Toilet Training

You guys are way ahead of me. My son is turning two next month and I am having the hardest time potty training him. I will sit him on the potty for like 20 or 30 minutes at a time and let him watch his show or read a book. As soon as I let him get up. A minute later he is peeing on the floor. Im trying to be patient with the whole potty training process because i know it takes time. Are there any tips for me to help get him trained?

Children have not changed much, I imagine, for centuries. But what parents accept from them has changed a lot since I had my children (now 44 years old the youngest). Both were trained before they were 2 years old. My youngest inherited nappys from the oldest and they are 2 years apart. I had them a while longer with night nappies. Not much though. None of them had disposable nappies so it was VERY important for me to train them soon. I did and they picked up quickly. By the way, at that time I did not have a washing machine either. It was my work so there was no choice

Well, you may not like my idea, but it seemed the only thing to work for me. My boys were all potty trained and would use the toilet for both wee and poop....but I baby sat a boy who was almost 3 and he would almost always poop in his pants. One day while changing him the entire time I was I complained about the smell, how stinky it was to have to change him, and what a mess it was, and "gross" and all sort of words to explain how disgusting it was. After that I had no problem with him in this dept...and neither did his mom!!

I finally told my daughter that I was tired of washing poop out of panties and that it was gross. That did seem to help. I also cheated a little she would get 2 mini M&Ms if she went poop on the potty. I know all the books will say not to do this with any kind of food but it was more practical for me than stickers. Sometimes a little reward will help. You could also try, and I know this sounds gross, but dumping her poop in the potty and telling her that is where it goes. I do this anyway with diapers as I have a daycare and it helps with the smell. You might also just sit down with maybe a doll or something and have them go poop on the potty and then have her help the doll go poop. She may say something to the doll that may be scaring her or upsetting her about it. She will get it, it just might take some time and trying a few different things. I would also say get rid of the nappy all together tell her they are gone.