Topic : Potty Training

2 years old could be too young.  So I wouldn't stress about it.   

You might try inviting another mom and her kid who has potty training down over to the house for the afternoon.  Explain to the mom that you are trying to potty train and would like her help.  Just have her kid use the potty and have her lavish praise on him/her.  They use that in some daycares effectively.  The kids "model" the good behavior (not literally - the the reaction later from the provider).   

Take the diapers away and be prepared to clean up some accidents (except at night). 

I couldn't agree more.  This is NOT something that a parent can always control.  I tried dr phils whole potty training procedure more than once and consistantly.  Didn't work.  Amazingly enough, she learned in her own time. 

I will try your advice. Thank you so much for the info. it is very helpful. I will let him let me no when he is ready and not force him as much but, still keep him on track.

I have recently had the same problem.  I'm a single mom of a 3 and a 2 year old.  My kids were doing really well going potty in the toilet up until about a month ago.  A month ago my daughter started taking off her pull ups and pooping on the floor.  Now my son started doing it.  Last night they were caught red handed smearing it on the wall.  YUCK!!!!  I'm hoping this is a phase but, like you I have tried everything.  I'm pulling my hair out.  I thought about taking a toy away before I read the message board.  I think that's the one thing I haven't done yet.  Anyone else have some words of wisdom?  Thanks!!! I'm glad I'm not alone.  Ha. ha.  Not that I would wish that on anyone. 

Ok, my 3 1/2 yr old boy is not potty trained yet.

Or maybe I should say he's not completely trained yet. At home when he's running around naked, he'll get himself to the potty when he feels the urge.

But at home (and any where else) if he's wearing pants, he'l hold it until he can't any more, and then he messes himself.

Most of the time, at home and elsewhere, if I tell him to go to the potty, he will. But if someone else tells him to, then he won't.

If he's in pullups, he'll just pee as the urge hits him. And I've let him stay in the pullups all morning (until 2 pm one day!) and he does NOT complain.

Poop, he will complain - if I tell him to sit down. He will run to the bathroom to poop in his diaper or pants. If naked he will sit on the potty.

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So, Dr Phil potty trained in a day. Getting the pee pee into the potty was the easy part (been doing that for 2 years now). Getting him to do it when clothed is my issue.

ANY HELP?


I'm starting to think that it's time for a time out when he pees himslef.

I mean, if he can do it at other times, why not when clothed?

We are thinking it's a three year old stubborn thing.

Is this REALLY discouraged? Or would I be ok in the neagtive consequence? It really doesn't bother him to be in wet clothes.

I have read some of these posts and they are all too familiar. Some I hope to God I do not have to deal with.  So I hope someone can help. My daughter is two (29 mo.), in the begining she seemed interested in the potty, now...nothing. She'll sit on it with her clothes on, but thats it. If I ask her if she needs to go...its no. She has pooped once in the potty, than ran away screaming like she was scared. She hasn't done it since. At daycare they say they are taking her and she sometimes will go, but I can't know for sure. I am getting really frustrated because she has started at night taking off her pants and diaper, most of the time its just pee, so not a huge deal. But this morning at 5:00 am, she was calling for me and she had pooped, alot, taken off her diaper and was just standing their. So I know she doesn't like it, but she doesn't tell me ahe needs to go and when I ask her, its no. I have even just tried putting her on the potty to see if she'll go and she starts crying. I really am getting tired of diapers and I need some help.

Hi my name is Ashley and I am in the process of trying to potty train my 2 year old well he is turning 3 this June he knows what he has to do on the potty as he has but he prefers to wear a diaper and I don't want to push potty training on him and have him think that i am upset with him if he soils his diaper he does not like it and he asks myself or his father to change him usually right away i just don't know how to get him to go to the bathroom on the potty i have gone as far as letting him see another child use the potty but it didn't fizz on him i would like to hear some advice about how to go about this thank you ashley

since he doesn't like being wet, maybe try underwear for him. You can get him some special character ones and maybe he will start going before long, make a big deal out of the underwear and when he does have an accident, don;t make a big deal out of it, take him to the bathroom and show him where the ukky's go and try again. He is still young, don't push him, he will eventually get it.