I need help potty training my 2 1/2yr old son?

Question

He was going to the potty at daycare, and some at home. But then we moved, and daddy deployed. I'm sure that has some effect on it. But now it's a fight to get him in there. I set a timer to go off every hour, and he knows that means potty time. The problem is he runs around the house or he will sit for one second and fake cry if I tell him to sit back down. And at night, it's worse. He keeps getting up saying he needs to potty, but he doesn't. Or he'll lay there and go in his pull ups, then get up to tell me he went. It's frustrating. I need suggestions, please and thank you.

Answer 1

Its been a long time since i went though that you need to relax if you push to hard they won't do anything

Answer 2

during the day I got my little boy peeing out on a tree to make it fun hehe and we would switch it up and go inside to pee then out onthe tree to pee, anyways it got him peeing in the potty all them time!

Answer 3

laughing at your frustration...having the same troubles with mine...

first there is a more in-depth issue, your son is frustrated.... so he's going to take control of the only thing he can, his bladder....  also " the terrible two's" when he finds out that he can control "things"... so  remember it is a stage he's going through... usually till about 24years old...l o l .... I would recommend giving him some space, not "forcing the issue, make it more of a game... a fun thing to go potty.... not a timed event?.... as great grandma used to say you get farther with an ounce of kindness than a pound of "pardon the pun" POOH....

give him time, he'll adjust....   as for him getting up at night, he see's that as a game with you, <as in I haveta go potty, I get to stay up later> don't allow it... potty and back to bed "period"

as for the pull up thing, that's just timing...he'll adjust.... just praise when he gets it right,  it take time mom, just hang in there he'll get it soon, also challenge him to act like daddy, older brother or man figure in his life to model after... " oh look you went potty just like daddy what a big boy you are.... " that kinda praise....

like i tell my wife " be patience"

Answer 4

My best advice is to stop pushing the subject. The problem it sounds like you are having is that your son is not ready to be potty trained yet. At 2 and 1/2 years it is not uncommon for a child to not be ready yet. The more you push the more frustrated you will become. He isn't going to start using the potty until he is ready. The best you can do is talk to him about the potty, let him know it is there if he wants to try using it, and mostly importantly, back off! If you want to introduce the idea find a book to read him, or make up a potty song. Songs are very effective with toddlers.

Answer 5

it can be hard to do. I have been trying to potty train my 34 month old son for almost 18 months now...I think we finally got it though.

instead of a regular timer you might want to try the "potty watch" from Onestepahead. It does music at 30, 60, and 90 minutes intervals ( you choose how often). it is only like $13 .

you may have to totally start over once he is used to daddy being gone. My son started by going while I ran his bath and then in the morning and after nap. I physically carried him to the potty and sat him on it. It was so funny...he would holler "no potty no potty" as he was peeing. When we are out in public I give him a chance to pee every time I have to pee. He likes to stand on the seat and hold onto the tank. He was one who was perfectly capable of going pee in the potty, but chose to pee in his pull-up instead. After his siblings started school I decided to get busy and serious. The "diaper fairy" came and stole all his diapers and left a collection of training pants and real underpants. He HAD to wear underpants. The first day or so he had accidents all the time. About a week ago something clicked and he started telling me that he had to go potty. I sneak a pull-up out of hiding and put it on him after he falls asleep at night. If I know we are going to go on a longer car trip I "find" a pull-up and put it on him over his training pants. For the last 4-5 days he has had about 1 accident a day. He gets a treat most times after he goes potty. It may be a marshmallow or a few gummy bears, he gets to chose.

Answer 6

ok, been there totally, navy wife for 5 years, it is totally that dad left and a little bit that you moved. First thing... get rid of the timer, it has turned into something negative so every time he hears it, a negative effect goes off in his brain. so get rid of it. instead, try just telling him ok, i'm going potty, you need to come and see if you have to go potty too!! put him on first and if he's not liking the going on first then you go on and make a big deal about how great it is and yey!! mommy went potty in the potty so maybe you should too!!! the great thing about boys is the wilderness. my son would not go potty in the potty first, he wanted to pee on trees, now i dont know if you live on base or whatever, but maybe that would be something to try wilderness permitting (we live in the mountains in southern cali). hope that helps!!  

Answer 7

I know boys are different...  I have a daughter, she was PT'd a month before her 2nd birthday...  Reward reward reward...  I know my dd thrives on being made a huge deal of, so when she peed or pooped on the potty, we'd make a huge deal, hugs and kisses too were big in it... I started her at 22mos and by 25mos she was dry thru the night, and we haven't looked back...  Children thrive big time off praise, even if you have to over do it, and with in time slow it down a bit, encourage him to go on his own, and eventually it will be the norm.