Potty training stubborn toddler?

Question

I have a three and a half year old who we have been potty training for almost 5 months and is no closer today than he was 5 months ago. We tried right before he was two but could tell he was not ready so put it off for a few months and started again. He could care less if his pull up is completly wet or full of p**p...so we started just having him wear undies and having him help clean up a mess when he makes one. He goes to the potty fine if you continually ask him if he needs to go and can go all day but if you wait at all and he needs to go he will not tell you. We are trying to go with the flow, me and my husband have 5 other children who were all potty trained with no issues but my 3 1/2 year old is posing a challenge. Any tips or advise?

Answer 1

I am in the same boat, but my daughter is going to be 3 in october. She will pee all day long, but when it comes to pooping she just want do it. Good Luck. They way I got her to pee was, She loved the blow pops and the only way is could have one is to pee and she picked up on it. You might try something they you know he likes..

Answer 2

I would take him to your doctor and check if there are any medical reasons why this is happening.

If you have already tried this and there is nothing then just stop mentioning anything to do with the potty, him wetting or soiling himself and don't make a big deal about cleaning it up. Just change him quickly and say 'lets get some dry pants on you now', then immediately get into another activity. When you stop paying attention to it for him then hopefully he will get interested for himself.  Some children are too pre-occupied and leave it till the very last minute. It will probably start getting better now that he is 31/2

Answer 3

All kids are different. Neither of my boys would p**p, and my youngest has only been fully potty trained for a month and he will be four in Nov. Try not to worry so much they can sense it. Kids usually do not graduate high school in a diaper you still have time.

Answer 4

Let this be his responsibility. Don't ask. He is depending on you to tell him when it is time to go. Turn the responsibility around.

Let him clean up his own mess and he'll get tired of soiling his underwear. If you have a timer consider using it and having him go on his own when the timer goes off. This makes it his responsibility.

Also, let him pick out a favorite toy to "pottytrain" with.

Be patient. It will happen. I know because my son was just like this.