Potty Training or Not? Exactly What to Do?

Start popping the poo from the diaper into the toilet so he can get the general idea. Let him watch your hubby pee in the toilet. Follow his lead on this. He's making a connection between pee/poo and a clean diaper, but not necessarily O. between pee/poo and the toilet! Good luck!

Just get him familiar with the concept that poop goes in the potty--you can let him drop it in or just let him flush and watch it go down....Say "Oh! you pooped...let's go put it in the toilet. Poop goes into the toilet."

I have only potty trained one child (so far).... but what I did learn is they will show signs of interest when ready. One could be taking the diaper off... I suggest getting a few little potty chairs in the house and showing him how to sit on the potty. When he does encourage him and be positive. When you change him, or at some point during the day ask if he wants to sit on the potty. If he shows interest take off his diaper and put him there. If he goes sing songs, give rewards and get overly excited to encourage the behavior. Once you think he's shown consistent interest and goes when on the potty, then spend a few days at home - don't leave, and take off the diaper all together, and ask him OFTEN if he needs to go. He will have accidents, so you may want to keep him on a cleanable surface most of the time... When accidents happen, don't punish just say "Uh oh, pee pee goes in the potty remember?, and redirect him. Each child is different, this just worked for us... good luck!

If you are ready to potty train then go for it! My twin girls potty trained at 20 months and my son at 22 months. They showed no signs, weren't doing the modern age check list, etc. I was more old school with potty training, that it was time and so I got rid of diapers (except for nap and night time), put on training underwear and plastic pants if necessary and went for it (NO pull ups). It was a crazy first 4 or 5 days with lots of accidents, but then they got it and we were done fairly quickly. Your son is showing the so called "signs" so if you are ready for him to be potty trained then do it. My thinking was to do it early before it was a control issue. At that age it is more I am the parent you are the child and let's do this. Good luck!

It's Time!!! This is exactly what my daughter did, at exactly the same age. He's ready, trust me!!! If he dislikes having a wet/ppopy diapers, jump on the opportunity now before it passes by.

During the summer, I just let my kids (when they're potty training! LOL) go without underwear or bottoms when inside the house. Just get a potty for him and have him sit on it as much as possible. If you want, one day, pump him full of drinks and try to watch him like a hawk. When he finally goes on the potty, go nuts like it's a huge amazing party!! He'll catch on and want the praise.

When he finally goes to underpants, buy them a few sizes too big so that he can pull them up and down by himself.

And, pull-ups are NOT evil no matter what some people will say. The overuse of pull-ups is evil. I use them for night-time and naps so that my kids understand that "we're done with diapers forever." I think it sends a mixed signal if we expect them to potty, but then have them lie down to have a diaper put on at night time. Kinda defeats the whole "You're a big boy! You need to stop wearing diapers!" speech. Just My opinion.