2.5 DS will poo on potty everytime but not wee. Anyone experienced this?

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Basically as the title states... He will happily do a poo in the potty, he tells us he needs to go (even with nappy on) and he may get off and on a few times but eventually he will go in there and he is always so chuffed with himself, gets loads of praise etc. Wees however are a completely different story... He can't seem to hold it or register when he needs to go at all. Hes weeing like every half hour and although he knows he should wee in the potty I can't seem to get him to go when I put him on there and he realises as he's weeing, but can't seem to click that he needs a wee before. Are we best off leaving for abit or is there something I can do. Wondering if anyone's been in the situ before!
Can't seem to find anything on the Internet about ti, it's all about kids that won't poo in the potty!
Also he's 29 months and we've done bare bum for a week, started to get somewhere and now no wees on potty at all

Yes same here with our DD from when she was about 24 months. I thought we were the only ones! She fully trained at 2 years 9 months, just had to wait until she was ready, mainly that her diaper stayed dry for hours so we knew she had the muscle control and for her communication to improve so we knew she fully understood. Then we did bare bottom at home, there was a lot of peeing on the floor initially but by about day 3 it clicked and she started taking herself to the toilet (we used a seat on the toilet, not a potty) and has been dry ever since except for overnight. It’s great that he’s comfortable on the potty and happy to use it and whilst we’re all stuck at home it might be worth persevering but if it really isn’t clicking then you might just have to wait and revisit in a few months if he’s not ready.

Hi! Thanks for your input.. I wondered if he was just abit young, he's 2 years 5 months. But alot off potty theories say once they get closer to 3 it become harder so I thought I'd try now seeking as we're shut in! And poos he did almost straight away.. Wees are just not happening though! Or should I say happening too often, he can't seem to hold it at all and doesn't seem to bother him when he wees on the floor. I did wonder if putting him in pants would be better as he would feel the sensation of being wet and maybe that would make him click when he needed a wee... But I don't want to push it either and make him worse we've been back in nappies for a few days now which he's happy with although he does ask to have it off sometimes... Still no pee in potty though! After our fourth day bare bummed he started to point to himself say potty etc and I'd put him on for a wee which he would but it was like once every 4 times and then he just stopped completely. So I'm at abit of a loss really!!

One of the signs of "readiness" I look for is that they are doing big wees less frequently, nappies that are dry for ages, if he's doing lots of frequent, little wees it might be that he's not quite ready.

@NannyR yeah I've thought that maybe he just can't control his bladder enough yet and that will come in a couple of months... I just find it so bizarre he happily poos in the potty with no problems when normally it's the other way round! I'm torn between just leaving him untill he's 'ready' if that will happen or encouraging him to realise when he's weeing my putting him in pants for a while to see. Obviously I wouldn't if he really didn't want to though.

Exactly the same here. My DD is only 19 months but thought we'd do bare bum whilst we are stuck at home and see what happens. I honestly don't think she has the ability to know when it's coming unlike poo where she gets a bit of notice! I take this as she cognitively knows to wee and poo in the potty but physically isn't there yet for wee. I'm going to continue the way we are though! I've got easy to wipe flooring so it's no bother and you never know, she might develop thay ability in the time we are at home. If she doesn't, we will just go back to nappies when we can go out again. Nothing to lose I say!

I'll add that she always stops weeing straight away and runs to the potty to finish. This shows me that she knows where it goes but can't anticipate it! Although we have had a few successes where it appears she has anticipated it...maybe she does sometimes? I don't know! If I sit her on the potty after it's been a while since a wee, she will go.

My DD could control her poo before her wee, she wasn't ready so I tried periodically and she's now ready and it's going well.

Thanks guys! Glad to see its not just us!
Sounds like he's just not quite ready then, he understands what he supposed to do but physically his bladder control just isn't there so il leave it a month, try again and see if it clicks better then. 😊

Hi,

We have the same problem.. he almost got poo straight away but no control over wees! We gave it a break coz he clearly cant recognise when ge needs to wee but we think its just matter of time. How easy would it be if he got wee just like poo like if it clicks? Lol will try again in 2 weeks. Hope this gets sorted for you too !

Thank you! We're trying again on Monday I think, he's had 2/3 weeks break. And is showing more signs of readiness so we shall see if it clicks better this time! I can keep you updated 😊 but yes would def be too easy! Haha

Yes please do update 😃 So exciting and exhausting at the same time lol

Good luck!

Similar situation so following!

Hi all! My 2.5DS is exhibiting the same issue, willing to poo just fine on the potty chair but peeing is a whole complete different story. He has accidents all over the place, and he screams and kicks anytime we try to take him to the potty to pee. We've been only going at this for 2 weeks or so, on the 9th & 10th day, he had completely dry days, he would go pee and poo on the potty chair, but since then, he's refused. What else can we do? I want to keep on course and continue and sometimes he'll come and hug me and i know he wants to pee, other times, he just goes in his underwear, doesn't matter if it's shorts, pants or underwear. We live here in Canada so it's a bit cold to run around bare bottom.
Any advice on whether we should continue or stop for a brief moment and try again? Thanks all, great forum!!!

Anyone any luck on this?? Same situation on going... atleast no more little wees

Hi all, just an update, it's been over 2.5 weeks since my last post. We just kept on course with my DS' potty time, we started to really understand his pee/poo duration based on liquid intake, then started to take him to the potty chair in intervals. Once my wife and I knew the approximate duration of when he had accidents, we would bring him to the potty chair. It's still a struggle to have him sit on the potty chair, but we would lure him with distractions and toys to settle him. It's a constant fight be he would eventually give in.

The interval was key, because he knew it felt good after relieving himself. Now just yesterday, he told us he needed to go pee pee and went to the potty chair by himself, twice, so that's a great improvement. I know there's lots of potty training material out there that says 3-day and your toddler is done, but that's all BS. It varies by individual kid and environment, etc. My wife and I know that we needed to press onward and he has probably 1 accident every 3-4 days, crossing all fingers. Good luck to all the parents out there, there's no magic formula, but read your child's signs, know their intervals and convincing them and showing them potty is fun! Good luck all, hopefully my DS will continue and it hopefully will click in his stubborn head!

I totally agree- every child is different and you just have to figure out what works best for your child and familyand not go by anyone else’s or any book’s schedule.

Sounds like you're getting there, OP!

We had this exact problem with DS. We started last August, he nailed poos quickly but we're were a nightmare until about 5 weeks ago. In the end I started bribing him with biscuits - one for every time he goes. Within a couple of weeks he'd started using the toilet instead of the potty!

It hasn't led to any bad habits either, occasionally now he'll ask for a biscuit afterwards but not always. I only use that tactic now if we're going out and he doesn't need to wee just yet. Biscuits win!