Okay this might be a little long but i need advice.
My son is 19 months old and i believe ready to be potty trained. He pulls on his diapers and trys to take them off and trys to help wipe when im changing him and sometimes wakes up from naps dry.
Heres the problem, we are redoing the whole backside of our house…where the bathroom is. (We bathe him and thats fine but not safe to be back there alone) it wont be completed for about a month and a half if all goes well. So the safe areas he can be in are the kitchen, living room and bedrooms.
So today i went and bought the potty that looks and sounds like a real toilet. I put in his room. We sat him on it i kept asking if he wanted off and he would shake his head. We had him on it about 8 minutes and he didnt do anything and wanted off so we took him off. I have rewards for when he goes. I went to put a diaper on him and he started crying. He has seen his dad pee in the toilet and me sit on it before our bathroom just got blocked off. Now hes just carrying the plastic potty around and sitting on it with his clothes on. I need advice please no bashing its been stressful with a baby a toddler and renovating our house. I feel bad leaving him in diapers when hes trying to take them off but this just seems like a mess. Any tips are appreciated.
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Just wait until your house is done. He’s only 19 months he’s got plenty of time. He’s going to have to learn to use the bathroom when he needs to, not just carry with him all the time because he like it
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This might sound silly, but what if daddy peed in the baby potty a couple of times to get him used to it 
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Put him in underwear or let him go naked and it’s ok to put it in the living room and let him sit on it to watch TV and if he wants to use the big potty then let him, you shouldn’t leave him alone in there any way since babies can fall in and drown in the potty. Don’t push it on him yet but don’t hold him back either
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If hes interested in doing it, then just do it. No diapers, make him sit every 20 minutes and let him learn. Dont hold him back because of reno’s.
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I’m still in virgin territory here myself with a 23mo, but are you sure he’s really ready to potty train or just being curious? We have the same potty, put it out at 18 months to get used to the idea. We have an open door policy so he sees mama and Papa on the big potty. Is your son telling you when he has soiled his diaper? That awareness is the first sign he might be ready. And then letting you know when he needs to go. Idk how advanced your boy is, but I know for sure I foresee at least another six months of diapers for us. We have a lot of curiosity over here, but not a great deal of true understanding of what is happening yet. Good luck and keep us posted!
Try to put some training undies on him. They are lined with plastic, so if he goes the mess isn’t too bad. Also, let him run naked. I have 3 kiddos and during potty training, cleaning up a tee tee mess or two is just part of it…
Pull ups are so much closer to underwear kids love that they are more independant.
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Either go back there with him to the toilet since he cant be alone there, or designate a potty area that’s private like (you coyld hang curtains or put in a corner if his room) and tell him that will be tge pkace it stays … You don’t want him use to toting that around. Put him in underwear all day. Accidents will happen, just keep consistent. And if you can, teach him to also go by a bush outside.
Let him run naked and sit on the potty every 30 minutes. Rewards when he goes. High fives for trying.
I would wait tell renavations are done then start or the bathroom y’all use right now take him in there and tell him the crapper stays in here cause it’s not a toy 
Sounds like go for it couldnt hurt