Potty Training Dilema

you got good advice already but i know what you mean with it being frustrating. my son also has a late july birthday and my sister but it nicely when she said remember he is a young 3. although your son is comfortable with the potty he may not be fully ready. you said he did good when he didnt have pants on most likley because if he started to pee he could feel the dripples. ditch the pullups it makes it so much easier they feel the pee and then can start to really make the connect of what it feels liek when they have to go. My son would do the same thing with the pullups we could sit on the potty forever and as soon as we were up and pullups on he would be. so frustrating . What worked for us was ditching the pullups and i just paid close attention to him for about a weekend to see what clues he would give before he had to be and try and to catch before he went but oh man if he did go when he has his underwear on he knew and would RUSH to the bathroom. Give it time i think my son was starting to really get it about 3 1/2. just curious when is his birthday mine is july 29 . good luck with the training trust me it does happen even though in the moment it feels like it never will.

My son was the same way. It sounds like the pull-ups are the problem. You are going to have to just stop putting him in pull-ups. They don't leave enough wetness on the skin to really be uncomfortable. They have training underwear at wal-mart, target and other stores. You can find these in the layette section and they are thicker than regular underwear. If you son only has a little accident but stops when he feels the wetness, then it won't get onto his outer clothes or the floor. However, be prepared for him to have an accident or two a day the first week or so that he is exclusively in underwear. It can just be part of the process, but stick with it everywhere (even if you are going to the store). Just carry extra clothes with you. Also let your son's daycare know that you will not be putting him in pull-ups anymore and give them extra changes of clothes. The key will be constistancy. When my son was going through this process his grandparents put him in pullups one day and he had more accidents the next couple of days. I wouldn't stay at home, because he needs to learn he cannot go in his pants anywhere.

Also, when he does have an accident, make him help take off his clothes, clean himself. It makes it more of an inconvience for him.

Just don't give up and be consistant with no pull-ups when he is awake.

get rid of the pull ups.. they feel like diapers.. try undies... or nothing for a weekend.. it will work out when he is ready.. just keep trying..

Sounds like he responds better with the under pants on, instead of the pull up.

1 he's only 3 and is still learning and will be for a while, he'll get it when HE'S ready
2 use the method that works for him if he responded better not using pull ups then don't make him wear pull ups, you're going to have accidents, but he'll get it
3 don't stress about it, he can sense if you are, and he'll start stressing about it, and that'll make you start from square 1 all over again

My advice is to wait a bit. It doesn't sound like he is quite ready. And when he is ready, it will be a snap. My son's daycare did the same thing (setting them on the potty) but I knew he wasn't quite physically ready. I didn't think he truly knew before it happened it was going to happen. I waited a while longer then one day tried underwear. It was soaked within an hour. I didn't make a big deal out of it. Just waited a while longer again. Then one time I tried it, he made it half a day. I just changed him into a new pair of undies, and he has been in them since (with a very rare accident...we do still do pullups at bedtime). He was over three years old. Was he older than a lot of kids? Yep. But we didn't have much frustration because he was ready at that point. I didn't have to ask him; he just knows to go.