So, my son will not use the potty which is totally fine with me right now. However, he will not keep a diaper on at all. As soon as we put it on him, he takes it off a few minutes later. And then you know what happens. Pee everywhere. Maybe this is a sign that he is getting ready? Not ready yet, but almost there?

lol! My nephew use to stick his hand in his diaper and smear it on the walls, count yourself lucky! (not that pee is any better)

I only had some mistakes happen during training so I am not sure I have some 'insight' on that one. I would assume he is strong willed! Maybe he is ready.

When we started training our son we went 'gun-ho'. We got a training potty (he couldn't care less) so we then tried a reward chart. I created, printed and laminated a chart with a row for poop and a row for pee. It was a 'big boy chart'. I also printed out 10 toilets and cut/laminated those also. Every time he went he put a potty in the correct row and once he got five in one row he got a surprise from a basket (filled with random items from the dollar store). This worked awesome for a while, but then he didn't care anymore!

So then we tried treats like m&ms (5 for poop and 2 for pee). Oh my, did we try all the positives. But our biggest problem was that his little sister was born and as they say, he regressed. We also tried stripping him down so that he would go to the potty no matter what (accidents here and there) and that lasted for weeks.

Eventually Xmas rolled around and we had been training for SOOO long and he was much too old for our taste to still be in pullups/diapers. So we used Santa. it worked like magic.

So who knows, at 22 months you could probably start with some reasoning and treats/surprised that suit him (xtra time at the park? who knows!)

But I do know that trying to force it makes it worse...thus our trying to 'bribe' him.

For the longest time he would go once in a while, but one day it just clicked.

GOOD LUCK, this one is still a mystery to me.

V

OK, I've posted about potty-training our "40 month old" several times before. Here's now the list of the things he has been promised if he'll start putting his poops in the potty:

1) M&Ms;
2) Lollypops;
3) Tic-tacs;
4) Juicies (fruit snax);

This was back in the beginning, about 9 months ago....here's what we're up to now....

5) A live frog;
6) A live turtle;
7) A live lizard, you know, those big ones; and
8) A bunny rabbit;

I ask, what's next, a Lincoln Navigator?!?

22 months seems maybe a bit young to force the issue. My son did show some readiness at that age too though, and it's hard to hold them back when they get something into their head. Unlike your son however, mine left his diaper on for the most part. So, I was able to hold off on the potty training until he was closer to 2 1/2.

When we finally did decide to potty train, I tried fruit loops/cheerios in the toilet (for aiming at) and candy as incentive. Target practice didn't really help, but Gavyn did like the candy incentives. My daughter on the other hand never needed an incentive besides the new underwear we bought her.

I would suggest trying pull-ups style diapers with him if you haven't already. Present them to him as "big boy pants". He might be less apt to take them off than regular diapers.

suzy - i know with the new baby at home, you are doing everything you can not to rock the boat for big brother but he is testing you girl! i don't think it is a sign of anything other than defiance. not sure how you discipline at home but we spank. mind you i did not say beat, i said spank. i would pop his little tushey and put the diaper right back on everytime.

he's still so youngso it would be hard to have a conversation like ok buddy, if you don't want to wear diapers you have to go in the potty. but if you don't want to go in the potty you have to wear a diaper. he doesn't under the choices.

tripleA - we just went through this with my neice. she just had too much going on to stop and go to the potty. the reward thing did not work for her. she had everything a child could want. we just backed off and finally, she got it under control.

My son just turned 3 and he wants nothing to do with the potty! We have a potty seat...he won't go near it! I think we are going to go and get one of the ones that sits on top of the regular toilet seat....I'm not pushing the issue though. My sis has a son (he's 11 now) and we used to joke that he would be in diapers until college...he's not so I guess there's hope...hahah.. So, I'm figuring my little man will be ready when he's ready....

We were having SOME luck with our daughter using the potty but only after trial and much error. We tossed the light-up-play-music potty as it was too much like a toy and who would pee-pee in her toys? We tried the little insert for a regular seat, but that meant taking the time to get her step stool, get the seat in place and get on the potty and it was too much. I found a regular toilet seat with a second seat for toddlers built right into the deal. It wasn't cheap but it is sturdy, right there when needed and as easy to clean as the normal seat is. She was doing well, then along comes baby brother and since he gets to use diapers, she wants to do it too. We've tried rewards from toys to candy to full blown praise and even withholding some of the above for not going - not one thing matters to her. She could care less about stickers and charts so that never got off the ground either. We bought special "big girl panties" and no dice there either. Put those on her and you would think they were molten lava. Training pants with the vinyl covers made no headway either. I guess we just wait for the "click" in her mind?? I would love to stop buying so many diapers but I don't want to push her and cause a longer delay - any ideas???

Just when I thought he was being just plain difficult, guess what he did when I had my back turned today? He went "pee pee on the potty!"

I just started leaving the potty in the living room, where he spends most of his time playing and..he did it. Woo hoo!

Wow. I never thought I would be so happy over pee. (Except for that time I really, really wanted a baby...and I peed on a stick and it was positive..)