Are there any knew secrets to potty training 2yr. olds these days?

Question

I'm a grandma helping raise my granddaughter and there are days I just feel like giving up on this potty training thing. I'd sure like some feed back on ideas that work!

Answer 1

I have an AWESOME ebook that I found online on knowing the signs of readiness, and how to effictively train in 3 days or less. Worked awesome for my 19 month old daughter in 2 days, and worked in 3 days for my friends 3 year old son. It may be just what you need. I would be more than happy to email you a copy. Write me at [e-mail] to request it.

Answer 2

Positive encouragement and patience are best. It's good not to bribe or reward children with food or candy. Use encouraging words when the child does well. Remind or ask her every so often if she needs to use the bathroom. Also, I've found that using the 'you're a big girl now' approach works. Tell her that babies go to the bathroom in their diapers, but she's not a baby - she's a big girl. Big girls go potty in the toilet. If she can see a baby with a dirty diaper and realize she's doing the same thing, that will help too.
It's important to be patient if the child is having developmental problems and is not ready for potty training. But on the other hand, it is important to be stern if the child is able to use the toilet, but is just being lazy.

Answer 3

when we potty trained my son we would keep a stockpile of hot wheel cars. I wrapped them up in the beginning. Every time he went potty he got a gift. After awhile I stopped wrapping and let him chose which car he liked best.

My daughter was tougher because I just couldn't hardly find girl items that were around $1.00, like the hot wheels.

My husband actually potty trained her by putting the TV in the bathroom and having a none stop tea party. They watched every backyardigan DVD she has. The only hard thing was getting her to set on the potty chair, but you can only hold it for so long while drinking tea. After she finally got the idea of what the potty was for it was super easy with just praise and a lot of keeping up with her potty personality. We asked her if she needed to go all the time and we stayed home a lot. She really had it down by the time she turned 3.

Answer 4

First off patience is the key word to remember. Its very frustrating. I know this because my 3 year old son is almost completely potty trained now. It takes a lot of time and patience. At first he wasn't to sure on going on the potty he was scared and didn't know what he was doing. Then I kept putting him on the potty chair and when he went potty I said good boy you just went potty. Then I rewarded him with a treat of some sort. He felt like a big boy then. After a few days of this he started to get the hang of it and I had to ask him a lot of the time if he had to go potty and he said yes. I advanced him to a potty seat that goes on the toilet and he liked that even better. Ever since I did that he tells me he has to go potty and poop and he knows if he does this he gets a treat of some sort. So again have some patience and understand that it takes time. Always be positive with them, congratulate them, and reward them. Good luck.

Answer 5

When you are potty training you can not have your little one running around with a sippy cup. you also have to take your little one potty every hour or two and make them sit there for about five min. If they do something you have to make a huge deal out of it. You also might put on underwear and let them mess themselves. Some children are repulsed by the feeling of wet and dirty. This alone makes some children automatically potty trained.

Answer 6

Make sure you wait until they are ready. Sometimes 2 is too young. I have 3 kiddos that I have trained. I started out working really hard to train the 1st, it was stressful for both of us. Then I was a bit more relaxed with the 2nd, but she was really strong willed and we went back and forth until she was almost 3yrs. Then on my 3rd, I decided I was not going to train him, I'd let him do it on his own, let nature take its course, so to speak. It was ssssooooeasy, he literally trained himself overnight. We used a potty video and a potty book, they were both helpful. Another trick I used with all three kids was to let them go naked. Don't use pull ups when you are at home. They learn that feeling very quickly when it runs down their leg!!!
Good luck with it all. All kids are different and everyone has their own trick to make it happen. Hang in there and try as many things as you need to, she'll figure it out soon enough.

Answer 7

You could try putting her on a training potty, with her diaper off, in front of the TV and giving her a treat every time she goes to the bathroom on it. She'll get the right idea pretty soon if the treat is something she really likes..

Answer 8

give her alot to drink and take her to the bathroom every 15 minutes to half hour. after a few successes, she'll get it

Answer 9

dont give up keep trying and if it dont work stop and try later