What is the earliest your BOY has potty trained?

[MosMom]

I think E may be ready to start potty training. He stays dry throughout the day and I am starting to see a pattern to when he goes potty (he has a pattern for #2 but that changes every few days). I bought him two pairs of undies last night and I think we will casually try a few days and see how he does.

The thing is, he turns 2 on July 9th and I've always read boys are harder than girls. Mo trained at 3 like clockwork so I figured we were looking at 3 or later. Anyone have an early two year old train or is it wishful thinking?

 

[Bob Slydell]

DS started potty training a little after his 2nd birthday. He was completely out of diapers and pull ups maybe a couple months after that.

 

[mickeyfan1]

We (The babysitter and I) tried DS at 20 months. At the end of the week we were no further ahead than the begining. We tried again at 22 months and at the end of the week, he was done. Never used pullups because there was no such thing back then. He did have a few night time accidents, but only when it was cold in his room. We used a potty ring for the big toilet, he never had a potty chair. And no rewards either. We just explained to him what we expected and he did it. I also took his bottle away at one year with the expanation that he was old enough not to need it. He stoped sucking his thumb himself at about 3, he got a rash on it and had to have a bandaid over it, when the rash was healed, he no longer wanted to suck his thumb. Now if I could only get him to find the right woman to settle down with, husband would like grandchildren.

 

[sue1013]

I too had heard boys were harder to train. DS was trained by 20 months in less than a week. That week I put training as my priority we pretty much hung around the house that week, didn't want to give him any distractions. As long as they know what they are doing and can speak well enough to tell you then its time to train.

 

[winniedapooh]

Depends on the child:
DS trained by 3
DD trained at 15 months, her choice not ours
DS trained by 2
DS trained by 2
DD trained by 18 months

They were all different!

 

[jeleebeene]

My nephew started potty training when he was right around 2 yrs old. Mastering it, on the other hand, took several months, and it wasn't until close to 3 months until his 3rd birthday that he had mastered it.

I say if they are perceptive to it, give it a try. Some just aren't ready at 2 - I learned that you just have to be patient. It took a while for him to start telling us when he had to go, but once he learned, he would run up and say "Gotta go, come on" and we would go help him.

 

[leahannpen]

Hmmm, not feeling good reading this thread. My DS was 3 two months ago and he's only gone on the potty 3 times, never in the same week even. We have a long way to go. I'm NOT pushing him, but he's not showing too much interest. Bummer.

 

[Bob Slydell]

Originally posted by leahannpen
Hmmm, not feeling good reading this thread. My DS was 3 two months ago and he's only gone on the potty 3 times, never in the same week even. We have a long way to go. I'm NOT pushing him, but he's not showing too much interest. Bummer.

I wouldn't worry at all -- every kid is different and potty trains on a different schedule. He'll show interest and learn in due time. Heck, he could be like a cousin of mine's son -- who woke up one day (around 3) and decided that he didn't want to wear diapers anymore. He was literally potty trained that day -- turns out he knew how to do it, just didn't feel like doing it until that day.

 

[MosMom]

leahann,

I don't think you are in the minority. That is why I posted this. I was wondering if I should even try this young! Since he loves to pull his ***** out of his diaper and pee on the floor though....I figured we'll give it a whirl. I might as well have pee on the floor and potentially be getting somewhere.

It is warm out...maybe we'll go hang on the screened-in porch today with just our big boy undies on. I certainly won't force him...we'll just see what happens!

 

[nuke]

I didn't even try until 2 1/2 and it only took a couple of days. Every child is different. If you think he is ready give it a shot.
Good Luck!

 

[dianeschlicht]

DD was not reliably trained until about 30 months.

DS was MUCH easier and was totally reliable at about 19 months.

I think some are just ready earlier than others. Language skills and how sensitive they are to their environment has a lot to do with it.

 

[castlegazer]

We started training at 18 months - just talking about it, having the potty chair around and letting him sit on it with pants up. At 25 months he had his first success and asked to take his diapers off - we tried this for about four days, but what became blatently clear is that he is not quite ready to KNOW when he has to go - it still sneaks up on him so he has accidents a lot. We have reverted for a little while but he is really ready to do it. I just have to work on getting the awareness factor up. This weekend is a big try weekend again for us.

 

[Hillbeans]

Originally posted by leahannpen
Hmmm, not feeling good reading this thread. My DS was 3 two months ago and he's only gone on the potty 3 times, never in the same week even. We have a long way to go. I'm NOT pushing him, but he's not showing too much interest. Bummer.

Try not and worry...my son is 3.5 and he's still not fully trained. He occasionally wears underwear out of the house (for no longer than a few hours) but still isn't thrilled about # 2 on the potty.

When they're ready, they'll do it. I'd just try and encourage potty breaks every hour or so when you're home and just keep trying in a non-pushy way. When i've pushed my son to do things, he just doesn't and I get frustrated.

 

[AZKathy]

Number one, 2 1/2....number two, 3!!! He was tough and we finally just told him to get a diaper when he needed to do number two and he used the diaper for that...then one day on his own...plop plop at the age of three and from then all...bye bye diapers!

 

[4greatboys]

Originally posted by Bob Slydell
I wouldn't worry at all -- every kid is different and potty trains on a different schedule. He'll show interest and learn in due time. Heck, he could be like a cousin of mine's son -- who woke up one day (around 3) and decided that he didn't want to wear diapers anymore. He was literally potty trained that day -- turns out he knew how to do it, just didn't feel like doing it until that day.

That was my 4 yr old. Yes he is potty trained now,it happened about 1/2. He just refused to sit on the potty and go. He knew what it was all about, just didnt want to do. Finally we got him to start going on the potty and that was that. It was really easy once he made that decision.

 

[ZachnElli]

My son wasn't trained until 3 1/2 and he still wet the bed every night for another 2 years. He has a weak bladder. I hate it when people try to pressure you or make you feel like a bad parent when they aren't trained earlier. My son is 9 now and still can't go all night without getting up and going to the bathroom at least once. And he's no fun on a long car trip either! LOL! DD was trained at 3, could have been earlier, but she was just too stubborn. She has never wet the bed. Just one weekend at grandma's with new carpeting and that was that! Crazy kids!

 

[dianeschlicht]

I do think some boys are more difficult to train for doing #2 in the potty. For some reason, they like to hang onto it! I had a friend who had a terrible time with her son refusing to have BMs in the toilet.

 

[ColoradoBuffaloMom]

My DS was exactly 3 when he was potty trained. My MIL kept telling me all of her boys were trained at 1 but I just ignored her. I think she was trained to get them to the potty when they were 1

I have a friend who says "Don't worry about it. They will all be trained by the time they go to Kindergarten."

 

[candykisses]

My boys were easy to train. We started training at 20 months and both were done at 22 months.

I thought all boys trained that easy until my friend's son didn't get out of diapers until he was almost 4. There wasn't anything wrong with him, it was just easier. He would go in his diaper then go and get a clean one. He would take his clothes off, take the old diaper off, lay the new one out and lay there and call someone to do the tabs. His mother was much more patient than I would have been!!

 

[KristiKelly]

DS was very easy. When we potty trained him, he had turned 2 on May 24, I started potty training him on July 5th - So he was about 2 years 6 weeks. I did not use Pull Ups - except @ night. I bought the cotton training pants, put them on him & told him that if he PeePee'd, he'd be wet. Well, he was very very ready & told me when he needed to go peepee. I can count on 2 hands the number of accidents he's had & he's 7 now.

DD on the other hand was more difficult. I started her @ 2-1/2 years old & it was like having a puppy - I felt like I was constantly cleaning up puddles from the kitchen & family room floor. It took about 2 weeks to get comfortable taking her out of the house & still a couple of monthes after that with no accidents.

I used pull ups with both - at night only, for about 1-1/2 years. I just didn't want to deal with a wet bed in the middle of the night. It took both until about 3 - 3-1/2 years to make it through the night.

GOOD LUCK!!!