Potty Training 2 Year Old Hates Big Boy Underwear

T.,

I have 3 boys that I trained and I had to make it fun. At that age, you have to take them potty not ask him. It is like a new habbit. Trust me they can always go. I would ask them to go outside and pee in the rocks. They thought that was a blast!!!
When they wake up, they go potty. Before we we get in the car, we go potty.... before we eat, we go potty. If he wants a snack, tell him that he can have it after he goes potty! Then when you have 5 successful days, take him for a treat or give him money to buy something. Reward him however works for you.

What I did is not give him an option until they are older on what to wear, unless you ask him if he wants to were this pair or that pair. Not wearing them is no an option.

I had 3 in 5 years, so I was busy and had to be strict.

I hope that this helps

T.
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Hi T..
I am almost finished (whew) potty training my 2 year old. When we first started, he would also use the diaper or pull-ups if he got distracted, so we went "commando" 100% of the daytime. I only used a diaper if I had to take him somewhere, and that was not often (I did shopping/errands on weekends, when my hubby was home).

If someone came to my house, they just had to deal with my little "nekkid" kid: trust me, no one cared.

I didn't go to big-boy's until he started telling me almost every time he had to go. (He doesn't "like" them? Don't give him a choice, I say).

Good luck, and big cheers from me: you can do it! (yea)
T

Do you call it Big Boy underwear? I only had a problem one day where my son wanted to wear a diaper. I never called it Big Boy underwear. I called it undies or Elmo, etc. Try a bunch of different themed underwear and see if he likes them. I have to recommend Elmo. Then you can talk about what Elmo is doing on the underwear. When we put them on we ask, "where's elmo?" We make it a game. Also we give him a choice when we he starts having a meltdown. This one or this? Which one? Oh and we said "yucky" when he messed in his diaper. Hope this helps.

My son trained before he was 2, but would always have accidents if he had underwear on - he was fine as long as he was naked! It was summer, so he was naked at home a lot, but when we had to go out, I'd just put him in loose shorts with no undies. He didn't mind and he never had accidents that way.

There's no reason your son needs undies right now. If you put him back in diapers occasionally, it may confuse him. Most kids Know they've got a diaper on and will use it, not the potty! Go commando!

I have a 3 1/2 year-old son who was potty trained at about 2 1/2 years. His 5 1/2 year-old sister had originally achieved this task at 1 1/2 years, but then regressed and was fully potty trained a year later. My husband and I simply decided we weren't going to "force" or "rush" our son since we had experienced regression with the first one. He took his time and did his "Oops, I made pee-pee in my pants/shorts again!" several times until he just found it to be worse than just using the potty. Once he made the decision that it was time to graduate from self-paced potting training school, the diapers and pull-ups were history and hasn't missed them since. Rewards included stickers, earning points towards movie DVD's, and making that "special" trip to Target to buy their "Big Girl" and "Big Boy" underwear where they were able to choose their favorites. There are so many to choose from! You may want to keep it fun by suggesting a variety of colors and prints so that they match all their clothes. It gives him something to think about and at the same time feel like a big boy for making his own decision. It's a task, but it gets easier with each passing day. Patience helped me get through it all. Best of luck to you T.!

We just battled the potty training battle, and we won. Our son didn't want to use undies either, so we made a deal. He would wear undies all day, and at night after his shower, and before going to bed, we made a deal that he would wear his diaper. He hated the undies at first. He fought the idea, and cried and threw fits, but he realized after we didn't give in that he would have to wear his undies. It's a comfort for them to have their diapers, especially when potty training starts so late. Just remember, that no matter how fustrating it is to hear them do this, it is worth it for both of you. We are now almost a month into potty training, and our son has completely let go of his diapers. He wears cloth training pants, found at the local box store, just in case there is an accident, at night for bed. Remember to praise him with every trip to the toilet, whether he does anything or not, and he'll eventually get into it. Once he goes once in the potty, it all good from there it seems. At least, that's the way it was for us.

I started potty training my son a month before he turned 3. I was very pregnant with my second son and I just didn't have the time or energy to try any earlier. My son would go and change his own wet "Easy-up" and I would change his poopy ones. It was nice. Once I decided that I only wanted 1 child in diapers, I went and check out the book "What to Expect When You Use the Potty" by Heidi Murkoff. It was the "Answer Dog" that was reminding him what to do, since listening to me isn't alway what he likes to do.
I think the hardest thing to do was Potty train myself, to help remind my son to use the potty. I wore a timer set for an hour and if he didn't need to go in that hour we would check in a half hour. When he did start using the bathroom we sang "Liam went pee on the potty, liam went pee on the potty, liam went pee on the potty cause hes a big big boy. For he's a big big boy for he's a big big boy, Liam went pee on the pottyyy for hes' a big big boys. (for hes a jolly good fella). He loved having the song sung over any reward and yes I sung it public restrooms. Hope this helps and good luck.

Be patient...it is true that boys take longer. My daughter struggled with this also. My grandson will be 3 next month. And he just started wanting to wear them one day and the potty training is going great! And, yes, Lightning McQueen is the favorite!! Just be consistent in the daily training...and always have the pull-ups and underwear available! Good luck mama!!

S.

Your cutie pie two year old wants to be the boss, so he tells you "no" to underwear. One thing I learned with my first boy was that I could not give him a choice that included a yes or no answer, like "Do you want to wear underwear?" The choices that worked, sometimes, were "Do you want the red pair or the blue pair today." I learned that if I asked him ANYTHING that could be answered with a "yes" or "no" he would always answer "NO" and there was no way to change his mind. If I gave him options that weren't yes or no answers, or if I just told him to do something, things go much more smoothly and there are far fewer power struggles.
Good luck!

I know that all families are different and some do not like to let their kids see them undressed but...my son loves to be like Dad. This is how we convienced him to wear big boy undies. He wanted to wear what Dad was wearing. Note: They also sell little kid boxers and boxer briefs if that is what you may need to be like Dad. Worth a try?

I had to do this to my son because he also did not want to wear big boy underwear, when We were going anywhere, I would say something like "it is too bad you don't want to wear the big boy underwear, because boy who do wear big boy's underwear get to go to (pick his favorite place to eat at or to go have fun at). It gives them the choice and everyone likes choices.