whats the best way to begin potty training a 2yr old boy?

Answer 1

Hi my name is Tracy. I have 6 children ages 14, 13, 10,8,2,1. My 2 year old has been potty trained for about a month now. He did really well. I am very proud of him. The way I trained him and it works great is he loves sponge bob . So i purchased him sponge bob underwear. and on these underwear there is a picture of sponge bob right at the pee whole. so i told him not to pee pee or poop on sponge bob or he might get mad at you. and he never did have an accident. he tells me everytime he has to go and he goes. he also goes to daycare and he has never had an accident there either. so give it a try and let me know how it goes. [e-mail]

Answer 2

Take all the diapers away. Only present him colossal boy undies. This entails pull ups. NO PULL UPS. They lengthen the approach. Have him run round in his truly undies for a couple of days, ask him normally if he must potty, and inform him that he can now not pee in his pants seeing that it is going to make a big mess. This is the fastest manner. It took my two a million/two yr ancient boy lower than every week to get this down. Allow him to have the Good Nights or some thing while he sleeps till he has the entire day time regiment perfected. Then I endorse a plastic quilt for his bed, and waking him up no less than two times a night time to make use of the potty. Soon after that he'll obviously rise up and do it, despite the fact that he's part asleep. I not ever used the educational pottys. I purchased a defend seat so he could fall in, however he used the colossal humans potty immediately. It is the nice option to cross. I additionally purchased a kit of pez. (M&M's or stickers additionally paintings) and while he went pee he obtained one, and while he went poo he obtained 2. I would not waste a entire lot of cash in this even though, with movies, and distinctive pottys, seeing that it may be performed faster with out them. Good Luck!

Answer 3

Check out a few books on potty training at the library and start by reading the story together for a few days. After that introduce the potty and "practice" what you have read in the book. This should be a simple and fun way of beginning potty training.

Answer 4

I am just starting to train my 2 yr old daughter - this is what worked for us:

Long before I was actually ready to train her, we got out the potty and let her play with it. We had her sit on it dressed and undresses, put her dolls on it, etc. Plus, she has seen us use the potty a lot. I talk to her that soon we would start using the potty and not using diapers to prepare her for the change.

I took her to buy underwear and let her pick out the kind she wanted - we bought lots so I wouldn't have to do laundry each outher hour

Then we took off the diaper and just wore underwear. This helped her to feel she was wet- she didn't care in a diaper, it didn't feel yukky. This first day she would pee wherever she was. The second day, she would start to pee and stop herself so we could get her on the potty. Both days I kept track of when she went so I would know what are common times for her. The third day she didn't have any wet underwear because I was able to sit her on the potty at her common times and should would go. Every time she went, we sang her a silly song about going pee pee on the potty, praised her, jumped, clapped, cheered and made it a HUGE deal. Her daddy is at work, so we called him everytime and she loved that (and it was okay to do at his job, this isn't always an option, but you could leave a voice mail message or cell phone message possibly). I don't normally let her watch much tv, but I allow her to watch tv when she is on the potty. Plus, I let her have a reward after she uses the potty such as a sticker, a piece of candy, playing her favorite game, etc. We are on day four today and so far, no accidents. I also waited until I could be consistent and things in life were not so busy. We haven't left the house yet - I wanted to make sure it was a time when we didn't feel rushed or like we had to have this down immediately. Being patient and laid back has helped I think- my daughter doesn't feel pressured to be perfect - this is a tough skill to figure out. We are not worried about naps/nighttime yet either. I use diapers at those times, but I would like her to get the hang of daytime at least. Be patient and be prepared for accidents, even once they seem to have the hang of it. I feel lucky that my daughter is getting the hang of it quickly - but a lot of it is knowing her personality and her schedule.

My stepson learned to use the potty sitting down first. Once he got the idea of how to conrol his bladder and what to do when he had to go- he was moved to standing up. Some ideas I have heard to help with aim or cheerios or fruit loops in the potty and having dad model this.

Good luck and I hope this all helps some. Feel free to contact me to let me know how it goes for you!

Answer 5

Pullups are a good thing if you use them right. I have a son he is 2 1/2 now and 100% potty trained (after alot of work!) but for him he needed pullups instead of diapers because they really reminded him of underwear but when he 1st started training most of the time he pee'd on himself not in the toliet, although I don't like the huggies brand because they still pull from the side like diapers. I started him at 1 1/2 as well as his daycare. We just tried to stay consistant as others responded start with morning, before and after nap and before bed. As for comments of you need to wait until they can stay dry all night before you should start untrue you should wait until they can at least stay dry 1 - 2 hours at a time during the day. My son stopped wetting himself overnight at 6 months old and he was not read to be potty trained. Basically take the cues from him and when he is peeing more in the toliet (60/40) than on herself you might want to try underwear at home and pullups for trips outside (mall etc.) then underwear all day and pullups at night only then take the pullups 100%. I will warn you I hope you have a washer and dryer in the house because you will be washing no matter how may pair you buy pee-pee stinks!! As for my son since he started so early he is just learning to stand (he was to short before!!) That is a challenge he goes in with my husband but now I find myself mopping all the time for some reason he only aims really good if daddy is in there!!! Oh the joys of potty training! Good Luck

Answer 6

I am in the same boat right now, but I have a girl. I have heard that make sure that they are about 22 months and they are telling you that they are dirty and they need a change. Then everytime they go to the bathroom in the diaper, take them to the toilet and explain to them that they need to go in the potty. Once they are telling you they need need to go potty, make a potty chart with sticker and at the end when they have filled day with sticker they get a prize (take him to his favorite store and let him pick out anythying he wants). Also ask him if he needs to go every 45 minutes or so. Those are my suggestions - hope they help - GOOD LUCK

Answer 7

It depends if you want him to stand up or sit down. It's a testy thing to potty train. Some do it better than others. Maybe every 1/2 hour just sit him on the potty for awhile and if he does something get all excited and praise him.

Answer 8

Very slowly. Boys are more difficult than girls. Try setting him on the potty every two hours. Run water at a trickle, read to him to keep him there and of course praise him to the moon every time he is successful. As he gets the hang of it, the chance to go at the big potty is a good goal. To teach him to "aim straight", put cheerios in the water and have him try to hit them. (Will save you a lot of messes in the future!)

Answer 9

Let him pee outside them love it them tell him he can pee out side and wear big boy pants if he goes #2 in the potty boys generally go the same time everyday so that part is a snap but keep in mind u might have a boy that whips it out in parkinglots at first but chastise him once or twice and he will quit

Answer 10

let him walk around without a diaper on for about 4 hours out of the day, either total, or all at once.... and get a kiddy potty that plays music when he does his business...and tell him that if he has to go potty he needs to go to his potty and do it. Thats what we did for my ex's son, and it took him about 3 days to get the hang of it, and once they go 3 nights dry, he'll be good :)

good luck!