I'm having some difficulties training my 2 1/2 year old son to go potty. Any suggestions?

Question

He won't tell me he has to go potty yet. What should I do?

We tried the sticker chart it doesn't work.

Answer 1

Good Luck.... I just went thru this with my 2 1/2 yr old son! I used skittles. Getting him to pee wasn't too much of a problem. But i told him EVERY time he went in the potty like a big boy he would get a piece of candy. Well he saw the big bag of skittles and never looked back. Every time he goes I give him one or two pieces (so he doesn't get a sugar overload) and also make him name the colors..... He is learning to go and learning his colors at the same time! We haven't had an accident in about 3 weeks now. The key thing is that WHEN he finally does go make a huge ordeal out of it. we paraded thru the house, called every family member I could think of and bought him a new truck to get him started and excited about going. Now all I hear is Mommy... I need to pee.... Can i get a piece of candy?????

Answer 2

he's greater suitable than waiting for massive boy pants - the reality that the 1st day he became into surely asking to pass to the potty is dazzling. properly executed for identifying to purchase that far! From what you're saying, it variety of feels as though there's a correlation between you having to deal including your different babies and him having an 'twist of destiny'. He could properly be attempting to get interest. I even have acquaintances whose babies have executed precisely comparable to your son because of the fact they choose mummy's interest. completely prevalent - if stressful - infant behaviour. How do you react while he does this? My advice may well be to evenly freshen up the injuries with out making any comments (this variety he will see that peeing on the floor does not get him greater suitable interest). Then proceed to place him on the potty each 0.5 hour as you have been doing, yet compliment him for sitting on it and enable him placed a sticky label on a chart. tell him that when he does a pee in his potty he gets a bigger cope with. If he does have the capacity to do a pee or poop on the potty, compliment him to the roof and make a huge fuss of him. After some successes, you should up the interest. tell him that the smaller treats have run out, yet that he could have a sticky label each and every time he does a pee, or 2 stickers for a poop. If he manages to do an entire day, he could have a cope with (it does not could be some thing offered - it must be to not sleep for an added 0.5 hour, to have one greater bedtime tale, that might assist you do some baking and so on.) besides, good success. i've got purely all started guidance my little woman, so i think your soreness!

Answer 3

when my mum was potty training my cousin (her mum had died) she to wouldnt say when she needed it so my mum would sit her on the potty every 20 mins let her watch tv or play with a toy so she got used to it.

then after a while when she knew what her potty was for my mum did a sticker chart everytime she used her potty she would get a ticker and she knew when she went on the potty coz she would say sticker.

now she says when she needs it gets her potty and sits on it then gets off it when shes done and no longer needs a sticker chart.

she is 2 now and my mum started training her at the age of 17 months i think.

Answer 4

Potty training for boys works best in the summertime. You can just let them run around outside without a diaper & when they need to go they just go. Much nicer than cleaning up all the "oops" inside. But since it's winter all I can suggest is Peter Potty!! My son thinks this is the coolest thing (it is pretty darn cute though).

Answer 5

Some kids (a lot more than people will admit to, in my opinion) just aren't ready to potty train until they are three. We worked and worked with my son and finally said "Forget it!" We went back to diapers and said when he is ready, he will tell us. RIGHT before his third birthday, he started to ask to use the potty. We put him in underwear, and have had success ever since.

So my advice... keep it simple, laid back, and on his schedule. Like the other poster said... Make sure HE is getting potty trained, not YOU.

Answer 6

Boys are usually later than girls with potty training. My two sons were each three but figured it out within a week. There's reading readiness and there's potty readiness.

I liked reading the ideas others posted. Be sure HE is the one getting "trained" and not you.

Answer 7

My daughter took a long time, she was 3 before she completely trained. I tried putting the potty chair in front of the tv so she could watch cartoons. I told her that she could go to a fun place if she went poop in the toilet. I made sure she went with me everytime I went to the bathroom so she could see what was going on. She was getting rashes from the diapers and pullups, so I kept telling her the boo-boos would go away if she was wearing big girl panties.

Answer 8

I have the perfect trick that worked twice for me, but I lived where I had a privacy fence in the back yard, so may not work for you. I drew a white circle on a tree outside with paint, and he would "hit in the circle". this started when my son would be outside playing, and would go in his training diapers because he was a typical boy, and was toooo busy to come in. Anyways, he made a game of it, and even drank more koolaide so he could "go" more. AND.....with the circle on the tree being white, and he was getting good at it, I showed him the "white circle" on the toilette. So, now he could play the game anywhere he went. This help for me, and so I tried it again on boy #2, and once again, it worked like a charm. Hope this helps.

Answer 9

be consistent. take him every 2 hours whether he says he has to go or not. put some cheerios in the toilet and tell him to aim for them. don't yell at him when he has an accident. just remind him that he can use the potty whenever he needs it. and don't use those pull-ups. (or use them only at night when he is sleeping) during the day use some "big-boy" underwear. hope this helps. i've even heard of ppl taking their sons outside to pee on a tree or bush. i guess it makes it fun for the kid.....

Answer 10

When my sons were younger it helped for them to play target practice in the potty...I would put cheerios in the potty and they would always tell me they had to go so they could aim--and fire!! Good luck.