2 and potty training?
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My first question is does he seem interested in potty training? Most boys aren't fully potty trained until they are around 3. My second question is, Is he sleeping through the night and waking up with a dry diaper? If he is then he may be ready to be potty trained. If you don't already have a little potty for him then get one and make a big deal about it being a "big boy" potty and just for him. You may also want to get a book to read with him. I really like "Too Big For Diapers" it's a Seasme Street book (it's short and to the point some are just too long). First thing is to get take him straight to the potty when he wakes up (after night time and naps), if he has been dry all night he will surely have to go in the morning. I did the rewards system at first with my child (gave him a sticker) but soon gave that up, most health professionals will tell you not to give the child a treat or whatever that the going to the potty like a big kid is the reward. So cheer and clap and make a big deal when he goes. I tried to potty train my son when he was not quite two and a half, he was pretty advanced in most areas and seemed interested in the potty. It turned out to be too early. He ended up holding his bowl movements and getting constipated so I stopped trying to potty train and just trying to get him to have regular BM's -TMI I know :)! So about 4 months before my sons 3 year b-day he was doing better with his BM and I could get him to go number 2 on the big potty if I caught him in his I am about to go squat so I figured he was now ready to start potty training again. Oddly enough you can usually get your child to poop on the potty before pee, especially with boys; so when he you see him in position grab him up and show him he can go on the big potty. I didn't mess around with pull ups I just put him in underwear (my secret was I put a thin panty liner in his underwear so if he did have an accident it wasn't that bad. I would then have him go to the bathroom every 20 mins and try and go most times he could squeeze a little out. After a couple of days with no accidents I would wait longer and longer between trips to the bathroom. After a while he started holding it on his own and I could then tell when he had to go and I would take him. He was fully potty trained in less than 5 days. It also helps to have him see his daddy using the potty since they have the same equimpment - I even asked my husband sit down to pee so that my son was going just like daddy .. lol.
I think what worked best for us was making sure he was really ready and putting him in underwear. I did use pull up during nap and bedtime for about 3 weeks but when he always woke up dry and put him in underwear to sleep in and he has done great. The "big boy" underwear act as a great reward for using the potty it he is having too many accidents you can tell him he has to go back to the baby diaper until he earns the underwear back by staying dry. If your child is actually ready to be potty trained it will only take a week or two any longer than that and they really weren't ready! GOOD LUCK!
Another good point is to be patient, getting frustrated with him for peeing on the couch will only make him more anxious. They don't want to disappoint so you just state things matter of fact, 1 time is an accident 2 times means we need to put baby diaper back on until we can stay dry.
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When its time it will come!
try sitting him on the potty after food and give lots and lots of praise if any thing is done I found with my sons that after a certain age - about 2 1/2 you can explain the whole thing to them - that is that people poo in the toilet, not in their pants and they're pretty cooperative, although it takes a while and they have accidents.
You just start by watching his signs. When he acts like hes going to go sit him on the potty. Also make it a reward. My son responded really well to being allowed to color on a chart every time he used the potty. Now at three he is completely potty trained almost never wets the bed and only has an accident if he can't get to a bathroom in reasonable amount of time (ie. being stuck in the car, etc).
get a colorful of decorativ potty seat (sometimes they play music) and tell him what big boys do!First start by putting his diapers in the potty chair. Everytime you change his nappy tell him how he needs to start using the potty. Soon he will try to get there in time and then you have to start rewarding every time he does well. You don't have to yell at him when he has an accident, but remind him that he should have used the potty. It takes a long time for them to really get it, but one must stay consistent for it to take less time. Best wishes my son is also two years old and we use a seat that you put on top of the "big" potty and that's what he goes on. when we start having him stand to help aim we are going to use Cheerios in the potty. Get the training wipes they work better than toilet paper and they are flushable. as a reward give stickers or some thing that you you and stock up on and make sure you give him one every time he tries whether he goes or not. Good luck!!
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How I trained my sons to use the toliet is ... I put a small bowl of cheap "Cheerios" cereal on the back of the potty. "Cheerios" are small circles of cereal, but I don't know if they are sold every where under that name. They look a lot like "Life Savers" candy. About once an hour, I would walk them into the bathroom and float a few "Cheerios" in the water. Then I would tell them to try to sink the "Cheerios". They thought it was a game and didn't know that they were actually working on potty training.
The second thing I did was to hang a cheap, give-away calendar in the bathroom. Each time they would potty in the toliet, I would put a star sticker (available in the office supplies section of Wal-Mart) on that day. That way they had a visual reminder that they were doing a good job.
Of course, loads and loads of "Good Boy!!!" type praise is needed so they know that you are excited about them going in the toliet. If they happen to make a mess -- which will happen -- don't make a big deal about it. Just talk to them and say something like, "You know that funny, tickle feeling you had just before you had to go? The next time that happens, tell Mommy and we'll go to the toliet like a big boy." Good luck!!
Dont try to force him to use the potty. Take him to the toliet every 30 minutes to an hour. He will eventally get the point. With my daughter, she would wait until the last minute to let you know she had to go so she would tee-tee in her pull up. We went and bought her some panty's, put them on her one day, she tee-teed down her leg and decided she like that anymore and now she lets someone know she has to go. Its something you may want to try. make the bathroom an adventure hang tp all around tell him if he goes he can decorate too. oh don't have company during this number.. they'll think your nuts but it works!
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I wouldn't rush it, he might still be to young. most boys aren't ready till about 3. so Just be patient, I also have a 2 year-old, and we just a bought a potty for just so he can get used to the idea of using one. there are lots of books that give you signs to look for in your child to see if he is ready to be potty trained. I bought a book called, Practical Parenting Tips By: Vicki Lansky. It's a great book you should check it out. Good Luck
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Pretty much Courtney answered your question really good. My daughter wasn't fully potty trained until she was three. I never forced her but when i would put her on the toliet before bed I would give her a book and make her thinks it was fun. Because diapers for kids are comforting (sick as it is) but they feel weird using the bathroom in anything but they're diaper. So you have to make them feel comfortable. By the wet wipes and let them take it out of the container, little things like that are fun. But if they aren't ready don't force it. Usually kids aren't fully potty trained until they are 3. Some kids early some are later. Good luck to ya!
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