Potty Training

They say that boys are harder to train train than little girls. My son is 2 and half and just starting to potty train. He showed a little interest awhile back and we got the potty chair. He would sit on it with his pants on. We just kind of let him tell us when he was ready. He's actually doing really well, too now. They say if you push them, it may actually end up taking longer in the long-run. So that's one of the reasons we let him kind of take the lead. Good luck! I know it's tough. I'm worried my son is going to stop going in the potty and we'll be back to square one. But I do think that consistency is key to training. I'm actually not that grea twith being consistent and need to be better about that.

I do not have boys. I did work in a prep day care and I had many boys age 18_24 months. First you are actually starting early especially for a boy. Boys physically aren't ready as early as girls it's just a muscle thing and not one to worry about. If there is no interest by your son let it rest a bit. Offer to go once or twice a day and when interest starts to show gently encourage it. I have had a toddler and a baby in the house at the same time and sister I feel ya. Half the diapers would be nice both on the back and the budget but pushing too hard can actually delay the process. He'll get there and most likely will become interested more around 2 1/2. Good luck and don't take upset with all the ups and downs of potty training. It always happens and it is different with each and every kid.

There is no 'perfect' time to potty train a child. Whether it's a boy or a girl. Every child will and do learn at their own pace. My oldest daughter was 3 years 1 month my middle daughter was 3 years 4 months and my youngest is now 22 months old. My youngest has peed a few times on the potty but I myself is not very constant. I let her go to the potty when she mentions it which is about 3 times a day. I'm not too worried about it. I believe in the saying that 'your child will not graduate high school in diapers'. Now if the child is 4-5 years old I'd be talking to a doctor about it because there could be more to it then the child being 'lazy'. If your son is only 19 months old then I wouldnt worry much about it. Let him be the leader and you be the follower. It's what I've always seen that works. Good luck

Boys take longer than girls to potty train was the main thing I learned. I became pregnant with my son when my daughter was 2. I worked on potty trainning her while pregnant, but she wasnt to interested so I didnt push the issue. I had my son in september and my daughter turned 3 in December. After we moved back to WA from VA when my son was two weeks old, she decided to use the potty and pretty much trained herself. By the time she was 4 she was fully trainned night and day. My son was a complete opposite. He had no interest in the potty. I was trying everything and I didnt even start with him till he was 3. All the other times I tried he had no interest in it and would just fight. Its better to not push the issue. I was consistent with him, had rewards, he took forever. At home he wore underware. When we went out he wore pull up. At night I wld do pull-ups. I didnt want to do diapers at any time since I thought this would be confusing. He had his own potty and reward chart. Finally he was potty trainned during the day before he was 4. He is 5 now and still has accidents at night so I have him wear a pull-up. Sometimes he dosent have one. We told him when he can stay dry at night for a week than he wont need pull-ups. I dont have my kids drink before bed and I dont let them take dirnks in their rooms. Your son is still young. I dont recomend trying to potty a train until he is over 2. They take longer and they need to show interest. For now I wld give it a break. You also need to be consistent. This cld mean sitting in the bathroom with him for 20 mins or so while hes reading a book on the potty waiting because he thought he had to go, but didnt need to at that time. He will be potty trainned. Put it this way he wont be in kindergarten in a diaper.

oh this is very difficult.I have two boys who are 2 years and two months and I find it very difficult.Every day we try several times to put them in a pot but they cry and do not want.Many people told me that somewhere in hell godniki two and a half they will begin to ask yourself and it will be easy but I do not know. Obviously need patience.I hope soon to succeed both. Have a nice day!

He's very young to be potty trained. I would just wait a few months. If you wait until he's ready, it'll take a few days and that will be it. Why spend months making your life difficult?

There is no time frame within which they need to learn. Just give him time, he would learn slowly. My son started when he was two, i too had started training him when he was your sons age. So, don't worry he will pick up tihings with time. Different children have different inclination to learn things at different age, your son might be intrested in learning some thing other than potty training!!

my son's 20 months old, and im still potty training him till now. i just started a few weeks ago, though. but, im not the one who started the teaching, it him. he started pointing to the potty trainer and that's only when i started doing serious training. im glad he's showing interest with his potty training, hope he can perfect it soon. :)

Have patience he ll automatically learn it. Its just that you ve to wait. Its hard for the babies to adjust to some thing new. My son learned it about 4 months ago. He is 2.6 years old.