Need help potty training my 2-year-old triplets! Any advice is welcome...?

Question

The girls are developmentally on track and have been using the potty chairs on-and-off for a couple of months now. They can tell us when they need to go, but now that we've actually started being consistent with sitting them down every hour, they don't go. Then they will go five minutes later in their pants. We've just started being more regimented in our routine this weekend, so is this normal? Any other tips? Thanks!

Answer 1

Oh,yes. Peeks and valleys. Just when you think your about done, you hit A fall back. Don't rush potty training. If you try to force it before they are ready.You will prolong the entire program. It works better to use A reward. Try stickers or A little piece of sugarless candy for A job well done.NEVER EVER punish for an accident! The potential for lasting psychological damage is quite high.Try to be very careful not to humiliate them or compare. I know it is easier said than done,but patience is your best friend.PS buy stock in pampers.

Answer 2

With my daughter I had the same problem, I tried the whole routine thing, but then I just gave up, it became so tiring and stressful, so I left a potty in the room that she was in most often and let her go when she needed to. I also had a potty in the bathroom and showed her where to empty it so that she would learn where it goes. As she used the potty more often I gradually moved it closer to the bathroom, then once she was comfortable with finding it I left it there. It took a little while, but I noticed once I let her relax a little with the idea she potty trained herself quite quickly. Let them have accidents it's all part of the process, let them explore the potty, and when they do have an accident take their pants off and sit them on the potty and explain that is where it's supposed to go. The only way they can leanr is with a little relaxation in the rules, remember there is no rule that says children must be potty trained at the age of two, there will be relapses and accidents, just go with the flow and use lots of postive reinforcement, like singing a song with them when they go by themselves. Good Luck.

Answer 3

3 girls x 5 diapers a day x 30 days a month = 450 diapers a month x 18 cents a diaper = $81 a month just on diapers! Yowser! I can feel your pain. Though in bulk you may be able to do better than 18 cents per.

At least it is not 3 boys. My son is 4 and is still fighting us on #2 and that interferes with success on #1 though he is getting better on this.

Our pediatrician says that there are many factors that go into successful potty training. The fact that you have them actually using the potty chairs is a big success.

The fact that they go 5 minutes after leaving the chair suggests that they feel tense while waiting on the chair and do not relax until they get up. I recommend that you have them get up for a minute to stretch and sit them down again.

More importantly monitor your own stress levels at this time. I mean this, look in the mirror in the bathroom. Do you look calm cool and collected or do you look like you are figuring out the million dollar question for Regis? We are all sometimes guilty of wanting something from our kids so badly that it freaks them out a little.

But, despite how tough it is, try to be realistic, 24 months is early, very early, 30 months is still early. Some kids take longer. Especially boys, which is why I said you were lucky.

Keep your pediatrician in the loop as I am not a doctor (Though I have played one on the stage) and you might want to check wikipedia.

Oh, don't freak out about this, but if one seems to lose control of peeing and bowel movements and has lapses in concentration that seem to cause this, its doctor time. Petit mal seizures where the brain sort of takes a time out, can cause a release of both urine and bowels. This is extremely unlikely. But I mention this because many, many other parents might read this question and one of them might notice their child "blanking out" and having wet pants right after.

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Answer 4

Yikes. I can't imagine potty training triplets :) Good Luck to you on that!
I DID potty train my 2 oldest boys at the same time though.
The J is 13m older than T. Give the girls time. Be patient and take them when they TELL you they need to go. Eventually one of them WILL get it and when she does, Ill bet the other 2 will follow suit. When J potty trained he was nearly 3...As soon as he started going T did, too. And..once our youngest boy Z realized that his brothers were going potty on the potty he potty trained HIMSELF when he was 18m old!
Good Luck and dont get frustrated. It can take awhile for a child to potty train. Its also quite common and perfectly normal for a child not to potty train until 3 or even 4!

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Answer 6

Each child is an individual just because they are triplets doesn't mean they are going to be ready at the same time. Potty training comes with the readiness of each child at their own paste. Watch for signs from each of them as individuals not as triplets. Try as soon as they wake up generally it's the best time becauseyou know they really need to pee and maybe try one child at a time they may be more interested as having one on one time. Anyhow good luck :)

Answer 7

Yes, you can train them at this age. I have 3 children and all were trained at about age 2. I'm sure with triplets it gets pretty spendy for diapers.
My secret was , praise, praise and more praise when they did there deal on the pot. Clapping my hands, jumping up and down,they loved it. My one boy when he first sat there on the pot, kinda acting like, ya,well, whats this all about, I poured a cup of warm water between his legs and that did it, he peed and I made a big deal of it. He acted so proud and that was it, he headed for the pot even , I think, before he had to go, just to get the praise. With the girls, I went and got them some real cute underpants and tried to tell them, don't go potty in them. As young as they were they seemed to understand and not want to get the underpants wet. Does not take to very long to do it, patience, kinda training yourself to remind them, lots of praise and they will be potty trained in no time.
With triplets they may have a tendency to see one get praised and they will all want the praise, might work to your advantage.
Happy potty training.

Answer 8

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Answer 10

they are only 2 even if they know that what the potty is and that they have to go their minds aren't developed enough to know that they have to go sit on the potty. Two year olds don't have the ability to stop themselves from doing things like when they are playing they keep playing even if they have to go, it is impulse. I learned this at my daughters coop preschool from the parent educator. Wait till they are 3 and try again. It is hard to potty train at two.