He has urinating down pact, it's #2 he can't get the hang of, I've tried prizes and stickers. I don't know what to do!
2006-10-09 14:12:39 · 16 answers · asked by just another girl 2 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Toddler & Preschooler
rub his nose in it
2006-10-09 14:22:34 · answer #1 · answered by deadwoodjunkie 2 · 0⤊ 4⤋
Two years old is a bit early to potty train, especially with boys. Boys usually don't potty train until sometime after they turn three. I would say to keep using diapers for #2, let him keep using the potty for #1if you want but don't put a lot of pressure on him to do so. Just praise him when he uses the potty and treat it as a non-issue when he slips up. It is still very early for him to be using the potty at all. Let him go at his own pace. Keep in mind that the more you want a toddler to do something (and let it be known), the less likely he is to do it. He has to be ready and willing first in order to toilet-train. If you have any concerns, though, you could ask your pediatrician next time you're in. Also, don't forget that it's not uncommon for boys to wet the bed at night all the way up until age seven or eight. It has something to do with their bladder maturity, if I understand correctly.
Good luck! --I have one that will be starting to toilet-train within a year, year and a half from know. I know you must be anxious to get the diapers over with.
2006-10-10 01:56:08 · answer #2 · answered by M 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like he is not ready yet. Put the diaper back on and give him some time. Use the ones that let him feel the discomfort but don't push him too fast. Also, I have gotten this advice from some friends that are currently potty training: place him on the potty to poop and leave the bathroom. They have found that even a 2 year old likes his or her privacy while pooping. My son is 2 and nowhere near ready yet.
2006-10-09 14:17:05 · answer #3 · answered by AlongthePemi 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My son was pee trained by 26 months or so, but refused to the point of throwing fits to poop in the toilet. He would wear underwear and pee in the toilet, but then tell me he needed a diaper when he needed to poop. After a couple months of this, he said he needed a diaper to poop and I stuck him on the toilet, he was screaming, but pooped anyway. I made a big deal about how great he was and gave him lots of candy (his hot button, it's also how I got him to be pee trained), and this little light went on in his head and went in the toilet after that.
Keeping him in underwear rather than diapers or training pants is a great idea.
Does he hide when he poos? Leaving the room is a great idea. Also, my mom gave him the book "Everybody Poops" and my son loved it. We read it all the time and I'm sure that helped. Just give it time, it'll happen.
2006-10-09 17:29:59 · answer #4 · answered by Margie 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some children, espaecially boys, potty train later and it is trickier. You're lucky to have reached the point you're at with him. I think there's confusion for boys between the whole standing/ sitting thing. I'm going through the same thing with my 2 year old. You're even doing better than me. Give him more time.
2006-10-09 14:16:28 · answer #5 · answered by *Larry P. he's for me* 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I had asked this same question... If it helps any look at the answers that were left for me... They were pretty much the same thing.
My son doesn't want to do it yet either. Someone told me that it is something they feel that they are in control of, not that they like it but it is something they want to control. Just be patient and hopefully something good will come out of it (no pun intended...)
Best of luck.
2006-10-09 17:16:28 · answer #6 · answered by crzyfiregirls 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
first things first what is he wearing trainning pants or underwear?cause my daughter will mess in her trainning pants cause she knows that it wont leak if she does go in them unlike panties would.so i started making her wear panties and she stoped messing in her panties after she do do in them for about a week cause she hated the way they felt on her when she messes in them.also how long has your son been pee pee trainned?if its something that he just got down within a couple of weeks ago thats probley why he still do do in them cause he just got one thing learned and he's trying to learn the other thing so just work with him and like i said try the underwear thing cause they hate walking around in dirty underwear cause they hate the way it feels.
2006-10-09 14:56:23 · answer #7 · answered by ShreekyDaStonerLette 420 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I was told by my son's pediatrician and I also know from experience with toddlers...It sometimes takes another year for them to master having bowel movements in the toilet. Be patient with him and keep up the rewards if he does do it.
2006-10-09 14:18:16 · answer #8 · answered by **KELLEY** 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
stay constitant,pick a person that he looks up to (not someone who is helping w/potty training) and use them as an example:" bobby goes pee-pee and poo-poo in the potty" trust me kids at this age are always copycating the words and actions of people they look up to. it was the only thing that worked for me!
2006-10-09 17:14:25 · answer #9 · answered by Crissy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Read him the book 'Pee Pee on the Potty'
only use the words pooh pooh instead.
Try to figure out if this happens at a certain time of day and than try to prepare for it.
They all catch on eventually.
2006-10-09 14:16:43 · answer #10 · answered by noice 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Leave the diapers on until he is ready. You can't force a child who isn't ready yet.
2006-10-09 14:15:09 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋