What age did your child potty train?

Question

My son will be 3 in July. He is not interested AT ALL in potty training. We have a stand alone potty seat and one that fits on the big potty. He will not even consider the idea of sitting on it without his pants. He screamed like crazy when I tried to put him on.
He has always come into the bathroom with me... he knows that other people go "stinky" and "pee pee" the potty...but he will not tell me when he has pooped in his diaper. He hates it when I change his diaper. He always says, "No, Mommy! No diaper!" Even when he's obviously stinky.
I am waiting for him to be ok with potty training, but my husband now refuses to change his diaper because it's too stinky and he thinks he should be potty training. My grandma is dissapointed that he is the first kid in the family to not be trained by the age of 2. My mother says it will only take a weekend if I do it right.

So... what are your experiences with potty training? Should we force it or let it happen when he's ready?

Answer 1

i had to be a lil consistent with my son and he was 3 1/2 years old when he was fully potty trained. since he was 2 he would use potty but like once a day to pee. he didnt make it a routine,he was kinda lazy to do these kinda things by himself. he hated pull ups also. when he got into pre school he stop using pampers and was sent to school in pull ups ,with the help of the teacher and me at home, he was fully potty trained in less than a week of being consistent.

i never rushed my child, i think he was finally ready cause he saw other kids in underwear and he was still in pull ups. your son is gonna be 3 and i know how hard it is to be changing diaper son a 3 yr old and even more when they are really stinky cause they eat what we eat now. anyways, be consistent and try to recompensate him if he does it in the potty or take away something he likes .

go with him to buy the underwear,make it fun, choose his fave character.. little by lil you will get there. hang on tight!

Mjr

Answer 2

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Answer 3

I think your son is a little young. Both my daugters were 3 when they were completely potty trained. You can't force a toddler to potty train, it will be a miserable experience for you both. Try to find some fun ways of getting him to use the potty. Maybe throw some fruit loops in the toilet to see if he can "sink" them with the pee or put that blue toilet stuff in the tank so he can turn the water green.

I can say that if you buy him big boy underwear and get rid of the diapers all together, that will likely help. He will really know when he's wet and messy and then he'll start to connect the feeling of having to go with the resulting feeling. Don't bother with pull-ups...they're basically the same as diapers. It probably will only take a weekend, maybe a little longer if you do the underwear thing. Just ignore ppl who criticize you. He's your son, not theirs. =)

Answer 4

Take him to the store and let him choose his own "big boy underwear" and then if he has an accident then he has to clean himself. It usually only takes once or twice if they have to do it themselves. That is what I had to do with my 2nd child who is now 6. She was just like your son. Now my oldest she started potty training herself at 13 months and was done by the time she was 15 months. ANd my son who is now 4 was easy also. Sometimes you might have to take him to the potty chair and sit him down and make him sit for a while. And do that several times a day. Not every child is the same so your grandma and mother need to deal with it. THey need to either stay out of it or come over and do it themselves. At least that part is my opinion.

Answer 5

don't wait for him to be ok. every hour or two make him sit on the potty. even done right it'll take longer than one weekend. Your mother has obviously forgotten. Be diligent and take the to the potty hourly or so and get rid of the diapers except at night.
Idid that and trained my girl in two weeks. she was two. also they learn to pee first. pooping in the potty takes a little longer to get use to

Answer 6

Older grew to become into totally PT'd a splash under 2, might desire to do all her cleanup around 3. youthful grew to become into PT'd with regard to an identical time, yet have been given wiping slightly faster. the two potty knowledgeable in a weekend. I purely took away the diapers and htey have been given it exceedingly immediately, the two had shown some signs and indicators of readiness and that i purely took the prospect on it, labored out great the two situations. I skipped the "pullups" and all that new stuff. I did, besides the fact that, introduce the potty early with out actively pushing them to flow there, so i think of that helped.

Answer 7

When my daughter turned 21/2 i decided with help from outsiders (friends, family etc) that my child was ready to be potty trained. I tried and tried unsuccessfully for about 5 months. I gave up and said when shes ready she'll let me know and left it at that. After one month of me giving up she came to me one day and said she had to go potty. I took her in and she's been going ever since.
My advice - no one knows your baby better then you. If your child is ready you'll know. Just let him be and he'll be ready soon.

Answer 8

Well my oldest Daughter was 2years and 3 months when she started going to the potty. My twins ( a boy and a girl) started going in different times. my daughter started going by her self, my son started when he saw that I had got him his favorite cartons underwear. I think it will help if u buy him his favorite cartoon underwear.

Answer 9

My son was close to 4. He trained himself and when he did it was full on. Dry at night and totally independent.....his aim still isn't perfect, but he tries bless his heart.