Potty Training My 22 Month Old Boy - Louisville,KY

Boys are a little later and now is a great time to start talking about the potty but don't put him on the potty if he is crying. You don't want to scare him. Take every opportunity to talk about going potty, ie changing his diaper, bath or take him with you. This way he will know all about it when he is ready to get on the potty. Also Target/WalMart sell toilet rings in fun characters that fit on the big toilet, this way he won't feel like he is falling in. Good Luck!

This is a great time to start, but I would not worry about pushing him. He will go when he is ready. But I would put him on the potty, maybe right before his bath, and let him sit there and get the feel of it. It is different and can sometimes be scary. Be patient with him, and he will get it.

Hi R.!
Do not worry!!! I think he is too little for that even when I have heard that many little ones have achieved that milestone at early ages.
Do not push him; I think he is not ready yet and his body is not mature enough. My son was potty trained at 3 and half. He didn't even used a potty, he wanted to use the toilet immediately...In this case, I believe the sooner is not always the better.
Good Luck and be patient!
Alejandra

R.,

Let me tell ya, boys are different than girls when it comes to potty training. They take longer!! However when they are ready they just one day decide it is time. My son was almost 3 but he just decided one day to be done with diapers. My daughter was 11 months old and did not want to be "dirty" anymore. Boys have so many other things to worry think about. (at least in their minds) They would rather not take the time to go to the bathroom. My nephew was almost 3, and so were all my brothers.
I just think potty training is something you can't rush, you can make it fun though. I did put cheerios in the toilet for my son and he would try and "shoot" them. I know it sounds silly but it was a game for him and it did get him to the bathroom. Also I used a smaller toilet seat that fit on the bigger one. Big seats are scary, they can fall in the toilet. You can get those smaller seats in the baby section of Target, Walmart, K-mart, well just about anywhere.
good luck

Hi R.-
I have a boy as well and he was potty trained at 2 1/2. I was told my the babysitter and our doctor that getting a boy potty trained by age 3 is doing well. I think that you will know when the right time it. Since he is expressing interested pull the potty chair out and let him sit on it. We used to have our son sit on the potty when we did. Don't worry about it too much- It will all come together!

J.

My son was terrorfied of the toilet. We let him pick and purchased a potty. That worked for sitting job. He still wouldnt pee pee in the potty. We purchased those little targets for the potty. On easter we were visiting family,and my cousins son pee peed outside. My son was in love. He just had to pee outside from then on out. He went everytime day or night <outside>. In the same spot right next to my palm tree.
Soon the palm started to look a little sick. So we put the potty outside. Told him the tree was getting sick because it didnt like being peed on. We just moved the potty inside. To this day 13 years later he still uses the toilet. ;-)
What I learned with my son was be creative! Make it fun! Offer "good boy" treats for being a big boy. Hope my wacky story helps.

I would recommend reading "Toilet Training in Less Than a Day'. I read this book and potty-trained my daughter day/night in less than four hours before she was 2. She was showing signs, and taking her diaper off when it was wet. This book goes through different signs of whether your child is ready. I thought it was very helpful as I didn't know what or how to potty-train my daughter. I followed their plan and was so happy! My friend had a little boy that was 24 months and she read the book and completed a week after me.

Hope this helps. The book is at Barnes & Noble and the Library. It is a very quick read, about an hour.

With my son we had "potty sits". At certain times(after meals, before bath or bed) we would stay in the bathroom and "play" without his diaper on. We would read, play with cars,sing songs, etc(these toys could only be played with during potty time). Eventually, after a couple of days, he was interested to know what this new thing called the potty was. When he sat on it I congratulated him and explained what it was for- every time! After a couple of weeks he started using it some and worked his way up to all the time. We also changed him in the bathroom and when he had a poopy we would put it in the potty and show him and explain why we put it there. And I agree with the others in not pushing. Whenever I put the slightest pressure on my son he went the exact opposite way!

Oh R.,
Don't push him or force him to use the potty. My oldest daughter was potty trained by 18 months old and my youngest wasn't potty trained til she was 2 1/2 almost 3. I found out that when Dereka (youngest) was trying to go potty on her own she accidently peed in her big girl undies and my mother held her on the potty and scolded her for it. From that day on she didn't want to go to the bathroom in the potty. I feel this set her back on being potty trained.

My daughter is also 22 months old and I thought about potty training but just decided I would wait until she was a little older. She says pee pee and poop and she has taken her diaper off twice. She will follow everyone in the family to the bathroom but I don't think she is quite ready. I have a 13 year old from a previous relationship and we potty trained him between 2 and 3. They say boys are different though. My husband says she is ready. He wants to buy her a little potty. I just am not rushing it.

Hey R.!
Personally I don't think a 22month old is old enough to be potty trained.I have a 5 year old and a 21 month old.My 5 year old wasn't fully potty trained until he was 3 1/2.However, my 21 moth old has been trying to train himself for about three months.At first I was really shocked.He would grab himself when he was wet,tear his diapers off when he was dry and loads of other things. I thought surely he isn't ready for potty training.But I didn't want to stop him from using the potty. So everytime I go to the restroom he goes to the potty.NOT THE POTTY CHAIR!He waits until I use the bathroom and then I put him on the big potty!When he pee's I scream and clap and tell him how great he is.I make a huge deal about it.He loves using the big potty.He has only used the potty chair a couple times.But the bottom line is that all kids are different and they all reach certain milestones at different times.Don't worry about him.When he is ready you WILL know.
C.

R.,
I agree with what the other mother's have said about not pushing your son. If he's interested, great. My daughter was extremely interested in going potty around 18 months so I bought the little potty, pull-ups, panties, the works. She'd go sometimes; most of the time she just liked sitting on the potty and wearing the panties over her diaper. After a month, she was not interested at all in the potty. At age 2, she wasn't really interested, but I was trying really hard to potty train her and was very frustrated. I read a potty-training book by Dr. Brazelton, who is the pediatric expert on potty training and potty issues. I learned to take my cues from her and not to push her because, according to Dr. Brazelton, pushing before the kid is really ready often leads to bed wetting and other potty issues (like holding it in). So my advise is make the tools available to him. Follow up on it when he's interested. But if he's not interested, let him be and wait until he is interested again. He'll get it. If he gets it early, great for you. And if he waits a while, great for you too (ignore those who say he should be potty trained by a certain age or you're not doing your job). Good luck with him; I'm sure you're doing a great job.

Hi R.,
If you "push" him it will take a lot longer to potty train him and be really stressful for both of you. Take your time and encourage him, but I wouldn't worry just yet about having him potty trained right now. I waited until my son was 3 and he didn't even hardly need training pants. He just started going potty like he'd been doing it everyday. Now that is the way to go. Also, if he is in daycare, I think it's good for them because they see other kids their age using the potty which just gets them more curious about using the potty too.

Good luck!