Potty training?

Question

What are some good suggestions for Potty Training an almost 2 year old when he has to be taught by 2 people... Grandma (day care) and mom?

My son has already started and he needed to... he was always pulling his diaper off... even when he wasn't wet. He sits on it just fine. I just needs so extra advise... something to make it easier for him... thank you for the Cheerio advise.

Answer 1

This was a long time ago,my son is now 25,but when we were potty training him,we would throw a small handful of Cheerios or Fruit Loops in the toilet and tell him to try to sink them and when he did,he got a treat. lol

Answer 2

Bribery works great! If it is two different people, you can both do this if you are both on board with it? What is his favorite toy, start with that, for my boy it is cars. And we got him, box cars at first, some really good ones, but eventually I just picked out some party favours from the dollar store. Keep them on your vanity, or near the toilet (gramma too.) Tell him, he can have a toy, when he goes potty - and let him pick it out. I am doing this with my little boy, but he is closer to 3. I am now at a point, were he just goes and doesn't expect a toy. But, it took about 3 - 4 weeks, of offering toys to him. Stickers work well too. A whole sheet, accounts for many potty visits. You can both use this method as an incentive to get him to go pee on the potty. For the #2 well, we are working on that, it takes longer, but he has a "big" toy for that - a big car, (It cost all of $1 - but hey, it has been sitting there awhile.) So far he's earned 2 of those and when he earns his next one, he will see a new one up there. For some reason #2's take longer for them. He is still doing that in his diaper at night mostly.

Answer 3

I remember allowing my little guy to run around without his diaper for a whole day (we spent the day outside, it was summer) and I put his little potty chair out there too. I gave him lots of juice and water and whenever he started to "go" I'd say "good boy" and get him over to the potty chair. By the end of the day he had figured out what to do and was pretty well trained.

I didn't do much else for that whole day, but it worked.

You should also realize that some kids are ready before others, so you can try, but if he's not ready, don't show disappointment or annoyance, it's just that some kids are ready before others.

Try to get Grandma on the same page as you, its not good if you have him in "big boy" pants and Granny puts him in diapers.

Good Luck!

Answer 4

First of all don't push them!! My daughter pretty much potty trained herself right after she turned 2. Then about 2 months after that she almost completely reverted back to diapers. I have now discovered it was aprt of her on going constipation problem. She thinks it's the potty that hurts her. Anyway, they will only go when they are good and ready. Just sit down and talk with grandma about how you are working with him and make sure she is doing the same things. And vice versa, if she finds a way to help out then she needs to tell you. There needs to be consistency and communication.

Good luck and don't get stressed. The more upset you get, the less likely your child is to potty train as well.

Answer 5

Several good working ideas from mom of 3. One "brain wash" daily with movies like Bear in the Big Blue House Potty Time Movie. Buy books like Everybody Poops, buy a large bag of M&M's (they are cheap now with Halloween approaching) everytime they potty give one M&M. Works like a charm potty trained in a week. Just remember no M&M if they have an accident.

Answer 6

Okay this so worked for me and just like that! First I did not teach my son to "P" sitting because later you need to teach him standing so I tackled them both at once. If your son is to small, use a small stool. or your choice to do it sitting them standing later.
I then would take 1 square of toilet paper and draw a monster or silly face on the toilet paper and put it in the toilet and tell him to "sink" the monster. This worked awesome. I would always replace the monster right away
and it would usually stick around til next time or I would check and draw another. Soon he was just going in to sink the monster , but hey it worked. And I must admit this was my Husbands idea!!

Answer 7

almost 2 is pretty young to be teaching potty training. he will let you know when he is ready by little things like telling you his diaper needs to be changed. dont rush him as it will take longer otherwise. and since hes a boy, how about grandpa and dad teach him so he learns what a boy is suppose to do. even if he just goes into the bathroom when they go potty will help train him.

Answer 8

Defintely dont' push it. We tried to potty train our daughter at age 2, and it backfired, and she started with holding, and would end up going days w/o pooping, and then get constipated, have painful poops, and only with-hold more. They'll clue you when they are ready. We tried again at 2.5 years, and just got rid of her diapers. She peed her pants a few times, but she pretty much learned from there.

Answer 9

the most important thing is consistancy and keeping them out of diapers. both parents and grandparents need to do the same things.
for us, our son was trained at 27 months. we did it by taking him to the potty often and by keeping him in his undies all day. it was really hard the first day b/c he wet himself a million times, but it got better and better and by the 3rd day he was dry all day. good luck!

Answer 10

You may be expecting too much from this child. Boys typically are not ready until they are 2 1/2 to 3 years old. Talk to your Dr.