Potty training advice needed!

[wowiesis111]

Hi. Hoping this is the right place to post.
I have a very clever and strong willed son that is not taking to it in the slightest.
He is 2 years 4 months.
We introduced the potty by allowing him to choose a Thomas one as he seemed ready , telling us when he needed to go etc. trouble is he then decided that he didn't like the potty - namely as he didn't sit comfortably on it.
We started by allowing him to sit on it in front of the TV when he felt he 'needed' a wee or poo and mentioned a reward if he did his 'business' which he was eager to do but never actually did the deed.
We then decided that perhaps he wasn't ready so thought we would wait until our trip to Australia to see family. Thinking he could go nappy less on the beach with potty to hand but instead he just played with it and wouldn't sit on it.
Coming back we decided to try the seat on the loo. Thinking that being a smarty pants he sees us on the lol so this would be more familiar but he's now gone backwards in that he doesn't tell us when he needs one or even when he's done one now.
He has taken to every other hurdle like a duck to water as in going from cotbed to toddler bed etc but this we are at a loss
Tbh of all the 'parenting ' things we have to go through this is the one thing that I just have no idea which is best and thinking that as he's not taking to it , the two may be linked.
I'm not keen to rush him but at the same time he is moving up a class at nursery after April ( where the majority of his peers are already trained ) and I have another baby due in June so would love him to be trained before then with the new baby don't want him to have too many 'changes' if that makes sense.
( we're also moving too! )
We're obviously missing something.
So parents any help/ tips/ advice would be very greatly received.

TIA
( sorry for the essay)

Maybe he's just not ready, 2.4 is still quite young and boys generally train later than girls...somebody with boys might have some more helpful comments?
Come June and new baby and the house move he might relapse anyway, that is a lot of change to deal with. I'd leave it till he shows he wants to.

We're obviously missing something.

Yes. He's not ready. I know all children are different but in my experience (3 DCs) when they are ready potty training isn't a drama at all. My DCs potty trained between 2.5 and 3 with very little I put from me really. They just told me they wanted to wear pants and we got on with it.

I know you feel you have a 'deadline' looming with a new baby on the way but changing a toddlers nappy every few hours is much less hassle than dealing with puddles of wee.

As pp have said, if he isn't ready then potty training will just be a nightmare made up of constant cleaning up puddles, changing a seemingly endless supply of soaked clothes and never ending battles to get him to use the toilet.

I'd be tempted to leave it and try again in a few weeks/months - that's what we're doing with dd (2.7) as, although she wants to wear pull-ups and knickers, she doesn't seem to notice that she's having a wee and rarely asks to use the potty or toilet and I feel like I'm pressuring her to 'have a try'. Ds used to stop what he was doing, knew when he was weeing and would be visibly uncomfortable in his wet or dirty nappy. Potty training him took 3 days at 2.10.

You might find that being with other, older children who do use the toilet spurs him on to try and use it himself - as I said, potty training my dd isn't going well at home but at nursery she's more willing to go to the toilet and will even go on her volition.

My son potty trained at 2.6 in 3 days , my daughter now at 2.6 is so offended by the idea she screams the house down . I'm backing off until June/July when she can run around naked. She's so on top of everything else . I do know with having a older child they reach a point where they want to fit in so if it doesn't happen at 2 it'll happen by the time they're 4 . They clock on In the end x

This could be me! Mine is 2.6 and potty training has been very hit and miss

At first he didn't want to know about the potty AT ALL. So we put it away and brought it back out several times over a couple of months until all of a sudden one day he just started using it for wee's and poo's... He was so excited by it and lapped up all the attention and rewards.

But just as quickly as he took to it one day he just went backwards, and starting going in the garden for a poo!!

And while most of the time he still does wee's on the potty I find the odd little puddle on the floor each day.

He now totally refuses to do a poo on the potty or the toilet, even when he's gesturing and holding his bottom jumping around saying "poo poo mummy!" - I'll take him to the potty or the toilet (whichever he decides he wants at that time) and encourage him, but he'll hold it in until he finds an opportunity to sneak out to the garden and do it, and then comes back to tell me!

I'm just hoping that one day he'll just 'get it' like he did before

Most experts advise buying a child-size potty, which your toddler can feel is her own and which will also feel more secure to her than a full-size toilet.

If your child has a favorite doll or stuffed animal, try using it for potty demonstrations. Most children enjoy watching their favorite toy go through the motions, and may learn more this way than from you telling them what to do.

Get your daughter focused on the benefits of being potty trained by taking her on a special errand: Buying panties. Let her know that she gets to choose whatever kind she wants. (Underwear featuring a favorite movie character or bright design is usually a big hit.)

One of the most important things you'll need to teach your daughter is how to wipe properly. Explain that she needs to make sure she moves the toilet paper from front to back, especially when she has a bowel movement, to avoid getting an infection.

I notice so many people mention this Potty Training Video
you may just be surprised to find out potty training doesn't have to be hard or stressful.