My son began potty training when he was 26 months old. He did great. We've never had a problem with #2 and generally have done OK with #1. Now, it's been about a YEAR and he still has many accidents. It's usually when he's involved in playing and doesn't want to stop even though he knows he should. It's so frustrating! A YEAR?! I feel like I've read everything, talked to everyone and tried everything. I think he just doesn't want to be a "big boy" completely. Is there ANYTHING else I can do, or do I just wait until one day he decides he wants to?
Sometimes you just have to roll with the punches. My son pulled this on me. and I just had to go with the floe. He'll get back into it, when? who knows when he gets tired he will do it on his own. Good Luck
A friend of mine had the same problem with her son, although I think he was a bit older so it may not be as applicable to your current situation. She told her son that he only got one pair of pants/underwear for the day, so if he had an accident, he had to stay in his wet pants for the rest of the day and couldn't leave the house, sit on the furniture/carpets, play outside with his siblings, etc. I believe she only had to enforce it once, then there were no more accidents. But as I said, I do think he was a bit older and she was certain that he was fully capable of not having accidents (and had been checked out medically to make sure nothing was wrong). It may be worth trying later if it doesn't improve and you get desperate. Good luck!
You might want to also discuss it with your doctor, although it also may be in relation to his age. My niece had some medical issues where she honestly didn't get the sensation that she had to go, so that may be part of the issue.
Also, he is still on the young side so it may be that you need to just back off a little. If it happens mostly when he's involved in playing, maybe just put a pull-up on him at that time just in case.
LH; ive raised 3 boys, and sounds ilke you did what i did, however each of my boys did not really take a hold of it till they were almost 4, so hang in there, and i understand your concerns, most of it comes from your expecting another little one and you want this one to all done, but he wont be,and once the new one comes he might revert right back anyway, so be patient and give it time, i think too the reason they do so well at 2 is we are in charge then and help them then they get older and learn they are in charge of potty, and they can make it happen or not, so we have a battle of wills, it will come, just be happy and do what you can for each day as you have been, continue to be a good mom and enjoy life, D. s
when abby #2 comes along you will see a regression. I know my now 10 year old son was vary hard to potty train. They ran a lot of test on him before saying yes he has ADHD. He would never stop doing any thing to go potty. With us we did end up putting him on meds and with in a week he was using the potty and doing well. You will also want to see if he has other medical problms and see if there are othere things making it hard for him to go use the potty.
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Just remind him every hour to go - tell him to go try, don't ask. This is WAY more important to you then it is to him. It's not on his agenda to do, he has more important things to do, like play. You have to remind him that it's time to go and that might be true for another year until he is four.
he probably started too young.. so you have been training forever..
you can try a reward .. stay dry all day and get a sticker,, cookie, trip to macdonalds...
my daughter was very motivated by m&ms.. my son seems to like praise.. he will go potty for a high five..
Don't worry, things will get better. I used to feel the same when my son was 3. He is now 4 and is able to hold it and make it to the bathroom on time. He used to also have accidents when he was playing, etc. When your son gets older, he will have better control and will be able to hold it longer. My son started part-time preschool at 3 - funny thing is that he never had accidents while at preschool, only at home! :)
Hi, I found a potty training watch to remind them to go. They wear it and it has 30, 60 and 90 minute alarms to remind them to go. The website is onestepahead.com
I just got it so haven't had time to use it yet. But Feedback about it was good with the moms that tried it.
Since he is still having as you said "many accidents" he is not trained. If training starts too early, it will take longer. 3 is a good time to START training. Maybe give it a rest until he really vocalizes that he wants to do it, otherwise it's a matter of who is training who. No worries, he will get it.
My son was instantly done potty training when I told him if he had an accident in his pants, we were leaving where ever we were. Of course, we were at Disney World. But the point was also made leaving Walmart a couple of times.
A wise woman told me to plan on potty training being done by age 5 as no Kindergärtner ever went to school in diapers!
:) Relax. Good luck!
