I'm having trouble training my 2 year old. If i let her run around naked from the waist down, she will go in the potty every single time. Yet seeing as that is not practical, as soon as i put a pull-up, diaper or even underwear on her, she won't go to the potty. Does anyone have any suggestions??
2007-01-08 15:05:16 · 11 answers · asked by blueidgirl 4 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Toddler & Preschooler
She is using the potty! She sounds independent, not defiant. Being 2 years old is prime time for potty training. Statistically between 16 months and 2 years is the "training" phase. So I wouldn't expect her to be fully trained at this time.
Suggestions: take her with YOU when you have to potty.
go through the motions of pulling down "whatever"
say " lets go potty like Mommy"
Continue to use her panties like "big girls do" she may not like the "pull-ups" or diapers she may just be ahead of that stage. Use a diaper at night because she hasn't learned to control her bladder yet and to avoid accidents that would certainly trouble her. Then use panties during the day. Even get dressed WITH her, saying how Mommy is putting on panties. Children, especially daughters (boys too) love to immulate a parent.
I never even used pull-ups with my daughter. I took her to the bathroom with me since she was an infant, spoke the same words every time, "Mommy has to potty and pee-pee and poop"
At 16 months she would take her own diaper off and pee where ever and whenever. Toddlers do recognize the discomfort of a wet diaper or pull-up and refuse to use them.
Sounds like she does coilate being "wet" with diapers and/or pull-ups. I think she is ready to give up all else judging by her resistance to potty being anything other than naked!
Give her a couple of months or so and she should train herself. She sounds brighter than some and more progressive than most.
2 years old is mid-line potty trained. Be patient and helpful.
Good luck.
2007-01-08 15:50:15 · answer #1 · answered by Anna M 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I have all boys so I don't know if this applies...but I don't try to train until at least 3 yr old. At that time their minds are more able to catch up with their bodies. It's not that the child doesn't understand it's more that the body is not ready and doesn't have the PHYSICAL control.
I have had lots of friends (mostly the mother's of girls who tell me their child is potty trained except for a few accidents, a day!) To me this is not potty trained. I would rather wear diapers for an extra 6 monthes and be done with it all in a few weeks!
2007-01-08 23:16:19 · answer #2 · answered by beth l 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am potty training my 18 month old daughter and the way I can get her to go is to take her to the bathroom every hour. I have a little dora seat that goes right onto the potty and she loves it. She runs around saying "I gotta peeeeee"! She has learned to not pee in her diaper as much because the potty is fun. If you see her starting to pee say "Hurry, lets go potty!" that works for my daughter. I never ever used pull ups with any of my kids. They are a waste of money and time - kids think they are diapers anyway.
Just reward her everytime she goes potty and sing the pee pee song "(her name) went pee pee in the potty"
Amber
Mom of Caitlyn 7, Austin 4, Piper 18 mo & Gabryela 3 mo
2007-01-08 23:14:16 · answer #3 · answered by charrmedby4 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
pull ups don't work and are really messy to clean up. Let her help pick out her favorite underwear at the store to train in. When she soils them show her how it made them messy and she probably will not want to go in them. Also develope a reward for her when she goes on the potty and praise her. Also have her sit on it everytime you do and routinely through out the day, like every two hours. Run some water and give her some water while she is sitting. You could buy her a kids potty training book to look at while she is going. They make them for kids to see.
2007-01-08 23:14:32 · answer #4 · answered by Anne S 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
First of all get rid of the pullups. They do nothing but make the manufacturer's profits go up. They give the little ones a false sense of security, because they feel a bit like a diaper but they're not. And once the child gets used to the pullup and the parent puts the underpands on the kid it's back to square one because underpants don't feel like pullups or diapers so the sensation is totally different, and then you've got a kid soaked through with urine. Better to keep a diaper on the chld until the child understands that the toilet is where then need to urinate and defecate.
2007-01-08 23:15:00 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
You appear to have your toddler on the right track...hang in there plz. i cant stand hearing other parents say that 2yr old dont have the concept or abilitly to identify the need to use the toilet or potty....THEY MOST CERTAINLY CAN AND ARE ABLE. Not every child of course, but if the child is exposed to and talked to about it they know...for goodness sakes an 18 month old can know. that doesnt mean they can control it but they Can be intelligent enough, if there atmosphere and experience allows them to be. my 1st 2 were totally trained by 2, 3rd one is 17 months and well on her way..
my suggestion is to use the bare bottom time as the reward....and the only reward...Keep diapers/pull-ups..whatever, on at all times UNTIL she has success. Only then will you allow the reward of 'being without plastic' Set a time of whatever you think is sufficient...say 1/2 hr. or 1 hour then try potty again...if no success, then diaper goes back on.
I dont agree with treats as rewards, i truely beleive the reward the child wants is to be without the diaper....so give it if deserving but they must Earn that reward again to get the desired result again.
2007-01-08 23:48:19 · answer #6 · answered by tj 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋
i had the same problem with my little girl. what i did was just put her in dresses around the house leaving her naked from the waist down then she can use the potty and still be covered eventually shell get the hag of it then take her to the store and let her pick out her own pretty big girl panties that she wouldn't want to potty in and mess up. defiantly don't pressure her it will set her back
2007-01-08 23:20:20 · answer #7 · answered by sharebear80817 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
ABC - Always Be Consistent
We instituted an "open-door policy" to train our 5 year old. Nobody closed the door to the bathroom, that way he could go with us, and see that "everybody's doing it" (One time to use peer pressure, the young one sees that this is the way this physical need is handled. Same way she learns to talk, walk, and lots of other skills - by watching what you do).
Our boy didn't take to training until almost 4, and it took a little while, but there were a lot of inconsistencies between his momma's house and ours. Big disservice to him! We finally had to throw the Pull-Ups away, he'd take off his big-boy pants and put on a Pull-Up when he had to poop, but that showed us that he did know he had to go, just had something against the potty. Maybe the water splashed on his bottom and surprised him...
Just be patient, and try to keep a sense of humor.
2007-01-08 23:31:36 · answer #8 · answered by dispatcher_66 1 · 1⤊ 2⤋
daddy of 3 is right. She will do it in her own time. 3 of my kids were three years old before they potty trained.
2007-01-08 23:13:05 · answer #9 · answered by JJ 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
daddy of 3 here - don't put pressure on her or yourself.
trust, me she will potty train herself.
she will not wear a daper to high school...
usually it happens between 18 months to 4 years. the more pressure you put her/you under the worse it is for both of you.
2007-01-08 23:09:29 · answer #10 · answered by bl 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋