I am pregnant (c-sec on the 25th) and we are moving temporarily during an addition on our home. After reading about potty training I learned that it is better to wait until big events like a new home and a new baby are passed to start potty training. I just feel like I am putting it off too long. He has a potty and peed twice in it but he stopped and he only goes and sits on it for fun. I haven't pushed him or put him in regular undies to make him feel forced and I was wondering if it's ok that I am taking so long. What do you think and when did you start your potty training AND what age did it end?
2006-09-13 06:14:03 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Toddler & Preschooler
It is okay. You have to do what is right for your family and with all those changes going on he is going to have to deal with a lot anyway. I started my son before he was two but he was ready and I wanted to do it before my next arrived so I went into it with the thought that I would try and if it didn't work no big deal but it did. He was done when my daughter got here 4 months later but it was really on 1 week of intense training and three weeks of practice. Although, I don't suggest that unless you think your son is really ready.
2006-09-13 06:23:57 · answer #1 · answered by Tetsi 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My son is about the same age as yours (2 1/4 years), and he did the same -- had some interest in the potty, peed a couple of times, but now has no interest. We're not pushing him and will just wait until he expresses interest again.
Two-and-a-half is not at all late for potty training, especially for a boy, and since your family will be going through some major life events very soon, you're doing the right thing by not pushing him. He'll get around to it. I have ten nephews and not one of them was potty trained this young. So don't worry, you (and he) are doing just fine.
2006-09-13 06:29:09 · answer #2 · answered by KL 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No harm will be done to him by waitin until he is 3, but a lot of strain can be placed on your relatioship with him by pushing it during what is already a challenging time for him... My son is 2 yrs and 4 months old. I always thought I woould start his training at 27 months, but now reality sets in. He has been diagnosed with multiple food allergies and is adjusting to a new strict diet. The allergies he suffered for the past year have ben so severe that they interfered with his proper development and now needs to catch up. I just dont want to put more pressure on the little guy, he has enough on his plate. At the end of the day, I don't think it will matter much if he is potty trained at 2.5 or 3.
2006-09-13 06:28:25 · answer #3 · answered by TrueSoul 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We moved when my daughter was 23 months and she completely quit using the potty-screamed if we even mentioned it. So, we just left her alone and she potty trained herself over night, when she was ready. She was a few months past her 3rd birthday, but she's 8 years old now and is totally fine. My son will be 3 in Dec. and shows no signs of wanting to potty train, so we're just giving him more time. The harder I pushed my kids to potty train, the more they resisted. I'd give him some more time and wait until things are more stable.
2006-09-13 06:24:20 · answer #4 · answered by Laurel 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I think kids are ready to potty train when they can tell you what they want and start to show specific behaviors like hiding when they go, or trying to take off their own soiled diapers. I started potty training my daughter at 20 months. That consisted of sitting her on the pot in the morning, before bed and after meals. At 24 months, I bought her "big girl" pretty panties depicting her favorite characters. She really wanted to wear them, but I told her she had to tell me when she had to use the potty so she wouldn't mess them up. That helped motivate her to use the potty and keep her big girl panties pretty I don't know if this will help you, but it worked for me. She was fully potty trained by 2.5 when she started daycare.
2006-09-13 06:44:44 · answer #5 · answered by Nicole J 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
use an incentive.
many years ago, my son loved to watch Thomas the Train, I bought about a dozen toy trains and left them in the package.
I told my son that when he goes pee in the potty, he gets to pick a train.
The first couple of time he went in the pull ups, as he was running for the potty, I told him he has to do it in the potty, after about 10 days, he did it and was rewarded with a single train, and the next six time he pee'd in the potty he would get on.
I told him, now for the rest, he has to go poo in the potty. again it was a hit and miss, sometime in the pull ups and sometimes in the potty, but only got it when I see he did it in the potty.
He was trained within 2 months.
But accidents still happened for about a year or two, he was still in pull ups. until he was about 4.
Be firm don't give in for incentives otherwise he will not go.
Good luck
2006-09-13 06:30:45 · answer #6 · answered by Juggernaut 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
These days kids are training much closer to 3, and I've heard boys take longer to train any way. I really wouldn't stress about it, esp with the move and new baby on the way. When he is ready, it will be much easier than if you try to force it and make it into a control issue.
My daughter trained right at 3. I tried the "put her in big girl panties" at 2.5 and she *clearly* wasn't ready for it. But at 3, it took us maybe 4 days and she was done.
2006-09-13 09:50:23 · answer #7 · answered by FrenchAngel 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Exact same thing happened to me...2.5 year old, new house, new baby on the way. We waited til after the baby was born and yes it took a while but it would have anyways, and 2.5 years old is not old to not be potty trained. I'd say my son was three and a half before he was officially trained.
2006-09-13 06:27:29 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Neither one of my boys potty trained until after three. They just weren't ready. My oldest was 3.5 and my youngest was just three. It totally depends on the child and if there is a lot of changes going on right now I would wait. You can still encourage him to sit on the potty and try, but I wouldn't push it until things are normal again.
2006-09-13 06:19:10 · answer #9 · answered by priss879 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
my son is 2.5 and isnt potty trained, he has mild autism though so we have to use a different approach. My son can tell me when he went poop in his diaper and loves pulling his diaper up and down. I know hes ready but I don't think I am for the way we have train him.
Big events, I would wait til you're settled cause it could backfire on ya, good luck and gratz with the new arrival
2006-09-13 06:17:06 · answer #10 · answered by wilowdreams 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋