Potty training

My toddler is 32 months and we've been trying to potty train him for months. At his daycare, they have a potty room and they practice throughout the day. But when he moves up to the next room, he needs to be "fully potty trained." That can happen anytime between turning 3 and 3.5 years old. It depends on readiness and space in the room.

I bought a set of cloth pullups on Amazon, but they were way to thin. Plus he genuinely did not care that he was wet. Admittedly I got very discouraged and gave up quickly on cloth.

My mother in law (wonderful person) watches my boys every Thursday. Since she has hardwood floors she uses disposable.

We switched to disposables, and have been using them for months. He is good at going pee when we bring him to the potty, but he has no idea or urgency to go to the potty.

I also have a baby, and so I am struggling with balancing holding and playing with the baby and potty time and time with my toddler. We don't go to the potty a lot (several times a day, but not every hour), as I don't want it to be a fight (he normally goes there willingly for my mom, mother in law, and me. My husband can rush him at times, and then there's a fight).

I was desperate and slurged on a pack of the Upairy training pants. They are slightly more absorbent, but the Large (largest size) is skin tight on my toddler. It doesn't leave red marks on his skin, and the boy is pretty vocal regarding things being too tight, so I believe they are okay, but I don't think I'd buy more based on how snug they are on him. Today is day 1 of trying the cloth ones.

I keep reading that cloth pull ups are better, but I dont know. He genuinely did not care that he was wet and dirty twice now.

Are all the adds my social media is feeding me true, and I need to switch to cloth pullups?

Helpful tips on getting your partner on board for scrubbing poop out of cloth pull ups (or even carfully removing them from the toddler)?

We are using a reward system. He has a potty chart with 100s of sticker. He gets a small prize every ten times he goes. He likes earning stickers and prizes, but again he doesn't have the urgency to want to go potty.

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Have you tried the naked method? Like no underwear or pullups and have him next to the potty for a few days? Any time he starts peeing you set him on the potty. Look up the oh crap method. It works pretty fast and then no more pullups. I used pullups only at night for my son until he was almost 4yo. Then he told me he didnt need them anymore. Starting the naked method with my daughter soon. You might just need to give the baby to your husband to play with while you potty train. Also I know its a lot but maybe you can use your MILs house to do this method for a few days. She can help with the baby while you focus on your son and the toilet

We never did pull-ups during the day or cloth diapers. I personally think that would be confusing for a child learning. We did a couple days at home no pants (in living room with potty close). She was peeing by the 2nd day in potty fine and after a few more days of consistency we were confident and did short trips to the playground with loose pants, no underwear. Then after a couple days success with that, we did pants, with underwear and at home slowly moving the potty farther away. The whole process was 2 weeks ish. We started right after her 3rd birthday. She only wore pull-ups at night back then but now she’s almost 4 and night trained as well. I know you want to get them to the next room but it doesn’t happen on our time, it happens on theirs.

We went straight to underpants as my son doesn't like being naked, which is odd for a boy 🤣
He definitely didn't like the wet feeling!

Unfortunately to get them to recognise the feeling of needing to go, you have to take them to the toilet / potty on a set schedule and then extend the time between wees, once it gets to the stage where you're at 90 mins 2 hours this is when they usually start to "get" the feeling.
Keep him hydrated and stick to routine everywhere he is. Remind him that his friends will be going to the big room without him if he doesn't really try with this....that's a good kick start for him

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