My son is 2 and a half and hes still not potty trained yet i need some advice to help me at least to start to?

Question

potty training him.please be serious thanks

Answer 1

Potty training is one of those things that you can't force.
In the mean time you could sit your child on the potty and read some books to him and hope that something happens while he is on the potty. There are some great books written for kids about potty training try reading one of those.
Some people let their kids run around without a diaper on to help with training, but that doesn't work for everyone.

Answer 2

My daughter will be four in October and she just was trained this summer. We had been trying off and on for over a year when all of a sudden it clicked in her mind. Do I wish it had clicked earlier, yes, but it didn't but that's how her little mind worked. After seeing what we have gone through and soooo many other parents here, I firmly believe it is something that is done only when the child is ready. I WILL happen even though it seems it never will.

For my daughter, swim lessons were the switch. I put her in a swim diaper for her lessons and told her she couldn't go tee tee in her diaper or her swim suit would get wet. I know, it was going to get wet when she got in the pool, but for some reason it made sense to her and she would tell me at the pool when she needed to go. So we used this same philosophy at home, you can't go tee tee in your big girl panties or your clothes will get wet. We also made a "Potty Power" poster and put on the back of the bathroom door. She really wanted the Clifford movie as a prize for going potty, so she had to get 10 star stickers before she could get the movie. She's been trained ever since. I mean we had a couple of accidents along the way, of course, but for the most part she's potty trained. Also when we started the poster thing, she kept her diaper dry at night, too. Another indication that she did it when she was ready. Good luck, I hope that gave you some ideas. You'll get there!

Answer 3

I am so sorry to not be able to help with advice.

I am in the exact same situation as you are. I have boy/girl twins that are 2 1/2 and neither are potty trained. They will announce poop, but don't care if they spend the entire day wet. They like visiting the potty but don't ask them to sit on it. !!!

From what I have read, it should become fairly obvious when they are ready. Mine are decidedly not ready. I talk about it every day, they have training pants and a potty ready and waiting. I clap and make a big deal if they will ever just sit on it (clothes on) and they aren't showing any more interest (yet).

WHat I do know is that there is a lot of pressure to get it done, and don't get me wrong I'd love it. But I'm not going to feel badly if it takes a little longer. My goal is that by January they are using the toilet most of the time. I think I might make it.

Keep this in mind; they won't go to college in diapers, and when they go to school no one is going to ask how long they were in diapers. Although it doesn't feel like it, no one is judging you.

Best of luck. (to us both)

Answer 4

Here it is- it has worked for my 2 kids,and others after I tell them........

1. get m and m's handy
2. get a small potty chair
3. get a couple books about potty
4. you need to be home for about 4-5 days straight
5. now you can start. let them run around bare-but
6. Set the timer for 1/2 hour. Tell him/her to sit on the potty for 5 min. (read them a book in the mean time if it's to long for them.) If they go, give lots and lots of praise!!! I mean go crazy!! Give them about 3 m and m's.
7. Set the timer for 1/2 hour
8. Avoid asking the question "you got to go potty?'
9. Timer goes off- ok! What does that mean junior? Time to go potty again he or she would say, or you say it if they don't
10. repeat process all day long. If they go # 2 in the potty, reward with a handful of m and m's. They are very colorful and kids love them!!

11. Praise praise praise. I do spank my kids for behavior problems such as lying, disobedience, and bad attitudes, but never for having an accident. If there is an accident, clean it up queitly, and don't say much at all. Remind them it's ok, but try to make it in the potty next time, or in your own words.

Good luck!!! Hope this helps you. My girl was potty-trained in two days with the method. Took my 2 1/2 year old son a week. Leave pull-ups on them at night just in case.
p.s. if this doen't work at all, try again in a few months.

Answer 5

My daughter at 16 months is already wanting to sit on the potty, which is really young, and I'm not sure if I should start her potty training...but my son, 1 week after he turned 2, he started to pee in his room right after a bath. I rushed over to him and screamed, "You want to go potty on the potty?" And he said, "YES!" We ran there and went. From that time on, he's been potty trained. Yes, we had accidents, but he was in the potty training mindset. So I think you need to encourage it, but not push it. He'll tell you when he's ready. But with your encouragement, maybe he'll be ready before you know it!

Good luck. Don't get too overwhelmed. It'll be done before you know it, and then he'll be going to prom! :)

Answer 6

My twins will be three in less than a month and they aren't potty trained yet either. I can tell you from experience with my other four children that pushing them does not work. He will be ready when he's ready and trying to force him will only make things worse. Give him the tools, potty chair, big boy underwear, etc.. and when he's ready, he will use them. Trying to force the issue is only frustrating for both of you.....having six kids will tell you that.

Answer 7

There's a lady with a 4-year-old girl not potty-trained, so my best advice would be not to worry about him. Besides, who would care if he's not potty-trained? He's a 2-year-old-boy, for crying out loud!

Answer 8

You need to make it fun...and no pressure!(which you sound like you have covered)

Take him on a "potty" shopping spree, buy his favorite underwear and buy stickers or stamps and make a POTTY chart. He can get to use a special stamp or place a sticker on a poster every time he tries(even if unsuccessful) and if he actually goes then he gets his favorite treat (whatever you chose to buy on your spree -- just don't overdo the treat, an M&M or 2 is fine, not the whole bag!) and buy party supplies to help in the celebration that should come with every success....

Answer 9

It's normal for some kids not to potty train until 3 or even later.
You need to reward him when he goes get him a sticker chart let him pick out the stickers and every time he goes he gets to put the sticker n his chart.
Or buy him his favorite candy and the only time he gets it is when he goes.
Also through cheerios in the water and tell him that he can sink them when he pee's.

Answer 10

welcome to my world, im also trying to potty train my daughter whos 2... we take her to the potty every 2 hours and just have her sit there playing...... and we take her 20 minutes after she drinks something.. It will be a long road, but dont give up, your son will do it when hes good and ready dont force him to do it.. and offer rewards for actualling going potty