Potty Training Help! - El Paso,TX

I know what you are going through. My daughter is 25 months. She will tell me she has to go potty however she has already gone by the time we get there, but she will throw a fit if I don't let her sit on the potty. She asks to go to the potty about 100 times a day. I can understand your frustration as I am frustrated myself. At least your son will take his pants off before her goes. Mine just runs to the potty and apparently goes while running. I know this isn't any advice that I am offering, I just wanted you to know that you are totally not alone. I am in potty training dilema with you.

K. T.

I've never had my son do that, so I am just trying to imagine how I would react if he did. The only thing I can think of would be to catch him, make him clean it up (use gloves if you're worried) and redirect him to the toliet. So hopefully a couple of gross cleanups and realizing that he'll still have to go all the way into the potty, he'll get the idea. Sometimes they just want to keep playing so bad, they don't want to miss a second to stop and go into the potty. But if he cleans up his mess and then has to go in there and go through the motions, maybe he'll figure out its just easier to do it in there in the first place. Good luck!

My daughter is now potty trained. I did the same thing as you with pull up then bare or underwear when. She did the same thing. she would play on the potty then when she was done she would be playing and tell me " I am peeing" But that only last for a few week. The next step I did was I wrapped a present and put it in the bathroom so when she went she got a prize or we did a sticker chart so she could see how big she is..It takes time... I have been told we boys put cheerios in the potty and tell him to aim for them.. I read a book about potty to my daughter and she sat the whole time and then peed.. it take time.. good luck
jen

Hi S.,

I went through the same thing with my son at 2 1/2. I got so frustrated that I gave up and began talking to him about it. Like you I felt that he was smart enough to use the potty. We made a deal that on his 3rd birthday he would start using the potty. In the months that followed we would still work on using the potty but I wouldn't force it. Sure to his word after his birthday party I asked him if he wanted a diaper or underwear and he said "I am three now, I wear underwear and go in the potty" and he has. I think there may be some truth to waiting until they are ready. It worked for me - hope it helps! Good luck!!

Hi,
I am new to this site, but I have been there with potty training. My son was almost 3 when he got is down, and my daughter just decided to after her 2nd bday. My son who is now 5 had a lot to learn. We tried the diapers to pull up, but he just used them the same. We went to under ware and there were accendents, he would help me clean them up. He really liked to pee in a cup, odd but that is how is started. And then what finally got it was the sticker chart, with after so many stickers he got to go to the store and pick out a toy. Then after a while mommy would forget to reward after every time and then it came down. I still have accendents with my doughter and it has been almost 4 months, but it is when she is tired. So good luck.