How can i potty train my two year old?
i have been trying for about 3 weeks and everytime i put her on the potty she won't do anything, as soon as i pull her training pants up she does a wee
Answers:
Do not start toilet training until both you and your child are ready. You are ready when you are able to devote the time and energy necessary to encourage your child on a daily basis for at least 3 months.
Your child is ready when he or she can signal that the diaper is wet or soiled, or when your child is able to say that he or she would like to go to the potty. This usually occurs when a child is 18 to 24 months of age. However, it is not uncommon for a child to still be in diapers at 2 and a half to 3 years of age.
Allow your child to be present when you go to the bathroom and make your child feel comfortable in the bathroom. Allow your child to see urine and bowel movements in the toilet. Let your child play with flushing the toilet.
Before toilet training your child, place a potty chair in your child's normal living and play area so that your child will become familiar with the potty. Consider placing a potty chair on each floor of the house if you live in a multilevel home. Allow your child to observe, touch and become familiar with the potty chair.
Tell your child that the potty chair is his or her own chair. Allow your child to sit fully clothed on the potty chair, as if it were a regular chair. Allow your child to leave the potty chair at any time. Do not force your child to spend time sitting on the chair.
After your child has become used to the potty chair and sits on it regularly with his or her clothes on, try having your child sit on the potty without wearing pants and a diaper. Let your child become comfortable with sitting on the potty without wearing pants and a diaper.
The next step is to show your child how the potty chair is used. Place stool from a dirty diaper into the potty chair. Allow your child to observe the transfer of the bowel movement from the potty chair into the toilet. Let your child flush the toilet and watch the bowel movement disappear down the toilet.
After your child has become comfortable with flushing the toilet and sitting on the potty chair, you may begin teaching your child to go to the bathroom. Keep your child in loose, easily removable pants.
Place your child on the potty chair whenever he or she signals the need to go to the bathroom. Your child's facial expression may change when he or she feels the need to urinate or to have a bowel movement. Your child may stop any activity he or she is engaged in when he or she feels the need to go to the bathroom.
Most children have a bowel movement once a day, usually within an hour after eating. Most children urinate within an hour after having a large drink.
In addition to watching for signals that your child needs to urinate or have a bowel movement, place your child on the potty at regular intervals. This may be as often as every 1-1/2 to 2 hours.
Stay with your child when he or she is on the potty chair. Reading or talking to your child when he or she is sitting on the potty may help your child relax. Praise your child when he or she goes to the bathroom in the potty chair, but do not express disappointment if your child does not urinate or have a bowel movement in the potty. Be patient with your child.
Once your child has learned to use the potty chair, your child can begin using an over-the-toilet seat and a step-up stool.
How long will it take to toilet train my child?
It may take up to 3 months. It is important for you to be patient and supportive. Do not punish your child when he or she has an accident.
If your child is not toilet trained within 3 months, consult your family doctor. The most likely reason your child has not learned to use the potty is that your child is not yet ready for toilet training.
show her
patience and encouragement...start by placing her on the potty as soon as she wakes up in the morning.they usually need to go at that time..and then lots of praise..if you make a big deal out of it, she begins to get the idea that she's doing a good thing. Also get her training pants with a favorite cartoon character and tell her it's her job to make sure the little guy stays dry.
Let her run around the back yard naked. When she sees herself go potty, she'll get it.
reward system
every time she pees in the potty she gets a pretty gold star on the fridge(make the different colors and with stickers on them(make them when shes not awake)) and everyime she pees in the po she gets one, don't punish her ever for peeing in her diaper, just give it time. If she gets 5 she gets a treat of some sort
Three weeks plainly isn't long enough for your baby but don't give up. This weather is a blessing - she can go without pants in the garden and just have the potty wherever she is. I promise you that she'll get the idea and it'll be just fine. Just don't stress out about it as that only makes it a problem. If Mummy doesn't see it as a problem then baby won't get stressed either. Good luck - you will manage this!
tell her that is wrong..You are getting your two year old used to the training pants.take the training pants away from her, and sit her on the potty chair..
take this advice:
You should choose a potty chair once your child has shown that she is ready to begin toilet training. You can have her decorate it with stickers and sit on it with her clothes on to watch TV, etc. to help her get used to it. Whenever your child shows signs of needing to urinate or have a bowel movement you should ask her if she wants to use the potty or take her to the chair and explain to her what you want him to do.
Only keep her seated for a few minutes at a time, don't insist and prepared to delay training if she shows resistance. Until she is going in the potty, you can try to empty her dirty diapers into his potty chair to help demonstrate what you want him to do.
When you find out let me know.
i'm quite lucky as my daughter dry during day bout las 5 months, she is 3 end dec. she is now dry on nite 5 out 7. she is at nursery and i have 3 older children and young niece, all this combined has helped. dont worry, she will surprise u and just do it. i find she loves 2 copy other children. wen u get there you'l b desperate 4 the pampers wen u in the fast lane of the motorway or in the middle of tescos! gud luk.
You have to wait until she's ready. One thing you can do to encourage potty training is to be patient. Have her participate in diaper changing. Leave the diaper bag within her reach. When the diaper needs to be changed, have her bring the diaper bag to you. Have her come with you to properly dispose of the diaper. If there's poop in the diaper, dump it in the toilet as she watches you. As she gets used to the routine, you can have her dispose of the diapers.
Above all, be loving and patient with her. Scolding her for accidents will only set her back. Remember, she is the one who will decide when she is ready.
Here I copied this form my listed source. Most often it's the child's fear that stops them. It's new and just keep reassuring her.
______________________________.
"Being scared of the toilet. Some children may at one point during toilet training become scared of the toilet. If this is the case you need to find out why. Ask them why they are scared of the toilet and then convince them that there is nothing wrong. Many children are afraid of the flushing, so explain in easily understandable words that flushing is necessary to make the waste go away and that there is nothing to be scared about."
potty training should start at 6 months, but i guess it's not too late.this site may help: http://www.homeschoolzone.com/pp/news/pa.
Well 3 weeks is really not enough time! Potty training takes a lot of time!!! Maybe your daughter is not ready? I am not sure how old she is but they say for girls it is between 2 and 2 and a half before they are ready! Some kids are ready faster than the others. Here is something that worked for my son and maybe it would work for you.
He would always go behind the chair in the living room and poop and pee in his pants. Finally I just moved his potty chair behind there and there he went every time! Then in a bout a week I moved the chair out in front of the rocking chair. Then into the bathroom and then my son was done! But he was already 3 years old.
Also they get potty trained a lot faster than poop trained! So be willing to have it take a few months and you have to keep on doing it not stop one day because you are tired f it. Also make sure your daughter is ready!
Wait until she needs the toilet, tell her to tell you when she does need to go then put her on the potty, tell her by how using the potty she is a big girl, if she uses the potty buy her a gift (not all of the time. It doesn't have to be that expensive)
You can pour a bit of luke warm water between her legs.. or..
you can leave the faucet running while she's sitting on the potty..
I prefer using the faucet.. but to get her started the first few times, maybe thew warm water is alright..
Both have worked with the little girls in our family.. eventually, she will get the idea.. then praise her for having done her job..
Try those new feel and learn pants.
I am kind of old fashioned bout this stuff, it just may be that she is not ready. I don't agree with the new thing that says all kids must do a certain thing by a certain age, or they are behind. That s a load of crap! All kids are different, and do things at different times. Just take your time and be patient, it will happen when it happens. Do not push her.
Lots and Lots of patience!! Is she interested in the toilet? If it's a struggle just to get her to sit, then she clearly is not ready. Do not force it, because that will just make her dislike the idea even more! She will let you know when its her time.
If she does seem interested in the toilet, then let her sit on the potty for a long time, and keep her entertained. I gave my daughter special "bathroom books " that we only got to look at while sitting on the potty. Also, lots and lots of praise. make a huge deal out of the fact that she went pee in the potty, but try not to get upset when she does go in her pants. Its easy to forget that kids get stressed too, and don't handle negativity well.
I personally don't like the reward system, just because once a child is trained, they sometimes are still looking for that reward, and when its denied, they may do a backslide, and return to their old ways. I've seen this happen. However, I have seen several peolpe use this system and it worked out just fine.
I'm a mother of 2 and a preschool teacher, and also worked in a daycare center. I've seen lots of potty training methods, some that work, and some that don't. Just do what comes natural to you and your daughter. Patience is the key, and as I said earlier, your daughter will do it when shes ready.
Hop this works!! Good Luck!!
I could not get my daughter to go.she was nearly 3 years old. I was patient and nurturing and we discussed it..for nearly a year.
I know they say not to force it, but I had to. Some may say I am a bad mother, but i have a beautiful, intelligent 10 year old who is outgoing and lively.
I made her sit, refused to let her move and eventually she peed.
Then she looked in the potty.said.."oh" and that was that.she never used diapers again.
when u find out teach me.. PLEASE
Hi the simple way is to take her out of training pants and put her into ordinary panties she may wet them a couple of times and she will soon realise how uncomfortable it is. I did this with my four children and my three grandchildren who I look after all day. It works every time,
The same goes for bedtime nappies they think that is why they wear them, take the bedtime nappy off and put her in pyjamas with one of those wet proofs sheets you can buy, you will find that works as well, of course it may not work the first night or two but she will realise that she is not wearing a nappy and that will stop as well.
Heya,
After every meal or snack put her on the potty. It doesnt matter if she doesnt do anything. If she does, praise her, if she doesnt, its fine.
Let her run around naked for 20mins or so (on kitchen floor!) and if she starts to wee have potty on hand, sit her on it, and say well done, good girl etc..
Hope this helps
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Answers:
Do not start toilet training until both you and your child are ready. You are ready when you are able to devote the time and energy necessary to encourage your child on a daily basis for at least 3 months.
Your child is ready when he or she can signal that the diaper is wet or soiled, or when your child is able to say that he or she would like to go to the potty. This usually occurs when a child is 18 to 24 months of age. However, it is not uncommon for a child to still be in diapers at 2 and a half to 3 years of age.
Allow your child to be present when you go to the bathroom and make your child feel comfortable in the bathroom. Allow your child to see urine and bowel movements in the toilet. Let your child play with flushing the toilet.
Before toilet training your child, place a potty chair in your child's normal living and play area so that your child will become familiar with the potty. Consider placing a potty chair on each floor of the house if you live in a multilevel home. Allow your child to observe, touch and become familiar with the potty chair.
Tell your child that the potty chair is his or her own chair. Allow your child to sit fully clothed on the potty chair, as if it were a regular chair. Allow your child to leave the potty chair at any time. Do not force your child to spend time sitting on the chair.
After your child has become used to the potty chair and sits on it regularly with his or her clothes on, try having your child sit on the potty without wearing pants and a diaper. Let your child become comfortable with sitting on the potty without wearing pants and a diaper.
The next step is to show your child how the potty chair is used. Place stool from a dirty diaper into the potty chair. Allow your child to observe the transfer of the bowel movement from the potty chair into the toilet. Let your child flush the toilet and watch the bowel movement disappear down the toilet.
After your child has become comfortable with flushing the toilet and sitting on the potty chair, you may begin teaching your child to go to the bathroom. Keep your child in loose, easily removable pants.
Place your child on the potty chair whenever he or she signals the need to go to the bathroom. Your child's facial expression may change when he or she feels the need to urinate or to have a bowel movement. Your child may stop any activity he or she is engaged in when he or she feels the need to go to the bathroom.
Most children have a bowel movement once a day, usually within an hour after eating. Most children urinate within an hour after having a large drink.
In addition to watching for signals that your child needs to urinate or have a bowel movement, place your child on the potty at regular intervals. This may be as often as every 1-1/2 to 2 hours.
Stay with your child when he or she is on the potty chair. Reading or talking to your child when he or she is sitting on the potty may help your child relax. Praise your child when he or she goes to the bathroom in the potty chair, but do not express disappointment if your child does not urinate or have a bowel movement in the potty. Be patient with your child.
Once your child has learned to use the potty chair, your child can begin using an over-the-toilet seat and a step-up stool.
How long will it take to toilet train my child?
It may take up to 3 months. It is important for you to be patient and supportive. Do not punish your child when he or she has an accident.
If your child is not toilet trained within 3 months, consult your family doctor. The most likely reason your child has not learned to use the potty is that your child is not yet ready for toilet training.
show her
patience and encouragement...start by placing her on the potty as soon as she wakes up in the morning.they usually need to go at that time..and then lots of praise..if you make a big deal out of it, she begins to get the idea that she's doing a good thing. Also get her training pants with a favorite cartoon character and tell her it's her job to make sure the little guy stays dry.
Let her run around the back yard naked. When she sees herself go potty, she'll get it.
reward system
every time she pees in the potty she gets a pretty gold star on the fridge(make the different colors and with stickers on them(make them when shes not awake)) and everyime she pees in the po she gets one, don't punish her ever for peeing in her diaper, just give it time. If she gets 5 she gets a treat of some sort
Three weeks plainly isn't long enough for your baby but don't give up. This weather is a blessing - she can go without pants in the garden and just have the potty wherever she is. I promise you that she'll get the idea and it'll be just fine. Just don't stress out about it as that only makes it a problem. If Mummy doesn't see it as a problem then baby won't get stressed either. Good luck - you will manage this!
tell her that is wrong..You are getting your two year old used to the training pants.take the training pants away from her, and sit her on the potty chair..
take this advice:
You should choose a potty chair once your child has shown that she is ready to begin toilet training. You can have her decorate it with stickers and sit on it with her clothes on to watch TV, etc. to help her get used to it. Whenever your child shows signs of needing to urinate or have a bowel movement you should ask her if she wants to use the potty or take her to the chair and explain to her what you want him to do.
Only keep her seated for a few minutes at a time, don't insist and prepared to delay training if she shows resistance. Until she is going in the potty, you can try to empty her dirty diapers into his potty chair to help demonstrate what you want him to do.
When you find out let me know.
i'm quite lucky as my daughter dry during day bout las 5 months, she is 3 end dec. she is now dry on nite 5 out 7. she is at nursery and i have 3 older children and young niece, all this combined has helped. dont worry, she will surprise u and just do it. i find she loves 2 copy other children. wen u get there you'l b desperate 4 the pampers wen u in the fast lane of the motorway or in the middle of tescos! gud luk.
You have to wait until she's ready. One thing you can do to encourage potty training is to be patient. Have her participate in diaper changing. Leave the diaper bag within her reach. When the diaper needs to be changed, have her bring the diaper bag to you. Have her come with you to properly dispose of the diaper. If there's poop in the diaper, dump it in the toilet as she watches you. As she gets used to the routine, you can have her dispose of the diapers.
Above all, be loving and patient with her. Scolding her for accidents will only set her back. Remember, she is the one who will decide when she is ready.
Here I copied this form my listed source. Most often it's the child's fear that stops them. It's new and just keep reassuring her.
______________________________.
"Being scared of the toilet. Some children may at one point during toilet training become scared of the toilet. If this is the case you need to find out why. Ask them why they are scared of the toilet and then convince them that there is nothing wrong. Many children are afraid of the flushing, so explain in easily understandable words that flushing is necessary to make the waste go away and that there is nothing to be scared about."
potty training should start at 6 months, but i guess it's not too late.this site may help: http://www.homeschoolzone.com/pp/news/pa.
Well 3 weeks is really not enough time! Potty training takes a lot of time!!! Maybe your daughter is not ready? I am not sure how old she is but they say for girls it is between 2 and 2 and a half before they are ready! Some kids are ready faster than the others. Here is something that worked for my son and maybe it would work for you.
He would always go behind the chair in the living room and poop and pee in his pants. Finally I just moved his potty chair behind there and there he went every time! Then in a bout a week I moved the chair out in front of the rocking chair. Then into the bathroom and then my son was done! But he was already 3 years old.
Also they get potty trained a lot faster than poop trained! So be willing to have it take a few months and you have to keep on doing it not stop one day because you are tired f it. Also make sure your daughter is ready!
Wait until she needs the toilet, tell her to tell you when she does need to go then put her on the potty, tell her by how using the potty she is a big girl, if she uses the potty buy her a gift (not all of the time. It doesn't have to be that expensive)
You can pour a bit of luke warm water between her legs.. or..
you can leave the faucet running while she's sitting on the potty..
I prefer using the faucet.. but to get her started the first few times, maybe thew warm water is alright..
Both have worked with the little girls in our family.. eventually, she will get the idea.. then praise her for having done her job..
Try those new feel and learn pants.
I am kind of old fashioned bout this stuff, it just may be that she is not ready. I don't agree with the new thing that says all kids must do a certain thing by a certain age, or they are behind. That s a load of crap! All kids are different, and do things at different times. Just take your time and be patient, it will happen when it happens. Do not push her.
Lots and Lots of patience!! Is she interested in the toilet? If it's a struggle just to get her to sit, then she clearly is not ready. Do not force it, because that will just make her dislike the idea even more! She will let you know when its her time.
If she does seem interested in the toilet, then let her sit on the potty for a long time, and keep her entertained. I gave my daughter special "bathroom books " that we only got to look at while sitting on the potty. Also, lots and lots of praise. make a huge deal out of the fact that she went pee in the potty, but try not to get upset when she does go in her pants. Its easy to forget that kids get stressed too, and don't handle negativity well.
I personally don't like the reward system, just because once a child is trained, they sometimes are still looking for that reward, and when its denied, they may do a backslide, and return to their old ways. I've seen this happen. However, I have seen several peolpe use this system and it worked out just fine.
I'm a mother of 2 and a preschool teacher, and also worked in a daycare center. I've seen lots of potty training methods, some that work, and some that don't. Just do what comes natural to you and your daughter. Patience is the key, and as I said earlier, your daughter will do it when shes ready.
Hop this works!! Good Luck!!
I could not get my daughter to go.she was nearly 3 years old. I was patient and nurturing and we discussed it..for nearly a year.
I know they say not to force it, but I had to. Some may say I am a bad mother, but i have a beautiful, intelligent 10 year old who is outgoing and lively.
I made her sit, refused to let her move and eventually she peed.
Then she looked in the potty.said.."oh" and that was that.she never used diapers again.
when u find out teach me.. PLEASE
Hi the simple way is to take her out of training pants and put her into ordinary panties she may wet them a couple of times and she will soon realise how uncomfortable it is. I did this with my four children and my three grandchildren who I look after all day. It works every time,
The same goes for bedtime nappies they think that is why they wear them, take the bedtime nappy off and put her in pyjamas with one of those wet proofs sheets you can buy, you will find that works as well, of course it may not work the first night or two but she will realise that she is not wearing a nappy and that will stop as well.
Heya,
After every meal or snack put her on the potty. It doesnt matter if she doesnt do anything. If she does, praise her, if she doesnt, its fine.
Let her run around naked for 20mins or so (on kitchen floor!) and if she starts to wee have potty on hand, sit her on it, and say well done, good girl etc..
Hope this helps
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