Any good advice for potty-training my 2yr. old son?

Answer 1

Be very, very patient. It is the most angering experience of my life, but I've survived it. Now I've got another one. It will take months, there will be regression, and you will want to hit the kid. Don't hit the kid.

Answer 2

I was not a successful potty training mom. My 21/2 had alot of accidents with peeing. If I do it over again I would wait tilkl some of their friends potty train. Then they will want to be more llike them. I think we try training to early in life when they do not have the emotional or physical capacity. I was victim of trying to keep up with the Jones' . But it backfired on me. I really believe if the mother has to try too hard it means the kid is just not ready. Try again in a few more months. My friend's daughter trained in a weekend. She waited until 3 years. Some things that help is nice weather, patience, and positive recognition for effort. Not candy!!

Answer 3

Show a lot of patience with him. Do not punish him for mistakes, rather reward him for good efforts. It takes time to potty train and boys do seem to take longer about it than girls but patience is the key. They often do not train fast because they might not have full control of those muscles, it comes a different times for each baby. Take your time, make it fun and they will get the idea of what it is you want them to do. Remember he has no clue about potty training and might take some time to figure out what you want of him so be very patient.

Answer 4

He has to have all the ingredients, be aware before he has to go, be able to pull down his pants himself, be able to tell you he has to go and go longer periods of time without peeing or pooping his diaper. The biggest hurdle is a boy being able to know ahead of time and understanding the urge, most little boys that age are awfully busy and may not even think about it. Don't push it or it will be a battle of the wills and it will take longer...right now use the potty seat as encouragement, put him on the potty a few times a day and make a HUGE deal out of it if he goes!

Answer 5

here is a good idea to try potty trainging a child (or 2 yr old lol) get a bag of m&ms and put them in a tubberwear with a lid and label it potty reward everytime you go and practise using the toilet bring the "potty reward" in the bathroom and tell him if he goes number 1 he gets 1 and if he goes number 2 he gets 2 but u can choose any number my mom with me did 2 on both but if i did them both she gave me 1 each lol also sesame street came out with a book awhile ago called potty time and when u read it while they are pottying training it teaches them that everybody does it and so does elmo good luck

Answer 6

The best you will be able to do is to get him to pee outside like camping, but this is if you are in the country. Otherwise it may offend some people. Don't worry about it, by kindergarte they all use the toilet. You will not win the battle of where to pee with a two year old. So just enjoy him instead. Good luck though, maybe you can accomplish this goal. I have not met anyone who has.

Answer 7

Children develope at different time frames. Trying to teach a child to potty train who has not yet developed the biological ability to tell when they have to go and to hold it when they have to go is a waste of your time and can cause psychological harm to your child.

When your child starts waking up in the morning dry and waking up at nap time and is still dry, it is time to potty train. Once they can hold it through nap or the night, they ahve the muscle developement to control their bodily functions. it will lead to much frustrationa nd agrivation to try to potty train a child when that child is not ready.

I can tell you that my daughter was potty trained at day care long before she was potty trained at home. They took the kids to the potty every hour on the hour. I tried it at home and she would sit on the potty and do nothing. As soon as she got up, she would wet her diaper or big girl panties. With that being said, she also woke up in the mornings dry. If I put her on the potty immediately after getting up in the AM she would use the potty; same with after nap. At home it was more of a control issue.

You should be careful though because little ones tend to do a lot of association. My daughter was potty trained for urination several months before BM's. She apparently had a hard poo poo and associated having BM's on the potty with pain and refused to use the toilet for BM's she would hold it for days. I would fianlly put a diaper on her and she would go almost immediately. One day she had to go potty and didn't realize she also had to have a BM. it slipped out while she was urinating. With all the surprise and shock in the world she looked at me and said "that poo poo didn't hurt!" it was like a revelation to her. I had to explain that most of the time they don't hurt. From that point on she used the potty for BM's too.

Good luck, it is one of the most frustrating things to accomplish but eventually, they all learn to go in the potty when they are ready.

Answer 8

If he recognizes the potty and kind of tells you he has to go... even if he doesn't then he is ready. I just took the diapers completely off my daughter... put her in underwear. After weating herself and having accidents she soon learned she did not like being wet or messed. And no biggie to the parents, change and clean them. GOod luck. Oh btw... once he starts to go a couple times a day and gets a little used to it I have heard that you can put cheerios in the kiddie tiolet for him to aim... although it might get messy!

Answer 9

Favorite candy like jelly beans after he goes, his favorite book for only potty time while he goes, use a doll if you need to for encouragement and praise him with cheers and dances after the potty.

Answer 10

reward him everytime he uses the potty or tell him that if he uses the restroom 5 times a day, he will get a treat