How did you get him to poop on the potty? My five year old will only pee (standing up) into the potty but puts a pull up on to poop. I’ve been going with the “he’ll go when he’s ready” but now we have been trying to bribe him candy.
Have you tried bigger rewards like dinner, movie, shopping or something? Since he knows, mabe try having him clean his own mess. If hes choosing to pee his pants, he should be responsible for the mess. Its possible he’ll be less likely to do it if hes the one doing the laundry, scrubbing the floor, changing the bedding, making the bed ect.
Do you stand him up to potty? Mine refused to go that way initially. I started sitting him backwards on the toilet and lo and behold… it worked. He is 6 now so that seems forever ago. However my 1 year old is completely terrified of the toilet and his potty. Not sure what to do about that one lol.
My daughter is 18 months and going on her little potty already I don’t get how or why people start potty training so late and no they don’t do it when they are ready lol wow
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Try telling him u will take him 2 the park or u will have a movie night with him if he uses the potty… little ones tend 2 like the idea of getting 2 do something with u more then getting something…
I helped my son clean up after himself after an accident. Taking his dirty clothes and washing them. He got just as sick of it as me.
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A friend of mine potty trained her boy by letting him pee in a metal bucket. She was having the same issue but he liked the sound when he peed in the bucket. My cousin finally broke her little boy by getting underwear with his favorite character on them. He didn’t want to get Iron Man wet.
Try Cheerios lol, just put a couple in the toilet an tell him to hit the targets! 
heard of a few people trying that, 
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I’ve heard moms putting cheerio in bowl to pee on.
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If there is a daycare of some sort he could goto for even just half the day to be around other boys his age that are potty trained I bet that might help
Get him one of those peeing baby alive dolls. Have him train the doll. Set the timer on your phone every hour.
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Make sure Dad always takes him to the bathroom w/him.
My husband took our son told him let’s make bubbles he thought it was a game
I’ve got three boys. They do it when they are ready.
I can remember when mine was 5,and it was August, I told him "do you want to poop in your pants in kindergarten? ". That did it.
My husband potty trained our son
I’d take him to the potty and make him try to pee every 15 or 20 minutes, be consistent and make it kinda fun if possible. Like every 20 minutes you race each other to the potty, let him win or something or give him a piggy back ride every 20 minutes to the potty and after a couple consistant days he will just do it. Also, when he asks for a drink say okay, but you have to go pee first because I don’t want you to drink so much that you pee your pants because that’s yucky. Those are things I have done and just got done potty training my 3rd kid.
Consistency and motivation are key to potty training. I do not do the “they go when ready”… I potty train at 2 and they should be done by 3 in my mind. I know everyone is different though which is fine.
My first kid - boy - took almost a year off and on because I worked away from home and he was my first. Wasn’t consistant enough. It’s hard when you aren’t always with them.
My 2nd - girl - took 2 days when running to the potty every 10 mins and that is literally it.
My 3rd. - girl - finally done with diapers at night. She turned 3 in Oct. and has been potty trained at home, but diapers at night or in the car just in case for a couple months. She took a few months, did not start until 2 and a half because she has health issues and couldn’t walk until right before her 2nd birthday.
Like I said, every kid is different but if you wait until they are ready to decide if they want to or not then that is too old in my opinion. I would rather motivate them, be consistent and just do it.
I let my boys pick out their favorite underwears to wear and put cheerios in the toilet for target practice. They like the idea of making it a game
I was beginning to think our son would be kept home from school becausr he wadn’t potty trained. Backing off, plus watching his dad, abd in 2-3 dayss, no problem.