Almost 3 and NOT Potty Trained Yet!!!

This is very normal. The usual range of starting to show interest in the potty is 18 months to 3 years -- that's not being completely potty trained, that's starting. And most kids regress at some point. Also boys tend to be later than girls.

I would definately put him in something that will cause him to feel wet when he is wet, whether underwear or cloth trainers or those new pullups that advertise this. Just let him know that part of growing up is learning to use the potty, and that he will do so when he feels ready. He may have been only going for the reward and it lost it's interest after a while. It might be tempting to up the ante but I think that will just continue to snowball on you.

Ok my son is three, and I do see several good suggestions here, but I am in the exact same boat as you. I have three boys ages 8, 7 and 3. My two older boys were trained by the age of two, and I thought for sure my youngest would be easier because he would want to be big just like his brothers. Boy was I ever wrong. He turned three in March and he still wears pullups, he is very good about letting me know when he has to go pee now, but I tried everything before even the pullups which are supposed to haev the wetness linre so they can feel the wetness. They did not work for my son. I have tried putting just underwear on him, well just this morning he had an accident in them. The only thing underwear will accomplish at first is your child coming up to you after they have went #1 or #2 and telling you that they did it. Yes I know gross and can you say big mess. But if you stick with it it will work, I have a friend whose son will turn 4 in a few months and he still wears diapers. He is just not interested yet, in his case he will go #2 in the potty, but not #1 for some reason. The simple fact is each child is different, and the situation needs to be looked at as if it were the first time you have potty trained someone, b/c what works for one child just simply will not work for another one. I am sure you are doing a fantastic job, or showing him, without forcing him. So just keep up the good work, and I promise sooner rather than later it will pay off.

My son was 3 too. One day I was busy and I asked my friend if she could take him to change his pull-ups. She took him and cleaned him up, she told him he needed to start using the potty, he's too big for that. He started using the potty after that. I guess he must've been embarrassed. Maybe you could try that.

He might not be ready yet I know a 4 year old who still isnt potty trained he just isnt ready he goes on the potty whenever he feels like it which is about twice a day if that but his pedi said it was normal boys are very hard to train I dont want this to sound bad but let him see a man go have u tried to use Fruit loops my boyfriend used them and told his son to aim at the bullseye and he was trained in no time it is kinda like a game but be ready for a mess.

Hi. My son turned 3 last June and he just started using the potty 2 months ago. They tell boys are harder to train then girls. I was scared that he was going to be 4 and still in diapers. I really didn't do anything different than what I normally do. I showed him his "big boys" that is what we call his underwear, we had the potty seat and the ring that goes on the toilet. I tried everything you can imagine. I bribed him and even told him his friends were big boys and he wasn't. None of this helped. Then one day he told me he had to pee and he used the potty and has been wearing his "big boys" ever since. He tried the pull ups but he didn't like them too much. So I think they know what they are supposed to do but they will do it when they are ready to.

It's so normal. All my friends have said that their kids (boys and girls) did that too. My son is 3 and starting to potty train again. He went for a while, then wanted nothing to do with it. That went on for a few months. Now we're getting into it again. We're not doing great, but he's very interested now. He doesn't even want the potty chair, just the "big boy" potty. Hang in there, he'll come around.
T.

Now, my daughter is only 10 months so we are not near getting ready to potty train, but I have heard that putting underwear on instead of diapers and pull-ups helps...

My son was really showing intrest in the potty for a small stretch of time and then it stopped. We were in the middle of a move, and I was pregnant with our third, so think the change of events had something to do with his security. And the worst thing you can do is get frustrated when they have an accident especially if it is few minutes after a potty attempt. I have been there, too. So, I just praised him with every attempt. Instead of m&m's I used gum, which is something I would never let him have. I told him everytime he went he could have a piece of bubble tape and then I told him he could have a piece if he went all day...And then I tried to reason that when Mommy and Daddy can stop buying diapers he could pick out a brand new toy. Whenever I say a toy commerical I would remind him, and ask him if that would be a good potty toy to get him interested. So, I didn't even get through a whole roll of bubble tape and he was trained...but all that to say, I don't know if it was necessarily my method or just that he was FINALLY ready. Hang in there, my son was over 3 years old when it happened.

I have boy/girl twins and another son. My first son was almost 4 when he finally potty trained. His twin sister was 2 1/2. I was frustrated and wondered-what could I be doing wrong. Well, I was trying everything everyone said to do. Nothing quite worked. Until....I was told to just put underwear on him NO MATTER WHAT.... Yeah, I thought, Oh Boy! That's gonna be a mess. :) But amazingly, it worked!! And I did it in the warmer weather, as when he had the "accident" outside, well it was a little less messy. :) Anyway, it really clued him in to sensations of needing to go, and getting there. He did not like to have "pee" in his pants. It was definitely more noticable to him than in pull ups. They did not work AT ALL for him. And we told him that when he had No accidents for a specific amount of time, we would take him to the TOY STORE and let him pick out anything he wanted. Well, let me tell you....that was definite incentive for him! :) Good Luck! It will happen, don't get too discouraged. And don't let anyone make you feel like your doing something wrong. Kids are individuals, all developing differently at a different pace.
T.
p.s. The person who suggested the fruit loops or cheerios in the toilet---definitely appealing to little boys. And my son did best standing to pee.