Would This Be Too Much at One Time?

YIKES to the mouse!!! Don't the girls want to keep it?!! Mommy let's get a cage so we can keep it??!?!? :)

I would transition to big boy bed first then to the potty training...let him lead since he's almost 2 and is showing signs - but is what I would do....big boy bed then potty training!!!

i agree he is to young for night training. my little one just started potty training and just got his toddler bed, and he won't even get out of bed in till we open his door and tell him he can get up, because he knows he is not allowed to get up and play in the middle of the night, and doesnt really understand there are different rules for getting up and going to the bathroom, but I don't think that it is to much change at oncfe. sometimes you have to change things. my son just moved to a new bed, is potty training, and will be getting a new little sibling in a couple months. he is doing great, and if there is little backslide once his sister gets here thats fine too!

Dont listen to people who say it's normal for a human child to sit in filth until they are 3-4. My son was fully day trained at 2 yo. It can be done. In most other parts of the world kids are trained by a year IR 18 months. Only in America do we have the mistaken belief that kids can't recognize their own bodies signals. As far as the bed I think that's a separate issue but if he wants to there is no reason why not. My son transitioned from co-op sleeping to big boy bed potty trained and weaned from the breast all around the same time. He's now a healthy and well adjusted 3 yo. BTW he's been trained for over a year and still wets at night. We're really deep sleepers in our family and tend to take a long time to night train. I'm fine with him wearing a diaper at night and for naps as long as it takes. I like my sleep and hate washing sheets.

Well I kinda didn't pay attention to what may or may not be too much for my kids so I am sure I did the same thing. Oops.

Being that I am completely manipulative when it comes to my kids how about the bed is the reward for potty training? Of course only works if he thinks the big bed is cool mind you. :p Well anyway that will shift his attention away from anything negative about the bed and maybe make him more focused on the potty training.

HAHA Cheryl, Get a cage for the mousie. My kids would want that too.

I think he will be fine, He already has been through the hurricane, the wedding, a big family vacation that was interrupted. He sees the girls go to the bathroom. He knows.

My 4th was potty trained in less than a week, he was ready at 27 months. We were also in the process of moving across country from CA to VA.

We moved from tucson to phoenix my son was 21 months. He had a little intrest in potty training, so I had started before we moved. I put him in a big boy bed when we moved instead of a crib. no problem with the bed, but the training took almost a year. If you want to move to the bed go for it! I know sometimes its easier to do these things when other things are out of the way. We moved from las vegas to tucson and my daughter was almost 2 1/2. i moved her from the crib to the bed then.....one less thing i had to move. :) good luck and im sure he will be fine.

If he's interested in the potty it may go smoother than you anticipate. However, it is common for boys not to be fully potty trained unil well into their fours. But it can be done. But if he shows a little interest, and then isn't interested in it anymore, then back off for a while and try again later.
My son is 2 years old, and he went from the crib straight to a twin bed (bunkbed with brother; he sleeps on bottom), and we got a guard rail. He loves it and that transition went smoothly for us. Potty training is still in the works. lol He's not showing too much interest, even with encouragement, so it will be a while for us. Our oldest son was four when he was fully potty trained. Poo being the last to train and that really took a while!

We potty trained during a last minute trip that involved a 13 hour car ride & staying in a hotel for 2 weeks, and being out & about quite a bit. I'm sure your DS will be fine :-)

Your son can probably handle the potty training and big boy bed at the same time, but from my experience... you don't need the big boy bed at the beginning of potty training. Most kids day train well before they night time train, so even if he can't get out of bed at night to go to the bathroom, that might not be a problem because his body might not be ready for that anyway.

You'll know he's ready to night time train when he starts waking up dry.

I think it really depends on your little man. With my son, the big boy bed wasn't a bad adjustment at all. It was quite simple. With my daughter, it was a bit of a nightmare. Maybe it's because she was a climber and I had to move her a little earlier than I did my son (he was about 2.5 and she was 21 months). She wouldn't stay in it for anything. She fought sleep and was a cranky mess for a while. She still doesn't nap very well, if at all. I moved her first and then started potty training about 2 months later, when we weren't having bed battles.

I personally dont think its too much. My daughter was 2 when we moved into our house, she went from a crib in our old house, to a twin bed in our new one, and we were potty training.

So, we moved, changed her bed and was potty training, she did great. It just depends, he will let you know if its working for him. ;)

Not too much if you think he is ready and who knows better than you. My dd was potty trained at 2 and out of diapers completely (night times) a week later and into her toddler bed at the same time. We moved house at the same time so instead of putting her back into a crib, I decided to get it all done and dusted. She was sooo ready. My brothers youngest son was the same age as your little man was and was completely potty trained in a couple of weeks but his oldest son was just turned 3 when he was potty trained. All kids are different and if you have the time to do it now and he is ready - go for it.

I think you're on track for the bed but unless your son is showing all of the signs of readiness, you are easily 6 months to a year ahead of a reasonable time to begin potty training for a boy. Your older kids are girls right? Boys are way slower. My "early" son was 2.5, my other boys were 3 and 3.5. You can google for the definitive signs of readiness and if he is showing every single one of them, then count yourself lucky and give it a whirl but otherwise, re-set your expectations for another 6-12 months so that you're not frustrated.

I would say it's way too much. For one thing even if he is showing signs of being ready it's not going to happen overnight. It will take time. Slow down and take it one step at a time. Let things move at their own pace. Get the potty area ready and let him have access but do NOT let him have access to the bathroom at ALL without an adult being in there. He is not physically able to pull his head out of the toilet if he falls in head first and his feet come off the ground. His neck and back are not strong enough yet. This is one of the ways toddlers drown in the bathroom.

Have fun with all the changes and don't demand too much of him. He will adapt and do everything eventually.

WAY too much and (in my opinion) too soon.

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Just keep in mind that while he is showing interest, most boys are closer to 3y before they really get the hang of it.

My daughter trained at just before 3y and was in a crib until 3y, so training while in a crib is doable. I found that keeping them in the crib as long as possible was best for me.

Start the potty training after the cast is off and he can walk pretty good and sit without trouble. Once they realize they shouldnt just wet their diapers/pants, they start to hold it better in their sleep.(it could be months) In the daytime when he says he needs to go, you will most likely go into the bathroom with him for a while. So in the night if he should happen to wake up and need to go, he will call for you, and you will get him up and help him, and then put him back in his crib. After a while when he is able to go without help, you will then know its time to put him in the toddler bed so in the night he can do this all by himself. My grand daughter is 4 now, and still yells for someone to come with her to go potty in the daytime, and has only woke up once in the ngiht to go. She hasnt been in a crib for a year, but staying dry at night and not needing help would have been the big clue to get her out of the crib if she had still been in one. You dont need to hurry with the bed yet, you have too much going on with all youve been thru lately, and dont need one more thing added to your plate right now. Once he can go potty independantly you can then switch the beds.