How do you start to potty train a two year old...?

Question

My little girl will be two in January and I would like to introduce "the big girl potty"..but she seems scared of it??? do I make her do it or let it her do it in her on time

Answer 1

Let her do it on her own time. Don't rush or you will just be wasting your time. Go slow. Get her a potty seat to look at take her in the bathroom when you go. If she seems willing to sit on her seat let her. Buy her some stickers put them on a shelf or drawer in the bathroom tell her they are her special potty stickers give her one if she goes. I think some parents rush the potty thing because they like to say my kid is trained at 18 months. Leave it to the child they will get it eventually. Don't worry they won't be going to college with pull ups on. :>)

Answer 2

These are the things that help us the most .
1.Books an videos about going potty are really helpful (Once Upon a Potty was a big it and A Potty for Me!: A Lift-the-Flap Instruction Manual )
2. Take her to the bathroom when you go let her see how it works .
3. Take her to buy a small potty just for her( they have some great ones with small tissue holders and a book rack ,pink ones .But let her pick it out so that it will be special to her )
4. Don't make a big deal out of it or make it too regimented You don't want her to feel pressured (I set a side a diaper free time it can be just a few minutes to start put the potty in the living room while we watched some TV or played and explained that when he needed to go just have a seat. His issue was not wanting to miss anything by having to go in the bathroom )

Answer 3

First of all, I'd recommend getting a book on potty training...for you. Secondly, if she's scared of it(like some kids are), then get her to put a stuffed animal on the potty(make sure you hang on to the toy so it doesn't fall in!) and talk about the dolly going pee-pee. Let her take the toy to the potty and then gradually, let her sit on it. It's a good idea to buy her a potty book that she can read while she's sitting on it, or let her have the toy while sitting. The toy will gradually show her that it isn't scary, it's a game. Whatever you do, don't force her to do anything. If it starts to become a "thing" between the two of you, then hold off a few weeks, don't talk about it at all and then start again.

Answer 4

I have found that the easiest way for my 2 to get over the fear of the potty was I put their potty in the bathroom and every night when they went to take a bath I would have them sit on it while I took off there shoes and socks (of course with the potty closed so it looked like a chair). Then once i got them undressed I would ask them if they wanted to pee-pee on their potty like a big girl. At first they did not want to pee-pee they would tell me NO. I did that for about a week and finally they started to sit on it before there bath. Once they weren't scared any more then I started to ask them and take them to the potty during the day

Answer 5

She will do it when she is ready. The best thing you can do for now is introduce it. For example, when I started potty training my son, I would just say I have to go potty, then go to the bathroom. he would follow me in there and watch. then I would say Yay! or something like that. After a while I started to ask if he had to use the potty too. We did it that way for a while until he started going on his own. You can't decide when it's time, they do. Good luck! =)

I also used a sticker chart when he started going. That seemed to help for a while.

Answer 6

i would give her a little more time if she seems scared of it. most toddlers aren't potty trained until closer to three years old. a good way to get her used to the idea of "going Potty" is to let her in the bathroom with you when you go and describe everything you do; "i'm pulling down my pants, i'm sitting down on the toilet, i'm going pee (or whatever term you'll use), i'm wiping with toilet paper." then, if she isn't too scared to, let her flush the toilet and watch the contents go down the potty. i know it sounds a little strange (maybe) but it does work. most importantly, be sure that she seems ready before you attempt to really try to train her. i've also known lots of people to use the "treat" method; once she starts going, everytime she goes give her a treat (an M&M for example).

Answer 7

introduce her to it. this is what we did with my nephew.

on his second birthday he got a big boy potty.

We took one of his "babies" stuffed bear and set it on the potty and said that baby had to use the potty. after a min we took the "baby" off the potty and showed him that the bear went potty.

to show him the pee we had a cup of water that we added food color to it and as we set the bear down we dumped the water in the potty. this part he didnt see.

after he saw that the "baby" went potty he wanted to try it.

then we started a sticker chart that if he went all day with only 1 accident he got a sticker. after 5 stickers he got a little prize. Example of prizes Juice from the gas station $.25,small toy.

Just remember that each time she goes make a huge deal of it.

Answer 8

This will come in time for her. Dont force the issue. Eventually she will get tired of having soiled or wet diapers and she will start letting you know. Then bring her in slowly, making her sit on a training potty even if she doesnt have to go. I have been thorough this 3 times and proved this to be the best method. You can still mention and suggest she try the potty starting now, this will eventually get her passed the scared stage. I placed ours across from our toilet and would sit with mine on it when they sat on theirs. They all eventually started to go to the bathroom on it. Remember it will come with time for her and not to press the issue as this will only make her more afraid to go on her own.

Answer 9

Let her see you do it so that she isn't quite as scared. Don't force her.. it will only make the fears worse. If she is scared of the big potty.. get her a potty chair.

Answer 10

I would take my little boy with me everytime I would go and he would clapp and cheer for me and I would clapp and cheer for him he would get so exicited. I didnt use pull-ups I went straight into underwear with the little rubber underwear over his big underwear to catch any accidents that way he could feel that underwear were all wet and he didnt like that so he wanted to make it to that bathroom next time and when he had a accident i woul make him set on the potty and tell him "if you te te in the potty next time you underwear wont get all went...." that only took a couple of days for me Good luck!