I amtrying to potty train my 2 year old son, any good tips for a frustrated mom?

Answer 1

Don't push the issue. If he is not ready then he will fight every step of the way, then it will take so much longer.

Answer 2

For a boy that is two years old , if he is not interested then dont push him. Otherwise it will be a battle. Yes it gets frustrating. I have potty trained many children. Here are some of my techniques that have worked well.

Be very consistant.

You can put a cherrio in the toilet so they can shoot the target. It will evently get soggy enough to flush or a piece of tp on top of it will take it down the chute.

Use a step stool in front of the toilet.

Give rewards- my daughter was two months before turning two, when she was trained. She sat on the little potty and read books. When she did go potty she was rewarded with some mimi M&M candies.

We clapped and smiled and said yeah and was very happy when they child had success. This showed them that what they did was good. It also helps so they are not afraid of their poop. (Some kids are afraid of pooping)

Also, let them see you go potty and poop. Let them see where it goes. Let them flush the toilet. Say bye bye poopy. Hey, I know it sounds weird but if it works thats great.

Sticker charts can also be good for some. Or let them pick a sticker or candy after having sucess of going in the potty chair or toilet.

Answer 3

oh, no more need to be frustrated!! Potty-training is simpler then you may think
Try this:
Here it is- it has worked for my 2 kids,and others after I tell them........

1. get m and m's handy
2. get a small potty chair
3. get a couple books about potty
4. you need to be home for about 4-5 days straight
5. now you can start. let them run around bare-but
6. Set the timer for 1/2 hour. Tell him/her to sit on the potty for 5 min. (read them a book in the mean time if it's to long for them.) If they go, give lots and lots of praise!!! I mean go crazy!! Give them about 3 m and m's.
7. Set the timer for 1/2 hour
8. Avoid asking the question "you got to go potty?'
9. Timer goes off- ok! What does that mean junior? Time to go potty again he or she would say, or you say it if they don't
10. repeat process all day long. If they go # 2 in the potty, reward with a handful of m and m's. They are very colorful and kids love them!!

11. Praise praise praise. I do spank my kids for behavior problems such as lying, disobedience, and bad attitudes, but never for having an accident. If there is an accident, clean it up queitly, and don't say much at all. Remind them it's ok, but try to make it in the potty next time, or in your own words.

Good luck!!! Hope this helps you. My girl was potty-trained in two days with the method. Took my 2 1/2 year old son a week. Leave pull-ups on them at night just in case.
p.s. if this doen't work at all, try again in a few months.

Answer 4

1) I bought a musical potty from Target, which makes a music sound as soon as the kid pees or poops.
2) And i made a schedule, whereby i would just take him to the Bathroom every 1 hour by the hour and make him sit for 5 mins. 3) If he pee-d it was good and the music would play and that would make him excited and if he didn't pee - i would tell him, it is OK, we can try later.
Once i accomplished the Peeing routing(which took me 3-4 days), then i tried the Poop routine
4) I would general see the signs or take him after 20-30 mins after he had eaten his meal- i would ask him he wanted to poop and i promised to read a story book-made it interesting with sound variation (which came with the Potty chair). He would listen to my story and would eventually poop - sometimes could not. So we tried later.
The Poop training took a little longer.
Pls. keep in mind accidents will happen once in a while... don't get angry when that happens.
Good luck

Answer 5

With my son I never put pullups on (except at night when he first started training). I put him right into underwear and if he went himself then he had to stay wet till he got changed. Not that I would let him sit around wet for hours but he soon learned that he didn't like that esp in the winter and if we ran out somewhere real quick. He only had a couple of accidents before he really caught on. He was potty trained shortly after he turned two.

Answer 6

Every hour I would put my daughter on the potty with a sippy cup. I would wait for her to make a "deposit" and when she did, I would reward her with either a sticker or a few m&m's. Once she began walking at 1, I knew she would be ready for the potty chair. It took me about 6 months after that for her to go to bed with only a pull up. During the day she was in underwear. Many people don't think children that young can acheive that so early. Yes, they can. You have to be consistent and resilient and patient. It will happen when your child feels confident. Good luck mama!

Answer 7

yeah, don't potty train him! Let him potty train himself. Yes, that's right. Tell him big boys don't wear diapers and when he thinks he's a big boy and can use the potty like you do or his big brother/sister/cousin does, then you'll toss out the baby diapers. He'll let you know when it's time. Every mom I know who says their baby is potty trained at 2 yrs. is either trained herself (mommy trained) and when the child gets older, pees the bed all the time. My kids never peed the bed and all three told me when it was time to say bye to the diapers...at about 3 yrs. old. Good luck!

Oh....and I've known grown-ups who have hemroids because they were taught to sit on the toliet until they have a bowel movement...yes, their mom instilled this behavior into them even when they're 40! Please don't push! Hang in there with the diapers.

Answer 8

This is what worked very well in my case: I told my son that, if he doesn't let us know that he needs to use the toilet, I will ask him to sit on the toilet until he needs to use it again. He didn't believe me, but I kept my promise. Never had a problem after that day. Of course this must be without any trace of violence, anger or other manifestations that would scare your son. He is smart enough to understand (and his instincts will tell him) that you are doing this for his own good.

Answer 9

When my aunt was potty training her son, she let him run around the house without any pants or diapers on. He learned to use the potty very quickly after that.

Answer 10

Do not be frustrated. He will learn on his own. Make it a point to tell him to use the toilet whenever he has to pee or s***. If he is in the middle of the act, take him to the toilet and insist that he completes the act there rather than in the diaper/bed etc.
At night ensure that you wake him up to make him pee once.
Do not be frustrated. Everybody learns this act. and your son too will.

Answer 11

I just started too.. first few days involved a lot of cleaning but you have to bring him to the toilet every so often to remind him if he wants to pee.. then they start to associate the toilet with pee and poo.. I have a potty seat as he hates the portable potty..