Potty Trained Then Stopped!?!?!?!

I ordered an on-line e-book Three Day Potty Training to potty train my twin sons. They were 2 1/2 years old and it worked incredible. One was trained the first day, the other the second and I KNOW this would not have happened without the book. (a few years before this I trained my daughter without the book and believe me it did not go this well). The best part is that within a matter of weeks, I was able to not even "remind them." They became completely independent in telling us when they need to go.

Well you have a choice. Do you want to be focusing on potty training for the next year with lots of ups and downs OR do you want to wait until he is truly ready and be done in a week or two when he is older. We waited with my first son until he was 3 (had an baby when he turned 2 so then was not the time) he trained in 2 weeks and beat my friend who started her son at age 2. She dealt with accidents until her son was almost 4!

I think that is a normal regression that can happen regardless of when a child is potty trained.

It is completely up to you as to how much patience you think you can have with the potty. A good book to read is the "diaper-free baby" by Christine Gross-Loh if you think you want to continue PT'ing.

My first was completely PT'd day and night before her 2nd birthday and my second is almost completely day trained at 9 months. Yes. 9 months.

My personal feeling is to let it keep going and offering him as many opportunities as possible to go to the potty, especially if he was consistent for 2 months for so young. With the benefit of hindsight, although we had more accidents than a child who is not trained until say 3, we had a full year extra year of no diapers, and no wondering when our child would show the so-called signs of readiness.
The biggest challenge though is whether or not you as a mom can handle the accidents in a calm manner.

I know a lot of people will say that is way too young but in my daycare we start young! Keep sitting him at set times throughout the day and maybe you want to go to undies and see how he does. DO NOT GIVE UP or you will have a 3 1/2 yr old that fights potty use. Trust me I've seen it.
Good job seeing that a child that young can easily potty train.

My son had a similar interest around 16 mos old. I allowed him to try the potty and he did it a few times. Then, he completely refused for a long period of time and became interested around 2 1/2 again. I did read that it is common for kids to get interest that early but it's often fleeting and they will lose interest and try again when they're older. My son got trained at 3 although he was totally capable by 16 mos. It was all emotional for him so we just waited. The upside is that he had virtually no accidents at all.

Good luck.

AE

I would re pick up the potty training since that is what your son wants, he has already been there and it is also less expensive for you. Good luck since you may have to go through this everytime he goes to his dad's unless his dad is more willing the next time. Our son showed interest at 11 mos and even more at 15 mos but we both work full time and were unable to find daycare that would continue with potty training during the day so at 26mos my son is still a work in progress but we are almost completely there and is dry most nights and throughout the day now that we have a different daycare provider that works with us. Go for it, otherwise you will be potty raining for a while. good luck

My daughter did something similar right around the same age.
The best advice I got was just to drop it (don't even ask if he needs to go or wants to try in the potty) for a week or so and wait for him to initiate it himself. It worked for my daughter, and she had better success after we just left it alone for a while.
Good luck!

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Best wishes,

Kimberly

why dont you try stopping for a few months and then start again my 2 year old daughter potty trained herself at 1 1/2 after we stopped pressuring her into it. give him time and he'll want to go by himself!!!

My son did something very similar. he was potty trained for over two weeks around his 2nd birthday. Perfectly trained. Then after a few weeks he just stopped now he is almost three and well we are on week three of being trained again. We'll see what happens this time around but I just wanted to put out there that it happened to us.