unable to pee on potty - can poo and dribble though

[abdnhiker]

Hi, my 2 year old son is interested in potty training and can happily do a poo on the toilet or potty (he likes copying his older brother) but doesn't seem to know how to relax to pee. The only pees he does is a by-product of trying to poo - lots of straining.

He'll sit on the potty, strain out a tiny pee, get a treat, walk into the living room, and pee all over the floor. I really think he just doesn't know how to relax and let himself pee.

Any ideas for how we can help him relax and pee on the potty/toilet? He's not the sit still type so I haven't been able to bribe him to sit on it at all. His brother trained with no problems but was 6 months older - but I don't want to miss a window when DS2 seems to want to toilet train.

[FlouryBap]

hmmmm i am going to watch this as i have a similar problem. DD has just given me the potty with a poo in it 3 days after i gave up potty training with no success and her hiding from me to do pees. she did manage one poo during the days we were trying. she was naked when i went upstairs to put the baby to bed and when i came down i found wee all over the kitchen floor and wet footprints to the living room. as i was cleaning it up she came and gave me the potty. i am a bit flummoxed about what to do as potty trianing got too stressful as she was not up for being sat on the potty at regular intervals AT ALL

[abdnhiker]

Thanks for posting FlouryBap! This is definitely less stressful the second time around without a baby - but then i'm wondering if that's the problem, I'm more motivated and trying it when DS2 is younger than DS1 was! Good luck.