So I’m potty training my two-year-old son. He turned two on June 24th. I can already tell he’s going to be MUCH harder than my daughter. So far, we’re on day 2. I’ve got him stripped bare naked. He can’t do the underwear thing cause he just pees in them every time. And if he’s naked, at least I can see when he’s peeing and try to intervene. I need tips!!! I’ve been giving him drinks non stop, but it seems like every time he sits on the potty, he holds it. He HAS to be holding it because I sat him on the toilet for almost an hour while watching tv and nothing! But as soon as he stood up and started playing, he peed after about 5 mins.
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He’s obviously not ready. Wait a few weeks then try again.
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He’s not ready yet. Try again in a couple months
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That’s early for a boy. But also I wouldn’t sit him have him standing from the get go.
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Not ready. I tried to force my boys to potty train when they weren’t ready and it failed miserably. Don’t put more stress on yourself than you need. Not worth it.
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Doesn’t sound like he’s ready, my son was almost 3 before we could even start trying it
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We introduced the urinal type to our son n he loved the fact he was peeing standing up n went to it every time he had to go. We absolutely love it.
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I’d wait to start him, it sounds like he isn’t ready. Plus, he shouldn’t be sitting he should be standing. Give him some cheerios to aim at. It’ll be fun for him.
Let him take the lead. That’s what we have done with our girls. My oldest was potty trained by 3, middle at 4 and my youngest is in the process, she’s 3. If you push when they aren’t ready it is so much more difficult and every child is different. I wouldn’t worry, he still has plenty of time.
Typically boys start a little later. He is still pretty young I would wait try again at 2 1/2 . Encourage him if he shows interest but don’t force it. Try doing it first thing when he gets up, before bath and bed. I work with 2 to 3 yrs old children and have literally help parents potty train hundreds (35 yrs in the business) of kids .
It really doesn’t sound like he’s ready…but you can try to make it fun and see if he’ll play along…put a few Cheerios in the toilet and tell him to try to hit them when he pees. Both my boys were stubborn and I had to go with their time line. Peeing off the porch was their favorite 
, but I always told them to stand.
Maybe he’s not ready yet. My son is 2 also he turned 2 May 1st and my son I sit him on the toilet and I show him this is where u pee pee and poop but he doesn’t seem to understand fully what it is yet. I’m gonna try next month. They say do it when they are showing signs of being ready it’s not good to force it. Try again next month
He doesn’t seem ready… don’t force it
Please don’t sit him on the toilet for an hour. Imagine if you did that to yourself. Your legs and butt would hurt. You wouldn’t be able to walk. Both legs would be asleep.
I didn’t start potty training my son under recently and he is a little over 3. Boys tend to be ready later, and while its still a battle it is easier than trying before. I set a timer for 10 minutes, i started at 5 minutes. I do 10 minutes off, 10 minutes on. If he pees on my floor, he cleans it, then we go right to the potty to sit, then we get fresh undies and change them. Ive managed to get him from not going on the potty at all to peeing in it most of the day, as well as occasionally pooing, and also he has extended his ability to hold it from 10 minutes to almost 30. Its a slow process but its a lot of consistency and positive encouragement. My girl I trained in one day, she was night trained within a few months without me ever training her, she just did it on her own. My son is a lot harder and I have to actively train him daily, we still aren’t to the point where he will tell me when he has to go but we are working towards that.
My son was 3. Don’t stress yourself out pushing him when he’s not ready. Wait until he’s ready and it will be so much easier on both of you.
Being to firm while toilet training can make it much harder cause he will get anxiety if you make him sit too long. He isnt ready and you should wait and not a big deal about it. Good Luck
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I didn’t do it completely with both of my oldest until 3, it’s ok to introduce the chair, but it sounds like he’s not ready. When they start ripping off wet diapers or wanting to try the potty, that’s when you jump on it. Also a reward system works great! Like a sticker potty chart, or a piece of candy after they go.
Hes not ready by the sounds
Hes not ready, my first daughter was potty trained before two and my second daughter was two weeks after she turned three, i let them take the lead x
Maybe wait and try again. My son was just over 3 when we finally managed to potty train him. We used a sticker chart, and small party favor incentives. If he’s not ready, he’s not ready. 
Just wait and try again.
Boys are later then girls. I have 2 boys. My oldest started getting it at 3 years old. He is fully potty trained during the day now. (4)
My youngest who turned 3 in June still can’t get peeing on potty but will poop. (Little backwards) give him a little time he doesn’t sound ready. But naked is a good tactic as well as aiming for a cherrio or fruit loop. Some boys also love to pee in a tin can to hear it.
Put fruit loops in the toilet. Make it a game
He’s not ready yet,…
My son is fully potty trained at 2.5, but he wanted to do it. I’ve never pushed my kids, only a gentle nudge. They will tell you when they are ready. My other son didn’t even bother until he was 3. To me, it sounds like he just is not interested. It would much easier on you both if you let him decide when he’s ready. Good luck mama! 
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Keep underwear on him. Him peeing himself and being wet is what will get him to better understand. And have him sit on the potty every 15-20 mins for just a few mins. Make it a big deal lots of praise whether he goes or not. Make it fun.
I didn’t even bother with potty learning until my kids were a few months away from turning 3.
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Stop pushing him, he’s not ready
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He’s not ready don’t force it
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I dont think he is ready yet. I have a little boy as well he just turned 2 on Aug 3rd. And I took pull up away , but he was ready. He has 2 older sisters . He still has accidents with pooping but it’s getting better. He loves to go outside and pee on things. Maybe try that. If not he definitely isn’t ready! 
good luck.
Why does it matter if he is sitting or standing. He is 2. I have a high toilet and my 2 year old was potty trained at 2 years 5 months and while he pees standing up when he is outside, he pees sitting down when he is inside because he doesn’t quite reach the toilet and sometimes he decides he has to poop.
I will say I tried potty training as soon as he turned 2 and it was miserable. I bought some of those extra thick underwear and he hated the feeling of them being wet and he just decided one day he was ready. We are now 2 months from turning 3 and he is completely potty trained even at night.
It just depends when the child is ready
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Hes not ready yet my daughter was 2 yrs old when she was potty trained and my son was almost 3 trust me one day he will just be like ok I hate having a wrt diaper on and go on the potty just give him a bit longer it will be better for both of u… on another note if u make him sit on the potty for long periods of time it could scare him and make him take even longer thats what happened with my youngest I can hime from work one day and after about 3 hours it dawned on me she might need her diaper changed so I went to find her and here she had got up that day and decided to wear her underwear and go in the potty and its been going good ever since … atheist in the day we still have pull up for night time
I tried when my son turned 2. He did exactly what your son is doing. He hated anything to do with the potty. Finally at exactly 2 1/2 years old he decided he wanted to be a big boy and pee on the potty. He asked one night to go and then the next day he just continued with it 
he’s not ready just give him time
You’re going to hear alot of opinions about “what’s the right way to do it”, but honestly, different things work for different kids at different ages. My son was potty trained at 2. We used the cheerio trick and he loved that game! It only took him 3 days-we put him in underwear so he could get used to wearing it, and it worked fine for us! I didn’t want him to get used to the no underwear thing, and just have another thing to get used to, so we just went all in with underwear! No underwear works best for other kids.
Our kid was clearly ready, but he really didn’t show any signs prior, we just figured the other kids (boys and girls) in his daycare were starting to potty train, so what was the harm in trying it? That having been said, it does sound as if since your kiddo is sitting on the potty and not doing anything-he might not be ready. No harm in waiting a month or two and trying again.
7 yrs ago we did a app called pottytime and it worked sooo much with us plus we did a potty chart and after a week of stickers he got to go pick out a prize!
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Different things worked for different kids. Peeing on trees helped my son
Not ready yet. When he’s ready it will come naturally for him to learn how to and he will actually want to use the potty over his diaper, it won’t be comfortable for him and his instincts will kick in. Until then you’re losing an uphill battle. Don’t rush him or stress over it. It’s not a big deal at all and totally normal to start potty training on or after their third birthday and to have kids who are very different in all of their milestones.
My daughter was potty trained 2 days before her 3rd birthday. It took 20 minutes… at 3 she understood the sensations of needing to pee and 
… she never wore pull ups…straight to underwear. Never had an accident or peed to bed 
…not being judgy but 2 is so young
Potty training boot camp. Look it up. Follow it. It will change your world.
I agree its a bit young my daughter just potty trained my grandson and he was 2 and a half …he came out of them altogether day and night within a fortnight
I have two boys and it was different with each. With my oldest I never did a potty chair. Just a potty seat on the regular toilet. He would always make a face when it came time for #2. That’s when I would run and sit him on the potty. I read him an endless amount of stories. But he was doing #2 on the potty by the time he was 2. It took nearly 6 months later for #1 to happen. My second I didn’t even start trying until after he turned 2. He had stomach issues so again #2 was fairly easy. He didn’t start doing #1 on the potty until he was about 2 1/2 and then wasnt accident free until almost 3. I still put him in a pull-up at bedtime bc every once in a while he won’t wake up when he has to go. With him I had to do rewards. I bought Hershey kisses and if he went potty he got one. After the first couple of weeks though I wouldn’t bring up the treat unless he did. I would suggest trying to start with #2 on the potty. Look for signs that he’s getting ready to go. I’d take a wet diaper/pull up over a poopy one any day! Try talking to him about why going on the potty is good. I would tell my second that dirty diapers could give him boo-boos (diaper rash). So going on the potty would help him to not have any more boo-boos. I think it sounds like that he’s at least comfortable with sitting on the potty and not scared. That’s a good start! Maybe give it a break for a couple of weeks or a month and try again
His bladder might not be ready? There are physical reasons too.
Life is going to be filled with infinite worry if you compare your children’s milestones.
He’s not your daughter. Let him be him on his own schedule…
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Check out the three day potty training method- it works
Put Cheerios in the toilet and tell him to shoot them when he pees. If you can let him pee outside. Give him a reward if he pees in the toilet like stickers or candy. It takes time. My son definitely took longer than my daughter
Make it a game. Throw a few Cheerios in the bowl and tell him to see if he can hit them and congratulate the heck out of him when he does use the toilet. Give him no attention when he has an accident but get him to help clean it up. He has to shower after every accident.
He’s just not ready yet.
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My son is at 3.5 we are just now potty training until he is staying dry through the night he’s just simply not ready…
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I bribed lol. Every time she went pee she got 1 M&M, poop she got a mini candy cane (her fave). Lol
My sons I got one of those animal shaped urinals with a spinner in it worked amazing! Sitting down didnt work for us
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My grandson was potty trained y 27 months but he was also ready. He trained sitting on the potty and by the time he was three he was standing. My daughter let him run around naked and kept the potty chair where she was mostly front room. It was easier to train him sitting since he was mostly around girls. Like I said though he was ready. Also by teaching him when he sitting it is easier when you go into public restrooms and they can’t reach the toilet when standing. They figure out how to stand on their own or watching daddy.
He’s not ready to be trained yet. If you value your sanity, maybe leave it a few months. 
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I tried when my son was 2 and 5 months and he was not ready at all! Got so upset wen he wet. I waited 4 months and within a few days he got it. We do have odd accident in creche when hes playing and forgets but hes dry completely at night and is doing well.
My first son was completely potty trained before 3…i was trying to get him to pee off the porch and he accidentally peed on the dog 
(by any means am I not recommending this ) but after that he would chase the dog down to pee on him. It was terrible lol but it worked. With my second son I was afraid he would still be wearing pull ups to school 
he didn’t 
but he was 4 for real before he was night trained. It was crazy and I felt like my house was a giant toilet. He will get there eventually. Sometimes you just gotta go with the flow.
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Too young, wait till closer to 3. Obviously he isnt ready
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When hes bladders ready hell do it himself x
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It’s easier for boys to pee when they stand up. Try getting a step stool for him to stand on infront of the toilet.
It’s too soon. Talk about why it’s nice to be dry and big boy pants first. Also do a potty chart and rewards. Remember that some kids won’t develop the nerve to tell them they need to see until they’re five so don’t stress yet!
Summer is the best time to do it I’ve found. Sticker or treat charts. Mine refused the potty and wanted the big toilet. Special stairs to the toilet. Toilet songs. I used a rubber ducky in the loo for my son to aim for. Gross but it worked so well.
I would do exactly what you doing no nappys or undies keep a potty out in the living area keep putting him.on he every 15 mins or so till he finally goes phrase him not to over do it just keep up with that for a week if he font present anything then he not ready yet wait another mth or so and try again that’s what I’ve done with my own kiddoes and care children also. Good luck mumma you get there
Stand him up to the toilet
He’s probably not ready yet. I had my girl potty trained by 2 and 1/2 but we tried her younger brother at 2 like we did her and he just wasn’t ready. He was a little over 2 1/2 before he was actually ready to try the potty.
I did one of those potty chairs with steps and his kindle with potty songs on. I ended up having to put little potty chair in his room and no more accidents.
My boyfriend put Cheerios in the toilet and told my nephew to hit the Cheerios. It was a fun little game and my nephew was potty trained in no time.
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Don’t push it. Boys typically train later anyway. He’s got plenty of time.
My mother-in-law told me when she was trying to teach my husband to use the potty she would put a little bit of dish detergent in it and tell him to make bubbles
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My son turned 2 beginning of July. We started potty training 3 weeks ago. For the first 2-3 days he was the same way and would pee 5 mins after we sat him on the potty. What we’ve found works so far is: naked or no bottoms. Potty in the living room (main play area). We went and stocked up on his fav toys, cars, mini trains, play doh, as prizes. After a few days of prizes he got WAY better. My son isn’t potty trained for poop yet and most days he hits the potty about 75% of the time. (Again, more successful when we are at home and he’s naked). I feel he would do a lot better if he had our undivided attention, but we have a 5 weeks old too 
It is only day 2, it takes time. It can be frustrating and you have alot of good suggestions to try. We all make it and master potty training. Give yourself and him time.
He isn’t ready to potty train.
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Color in the water blue with pee makes green
If he’s not interested in using potty take a day off. We did that with our daughter who is 3 and she work up and decided she wanted to try to use the potty a day or two later. It’s training meaning it may not happen all at once. We have started and stopped a couple of times and she’s now self initiating usage of the small and big potty.
Praise praise praise! Just stick to a schedule right now, and don’t expect immediate results. You did say you were on day two. Now, I dont have a boy, but I’ve heard it’s easier to train them sitting down and once they get the hang of it, have them learn standing up. We start ours off with a schedule after waking up in the morning, before and after nap, and before bed, an then 15 minutes after they eat. Our kids have a bucket of toys next to the toilet, and after learning the routine, they had to sit there until they peed…which by then they mastered after practicing the routine…we got a my size potty from walmart…looks and flushes like a real toilet…definitely dont expect any results immediately…and you can start potty training whenever…babies in 3rd world countries are potty trained early because diapers get expensive…just stick to a routine…and have baby sitters and family members stick to the routine…kids need routines to learn something like potty training…dont fret now…just remember…its only day 2…you got a couple of months to go. Good luck!!!
I did “treasure boxes” filled with dollar store toys and treats. Started with him trying = he picks one, then him going on the toilet = he picks one and then using the toilet all day = he gets to pick one. Worked really well for us.
77 and still not dry all night.
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Teach him to water the trees or flowers if you can. Or he can shot cheerio in toilet
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I let my son pick out a character potty seat and step stool. Then kept him on a schedule of putting him on the potty about every hr or so. I also used sour patch cereal and told him to pee on the color I also gave little treats for going potty and a little bigger treat for going poop. Also did the no pull up thing but did put him in underwear, he hated the wet feeling. But each kid is different too. Good luck mama.
My son just turned 3 years old and he still is willing to sit on potty chair but we have cought him twice taking his pull up off and getting a wipe to clean his bottom but he isn’t even poopy when he does that but we do clap our hands and make it a big deal when he does that so I know he isn’t fully ready
Paint a target in the toilet. Put cheerios in if he pees and hits either give him a reward.
Has he shown any signs for being ready for potty training?
I got one of my boys a Urinal that’s a kid one and he started useing it right away and he still uses it
My son did that. He was ridiculously close to 3 and I was panic-stricken! I tried everything!!! The last straw (after months of trying) was when he had held it all day, regardless of the fact that I had sat him on the potty every hour. Around 2pm, I took him off the potty, pulled up his undies, and he peed. So, I changed them, and he pooped. 🤦♀ I was done. I put him right back in diapers. I had read an article that said if your child is resisting training, just don’t mention the potty AT ALL to them. So, I tried that. I didn’t ask him if he needed to go, didn’t even say the word “potty” to him. About three weeks after my “last straw day” we were sitting in the floor playing with toys and he suddenly looks at me and says, “Mommy, I need to go potty!” From that moment in, he never had one single accident!
Two is kinda young. Don’t punish for mistakes. Setup a reward program. Make it fun! Also there’s a cool frog urinal on amazon. Works wonders for all four of my nephews. And some potty projectors to help with aim. We got both and they are awesome and fun. Total costs was 25$ for both. You can hang the frog with those stick on command hooks and adjust the height. You can also make it drain into the toilet.
I had this same problem with my daughter… as soon as I put undies on her she would pee them, same with pull ups. But she would still show signs of being ready like staying dry at nap and night most of the time. So I went back to rewarding her with candy every time she peed on potty. Then I changed it up to candy every time she peed and stayed dry. Started taking her every hour. Now she’s over 3 and she’s in underwear again staying dry most the time. Maybe 1 accident every other day. I stopped candy after a few weeks because she lost interest but we do one toy a week for her doing good pottying. (Cheap like under $5) it’s her incentive to keep it up. If she has something like a ice cream shake or smoothie I have to take her to potty more often, and she’s still not voluntarily going to potty on her own. Except for pooping she voluntarily runs to potty chair.
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My son trained faster than my daughter. I taught his to sit and go, just like he sees me do. Because let’s be honest, as moms we never go alone😂 Anyway, he learned very quickly, even the pooping part he learned faster than my daughter.
Both of my kids benefited from having those mini kid toilets. Not the ones that fit on the adult toilets, but the ones that are mini versions.
Once he got the hang of using the small version, I got a step stool and just transitioned him to the larger one.
Consistently put him on after waking up, and naps, etc.
We also spoke a lot about “listening to our body”.
ELMO’s Potty Time DVD and the book. These were great! Used both with each of my kids!
I made both kids take a lot of potty breaks. We never did the naked thing. I’ve heard a bunch of people have success with that method, but when my kids were younger I had an in home care program, so that wasn’t appropriate for us.
We were going to put our son in a program at a local church when he turned 3, and he had to be potty trained. I felt pressure for sure, but just made sure to be consistent with many potty breaks. I noticed that if I was stressed, so was he, and he didn’t get better.
Best of luck and again, my best advice is just to take lots of potty time breaks. Oh! And check out the Elmo’s Potty Time video!
Boys tend to be slower than girls so have patience. I have two boys that i trained and one girl. They were all on their own schedule. Just have patience. He will get it. Maybe he isnt ready
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Make it fun like a game he’ll jump right into it put fruit loops in the potty and he’ll have fun with it… also try the pull ups that get cold when he pees in them he want like the coldness it’s easier to train them the younger they are . I have 3 kids and they all where fully trained by 1 it does take a lot to stay on top of them laying them down at night then waking them up an hour after to go potty !! But it will work … best of luck to you … it’s hard to know what fits your child and what works… and frustrating but it will all come together!!!
My son did that so i put his undies on and we started going out every couple hrs to water the trees or flowers he loved peeing on plants out in yard or peeing off the back porch we lived in the woods so no one seen him but after few days of that i started putting a apple jack in the commode and got him to aim and try to hut it with his urine it was so easy
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Make it a game! “Sink the cheerios” or goldfish crackers, or something.
I second the idea of having a trusted Male family member take him to the bathroom every time he (adult) has to go. Could be dad, grandpa, uncle, big brother, who ever.
Boys are usually harder than girls because they pee away from themselves, so it’s less uncomfortable for them to just go
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I started around 2.5-3 years. I bought my son a red poster board (red was his favorite color) and some big and small stickers (he loved stickers too). Drew a calendar on it and every time he peed he got to pick a little sticker and stick it on that day, and every poop he got a big sticker. We would see how many he could get In one day. He was potty trained within 2-3 weeks! Did the same for my stepson and same results.
I took mine outside for a water day in the back yard, nakey time. I laughed when they went pee and then had them pee in things like a bucket or on a tree. Kind of made it a game. Worked with my daughter too!
With my son…we peed on the rock… he loved it!! He could stand on the back steps and we would pick a rock for him to aim at… then we brought one in and put it in the little potty… it only took 2 weeks and he had the peeing thing down… He was almost 2.
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Boy like aiming at things do the way your going to want him to pee in the potty is make It fun for him. Put things he can pee on. Colored Cheerios in the toilet Water and let him have fun. You will have to teach him how to hold it down and you might need a step but he will get it because he will find it funny.
My son was about 3, when he finally got it. I started him earlier and it was just frustrating. Wait! For about 6 months, don’t make it a war zone!! #2was a battle…one day he just did it!! He never looked back!
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My grandson is 2yrs and 10 months and just got potty trained. My two sons where around that age as well . The boys where later training than my daughter. You can’t force it, it will happen when he’s ready. Patience 
Depending on his reasons. You know your son. What works best when teaching him. Boys do train later than girls. Dont worry too much momma
2 is relatively young for a boy in my opinion. Girls are much different. Introduce it to him, talk about it but dont push, that can backfire. The signs will be there when he is ready. 
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Boys take longer. He’ll let you know when he’s ready. My son basically trained himself, but he was over 3. Pushing him will lead to problems later in life. Let him be.
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My son was also 3. Even showing interest earlier if they are not ready it will just frustrate you. Once ready my son never had an accident.
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My daughter was a breeze because she hated diapers, was trained just after 2 but my son wasn’t interested until closer to 3. Don’t rush it, it will just stress you and the child.
Take him outside to pee on trees etc …worked great for my sons and 8 grandsons…idk …why but boys are their own creatures
Every child trains differently. First off is he verbal? If not you may want to wait 6 months. If he is active try seeing if he will stand and pee in a tin can or glass jar you hold. Sometimes they have to see it to understand the connection. Catching the first pees takes patience. While watching him to catch him getting ready to pee distract him with a new table toy (legos, cars, men) so he has to stay with you. Keep the jar or can right there next to you. As soon as you see him pee catch it in the jar/can praise him excessively give him an m&m and a drink. Keep this going all day long change the new toy if necessary. Never get angry over misses only praise the sucesses. You need to stay persistant. Ive trained 3 boys 1 girl. Boys are harder because they are more active and dont like having to sit.
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