How can i get my 2yr old son to tell me when he has to use the potty?

Question

He still uses Pampers but he always tells me after he pees. How can i teach him to tell me before he pees so i have enough time to sit him on his potty? Any advice??

Answer 1

he just isn't old enough yet to know that he HAS to go, only that he feels wet AFTER he goes. 3 of my boys were trained starting at 2 and completed at 3, but my 4th boy just turned 4 and is really just finally telling me that he has to go..Hang in there. It'll happen when he is ready. If you push it, he may just go backwards...

Answer 2

My son will be 4 in November and has been peeing on the potty for at least a year now but refused to do the dirty deed. I finally got so tired of it, I took his pull-ups or underwear off and let him run around w/ just a shirt on (only when we were home of course). Sure enough, he realized when he had to go because he had nothing to "go in". It has worked like a charm for us. He still needs to be asked if he needs to go often and I do watch him more closely because most children exhibit signs of needing to go potty. It took a good while before he would tell me had he to pee also. I just used to take him often throughout the day and then finally one day it clicked and he has been pretty much dry ever since. Potty training is by far the most trying thing I've encountered as being a mom!

Answer 3

Keep constantly asking him if he has to go. This will get it in his head that he needs to use the potty. Reward him, make it fun!! Give him animal crackers while sitting there on the potty. Laugh and sing songs together. Make it a fun activity for him. Do not make it seem like a chore. Also use fruit snacks as rewards, or something to give him while he is sitting there passing time, and hopefully pee and stuff. Goodluck. Main thing, keep asking him constantly after meals especially. Keep taking him in there to potty. Put the potty in the living room and let him watch TV while on it. Just make it a fun thing, and encourage him. He is now a big boy using the potty like everyone else. Ijm sure that you are tired of changing diapers. Do not use pull ups, use real training underwear. He needs to feel the wetness when it happens, then will not want it there.

GOODLUCK!! You will do well.

Answer 4

Put him in the training pull ups or better yet just underwear. So he can feel the wetness, he will then start to realize the signals he gets before he goes. My daughter mastered #1 at 3yrs and just in the last week has had no #2 accidents!!

I would let him sit on the potty and read books every hour or 1/2 hour. Start a star chart and give him a star sticker to put on every time he goes in the potty. When he fills up a sheet give him a small gift (dollar store toys work well)

Good luck and be patient!

Answer 5

If he has come to realize when he pees, then when he tells you sit him on the potty (even after he has peed his pants). This will help him realize that he has to go here when he pees.

Start putting him in big kid underwear so that when he does pee he will feel uncomfortable. He must tell you because he wants to be changed so hopefully after awhile of doing this he will go to the potty.

Yes this will probably get a little messy but in the long run it helps. My son was almost 4 before he got potty trained because he was not ready. They say that kids will let you know when they are ready.

Tell him that if he goes potty he will get a treat, or you could start a sticker chart. I did this with one of the kids that I was babysitting.

Answer 6

He's got to learn the feel of his body, to understand the sensation of needing to go to the bathroom. Don't wait until he feels like he has to go before you sit him on the body -- likely as not, he'll never make it in time. Instead, get in the habit of sitting him down on the potty at regular intervals -- say, every half hour. Get some good children's books about "potty time" (I recommend "My Big Boy Potty" by Joanna Cole and "Once Upon a Potty" by Alona Frankel) and read them to him while he's sitting on the potty. Talk to him about what the boys in the story are doing, and how our son can be just like them.

At first, it's gonna be sheer coincidence if he goes while he's sitting on the potty; but eventually, he will begin to recognize the sensations and understand what his body is telling him. Be patient, be consistent (he's not going to remember to sit on the potty every half hour -- you have to remember for him!), and always be positive about it! It can be frustrating, but I promise -- he WILL master the potty by the time he's ready to head off for college.... ;-)

Answer 7

Ask your child if he needs to go potty. Your child might say no and that's OK. Because you've given your child plenty of fluids, he will soon need to go.

If your child has an accident in his underwear, don't scold him. You want this to be a positive experience. Instead, take your child to the potty, pull his underwear down, and have your child sit down. Do this 10 times. This builds muscle memory and your child will eventually go.





you know i remember when my grandma was trying to get my cousin to be potty trained. since he was a little boy, he didn't know about the standing up and sitting down part. my grandma only taught him how to pee, so when he had to poo, he was standing up and the poop went on the floor. we were laughing so hard.

Answer 8

I ask my 21/2 year old if he has to pee pee, If he says no I take him and tell to just try, most of the time he will have to go after doing this for a week or so he started telling me he has to go. Some times they will get busy and forget but it has helped.

Answer 9

Put a potty in a common area and encourage him to sit on it frequently. Sit and talk with him, maybe read him a book. Eventually (maybe not the first time), he'll go and you need to be very positive and happy. Go nuts with excitement and praise, maybe give him a treat. Never use it as a punishment. Then he'll be more likely to A) sit on it and B) will want to make you proud. This has worked with both of mine.

Answer 10

I had the same problem with my daughter. I used huggies pull ups which was a big mistake as she didn't know that she was wet as the nappy absorbs the wetness. He maybe not realise that he needs the toilet two is still quite young but at least he tells you after he pees and in time he will realise that the sensation that he has is him needing the toilet.
Good luck