Peeing in the Bed

I also agree to the duct tape. I have hot pink duct tape for my daughter! That's one thing I never thought would come in fun colors, but it does. Maybe if you get his favorite color, he won't fight so bad.

I don't think 2 years old is WAY too early to start potty training. According to my own experience and some of my friends with similar age boys, it seems a little early for consistant success, but I would definitely try sitting him on the potty. Have Daddy show him if necessary, but certainly try. Some kids are well on their way to successful potty habits at 2 years old. He may be trying to tell you he's ready. You may just find the answer "flushed away." Good luck. My 3 1/2 year old is still struggling with it.

Cut the feet off his pjs and put them on backwards. It's almost impossible for the little dude to get it off.

IF he's not ready to potty-train, definitely do the duct tape. Or masking tape. We do it. Works great. :)

So my son was slightly younger than this when he started taking off his clothes and peeing everywhere and I thought the same thing, he's too young to potty train. But he went to daycare and they started taking him to the potty with the rest of the class and he would go. At home, I would take a book in the bathroom and let him sit on the potty before nap/nighttime. We would read and he would pee (I got him a seat ring, so he doesn't need to hold him self up when he's going and he won't fall in, but he still uses the big potty). We never said anything when he had an accident, but gave major praise when he did go and he is now completely potty trained and will not have an accident. He can hold it more than I can, I say if he knows to take it off when he has to go or if he doesn't like to be wet and takes it off for that reason, he's ready. I would start WITHOUT expectations and you maybe happily surprised!!

My oldest son had alot of accidents in the bed. It was ruining the bed, doing that much laundry was a pain. So we got those pads to lay under him. You know the kind they use in hospitals and nursing homes. Most are soft and quilted. They are washable. My point is for the time being to save yourself the sheet changing, to consider those. You pull it up and replace it w/another. You still have laundry, but w/a little less work. Boys are slower to potty train for some reason. My oldest was almost 4 when he finally got it. My youngest had just turned 3. We went to the store and picked out all kinds of character underwear and that gave them real incentive. They also got sticker/stamp charts and a prize after 5.

Good Luck, Potty training w/boys is no pc of cake!

My son (now 3.5 years, and long since potty trained) did the same thing. We put him in a zip-up sleeper for every bedtime, which we then safety-pinned at the top so he couldn't unzip it. Boy, were we glad to leave that phase behind!

I know this sounds exteme, but duct tape will work! Also, the cheaper brand of Easy Ups (Walmart brand I think) don't have the side tabs and you have to pull them down like underwear. Lastly, you may want to try to sleep him in the Pull Ups, a onesie and a pair of pants or shorts. I have never personally had this problem, but I know some other moms that have. Good luck!

tape, if he is a really good problem solver just wrap it around a few times.

Hi! 2 s the right age to potty train. My daughter goes to a school where all the kids are fully potty trained by 2, they dont let them wear pullups or diapers at all. 2 of my daughters i potty trained at 2 years old and neither pee in the night (12 hours) my oldest daughter we didnt train til like 3 1/2 and she has the most problems, shes almost 9 and still pees at night and has an occaional accident. its better to start early.

C., widowed mother of 3 girls, 8, 6, 4 in dc.

Hi K.,

My daughter, who is 2 1/2 is in the middle of potty training and developed the habit of taking off her pull-up to pee in bed. At daycare, they don't seem to have this problem (not idea why), but at home, we have resorted to putting her back in her jammies for nap and pinning the zipper up. Make sure that the safety pin is the old diaper kind with the safety latch, and that it passes through the fabric on both sides of the zip AND the hole in the pull tab. They can figure out how to wiggle out otherwise. The first day I did this (at night) I woke to "mommy, it not working" in a very whinny voice, because that darn zipper just wasn't doing what it was supposed to do.

Good luck. And welcome to potty training. Having the dexterity to remove his clothes is one of the things he needs to be able to do in order to start.

S.

I would go ahead and try potty training - every child is different, maybe he is ready. I know people whose children potty trained at as young as 1 year so you never know! It's worth a shot:) Good luck.

I had this problem with my daughter for a while during naptimes. I agree with the responses that recommend putting him in zip-up pajamas, but I also think it would help to introduce a little potty. My 3 1/2 year old daughter is just finishing up potty-training (only the occasional accident, and still diapers at night). Because she has a developmental delay, I introduced the potty when she was about your son's age: not forcing her to use it, just presenting it as an exciting new thing, showing her how it works, and then allowing her to totally "own" the process of potty training from then on. For the next year, she went through phases of interest and non-interest, but she gradually moved toward acquiring the skills she needed because she was allowed to practice at her own rate. If you introduce a little potty, then you could have him "practice" sitting and trying to pee each day before naptime, as long as he sees it as a fun, "I'm so proud of you" activity so he stays motivated. This would capitalize on his current attempts to take charge of his own bodily functions, but move it from the crib into the bathroom where it belongs. Good luck!

I don't think that it is too early for potty training. My son was 15months old when I potty trained him! It was great, no more diapers I still put pull ups on him at night just in case an accident happened. People always tell me that boys are harder to potty train than girls, but i say different because i am potty training my 2yr old for a while now and she is still not trained so i say go for it.

It sounds like your son may ready to start potty training. My son is 21 months but around month 20 he started doing that and bringing me diapers when he was wet. I decided to start potty training and he is getting the hang of it now. It took us a month but I didn't force him. He is still young so I wanted him to be ready. He has all of the ready signs to potty train so if your son has the same signs then maybe it is time to start trying. The new guidelines say that they need to be potty trained by 4 but most kids are going to be ready before that. The signs of readiness include physical: he can get on and off the toilet pretty good with little assistance, he can pull his pants up and down; physiological: he can hold it for more than an hour at a time, he knows when he is actually going to the bathroom; and psychological: he has to be bothered by a wet or soiled diaper. Start showing him videos or reading books about going on the potty. Another note, once I started potty training I also moved him to a big boy bed so he could get in and out more easily. Good luck!

Hi K.,
My daughter did the same thing! It drove my husband and I crazy! I can't tell you how many times we would check on her in the night and find her butt naked asleep. Sometimes it was cute...then she pooped! Not so cute anymore. We went so far as to putting her diaper and onsie on backward. Nothing helped. Then I figured it was because she liked the reaction she was getting from my husband and I. At first it was funny for us. Then she figured out she got to stay up just alittle later so we could changer her clothes and bedding. So, we just decided that when she peed in the bed to stop giving her any sort of reaction. We didn't talk to her while we were changing the bedding either. We made it as boring a possible. She eventually just stopped. Hope this helps! Good Luck!

Hmm, how about a sleeper that zips up. They have them in different fabrics if you are worried about being too hot or too cold. I've also heard of velcroing the diaper tabs. The other thing is he uncomfortable, diaper rash, etc?

my sister had this problem - she started putting her daughter in the all in one sleepers with a zipper, but she put them on backwards so they couldn't be undone. a child proof safety pin at the top of the zipper also works.

duct tape?
I put my younger one in a onsie. And he didn't try to get that off. If he had, I'd have used tape! There's no reason for him to take it off, you know? You just want to keep him in the diaper, not to stop him from peeing!
I'd use tape.

I really have no experience becuase I have never potty trained before, but I do remmeber that my mom started potty training as soon as we were able to walk well (she had the girls potty trained by the time we were 15 months and my brother by 18 months... atleast that is what she claims). It was her belief that if you could walk, you could walk yourself to the toilet. Now on my younger brother did have pull ups at night, but she also (for a while) got up every so many hours at night and took him to the potty and made him go before she put him back to bed. I still dont know what approach I will take with my son, but personally I dont think 2 is too young for potty training (again I have no personal experience) and I will be starting potty training once my son has walking down - I will see how this goes as I am also a full time working mom.
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Oh... suggestion on when you do potty train.. I had a coworker suggest to put cheerios in the toilet so that the little man has something to aim at.. kinda make a game out of it.... anyways, just another suggestion probably for little boys who are a little further into potty training

My advice is to start potty training two isn't too young at all. Expecially if he's showing signs of not wanting a diaper on. I would take his diaper off during the day and put REG. underware on him. Take him to the potty each morning and every hour there after until he gets the idea. Take him in the bathroom with you when you go and if he likes let him set on the potty in there with you or on the big potty after you. I don't like pull ups they are just more expansive diapers. They don't do what they advertise they do. My daughter even called them diapers. I would tell her No these are big girl panties and she was tell me no.
I've potty trained alot of kids while doing daycare and two is a great age to potty train.

Hi K.,

I have 2 kids, both of them were potty trained at 18 months. Try talking to him, take him to the bathroom with you when you go, better yet when DAD goes and talk about what goes on.

Then everytime he wets a diaper bring him to the bathroom and explain it patiently. After that let him wet himself (use cloth diaper or just briefs)during the day when he is awake and playing, then talk to him while you bring him to the bathroom.

The "yucky" experience sticks and helps them remember, it does not traumatize them, it just communicates in a way babies understand best, a sensation of wet stuff running down his leg or splashing on the floor is fascinating to them or unpleasant enough to rmemeber and avoid.

It took me only 1 to 2 weeks maximum with this method to potty train both my kids at 18 months. It helps when you don't get agitated when talking to them. Good luck!!