Potty Training - Cabot,AR

A., I had the same thing happen with my son when he was 2. All the books said boys should be ready to potty train around that time, so of course I tried. He too, at first was interested. But soon when you asked hime, he would say "no" and cover his eyes with his arm. Despite what the books said, he just wasn't ready. No amount of M&Ms or promises of character "big boy pants" helped. His body may have been getting mature enougfh, but emotionally he wasn't. So I quit trying. He was fine with that. Six months later, he was ready. It was even his idea. It was so much better and super easy the 2nd time around. No accidents, no problems, no stress for either of us. Just so you know, he completely trained by 3 (night time and all). He's 23 now and those extra few months in diapers so long ago are no big deal now.

I am curious to see the responses to this. I have the exact same thing with my daughter who turned 2 in November. She was interest for a while and then started fighting me. She will now go to her bedroom and hide when she is pooping in her diaper. My Mom (who is a mother of five) says just keep doing what we are doing, but I don't want to traumatize her by making her go to the potty.

Hi
I am a mother of 2 boys ages 1 and a hlf and 3. My 3 year old at first was very easy to potty train just like yours and then after about a month or so he just back fired and didnt do anything. I tried everyhting possible but i had to realize that there were things going on in our lives that stressed him out and that is how he retaliated. First think of any thing that has changed in you lives. My husband left to go into the air force and was gone for 6 months and i just had a new baby so he had alot of adjustments to deal with. If that is not the case here is what I did to solve the problem. My son loves books he would carry them around all the time i would read all the time and so one day i thought when he needed to go to the bathroom i would give him a book. every time since then he loved to go potty because that is his reading time. PROBLEM SOLVED!!!
Find something he loves and try it.
D.

A.,

This behavior is normal. Don't worry! Go the thepottytrainer.com and get all the advise you need from a woman who is seriously a professional potty trainer! That is how I potty trained my twins and will use the same methods/advise when I begin to potty train my 23 mth old! Good luck!

K.