Well, four hours and six pair of underwear later it was finally time to put him in a diaper for bed. Thank goodness! Luckily none of his accidents were #2, but still! At first I set the timer for 30 minutes, but apparently that was too long. So we tried 20 minutes, then 15. He never once told me that he needed to go, it was always from the timer going off. Once, literally 5 minutes after going in the potty after the buzzer went off, he left a big puddle on the floor. Seriously? And, I've found that it's really not handy when the timer goes off while I'm feeding Mary.
We tried again Monday morning, but then we were out and about the rest of the day (after naptime) and yesterday so we haven't tried it again yet.
So, to all you potty training veterans out there...is he just not ready yet, or do I need to give it a few more days before giving up?
Here's Josh sporting his new "Elmo" underwear:
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At least he's willing to sit on the potty. You're farther along than we are. I'm resigned to waiting. Hopefully we'll get there before she needs to go to kindergarten.
I don't think there's anything wrong with waiting. Jameson trained at about 2 1/2, but everyone told me that was early and he still has trouble sometimes. I did the timer thing too. I scheduled almost 2 weeks where I didn't go ANYWHERE (which just about killed me). Do you have a little training potty? If not you can borrow mine. For the first few days I sat it in the family room and we just watched movies. That way he didn't have to stop watching the movie so it wasn't a bad thing when the timer went off and he had to go potty. After the first couple days we put it in the bathroom. He didn't tell me he needed to go for about 2 months. Good luck!
Get a bunch of potty training books and movies from your library. Talk about the potty a lot. Maybe even pick up the book Potty Train your child in just one day. A lot of my friends recommend it, but you'll need someone to help out since you have the baby with you. He is a little young to be fully potty-trained, but it never hurts to start training at this age so he knows what he needs to do. BUT, remember that kids won't potty train until THEY are ready (no matter how ready mom and dad are!)
Heather (Eilertsen) Taylor
I didn't potty-train a boy, but Stella did it just a month before she turned 3. It took 2 days. I wasn't in any hurry to get her out of diapers though because I didn't have another one to change. I heard boys take longer, so I would wait. Don't stress about it or else he'll be anal retentive like my husband. He knows he is, so it's not bad that I said that.
Also, don't look at Lynnae's blog because her kids are potty-training prodigies.
Didn't my mom once tell me all of the kids in your family were potty trained by 18 mo.? Does your mom have any suggestions?
I am taking a slow approach with Dean. Get him used to the idea before I really hit it hard. If he ever talks about, looks like he needs to go, says he needs to go, etc. I let him sit on the potty.
We have both a bjorn potty that I like and we also have the little seat that goes on the regular toiled because he wanted to go on the big potty. He's gone pee a couple times and poop once. I don't know if he even recognizes that he needs to go every time he goes yet, so I'm not pushing it.
I'm all for the talking it up, reading books, having the potty available and sitting on it before bathtime. But I wouldn't push it. I did it two ways and i liked the waiting WAY better. Michael was three when I took the "plunge". We taught a baby doll how to go potty and I pumped him full of juice boxes. Every hour if he was still dry he got the reward of a juice box and salty treat, pretzles. That kids was sloshing! If he had an accident we practiced on the potty. I really liked the practice time because usually he had more to give. GOOD LUCK! I do not look forward to going through this mile stone again, though I hear girls can be easier.
Well...Everyone that has commented has had great advise.The practicing and books are a great place to start. In my experience-(worked with teens and their toddlers for 3+yrs) I have potty trained a few boys. They do generaly take longer-closer to 3 yrs before there are "ready". I did have a few that were trained at or a little after 2. Depends alot on verbal skills of the child and fine motor skills...pulling down pants etc. I used the 3 day method by Ann Andelin for Brooklynn- It is an ebook you can buy online.
(http://www.pottytrainingbasics.com/order-now.html)
You need to make sure you are able to stay home and not go anywhere for a while-Both of you home would be a best case senerio. It is intense-practicing taking off pants/underware, liquid overload, and no diapers/pull ups. So check out the site she does have some helpful tips under the "Articles" tab. I did use the food coloring trick before for a boy in my class...it was great!(LOL)Good luck-once you decide to do it-you got to do it 100%. Hope this helps.
Well, I am no expert. All I have to go by is what my boys did. Each child is different and will learn, and be motivated in different ways. I started trying to train Tyler about that early, too and stressed, cried, cleaned messes for over a year. He finally trained at 3 1/2! I decided with Justin, it was not worth the battle, and I would wait until he was really good and ready. He was super easy, when that time came, right before his third birthday. i used the timer with Justin too, and it worked really well. Josh may just be too young. I'm not even thinking of starting with Caleb until he is at least 2 1/2 or 3.
Good luck, whatever you do!
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