Can somebody tell me how I can get my 2 year potty trained before she turns 3?

Answer 1

Reward chart - she gets to put a sticker on every time she uses the potty. That's quite an incentive, let me tell you. My son likes his potty because it plays music when he sits on it and again when he goes. It's the Fisher Price Royal potty, about $18 at Walmart. Well worth the money. She might be a little young, but in a few months she might be ready. If you try to rush them before they're ready, they become resistant and then it takes longer.

Answer 2

There is an awesome video called "Once Upon a Potty" (with versions for both boys and girls). It potty trained all my kids without much work from me at all, other than taking off the diapers and letting them go.

The video includes a little story part (and there's a book that goes with it). But the part that seals the deal is "The Potty Song" (anyone who's ever heard it will never forget it). Warning, this is a video for toddlers only as it will brainwash adults.

Let your child run around without a diaper. You'll find that if s/he has to go either they'll bring you the diaper or they'll use the potty. If you keep the potty in front of the TV while the video is playing, your child will love it (it's part of the music video part). Everytime you have to use the bathroom, ask your child if s/he would like to use the potty, too.

Then once your child decides it's time, go to the store and buy 2 different kinds of stickers....small, medium and gargantuan. Your child gets a small one for every attempt to sit on it, a medium one for urinating, and el gargantuan for pooping in the potty. You can keep a sheet of construction paper someplace prominent for them to be displayed, but first just let your child wear them all day long and get the pride of displaying all that success. At the end of the day, transfer them over to the construction paper and let your child see all that progress grow on the wall.

Answer 3

Just start showing her the potty and telling her what its for. When you go, take her in with you and explain to her what you are doing and ask her if she has to. Get her her own little potty and put it in the bathroom with the big potty and when you go, she can too. Make a treasure box with little trinkets that she likes and when she goes, she can pick a treat out. If she poops, which is harder to teach, take her to her favorite place. After she drinks, set her on the potty about 15 minutes after her first sip. Buy her panties that have her favorite characters on the front and tell her that they are big girl panties.

Those are some examples of what you can do to make it easier. It is very possible to train her by the time she is three. When she starts to realize the sensation of having to go, it will be a lot easier. Go on line or to the library and there are a lot of books for you to get that will be more in depth with the process.

Answer 4

She will let you know when she is ready. You can't force a child to potty when they don't want to or they will rebel against you. It's like someone telling you that you are going to do this or else. Everyone's child is different and it takes a lot of time and patience when it comes to this. I used to tell my 4yr old that if he uses the potty then we will go to the store and get him his favorite underware so that he can be a big boy and use the potty. Eventually he started using the potty all on his own. Just have patience. Yes you will get aggravated but just hang in there.

Answer 5

If you want your 2 year old to be potty trained before she turns three there are somethings you can do:

1. Make a chart, and place it in the bathroom,
2. Get stickers and tell her that if you go on a certain day you will get a sticker.
3. Bribe her, say something like you can have a new toy or ice cream if you go.

Answer 6

Ok, here's what you do. Use up all your diapers and vow never to buy more. Either go online or make your own. Or the stores might have a couple as well.
First, you have to be sure your child is ready.
Then you start putting cloth pull ups on her. Get some better ones for bed time just for your peace of mind. The ones with microfleece next to the skin will make them not feel it when they have gone but will let them sleep better without waking to go potty. The ones with just cotton next to the skin will let them know when they have gone. You can either get the think underwear they sell at the store. With the lining in them. But they won't hold much and will leak thru their pants. Do an internet search of " cloth diaper trainers " and you will find a bunch of stuff. Or here is one website with a number of them to choose from. If you decide to buy one, look around the web for the best price first. And use Ebay and diaperswappers.com to find them cheaper. But here is a page just for ideas of what I am talking about.
http://www.forthemonster.com/store/WsDefault.asp?Cat=PottyLearning
After putting your child in these trainers for a while, you will have the knowledge of no accidents, and they will learn to feel when they are wet. You also need to teach them about the toilet. And take it slow. I tried letting my son go with no undies because he refused to wear them and would only wear diapers. And that did help. He peed where he was at a few times. But learned quickly. And constantly touched himself and rubbed his eye and gave himself an eye infection.
And keep a schedule where you take her about every two hours to sit on the potty. Don't force her. It could make her learn to not like the toilet and make things harder. Be patient. Put some books close to her toilet. Let her sit on it and read or look at picture books. Something to keep her attention. Take her first thing in the morning when she wakes up. Everyone has to pee when they first wake up. Try to be quick about it and you might be able to catch it. lol.
The cloth trainers will help in the beginning. Allowing her to adjust to it. Make sure you get some that are easy for her to use. Then when she starts getting more reliable to going on her own you can transition to the non waterproof underwear with the padding in them for when she goes a little before she makes it to the bathroom. Or when she just starts the "im too busy to go so I will just do the dance and keep playing" phase. Which is where my son currently is. He also wears the happy heiny trainers to bed but FYI, they can be hard to stuff. And they are only pockets. You have to buy the inner stuffer seperatly.
Hope this helped.

Answer 7

My aunt always took my little cousin to the rest room with her. She put her potty in the bathroom and when she went to potty she'd put her on the potty and give her praise for going. My daughter is comin up on 18months so its time for me to get busy too. We're all in this together :)

Answer 8

She may not be ready. Try talking about the "potty" for awhile and tell her she's going to use it someday and eventually she'll get used to the idea. Then you can start teaching her. Try letting her pick out her own big girl underwear and also let her pick out her own rewards. Use lots of encouragement as well!

Answer 9

Don't put pressure on her to learn to potty train right away. If kids have the mindset of "no, I don't want to potty" then they aren't going to go. She will go when she feels ready.

Answer 10

Be patient, make it fun for the child, use "potty treats", and be aware that some kids don't get it until they are nearly 5.