Any ideas on how to potty train a 2 year old boy?

Question

He is fixing to turn 2 and i need some ideas on how to potty train him!!

Answer 1

go to parentcenter.com. registration is free and they have all sorts of expert advise as well as other parents tips and ideas...don't rush him and good luck!!

Answer 2

My son learned to potty one week before he was 3 yrs old. Give it time, you should at-least wait until he's 2 1/2. Let him get use to knowing what the potty is for. Than just start taking him every 2-3 hrs or 30 mins after he has had something to drink. Create a song that will make him enjoy going to the potty and reward him at the same time by make him feel like he did a big boy thing. It can be pretty messy but if you're a at home mom try to not use pull-ups until he goes to bed. If he has an accident in his pants to often, than till him he has to have time out. But what I think work best was watching his father go to the bathroom. Best wishes to you and the little one; oh how do I miss those days.

Answer 3

There are TONS of tricks you can do to encourage him!

1.) Keep a small bowl of Cheerios by the potty -- when it's "potty time", throw a few into the bowl and give him something to aim for....

2.) Another small bowl, this one full of M&M's or other small, bite-sized treats; he gets one or two every time he tries to use the potty, and a few more if he's successful.

3.) Get some kids' books about potty training (I recommend "My Big Boy Potty" by Joanna Cole or "Once Upon a Potty" by Alona Frankel), and read them to him while he's sitting on the potty.

4.) Get a calendar and some stickers, and give him a sticker to decorate the calendar with each time he successfully uses the potty (this way, you can both track his progress in learning to use the potty).

The most important things are: be consistent (take him in every hour or even every half hour -- the first few times he goes in the potty are going to be just pure luck), be patient (you're gonna have days when you feel like he'll NEVER learn; but I promise you he'll master the potty by the time you send him off to college), and be positive -- be his Number One Cheerleader when he goes in the potty, but never scold him or be negative if he has an accident.

Best of luck to you!

Answer 4

Buy him some cool underwear, some of the cartoon characters that he likes. For some reason, toddlers seem less likely to have an accident in underwear they really like. Someone told me that when I was potty-training my son, and he really went for it. Some of the other comments about making it a game with cheerios etc in the toilet, that works too. All I know if my boy did not like those Pull-Ups at all!!!

Answer 5

Try sharing the bathroom with him... My son is soon to be 2 at the end of next month and he's already telling me...

Mom peepee, Mom poopoo.. that's a big sign he's ready to start with the pull ups and start taking regular visits to the bathroom every 1/2 hr for a couple days. Also, sit with him on the toilet... a bit intrucive for us but it teaches them that it's normal to go to the bathroom regularly. Also, get him a small toilet seat so that you both sit at the same time... My son like's to sit there with a cookie or a book... if he goes in his toilet he gets a cookie... and sometimes we'll sit him on the regular toilet for 5 mins and he actually goes...so he gets a treat too.

USually a toy or something for distraction will help...

We failed the first attempt b/c when I was potty training him my ma-in-law took him for a week and wasn't as consistent with him as my regular sitter was at that time... after his return it went down hill so we're starting up the training again this week. The sad part was that he was even starting to wipe himself with the toddler wipes for the bathroom.

The most important thing is that they will show you signs of readiness... If you're not seeing any signs of curiosity in the bathroom or squatting when he sees you going in the bathroom then maybe the child is not ready... Our son hands us toilet paper to clean up after our visit... Bad part of this is that we never get Alone time in the bathroom b/c he always has to be in there with us... I guess this could be good and bad...

Try cheerios, cookies, toys, toddler gummies, etc... Each time the toddler successfully goes give a bigger treat than when they just sit and try to go.

Answer 6

This worked with my 3 girls. It's awesome!! Everytime they go potty, they get to blow out 1 candle (like a birthday cake candle). If they go poopy, they get to blow out 2. Just like at a birthday, I would sing after they finished going, ( Emily went potty, Emily went potty, Emily went potty, she's such a big girl now). When the song was over, they were able to blow it out. I would find her running to the bathroom every 2 minutes, and try to squeeze out anything, just so she could blow it out. But it she didn't go, NO CANDLE. Sometimes it would be 30 or more times a day. But it works. Even now that my girls are 4 and up, just for fun, sometimes they will come to me and tell me they want to blow out a candle because they just went. It's really helpful.

Answer 7

unless he is waking up from naps dry i wouldn't try yet. if he is waking up dry then i would get a step stool so he can stand on it and pee in the big potty. also get a seat for the big potty so he can use it to do #2. i also don't suggest using the pull-ups as they can still pee in them and it doesn't bother them. buy lots of underwear and have him wear these all day. it will be messy and a lot of work but it works. they don't like that feeling of being dirty. good luck

Answer 8

make it into a game...put food coloring into the water...he will think it is cool that the water is a fun color..also put cheerios in the toilet..and tell him to sink them...this makes potty training fun, and takes away from it being a bad thing...also u can set a timer..and when it goes off..he has to try and potty...this way it conditions him to think about going to the potty and not in his pants.

Answer 9

You can introduce him to the potty. You can not force him! You really have to wait until the understand what you are talking about. I'm going through the same thing now! I introduced him to it and he is starting to tell me that he has to go. I'm waiting on him. I ask him if he has to but I dont push the issue. You cant or they will be in diapers for years! Good luck.

Answer 10

Make a Potty Chart and everytime he uses he gets a sticker in a square...he'll want to fill them up cuz at the end he'll get a surprise. I got my daughter a barbie!