2 year olds??
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Your parents come from the generation where if the child was not trained by 2, there was something wrong with the parents. Well, studies show that waiting until the child is more mature will make the whole process less stressful and more enjoyable for both parents and child. If a person lives to be an average of 80 years, what difference is the extra year or so in diapers?
Also, it sound like you have already reached a stage where your son either hates going to the potty, or is seriously frightened of it. If you persist, you may cause him to hate his body, hate the toilet and more.... In addition, the whole training period will be extremely stressful for both of you, and may intrude on other aspects of your life (work, family, spouse etc). You will also find that when kids train later, they train faster, soy ou dont save yourself much if you push him tro train earlier.
Your parents may mean well, but the child is yours, and they should respect that. You may have to tell them to back off and let the issue rest. You dont want them to discuss it with your son and put more pressure on him...
I would let it go for a long, long time. Let him forget the whole issue, and then when he is ready, start anew. My son refused to be trained (you can see from my first question how frustrated i was). This morning he told me that he want to wear underwer to preschool, and i have yet to hear that he had an accident. Go with the flow and good lcuk!
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The same thing happened with my little brother. Let him decide. If you force it on him then he'll come to not like potty time and that will make him not want to potty train for even longer.
YOU NEED TO SHOW HIM AND ENCOURAGE THE POTTY BUT YES HE WILL BE DECIDE WHEN HE GETS POTTY TRAINED, MY OLDEST WAS POTTY TRAINED AT 2 1/2 SHE WASNT READY UNTIL THEN, SHE NEVER HAD AN ACCIDENT ONCE I PUT HER IN PANTIES, MY YOUNGEST IS 22 MONTHS AND I BELIEVE SHE IS READY AND I AM FIXING TO START, WHEN I HAVE A FREE WEEK WITH NO ERRANDS, GOOD LUCK AND FORGET WHAT OTHERS TELL YOU, MY MOM SAYS I WAS POTTY TRAINED AT 12 MONTHS, I DOTN BELIEVE IN THAT, IT IS TOOOOO YOUNG, Yes you are right. I am doing the same thing with my 2 year old. I have 2 older boys ages 9 and 7 and I had them potty trained early. But for my 3rd one, I am not going to push him. I already see him making progress, because he is starting to tell me when he has to go and running to the bathroom. He is doing this on his own. When he is ready he will do it.
LET HIM GO ON HIS OWN DONT FORCE HIM
that isnt a bad thing. boys actually take longer to potty train than girls do though. dont force him to until he is trully ready. But also keep in mind that preschools wont accept the student if they are not potty trained. there are a few websites below that i hope will help you! GOOD LUCK POTTY TRAINING YOUR SON!!!Source(s):
http://www.babycenter.com/refcap/toddler/toilettraining/4684.html
http://www.babycentre.co.uk/toddler/pottytraining/forboys/
my boy will be 2 in aug he says he has to pee after hes already went in his diaper so i still let him take it off and sit on the potty. he dont go but he atleast nows somewhat i think he just dont understand to go in potty. i even run water. i would say let him go but thats not what im doing with mine, diapers are expensive!! good luck try letting him go naked i think i might try that also actually girls are quicker than boys at potty training and most other things - that is universally recognized throughout childhood
age 2 is OK but a little young - and different children are ready at different times too.
i would go back to nappies/diapers for now and perhaps try again in a month or two.
i used to make my son sit on the potty too - he didn't appreciate being made to sit there - it turned out he wasn't ready at that time so we stopped and went back to it later and he was very quick then
You can let him decide but two year olds don't really have the "decision-making" capabilities. If your he decided to have dessert every night for dinner would you let him? C'mon - YOU'RE the parent here. I'm not saying to push him, but you can certainly try doing things to entice him and interest him in the process.
I started out by buying a simple white potty that looked the closest to a regular toilet. No bells n' whistles. Then I got the "Feel N Learn" pull-ups which are great because when they are wet, they feel wet to the child. Then we had a "sticker" program. I would put the potty in front of the toilet and we would both go potty together. Every time she was successful, she got a sticker that she placed on the bathroom cupboard beside her potty chair. That way she was able to see the rewards of her efforts. And I also made a big effort to praise her really dramatically! Then we'd both empty her potty into the toilet and wave and say "bye-bye peepees/poopoos, thanks for coming out!" She'd sometimes just sit on the chair and "pretend" to potty just so she'd get a sticker! But she quickly figured out that she needed to produce visible results... It took about 2 months. Then I took her shopping and let her pick out her own underwear (Dora). She was so happy to wear them and very, very proud. She had a few accidents but I never made a big deal out of them to her. It got tricky when we went out because it's important that as soon as said she had to potty, we had to pull over right away. I was sure NOT to fall back on the pullups just because we were out. It just prolongs the process. She was able to wear underwear during the day and a pullup at night. Then, eventually she lost the nightime pullup and I woke her at 2am and took her to the potty - every night for about a week. And then that was that.
Every child is different tho - the key is to make a big fuss when they go and not make a fuss if they don't. Good luck with it.
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