My 3 Year Old Son Won't Tell Us When He Needs to Go to the Potty

Been there done that with my oldest son (who is now 18 yrs old)... best advice I can give you is go back to diapers and let him let you know when he is ready... that's what I did after much frustration... my friends who had been thru it told me to give it up and I would know when he is ready and they were right... we literally had him completely trained in 1 weekend once he was ready and never had accidents after that at all... Kind of a funny illustration but it's true... jump in your car and run to Walmart... how many men do you see running around in diapers? lol... he will get potty trained when he is ready (that's the advice my friend gave me way back then)... T.

What I did with my 3 year old was put him on the potty every 15 minutes. This saved my life! Once he started getting the hang of that I increased it to every 30 minutes and so on and so forth. I think when they are that young they don't quite realize they NEED to go, so we have to help them to recognize the cues. Keep up with the rewards. I also did EVERYTHING to get him to sit on the potty (i.e. chew gum on the potty, get a m & m when he was sitting down, even a popsicle). I hope this helps you!

From my experience, every child is different in potty training. Three is still young for some boys. The technique that worked great for my son was when we were home, he went naked on the bottom. He may have had one or two accidents but that was it. If I put any kind of clothing on him, even just underwear, he would pee in them. But he would not pee if he was naked...he would run to the bathroom. Hope that helps.

I think that it takes a long time for kids to understand the concept of being able to know when they have to go potty. In my opinion you're setting him up for failure. Put the pull-ups back on and start taking him to the potty every 2 hours. Have him sit on the pot for a few minutes. If he goes Great!! if not that's okay he tried!! I am a firm believer that potty training needs to be a positive experience. I know that it's frustrating. believe me, i've done my share of loads of laundry. I would start rewarding him with a sticker, or something small when he does go potty but praise him whether he is successful or not. I would also not make a big deal out of accidents. Kids are sad enough when they have an accident. From what I know, boys are also more difficult to potty train and take longer than girls. I'm also of the mind set that when kids are ready to potty train they'll let you know.

If he stays (dry) for two hours his bladder is ready for potty training, just maybe set a timer and go put him on it for awhile, and if he isn't two hours ,then his bladder isn't ready.

my oldest had to go pantless. we had a bigger problem with pooping, but once I took the training pants off he found the potty. I wouls assume it would work for peeing as well, good luck
I must also add their are some boys who aren't ready till nearer 4. I hope not but it's possible

You know I had a little problem with a son sitting on the potty to tinkle (many years ago) and I had a friend with a little boy just a little bit older and she stood him at the potty to "pee" instead of sitting him on a potty chair or whatever. This made such good sense to me because how many men do you know who sit on the pot to pee? The little boys were so proud and felt so smart when they got up on their tippy toes to go in the big pot. Try it.