Potty Training 22Month Old

I tried stickers with my oldest son, now 4, and that seemed to work great. I bought like 100 little stickers in an assorted pack. My son loves sports, so I let him pick out a sticker for each step in the process, pee, poo, wipe, flush, pull up underwear, pull up pants. He loved stickers, so I would let him know he could have some stickers if he went on the potty. After he got used to sitting, then I would only give him a sticker if he pee or poo on the potty. Then it became only if he went to the potty and pulled up his own clothes on his own.

My younger son, now 3, took more work. We tried stickers and going outside, going to the park, picking what he wanted for dinner, etc. We finally ended up resorting to candy. He would get a tiny chocolate if he went pee and a sucker if he went poo. Getting him to pee was easier than poo. Since he liked hard candy more than chocolate, we gave him the sucker for poo.

Sometimes he misses or doesn't make it on time, but I still reward him as long as he tried. He missed at daycare, and daycare put a pull-up on him. For about 2 weeks he kept going in his pants because he wanted to be a baby and wear a pull-up again. Since he was being defiant, I needed to try something different. Finally, I put him in timeout for going in his pants, and now he goes in the potty pretty much all the time.

We backed off the stickers and candy since they are both consistent, but a couple times a week I reward them for going potty with stickers, sucker, a special outing to the park or something like that.

It sounds like you've got the groundwork laid out. He'll eventually use the potty, even if it's on accident. I've found that the more little ones feel that it's their choice(they're in control) the more they want to do something. So just make it relaxed and fun, and be patient. It'll happen.

He may not be completely ready to express that he needs to go yet... but he can express that he did go, which is a good start. I wouldn't force the subject, but I would be happy that he is telling you. My twin daughters started occasionally going on the potty at 19 or 20 months, however they didn't really "get it" until about 27 months, and now at 31 months we are completely potty trained. Our sitter told us not to worry (when I was worried that they weren't trained at the beginning of the summer) because most of the kids she's watched over the years are closer to 2.5 to 3 years old before they are trained.

Suggestions: we bought a kitchen timer and started it so that it would ring every 1/2 hour. Our girls called it the potty clock and when it rang they said potty time with excitement and would run right to the bathroom. We then bought this fun kids soap with a hippo head that blinks until they should stop washing, and we bought the kandoo wipes and call them poopy wipies so that our girls only get to use the fun wipes when they poop on the potty.

I don't think he's ready. I tried (emphasize tried) to train my son before our daughter was born and 18 months later he's now fully trained (at 3). It was dreadful. I should have waited a lot longer before I started b/c it just drove the both of us nuts!

I'd let Jacob keep doing what he's doing (which is terrific by the way!)and when he's ready he'll move ahead. Seriously, let him lead this one and you'll be less frustrated.

Yeah for you and Jacob. The key now is just patience. I looked it up somewhere, and they don't learn that urge to go until between 19 and 26 months. Yes, he's in that range, but he is still learning. Just keep doing what you are and he'll get it.

Give him TONS to drink and about 2 hours later try sitting him on the pot with some books for a while. It will be a matter of catching it the first few times. It takes most bodies 2 hours to digest and eliminate liquids.

Honestly, I wouldn't push potty training yet. He is learning so much right now--words, actions, foods, routines--and potty training just isn't that important. Potty training usually happens almost naturally between 2 and three, often later for boys. If you push it, you are setting yourself and your son up for frustration. It's just not worth it.

Go to Freebies and go into the kids section. They have a great DVD you can get for free. We had a book, "What to Expect When You Use the Potty" that we read to our children starting at 12 months old everyday. It helped our children along with all the wonderful experiences they could expect. Sadly enough I just got rid of the book about 3 weeks ago, Half Priced Books in Avon bought it from me.