I Need Help with Potty Training Me Son!!

This may sound crazy --but we did it like the puppies for my son. We put newspapers down and left him with out a diaper all day. We then set the potty chair in the middle of the newsapapers and as the day went on we made the newspaper area smaller --until the only piece left was the paper under the potty chair. Without the diaper --he was aware of when he would pee and when he had to poop--and yes it was on the papers. But it only took a whole day of that for him to get the connection and he was reluctant about the potty chair too -at first--but you have to remember that the last piece of paper was under the chair. When he first peed--we actually told him it was ok as long as it was on the paper. It was the easiest thing. Good luck

He's not ready. Leave him alone and he'll figure it out. Same thing happened with my son. He was almost 4 and one day he just started doing it. It'll happen, just don't try to force him or it'll backfire.

I found that with our son, he was easy to bribe, but with our daughter...that wasn't going to happen. We could just mention the word candy, and our son would run to the potty. with our daughter, my husband tried bribing with quarters, candy, stickers...you name it. Her response was always..."I don't NEED a quarter. I don't NEED candy. I don't NEED stickers." She was very matter of fact, and we were losing it. Finally, she saw some Tinkerbell panties that she REALLY wanted in the store. I told her that I would buy them but she couldn't have them until she could stay dry and have no accidents for a week. I put her little portable potty in the living room where she could sit and watch cartoons. She freaked out when she had to sit in the bathroom, even if I sat in there with her. Understanding that she would go on her terms...that's what she did. One day after coming back from a trip to our storage unit, I asked my husband where she was...went looking for her...found her sitting on her potty in the living room. We all got excited and from then on...no more accidents. She earned her Tinkerbell panties at the end of the week and never had an accident at night. You just have to figure out what works. It sounds like your son is like our daughter. Good luck, and remember...you will get through this, and when you do, you will be proud.

I agree with Amanda. He's not ready. Since you cannot force anyone to 'go', you could end up with a huge problem on your hands if you try to pressure him about it. The more relaxed you are about it, the less of an issue it will be... for both of you! You can talk about it casually with him, and Dad showing him by example can help. I had a friend with 7 boys, and by #6 she was so laid back about it, because she had learned through trial and error. I took my cues from this experienced gal and it made things go so much more smoothly! Good luck!

The average age for a boy to be trained is 3 1/2 years old. Fully half of the boys wont really be trained until later than that. And with a new baby on the way, it may not be the best time to train him (are you up to cleaning icky pants right now?) and chances are good that he'll regress when baby comes. I know it's not great to have 2 in diapers, but ...

My son was very smart, seemed to know what the potty was for, and was even kind of interested in trying it. Until we pushed him. He was 2, and we had a baby on the way and didn't want 2 in diapers. Long story short - it totally backfired, we went through the potty battle for a year and a half, until I gave up and put him back in diapers (not pullups, diapers) and told him 'big boys wear underwear, and big boys get to ....' He was for by then, so he could really follow the reasoning. Still for at least another month he wanted nothing to do with the potty (we totally backed off except when he asked for the priveledge that was for big boys, then we just repeated that its for big boys, and big boys wear underwear).

Finally, he decided to go potty. Ta-Da, less than a week and he was 100% trained (as in day, night, pee, poop, almost 0 accidents). My point is, don't stress it yet. It'll come when he's ready and the more you push, the longer it will take. Our son is now almost 8 and it's something of the past. It doesn't matter at all that he wore diapers till he was 4.

I would suggest getting a potty seat and letting him check it out. Put it out in the area where he plays and just let him get used to it. Then try sitting him on the potty every hour or so when he gets used to it. And let him pick out stickers he really likes for rewards.

I was in a similar situation about 6 months ago; what finally worked was to run out of diapers. We counted down the diapers in the box until we literally ran out and he had to wear pull-ups/underwear. After a couple of days wearing pull-ups and a bad experience for him with pooping in a pull-up, he switched to underwear and has been dry and clean since. My now 4-yr-old has incredible will power and is very stubborn. Soon after becoming potty-trained he refused to go. Period. The pediatrician told me to use a timer and set it every 2-3 hours, then he had to at least sit and try whenever the timer went off.
It was definitely a power struggle for us, don't make a big deal of it and try to stay upbeat when counting those diapers down. He will use the potty one day!

It is a power struggle if he knows the urge now and refuses.
Take away some of his bigger boy toys and tell him if he wants to continue not to use the potty then until he does the big boy toys are gone. Also remind him Santa (if you celebrate Christmas) won't bring big boy toys if he won't use the potty. If he is pitching a fit when you set him on the potty then let it go for now. Once it becomes a power struggle you won't win this one. Just remind him it is his choice but he doesn't get to have big boy things if he cannot act like one.
Give it a rest, put the pullups back on him, have a new pack of underwear ready and tell him when he is ready for underwear you are there! :) The more matter of fact you are about it the easier it will be.
Make sure he can hold it, knows the urge, how to pull pants up and down and wakes up 80% of the time dry from sleep and naps. If he doesn't he isn't ready.
There is no magic age, when the child is at 3 and has the gist but refuses it is a power struggle and just let it go.
You cannot force him to go on the potty but he also needs to understand the benefits of being a big boy.
Charts worked with both of my kids, stars earned and a big kid toy at the end, my daughter had regression at 3 and Santa calling her worked wonders!
Give it time, step back and let him be, pullups are cheaper at Target brands and though a pain it isn't worth the fight right now.