potty train? or should i hold off a little longer?

Once you've started potty training you should not stop otherwise your going to confuse him. You have to stay commited, keep him in underwear from now on. Night time is ok to be in a nappy.

Maybe try him on an actual toilet (with a converter seat)

Sit him on the potty/toilet after each accident so he knows where to go. Try to encourage him to tell you about the accident if he does one. He has control over his bowels if he stops himself from doing a poo so he definitely is ready. It may even take him a couple of messy accidents in his underwear to understand that pooing on the potty/toilet feels a lot better than in your underwear.

Try incorporating potty training into his play. Buy a potty just for play and get a doll and pretend it has done a poo on the potty, praise the doll, put the poo in the toilet etc.

Find books about potty training and read them with him.

Good luck!

I started early training with my daughter when she turned 2 in Feb... at first she was super excited about it (I could tell she wanted to be like mommy), and then I let her pick out her big girl panties at the store. All of a sudden, a couple months ago, she stopped being interested. She would pee in her diapers without telling me she needed to be changed, and whenever I ask (still) if she wants to try to use the potty, she says no. I decided to back off and wait until she seems more ready and willing. She understands what it is, how to do it, and that it's what "big girls" do, but she doesn't know how to tell me before she goes yet. I'll keep trying in a month or so, but she still just may not be ready!

I disagree with the people who say stopping once you've started will just confuse them. If they're not ready, they're not ready. It's worth waiting until they are than forcing them to go through with something that their brains just can't comprehend quite yet.

Good luck. :)

stopping now would confuse him you are supposed to be consistent when potty training..try asking him every once in a while if he has to go pee, he'll tell you yes i bet,..then eventually he will tell you..as far as poo..i really don't know, i know it sounds gross but maybe let him start going..then rush him there..seems like it would be harder to stop once you're at that point..also sounds like you're using diapers and underwear? try just underwear going back and forth can be confusing too

put him in pull ups and keep him in them until he learns. i am the last person that any my friends would think to say this but i learned jto go to the potty cause my mom told me next time i peed in my pants she was going to beat me so i sat on the toilet forever and i told my mom i didnt have to go potty and she was like fine than i got up and peed on the floor she spanked me and i never did it agian i have been potty trained ever since. so dont be abusive but maybe ur not demanding enough and praise him every time he goes give him a specail treat sometimes that is all it takes but def dont hold back cause he will never learn he is at the age to start learning just keep him in pull ups it takes a while for them to get the hang of it

dont stop hes making good progress, u will take 100steps backwards if you stop it now. i had my twins daughters potty trained at 18 months, theyre two in september and only have a nappy of a night now, and they very rarely wee in it. good luck! its all about persistence.

Just keep at it. It sounds like he's perfectly ready he just needs more practice. one day soon he'll start telling you he needs to go and hating being wet and especially poopy.

i think you should hold off maybe a year or 2..until he is about 3 and a half...kid brains develop with their age and they may not understand some things until a couple of months later.