I am a single mother of a wonderful 2 year old baby girl, I am about to start potty training her it just seems so hard being that I am a single mom, I have a full time job and also a full time student leaving me just about the weekend to spend it with my baby....is there a way I can possiably dedicate ONE whole weekend to trainig her or would i have to take time off work and school to do so?
2007-01-02 11:32:14 · 9 answers · asked by Just Me and My Baby 2 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Parenting
I used a sticker chart. I taped it to the back of the bathroom door. Every time she to the bathroom she would get a sticker. When she wash her hands she would get a sticker. Sometimes she would pretend to go to the bathroom and say she did a good job but I told her that she did but she actually has to go. She was so excited about her sticker picture that its still hanging in her room. It took me 2 - 3 days and she was trained. She had no late night oopies. She had a couple oopies during the day but it happened on her way to the bathroom. Good luck!!
2007-01-02 13:09:03 · answer #1 · answered by sassa26 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Girls love to go to the bathroom in pairs, when you have to go take your child by the hand and ask her to go potty with you. You sit on the big girl potty, she sits on the little girl potty. Its the most natural thing in the world. Lots of praise, never reprimand...Freud wasn't wrong about everything. If she is very resistant (some kids cry like the devil was chasing them) take a look at Dr. Phils website, he had some great potty training ideas...please don't try to train her in a week or you will need Dr. Phils services for more than potty training. Be calm, be gentle, we all eventually get it and just think...no more dipers!
2007-01-02 19:39:19 · answer #2 · answered by LoneStarLou 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
IF she is ready, one weekend would do the job. Given your circumstances, I would go later rather than earlier, since you need her to "get it" quickly. If you try in one weekend, and it doesn't "take", don't be discouraged, just drop it for a couple months and try again. During that weekend I suggest you let her go bare-bottomed around the house or yard, have the potty chair always nearby, and give her lots to drink. Also doesn't hurt to have some candy on hand for rewards. :)
2007-01-02 21:53:46 · answer #3 · answered by toomanycommercials 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
2 Days before my daughters 2nd birthday I took the diaper off her put a long tee shirt on her and introduced her to her Elmo Potty. The first time she started to pee I picked her up and ran her to her potty. After that she pretty much got the picture. I left her diaper off until her birthday. Except for night night and naps of course. For her birthday I got her a package of underware and explained that she wears these instead of a diaper under her pants and then for the next few days we practiced with undies and a tee shirt. Altogether it took about 6 days until she was completely pottytrained. But she definately knew what she was doing by day 2! Good luck!
2007-01-02 19:44:45 · answer #4 · answered by Ashlynn's Mommy 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It depends on the her, she might not catch on very quickly, my little sis was potty trained when she was 2 but that was b/c my little bro was potty training also, my mom had them go w/o underwear or like pull-ups b/c that way if they didn't get to the bathroom they couldn't pee
2007-01-02 19:39:03 · answer #5 · answered by moochers13 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
there is a helpful video that my neice watches
with songs
like
hooray i went potty today
and
pee pee in the potty
with dances and such
it really helps
maybe google it
or ask your local librarian about helpful books and videos
2007-01-02 19:37:08 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
well buy her a training potty put it in the bathroom and make her use it everytime she has to go to the bathroom.
2007-01-02 21:11:44 · answer #7 · answered by mamas_grandmasboy06 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i gave my three year a jelly bean after each time he went to the bathroom . i also wouldn't let him have any at any other time unless he used the bathroom .everytime me or his dad went we took him with us and sat him up there after us and when he tinkled or hockied he got another . don't let her have any jelly beans unless she uses it worked on my three year old i had him pttied traained in two months .praise her highly if she does it .when she decides to tell you with out asking .give her a handlefull and tell her good job.
2007-01-02 19:42:47 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://www.icreatereality.com/potty.html
2007-01-02 19:36:00 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋