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These are just my thoughts and current experiences with potty training my boys. My sons Ryan 3 and Bryson 2 are doing I think exceptional at this potty stuff, Ryan has been going daily for about 3 months now he verbally tells us and can complete all the steps by himself and that makes him feel like a big boy. My 2 yo is on his 2nd week he doesn't give verbal notice yet but instead takes his diaper off. And I take that as a I need to go que. Neither has made the jump to number 2's yet lol but I think its good progress. My 3yo even gets up in the middle of the night a few days a week and wakes up with a dry pull-up yay. I have noticed that we are down from using 5-6 pull-ups a day to 2-3. I am using the pull-ups app on my phone as a reward system along with stickers, sometimes I give them a special treat. Their dad is involved and they enjoy seeing dad go through it as well. We use a potty seat on the big toilet they never cared for the small potty so we took a break and then started over with the potty seat. My advice is only start if your child especially boys is ready. We started with books and potty videos a few times a week with the potty present so they could get used to seeing it. Try and have patience don't loose your temper that only makes it worse. It truly takes years for a child to become fully trained and accidents will happen. And ignore the idiots that have the all kids should be potty trained at 1-2 yo it doesn't always work that way. We tried to start our oldest at 2 he wasnt ready and would shut down would hold his bowel for days at a time until a suppository was needed. At 3and a half he was ready to try again and succeeded. That is my current experience and I will update as we progress. Happy Training.

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Comment by Arlette Pitra on September 13, 2012 at 12:54pm: Is true, potty training is a process and not a single event. I'm starting this process with my 17 month old daughter. She did not like the small patty, different from her big sister who preffered the big one. We changed to a potty seat on the big toilet and she really enjoyed it. When we take her she potties, however she is not at that stage that she tells us that she is ready to go

Comment by taschema hopkins on September 10, 2012 at 11:17am: @ Leslie yes small steps when you put him on the potty have him do it for a 2-3 minutes at a time you don't want him to resent it. And I would checkout the Pull-ups website the have a dvd on potty training an games, reward ideas and such. That's how I got my 3 yo into it with the potty dance and reading books. Hope that helps good luck!!! If you have anymore questions feel free to ask!!

Comment by Leslie Damacio on September 10, 2012 at 10:56am: Ok small steps..thank you for your help

Comment by dancebabya on September 10, 2012 at 10:52am: Have him go to the restroom with you let him know what you're doing. Show him his dirty diaper talk to him let him know what it is. Soon he"ll start getting the idea.. Notice what times he usually potty's on diaper & take it from there.During training you can also try giving him extra fluids that will make him go potty more.

Start sitting him on the potty make it like a game, he will let you know when he is ready. Dont stress or push him into it some children it takes a bit longer. As long as you stick to whatever you choose to help him understand on potty he 'll do well.

Comment by Leslie Damacio on September 10, 2012 at 10:11am: My son is almost two and a half and i want him to start potty training..but what are the steps?please help

Comment by mama0313 on September 9, 2012 at 10:43pm: we have been getting lo use to the potty, she calls it peepee. she went in it when she was about 13-14 months a couple of times. not forcing anyting, just getting her use to the idea. i noticed she was ready to start getting introduced to it when i'd take her diaper off so we could get in the shower and she'd pee on the floor. we are taking things slow though. don't want to stress her out.

Comment by dancebabya on September 7, 2012 at 7:13pm: Our 15 month old son walked to his dad right after he pooped , he had two hands on the front of his diapers & said " CACA " Loud !! :).. We are currently working with him , sometimes he makes it sometimes he doesnt. He likes to talk on the fone , & we read to him while he sits on the potty .

Comment by GabyS03 on August 30, 2012 at 11:16am: My 17 month old did her first poop in her cute toilet. thanks to dad she is still in training tells me when she has gone to the bathroom. I am working on getting her to use the toilet again but she loved it it made her feel like a big girl.