What is a good way to potty train my almost 2 year old girl?
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I started out by buying a simple white potty that looked the closest to a regular toilet. No bells n' whistles. Then I got her the "Feel N Learn" pull-ups which are great because when they are wet, they feel wet to the child. Then we had a "sticker" program. I would put her potty in front of the toilet and we would both go potty together. Every time she was successful, she got a sticker that she placed on the bathroom cupboard beside her potty chair. That way she was able to see the rewards of her efforts. And I also made a big effort to praise her really dramatically! Then we'd both empty her potty into the toilet and wave and say "bye-bye peepees/poopoos, thanks for coming out!" She'd sometimes just sit on the chair and "pretend" to potty just so she'd get a sticker! But she quickly figured out that she needed to produce visible results... It took about 2 months. Then I took her shopping and let her pick out her own underwear (Dora). She was so happy to wear them and very, very proud. She had a few accidents but I never made a big deal out of them to her. It got tricky when we went out because it's important that as soon as said she had to potty, we had to pull over right away. I was sure NOT to fall back on the pullups just because we were out. It just prolongs the process. She was able to wear underwear during the day and a pullup at night. Then, eventually she lost the nightime pullup and I woke her at 2am and took her to the potty - every night for about a week. And then that was that.
Every child is different tho - the key is to make a big fuss when they go and not make a fuss if they don't. Good luck with it.
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My number one tip, don't over pressure her!!!! It is like a lot of things as they grow up, it will be hard until they "get" it, but to force it before they are ready, is almost cruel. Be willing to be patient, and enjoy this and the next year, regardless of the potty training. Trust me, if you back off, and just positively encourage her to learn how it feels to run to the bathroom "when you feel the pee pee, or poo poo coming", all in a positive way, it WILL happen. You will feel like this all again, when you want them to learn how to read. You need to let it happen, and encourage positively. Good luck, this is what worked wonders with me, and saved us ALL a lot of stress and sanity. Tell her how proud you are when she does, and when she doesn't make it, say, "oh, thats ok, NEXT time you will get it". Stay positive, and encouraging, so you don't create a battle of wills, that has them going in their pants just to spite you, and be more powerful.
always clap for her,I am trying to potty train my 17 month old grandaughter and we clap when she flushes the toilet,she likes to flush it and just smiles and laughs and I tell her what a big girl and she loves her new panties! I have three children, two boys and a girl. The best thing is to not worry about it. You can drive yourself crazy and get them trained at 2 or just wait as they get closer to three and generally they take care of it themselves. Especially girls, because they mimic their moms. My daughter potty trained herself closer to two years old and I wasn't ready for it. I much preferred diapers than cleaning every toilet in every store in the city for her to sit on.
My daughter will be 2 in August also. Over 2 weeks ago, she decided she would go on the potty also. She went successfully twice, had a couple set backs, so we decided to go ahead with it. We got undies with a little bit of absorbent padding, not pull-ups. I have never seen kids have more trouble potty training then since they came out with pull-ups. Anyway, she wore those for about a week. For the first few days she had several accidents, but she could feel that she was wet and she didn't like it. After that she only had about one accident per day for 5 days. Then all of a sudden she was having several accidents a day again. A minor set back, now she is nearly completely potty trained. One problem we've had this week is waking up to potty in the middle of the night. So we've stopped giving her very much to drink past 7pm, that way she won't wake up crying like she had been. Moral of the story, if she seems ready, go for it, and stay away from pull ups. Also, my older daughters size four underwear seem to be smaller than the size 2's we bought, which are huge. Good luck and God bless!!
let her do it on her own.. clap for her and tell her she is a good girl for peeing in the potty..While shes just starting out give her stickers or something of the sort everytime she goes. Then after she becomes more consistant, get her some panties with a character that she likes and tell her if she pees or poops in them they're ruined, and she won't have them anymore. Be consistant, potty traing is stressfull enough without. Both my kids were potty trained in a week. But when she's really ready you'll know.
I would also suggest, once you really start stop using diapers, use pull-ups at night.
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