Potty Training

Hi!! I have two children, all grown up. The best way to get a child potty trained, is to let the child be. Don´t get angry when the child wets. Just laugh a little and say "it´s your own fault. Now your all wet, what shall we do now?"(Shower and change of course. But, not to fast and not to slow) Childeren expect you to react. And reaction means attention. Attention even when it´s negative is attention for a child. Try not to make a big deal of it. And when you see you child make an effort in the right direction.Give the child a reward. Nothing big, a cookie or a big hugh. Tell the child your proud of her/him. This is what I found to be the best advise. Success, Margajoe

I'm going to agree with LeighA. Having patience is the best thing you can do right now. You can introduce her to the concept of using the potty but if she isn't ready...she isn't ready and no amount of coercing will change that. If you really want her trained by 3 just keep watching for signs that she is ready and work with her at those times.

The best thing is just patience. Some kids are just not interested at 2 and there's nothing wrong with that if you push it she will just dislike the idea more. Have you tried something like pull ups where she can feel when she's wet and you can say something like oh, don't you want to wear your pretty pink big girl panties?

I potty trained my children the way I was and all of mine were completly out of diapers by the time they were 18 months. I would take them to the bathroom with me when they started walking and they took right to it.

No magic trick. Just patience and endurance. Start by bringing her with you to the potty. Let her get accostumed to the idea of going to the bathroom. Make sure if she does anything in the potty make a really big deal out of it. Celebrate about it. This will make her proud of going to the restroom and of course will only encourage the idea of going. And then the other thing that I highly suggest doing is, if you think she is ready to be potty trained stop using pull-ups and diapers. Buy her some real little girl underwear. I found that once I did that with my daughter and also with my son- then they could tell the difference. Pull-ups are too similiar to diapers and they know that they can still go to the bathroom in them without getting too badly soiled. But, once they have underwear on they can feel that difference. If they wet themselves, they are going to know and they won't like it. If you follow that up by about a week or two of just continuously putting her on the potty, once in the morning when she first wakes up then after every feeding and then a couple times through out the day she will eventually get the point. Always use your words- like time to go to the potty and pee pee or poo poo. Whatever you call them. When she does something in the potty show it to her and tell her what the name is. So, if she pees in the potty. Say good girl you did pee pee. And point to it. This will help her to join the two together and to know that when she has that feeling like what she had before she peed that she needs to vocalize that to you and she will also then use the correct terminology. Hey good luck and most of all don't get frustrated!

I don't think you need to worry at this time. I had similar problem like you even until few weeks ago. My three year old daughter refused to go on potty training. But after she went to school for few weeks, she learned from the teacher and she is now not using diapers anymore in a day. Only in the night when she is sleeping, I still put on her diaper cause she can not control yet when she sleep.

There are some things that you can do to get her ready. There is book by Mercer Mayer called "The New Potty". you can check the web page for the type of book it is. Mercer Mayer write some fun books for kids about real situations. check it out here http://www.littlecritter.com/ Next get rid of those pullups. They hold the wetness away from her so she sees no reason to go potty. If you put real panties on her she will become uncomfortable and want to get them off. In My opinion the pull up has been a determent to getting little kids potty trained. I had 4 kids and they were all trained by 2 years old. I took them to the bathroom every time I had to go the same with their dad. I also took them every time I just thought about it to catch them so they could see what was going on. I also trained my grandson at about 2 the same way. Take her potty and let her read or look at the book and you read it to her and only let her have the book when she is on the potty. You will be surprised at how fast she will catch on.

There are some things that you can do to get her ready. There is book by Mercer Mayer called "The New Potty". you can check the web page for the type of book it is. Mercer Mayer write some fun books for kids about real situations. check it out here http://www.littlecritter.com/ Next get rid of those pullups. They hold the wetness away from her so she sees no reason to go potty. If you put real panties on her she will become uncomfortable and want to get them off. In My opinion the pull up has been a determent to getting little kids potty trained. I had 4 kids and they were all trained by 2 years old. I took them to the bathroom every time I had to go the same with their dad. I also took them every time I just thought about it to catch them so they could see what was going on. I also trained my grandson at about 2 the same way. Take her potty and let her read or look at the book and you read it to her and only let her have the book when she is on the potty. You will be surprised at how fast she will catch on.

for wat my fren advise to me is wait till they r ready cox the more u force them to ,then they wil reject it more.. as fear is grown in it.. so just let time proves it k :) gd luck!!

there's really no magic trick. and patience is the key. dont be hard on yourself and your two year old. every mom will comment about this and that and your child should do this and that. they only add pressure and not help. my daughter got potty trained past 3 years old, and once she was ready, we have pass the obstacle. try removing diaper and see if she will say or do it on her own, if not, give her time and space, eventually she'll grow into it and will start telling you when she's about to go.

I think all kids do this at their own speed. By kindergarten you won't be able to tell who walked/talked/potty trained early or late. They all start at about the same spot.

Have her teach her favorite stuffed animal or doll to go in the potty. (Dr. Phil show) I was given a bad time because I hadn't started my oldest daughter at age 18 months. Because I tried to rush it, she didn't get totally potty trained until she was about 3 1/2. I wish I would have waited, and did with my other kids. Each one of my kids became interested at a different age. I have 6 kids and quite honestly none of them wet their pants in High school.

If she's showing no interest then she may not be ready. Be patient - she'll get there. I don't know what you've already tried - I used to just let my kids run around (mainly outside so easier when it comes to accidents) in just their knickers. Also sit her on the potty/toilet with a book - she'll occupy herself with the book and might wee (making sssss sounds while she's sitting - really, it can work). Pull-ups can work but I used to find that it confused my child as they thought they had a nappy on. My friend & neighbour found the same problem with her daughter - while she wore pull-ups she kept wetting herself but with normal knickers she went to the toilet.

Forgot to say - star charts work well. A friend of mine put a star chart on the wall of the toilet. When her child used the toilet he was allowed to put a star on - the child loved putting the star up so it encouraged him to go to the toilet. It worked very well!

If she isn't interested I wouldn't push it! My daughter was potty trained not long after she turned 2, but with my little boy he has good and bad days. He is 2 1/2 and not even close to being completely potty-trained. My daughter was just up to learn anything so it was super easy with her, but not all kids are that way!! I would get her a potty chair and ask her about going in her big potty and see if she wants to try it out, but if she doesn't than wait and ask her again in a month or something like that.

I would not worry about potty training right now. She is only 2. Try again in a few months. When she is ready you will be amazed at how easy it is.

Aloha! There really is no right age to potty train. My sons both started very early, my oldest just decided when he was 1 1/2 that he was big enough and did it all on his own. My daughter is taking a bit longer but she is getting there. She just turned 3 and is doing great with pull ups, but I found that using real under wear actually makes her conscious of going to the toilet. Maybe try putting her in real underwear for small amounts of time during the day and steadily increase the amount of time throughout the day. Best of luck to you!