you see is they start going, in their diaper, behind a chair or other object.

Isn't it frustrating sometimes to try to interpret your kiddo's communications?

Have you read books on kids and potty? There are some real fun ones.

I wouldn't like to teach the word 'nasty' to my child about something that comes out of them. It sounds like a put-down and I think if you start off dumbing things down for kids, they'll never catch up. Instead of 'nasty' you talk about germs and how germs make you sick. Your kids brain would categorize that the same way they categorize 'nasty.' They don't really know what either means, except that mom's nose wrinkles when she says it. But for goodness sakes, start him out talking in complete and even complex sentences and you will help him learn to communicate far better and understand the world far better.

Answer 6

He is scare of the toilet. And I agree with the person who said that your son may be afraid of falling down.

It will be better for him to have a potty trainer rather than using the toilet. This way, he will be comfortable going by himself. My daughter, at 18 mo. would also tell me that she had to go potty. But, i noticed that everytime she had to potty, she would go under the kitchen table. So, what i did, i placed her potty under the table. I had the potty under the table several weeks. Afterwards, I put her potty on the washroom. She would walk to the washroom and only call me when she pooped. By the time she turned 2 years old, she stopped using diapers (she would only wear them at night).

Answer 7

we had a portable potty that we sat in front of the TV and popped in a potty training video, or we let him sit there a little bit with a potty training book for toddlers.

my son really seemed to like the videos though. there are sooo many different ones out there.

if he has an older brother, it might be a good idea to let him see the older one using the bathroom so he can see it is not scary.

also, i have seen inflatable blow up potty seats at the baby superstore ( we have those in Florida ), you can just stick those right in your purse and bring it with you.

Answer 8

Try setting some of his toys around the potty. Make it a friendly place to sit for a bit. Some children have a problem with the amount of noise the toilet makes when flushing. Let him flush it a few times so he isnt afraid of it (NO MONSTERS IN THE BOWL). Once he sees thats its user friendly I'm sure he wont have any more problems.

Answer 9

OK!!! Your son is either afraid of falling in or he's afraid of the "toilet monster". Get one of those little potties they have for kids-they are small and cute!!! My son had the one with elmo and the cookie monster!!! It'll work well and eventually your son will be able to go on it on his own. He will have his own little potty!

Answer 10

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