Potty training my son

My son is 4 years. old I have been training him for 2 years. He had it down and now he just doesn't do #2 in the potty at all. What can I do. I have litterally tried everthing. I tried the rewarding, the taking away, and the time-outs. Nothing works.I am lost and out of ideas. Please help me.

We had a really tough time with our younger son as well, when he was 3, he had a similar issue. What worked for us was a "reward chart" that a teacher at his preschool gave us. He got one sticker each time he was successful at going #2 in the potty. He still had accidents, but he was so thrilled with the stickers, that after a few weeks, he was going regularly. There are still issues on rare occasion, but it was a huge improvement.

My sister has four kids and each of my brothers has two. I grew up with them so I know what you mean. My three year old nephew. He kept doing the same thing. Eventually, he wanted to be a big boy and have big boy underwear, so he went. We told him that once he learns to make in the potty, he can go pick out big boy underwear. So that is what happened. It worked.

I was very frustrated as well with potty training and thought I had tried everything as you said like rewards. So I began researching potty training online and found that a common theme seemed to be praise and positive reinforcement. I came across a website called http://www.pottytrainingrewards.com. We hung it in the kitchen and named the little boy on the front of the package, Bobby. My son could not wait to go to the potty so he could push the button, hear the praising message, and get his chocolate reward from, Bobby. It really got my son excited about using the potty himself and it was fun for him. Because he became so involved, potty training was easy. So give it a try.

If the reward thing doesnt work, bring him to a physcologist

Dear awendaw,
Kids who don't want to give up #2 on a toilet can have a bit of a control issue. At this age most are learning how to control their environment and their bodies...this can be a truly scary time for them. As adults we tend to over react to their negative behaviours quicker and more often than we react to their positive behaviours. At 4 it's important to have him trained because most day cares/schools will not take a 4 year old who still isn't trained. Monitor your reactions to his behaviours; take a close look a your behaviours during his negative behaviours and keep track of how many times you react and how to his positive behaviours. If it seems a little out of balance try correcting this and see if it makes a difference with his behaviours.
Sue....good luck

There is a lot of kids who do have a control prob. and some of it is because they cant feel will they have to go do #2. It is a medical prob called and inlarged bowl. Next time you go to the dr ask them to take a xray it will show. My son was the same way but it took a long time to get it under control good luck

That is the same thing my son is doing. He was doing fine and now its all gone to hek. I have an 8 month old and wonder if that may be the problem.