Whats the best way to get my 2 year old daughter potty trained?

Question

I have a two year old daughter and I want to get her potty trained. I have 3month old twin boys and having to buy diapers for her and the twins is getting pretty hard. Is a two year old ready?

Answer 1

take her in the bathroom everytime that you go. When she goes praise the heck out of her and make it a really big deal. If she knows when she has to go and tells you, try taking her to buy underware (let her pick the kind out that she wants to wear). You just have to be persistant. I also have twins (2 sets) and I know what you mean about buying the diapers. She will most likely mess the underware a few times, but she will not like the way that it feels and eventually will want to only wear what mommy wears. Good luck.

PS I am potty training my twin boys right now, and let me tell you, my daughter who is now 6 was much easier than they were, so later on expect it to take a little longer for the boys.

Answer 2

I just finished potty training my 2 year old daughter. I know that it isn't the best way, but bribing really worked. I would tell her she would get a "big girl surprise" if she went. I also took her shopping to pick out her own panties. I started by waiting about 15-20 minutes after she ate or drank and sat her on the toilet ( with a child potty seat on top, if your child likes Dora or any cartoon, you can always find a cartoon potty seat) with a book or toy and she would usually go. Also, do not put any diapers on her when you are home . If she asks you for their diaper, this means that she is ready to be potty trained, because she is aware and can control her "functions". sit the child on the potty instead. Tell her that diapers are for babies, not for big girls. The main thing is consistency. You may have to clean up some messes from the floor at times, but it is part of the training process. Hope this helps.

Answer 3

Sure, you can potty train her at two. I would buy those pullups to start, they have a cooling system that tells her when she is wet and needs to go to the bathroom. Read her books about the potty (YES THERE ARE THOSE OUT THERE:)!) and when you go to the bathroom, bring her with you so that she can see how you do it. If she sees mommy going to the bathroom then she will want to be a big girl too! Don't push her to go, and don't get mad if she has accidents, but compliment and praise her when she does go and tell you she needs to use the potty. Definately do what the other answerers said and buy a little potty to keep downstairs or in her bedroom, so she can get used to sitting on it. Good Luck!

Answer 4

ok everyone is going to kill me but I say wait till she is 3. Ok not till 3 but I have had 7 kids and my youngest is 3. Get the potty chair. Tell her what it is frequently. When you potty ask her is she would like to potty too. With my first child, now 24, I thought I had to train him at two. I tried. I cleaned up many messes and many tears. Suddenly, no more accidents. So with the rest I decided to let nature take its course. No one was not potty trained by 3. When they are ready, they are ready. If you force it, you will only be cleaning up a lot of accidents without accomplishing anything and the funny thing is, when there are no more accidents to clean up, had you not forced it in the first place, you would have scarcely ANY accidents at all and both methods end up training the child at the same age anyway!!!

Answer 5

put a potty chair in the bathroom. offer it to her when you are in the bathroom (mommy needs to go, do you need to go?)
if sheis interested, take her diaper off prior to bath and ask her to sit there while you run the water for her bath. Call her into the bathroom when you go and tell her what you are doing. Let her see. Let her flush. Tell her how you are nice and dry and clean. But by no means push potty training, as our little 2 year olds (I have a 25 month old girl too who is just starting to show interest) have amazing wills that somehow encourage them to do exactly the opposite! I really believe that you are best letting them decide the 'when'... otherwise it is a battle that is so not worth the cost savings!

Answer 6

The best advise I can give you is this.....
My daughter was 2 years old when we potty trained her. She wouldnt tell us when she needed to go or would wait until the last minute. We went to Wal-Mart and bought some "big" girl panties. I put them on her, the first time that she peed down her leg, she decided quick that she didnt like it. Try to take her to the bathroom about every 30 minutes to 2 hours and make her sit on the toliet, even if she doesnt go, let her know that she is being a big girl just by sitting on the big toliet. We gave my daughter a few peices of candy corn each time she used the big girl potty (thats what we told her it was), now shes 4 years old and going strong! I wish you luck!

Answer 7

Try reading aloud (together) one of the outstanding books that describe potty use as a part of growing up. My favorite is Toilet Learning by Alison Mack. Illustrations of fire fighters, doctors, baby sitters, and parents all going to the bathroom will delight and educate your child. Watching the same-sex parent or older sibling in the bathroom reinforces this process.


Buying fun new underwear for them can act as further encouragement.


If your child seems to be afraid of the toilet itself, then gradually acclimatize him or her to the potty. Have them sit on one of the little potties fully clothed for a few minutes each day while you read or tell them a story. When that becomes old hat, take the diaper off so they can sit on it just like Dad and Mom.


Begin putting the contents of their dirty diapers in the potty so they can see what happens. Then give them the opportunity to run around bare-bottomed so they can try to go on the potty if they want.

Answer 8

It depends on the child. My daughter was basically potty trained at 18mo. My son was almost 3, my neice was 3. Despite using almost identical methods for all 3 of them, they did it at their own pace. I used the sticker chart. I never punished for accidents because I feel it will give them a negitive feeling about the whole process and also if they are not ready physically you are punishing them for something they cannot help. I kept the potty chair in living room and my son would sit on it while watching t.v. ect. and eventually would "accidentally" go because he'd been sitting there. Then, I'd say "Good Job" and he'd get to put a sticker on his Potty Chart. He loved seeing his chart fill up. If your daughter is ready it should be a pretty easy process. There are good books for kids about potty training. If she is not ready and cries, throws fits, ect. just wait and try again in a month or so. Trying to push it on her will just frustrate her and you.

Answer 9

My oldest son was 3 when he potty trained. My middle son will be 4 in Oct and just potty trained 3 months ago. They will do it when they are ready. We tried everything to potty train my middle son so we wouldn't have to buy diapers for 2. He just came up to us one day and said he didn't want to wear baby diapers anymore he was ready to be a big boy. He hasn't wore a diaper since. It basicly up to them.

Answer 10

my daughter was potty trained by the time she was two.

you just need to be constantly vigilant for about 3 weeks. Ask her every 2 hours if she needs to go. Get one of those porta-potties and bring it with you in your car.
She will want to please you, so she'll learn. Keep telling her what a good job she is doing at it. And don't scold her if she messes up.

oh yeah, and don't let her wear a diaper at night. that will make the whole transiation take longer. you might need to wash some sheets, but not too many,.