This is one of those areas that a first time parent really questions, I think. Is my child ready to be potty trained? I think Aidan is exhibiting a lot of signs, but feel really unsure of how to proceed.
He has been able to tell us for a while now when he is going. He has been searching out a private place to have bowel movements for a while as well. In just the last week, he now goes into his room and shuts the door to do it. We stayed at a hotel for my sister’s college graduation last weekend and he seemed very fearful of the force and loudness of that particular toilet’s flushing.
He is doing LOTS of emulating Brandon. He wants his hair like Daddy, he is constantly putting on Brandon’s shoes, and last week started putting Brandon’s belt around his waist when Brandon comes home from work and changes.
So I see the opportunity, but I just don’t know how hard to push it. He has had a potty chair in his bathroom for a while but hasn’t really tried it out much. Our friend Catherine suggested that maybe if he is so into emulating Daddy, that one of those kid seats that you put on the regular toilet is a better option.
So, we now have both. This morning he wanted to try to sit on the kid seat for a few minutes, but nothing happened. He didn’t seem scared, but he just talked A LOT about the toilet. How the potty gets flushed down the hole and such.
Ok, moms…how should I handle this? Slow and easy and let him guide or try to give him more of a push toward it?
This seems so easy, yet I feel a bit lost. 
No magic recipe for potty training. My boy took longer than my girl. It is good he is trying on your husbands clothes and not yours. Our society frowns on cross dressers! Not that there is anything wrong with that.
I too have been wondering what the magical trick may be on potty training. Kellar also goes and hides now when he goes #2, I have always heard that when they do that it’s time to start potty training. Kellar will go to the bathroom and say “pot” and will remove his diaper but getting him to sit still and use it has proven quite difficult. He did however go tinkle in it tonight, I had to let him color with his markers and he was so preoccupied I think he forgot he was sitting still for a second. Good luck and if you figure out the trick pass it on!!!