Potty Training Help... - Baytown,TX

I am having the same problem with my 2 year old. He will use the potty at daycare, but when he comes home he wants nothing to do with it.

I took my oldest son to walmart and let him pick out what kind of undies he wanted, then we stayed home for a week, which i know maybe hard for you since you work (but maybe you could do a weekend instead or something), but i just left him in his big boy undies, and took him every 30 min-1hour to the bathroom and said lets go potty, if he went i sang and danced around the room and let him pick out a piece of candy (i buy mostly sugar free candy), then we also did a sticker chart, i let him pick out the color of star and put it in the box for the day, and at the end of the 2 weeks (bc that is how often my hubby gets paid and the easiest for us) we put a pic of a toy or something that he may have been wanting if he didnt have any accidents during the day (we didnt include the night), the he got the toy. Worked great of course at first there was a few accidents but suprisingly there was never any poo poo accidents, i have heard that is the hardest one to do in the daytime (not really sure if it is or isnt though), but he picked up really quickly that he did not like the wet feeling or to get his new big boy undies dirty, but he is also one of those kids that cannot stand to be dirty, if he gets water on his shirt he has to change his clothes, if his hands get dirt on them he has to wash them with soap and water, crazy and not to sure where he got it from, yes im clean just not that big of a "clean freak" LOL. Anywho, he potty trained on his own, we tried and tried, but nothing, but we let him go in the bathroom with daddy to "see how it was done", and one day while i was running his water he was on the toilet facing backwards on his knees going potty, so that kicked it off he was 2 1/2 when he was potty trained, it only took like 2 or 3 days, not long at all before he got the hang of it. Ohh and something else he thought was cool, if this is an option for you, was to pee outside, like on a limb or something, i would put something in the yard and tell him to shoot for it, he thought it was awsome and funny to do, my nephew would only pee outside when he started to potty train (but he would do caca inside weird i know), so i told my (now xsisinlaw) to see if he will pee in a cup, if he will start moving it slowly everyday closer to the house, inside and then to the bathroom, to the toilet until he will let you take the cup away and he will start peeing in the toilet, it took about a week or two but he got the hang of that too. I saw a urinal at walmart i am going to get for my son (18 months now), but its in the kids potty section, no plumbing hook ups required just fill up the container with water (i cant remember if you use any type of soap or not) but they potty and push the botton on the top and it will "flush" away the potty, and you take the container just like on a reg. potty chair and dispose of his potty. I thought it was neat, because, like my oldest son, he was on the chunky side so that when he sat on the potty chair his "buisness" got squashed between his legs, and he was too little (and scared) to sit on the big potty, and too short to reach his buisness over the big potty, so this would have been good to have. Just an idea incase your in the same situation my kiddo was in. Anyway, i hope this helps and makes any type of sense at all, sometimes thigs come out of my head to "paper" whether they are in order or not, LOL!! Good Luck on the potty training adventure.

We have a similar situation with our son, who is almost 3. We got him a training potty and started talking to him about potty training with absolutely no interest on his side...and then one day his teacher (he attends a Mother's Day Out program 4 days a week that we refer to as school) mentioned off-handedly that he was really doing well with going to the potty! They'd mentioned that they thought he was ready to start trying, but he'd been so uninterested at home that I really didn't think it would work. He's doing so well at school now, in fact, that they want to start him in underwear next week. And yet, he STILL shows no interest in going potty at home! What my son's school does (and what we have to get into the habit of doing and what you might want to try) is to make sure to remind him regularly. Don't wait for him to tell you--prompt him. Maybe once he gets into the habit of going to the potty with you, it will become second nature for him to tell you when he has to go. Also, does he wear items (clothing and pull ups) that he can remove on his own? That bit of independence may prompt him to just start doing it on his own, and telling you after the fact. Good luck!

You may want to check with your doctor on this too. If he is staying dry all night then it's time for potty training. If not he might not be ready for this.
Just a thought.

If you are asking him alot if he needs to go just stop asking him and give him a chance to tell you, be patiant this could take days! If you are asking him and he is always telling you no i don't need to go than stop asking him and just firmly, but kindly say it's time to go potty and take him in pull his pants down and set him on the toilet, stay in with him and tell him a story, sing a song, or another activity that shows him you are not upset or angry with him, you can not just tell a child you have to show them because they read our faces and emotions more than they belive our words as I am sure you are well aware of. After a few times of you in great kindness, and firmness reminding him that you are the parent you should see the happy change. He might just be useing the time it takes you to change his wet pants as a way to have you all to himself, and now he has that time with you in the bathroom while he is on the potty, and oh boy that will save on laundry time!!!

he is just being stubborn for you and dad! i had one like that. he would go at school but not at home. you can try asking him and if he says no still take him that way he will get used to it. just keep reinforcing positive potty behavior and he will get it. you are on the right track!

have a blessed day:)

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I am in the same boat..have an almost 2 yr old and he wanted to start at 18 months. He was very interrested in the potty chair and started to say "poo poo" and "pee pee", but then just stopped. He is normally a little cooperative and very happy when he wakes up. He just stopped being that way too. "Terrible 2's hit early" Now I am just trying to get him to go everytime he waked up. That is what my mom said to do. When he gets that down, start asking every hour. When putting him on the chair, insist he stays. I really am looking for ideas too. I dont want to frustrate him either. I think I will start using his big influences in his life, ie. Barney, Elmo and Big cousins. hope thishelps..good luck

I have 2 boys of my own . They are older now but when I was potty training them .Every time they would tell me of my husband they needed to potty they got a reward after they would potty . You may try that. It helped me.