Hi, I am Misty and I normally stay on the ed sight. Well anyway I was wondering if anyone could give me some advise? I am trying to potty train my 2 and a half year old son, we were doing really good for a while then it was just like he did not want to do it anymore. I s this normal or what should I do? I dont want to make him feel like I am making him do it against his will but I am not sure of what to do. Could someone please give me some advice on what to do, I would be very greatful.

I also have a 3 month old that is teething and has come down with a cough. I took him to the doctor and she said it was just a cold. Would there be anything that I could do to help sooth him beside tylenol and baby orajel. I can use all the input i could get. My two sons are very much different in everything.

well with the potty training i saw on dr. phil how he potty trained a little boy using a doll that wets and he let the little boy "teach" the doll how to potty like a big kid...it made the little boy feel important and in turn he wanted to use the potty too.

i too have a three month old and here lately she is crying so badly all the time...but i dont know if it is teething or what? no fever or loose stole. just fussy but she really always has been...but i hope other here can help us both out!

What worked for our son was: Let him run around the house with no pants on. He was just about 3 when he was finally potty trained. He would be great like 2-3maybe 4 days then all of the sudden no more and this went on for a long time. Well..it got to the point of he would go in the bathroom and change his pullup hisself.... But-If I didn't have anything on him, for some reason he felt more control??? So for the 3 weeks as soon as we got home off went the pants actually probably 1 1/2 weeks of strictly nothing then I went to shorts or sweat pants, something not real tight like undies and it worked. I tried everything - cheerios is the potty, those target things you buy, special stickers, special treats, let him pick out own underwear well I could go on and on but plain and simple leaving him bare is what worked.

Good luck

Thatnk you for your replys. I will have to try some of the potty training tips and see what works. He was doing so good and then he just stoped. hopefully we can get back on track.

Winne for a fussy baby try taking her in the shower with you. That is what I did with my and with in a couple of weeks he was not fussy, and with time he just stoped fussen.

thanks i will try :)

What worked for me when potty training my son was: I made a really big deal about how he was getting to be a "big boy" and could start using the potty like all of the other big boys and girls. I then took him to the library to get some books about using the potty. The library has many books on this subject so we kept going back and getting new ones and this kept him interested and made him want to try to use the potty. I made it a big deal when he did remember to use the potty and didn't say anything when he forgot. I also asked him constantly if he "had to go pee", that way he didn't get distracted and wet his pants. I hope this helps a little, I know that every child is different and learns to do things in different ways. Good luck! :wave:

Hello. I am a teacher at a child care center and I have had two and three year olds who were in the process of potty training.

It takes 2 minutes before a child realises he/she has to use the potty. What I would do is ask the child if he/she needs to potty, then ask again a few minutes later.

I would have the children use the potty every 1 1/2 -2 hours. Giving stickers to the children when they have gone works real well.

I have seen where some children to seemed ready to be potty trained and did really well, then all of sudden stop using the potty. However, it did pass. I would just be patient.

Thank you for all your replies. I think that we are getting back on track now. We made him a little step stool that his feet can touch while he sits on the potty. So hopefully this will work, he has done such a great job in all of the transitions that we have made. Hopefully this one wont hold him back. Wr just give him alot of praise and tell him that he is a big boy now and that he is doing a good job. I think now he really wants to pee in the potty.

Winne, how is your daughter doing. Did the shower help? Let me know.

I did the same thing as badkat. Esp easy with a boy. It worked. sometimes he would start to go and I would have a little mess to clean up but worth it.