Potty training

Have you tried sitting him on the toilet/potty giving him something to play with to keep him occupied?xxx

@Patsy yes we have. We have even put him in front of the tv to watch a movie he like or a show he was watching. As soon as he sits down he wants to get up and throws anything we give him

Hmmm I’m not sure then. My son is 18months and he’s been showing signs so when he’s on the potty he plays with something or he watches telly or we read a book xxx

@Patsy we are really stumped as that was one of the things my sister suggested

@Stacey I’m pretty stumped too xxx

Still not ready. Most kids aren’t until 2.5-3

@Alexus all children are different xx

@Alexus he is pulling his nappy pants off to do a wee. He knows when he needs to go he just won’t sit on the potty he wants to stand and wee

Can he not stand on a step near the toilet my little boy preferred this to the potty when first training now he's old enough to just stand at the toilet x

@Zoe we haven’t tried that I’ll give that a go thank you.

@Jennifer I’ll check it out thank you.

@Patsy I know I didn’t say kids CANT be ready before then lol

@Stacey yeah and that’s pretty normal some kids just don’t like diapers. My kids would do it as well. My son won’t sit and use the potty either and he’s 2. He knows he’s supposed to he’ll tell me potty and sit and then be like okay all done lol. So he’s just not ready yet which is fine cause if you push it then it’ll be even harder

They do make a training urinal instead of potty but the issue is most nursery/daycare centre won’t have these. I’ve not potty trained a boy yet but my daughter is pretty headstrong and would NOT sit on the potty when we asked her and threw a fit if we put her there. She would however go sit on her own but wouldn’t pee. So we followed the Oh Crap method (mind you we screwed up and had the potty out all the time beforehand). We did however negate their “no reward” rule and we did stickers. I knew she would get excited but pretty soon become bored by stickers so even after two weeks we basically aren’t using the reward chart or stickers. That got her super excited. We also talked to her about it a lot, about being s big girl, about it meaning no more nappies. We got a book and consistently read it to her about babies getting rid of their nappies and going on the potty/toilet. We did wait awhile (until 29/30 months). The oh crap method says you can do it way sooner but I was pregnant

We trained our boy at a similar age to your little one (21 months). Once he got the hang of it he was happy to sit on the potty so we went with that, but a friend who also trained her three boys before they were 2 said they all wanted to stand. She used a step in the toilet until they were old enough to stand on the floor. We’ve moved on from the potty now and just use a step that my son (now 2.5) uses to climb up and then just sits on the big toilet. You might find that once he’s mastered standing wees and is used to going to the toilet every time, then you can teach him to sit when needed (like when you’re out and don’t have a step)

This has been my struggle! I keep trying to potty train my boy (2.5), and he wants to stand eden he poops and pees. I have to keep explaining that me and him just end up covered in pee and/or poop and then we both have to shower because it turns into an actual struggle. One time, I got him to half-poop in the toilet, and then he acted like he was done and wanted down and ran away and pooped behind the door. It can be really frustrating, and honestly, it makes me insufficient as a mother sometimes. Especially because I helped train my niece and nephew when I was their nanny 13 years ago, and I don't remember it being such a struggle at all with them. But they were easier than my son in a lot of ways. He's very defiant, so I'm not sure if it's just a personality issue.

Not sure what your situation is, but if he sees his dad standing to pee, he's going to want to do the same thing. Have your husband sit when LO is around.