Potty Training - Liberty,MO

Keep the potty chair (because it is portable) in any room he is in, close by.
Leave him naked on the bottom.

BUT, this will only work if he is ready for that.
We did that with our son.
So he got used to just having the potty around and to experiment and play around on it.
Then one day, when he was already 3... he started to go on it.
We let him.
Per HIS.... readiness.
Never pushing it.

It goes in stages.
Not all at one time.
It is a progression....
IF the child, is ready.

What your son is doing, is preliminary... he is warming up to the idea, but not there yet.
But sure, just let him go at his own pace.
Then it will be better.

Never force it.
If they want a diaper in the meantime, fine.
Let them.
Because... this is ALL a part of the process.
Then one day, they will do it in a toilet.

Its fine if he is pretending for now.
Let him.
But don't force or lecture him, or expect too much.... for right now.

AND: Remember that kids WILL have Accidents... EVEN if they are already potty trained.
It is just childhood.

ALL of my daughter's Teachers, from Preschool to Kindergarten to 1st Grade, ALL said, kids these ages have Accidents.
It is normal.
It happens.
You don't have to punish or pressure or force, for every little accident.
Their Biological system, is still developing.

Now, for Night Time dryness... KEEP in mind, that this does not occur, physiologically, until even 7 years old, and is NORMAL.
You cannot train for night time dryness.
It is a SEPARATE process, from day time pottying.
Just get: Waterproof bed pads, to put under your child.
Even at 7 years old, my daughter had night time accidents. Normal. NO biggie.
I just changed out the bed pad, put a new one under her, she changed jammies and back to bed.
No big deal.
My daughter was 5 and still in night time diapers, because she was still wet. Not dry during the night.
Normal.

It sounds like you're pretty busy!!
When he comes up to you and says, "I have to go!" BEFORE he goes, then you know he's ready. I'd just wait until that happens. My 2 1/2 yo girl has been potty-trained for a couple of weeks.......yeeehaw!!!! I just took back a bunch of unopened boxes of diapers to Wal-mart today!!! My son didn't potty-train until he was 3 years & 3 months old. Good luck, momma!

I used a very similar approach to Biz E Mama's. But in addition I gave mine plenty of fluids so he had to go frequently & got the practice. We also did a sticker chart. The sticker chart was for peeing in the potty, pooping in the potty earned him an immediate prize. I did it on a week when we wouldn't be leaving the house much. One of the most important things is trying to be relaxed & calm about everything--even when accidents happen. Good luck!

Wow! You sound really busy! I don't know if this method is too time consuming, but it worked for our daughter and my cousin's son.
When we potty trained our daughter, we quit putting the pull ups on her during the day and put regular underpants on her. Then, we set the timer in our kitchen for 30 minutes. When the timer rang, we would take her to the potty. If she didn't have to go when she sat on the potty, we would set the timer for 10 minutes and when the timer went off, we tried again. If she had an accident before the timer went off, we would clean her up, put on clean underwear and set the timer for again. We kept doing that until the timing was right. If she wouldn't go when the timer was set for 30 minutes, we would add more time. If she was having accidents before the timer went off, we would take a few minutes off the timer. She didn't have the convenience of the diaper and did not like having wet underwear so she would try to make it to the potty. When the timer would go off again, we would take her to the potty again. After a few times of doing this, she would run to the potty by herself when she heard the timer go off. During this training period we put pull ups on her at night in case she had an accident. Within a week of trying this method, she was fully potty trained.

Here's a potty training guide that I recommend you check out to help get some ideas on how to conquer your LOs potty training :) http://www.skinnyscoop.com/list/eden/tips-for-potty-training

Our oldest son had a 14 month old and then twins and they were potty trained okay but not sure how they did it. Our daughter has twins now but her older son is potty trained. I trained him in one day as I babysat him at the time. I had kids a year apart and I potty trained them all at about 2 years 8 months. I put them in underwear, set a timer, took them every 15 min. to start with even if they didn't need to go and then if they went set it for 30 min. If they had an accident tell them it's okay and they'll do better next time and start over. Don't stop once you start and be consistent. You will have to set aside a day or week or whatever. No pull ups. Use charts, treats or whatever your child likes as a reward. I always put our potty in the bathroom so they don't make a mess and they get the pattern set to go to the bathroom when they are trained. Whatever you decide though, it's your choice. Actually you are almost training yourself in the beginning as you do most of the work. :-)