Anablackfury
02-07-2003, 05:49 PM
My daughter is almost 2. Her sucess rate varys from day to day. somedays she will want to go one the potty and others she'll just go in her diaper. Any helpful hints for this stage? http://www.healthboards.com/ubb/dance.gif
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Anablackfury
02-08-2003, 10:04 PM
Also she can keep her diaper dry for days at a time, but as soon as the panties come on. She will go through about 5 or 6 pair in an hour. Is there any thing i can do about this. thanks
mlgable
02-09-2003, 04:36 PM
At two she may not be ready for potty training. If you decide to stick with the potty training then you need to stop using diapers and just stick with the training pants. Using diapers gives her the message that it is ok not to use the potty because she has a diaper on which will catch everything. Also if you are serious about potty training you need to be sure to set her on the potty first thing in the morning, after all meals and after her nap and before bed etc. You can try a rewards system too if you like such as stickers for everytime she uses the potty etc. The first thing though is to decide if she is really ready and then stop if with the diapers if you feel she is ready.
franjo
02-11-2003, 02:22 AM
This worked for me: Instead of letting my son walk around all day with a sippy cup, I offered him liquids at various points throughout the day, then 40-45 min. later encouraged him to sit on the potty. We usually had more successes than not, which helped to peak his interest in the whole thing.
I began training him at two also, but found that I was getting nowhere fast. We eventually took a 2 month break from it, and when we revisited the potty issue, he was trained within one week. You'll get alot of your cues from the child himself and you may need to get creative in order to find out what motivates your little one. I offered the occasional candy, not always, but it certainly got his attention and made him want to try. I'm not above the occasional bribe now and then, if it gets results!
Good Luck!
I began training him at two also, but found that I was getting nowhere fast. We eventually took a 2 month break from it, and when we revisited the potty issue, he was trained within one week. You'll get alot of your cues from the child himself and you may need to get creative in order to find out what motivates your little one. I offered the occasional candy, not always, but it certainly got his attention and made him want to try. I'm not above the occasional bribe now and then, if it gets results!
Good Luck!
meldencar
02-11-2003, 12:44 PM
Why suffer with this? I would wait a few months-even when she is 3 and not make a big deal about it or it could always be a battle. I have 5 children and there was no magical age that each was potty trained-most were at age 3 and it did not take long because they were ready physically and emotionally. Good Luck! :)
mushroom1
02-11-2003, 03:19 PM
I agree! I don't think there should be such a thing as potty training...when the child is ready to use the potty he/she will.
And the less deal you make of it, the sooner it will happen. All I ever did was show them the potty and say, "Hey, look...isn't this neat-o, look what you can do..." and then, if they used it, I acted happy and excited. Sometimes I'd clap. They loved this and all 5 of mine were capable toilet users, by about 2 1/2.
(Wearing diapers at night about half a year longer)
Good luck with it. Just enjoy your baby...
And the less deal you make of it, the sooner it will happen. All I ever did was show them the potty and say, "Hey, look...isn't this neat-o, look what you can do..." and then, if they used it, I acted happy and excited. Sometimes I'd clap. They loved this and all 5 of mine were capable toilet users, by about 2 1/2.
(Wearing diapers at night about half a year longer)
Good luck with it. Just enjoy your baby...
Anablackfury
02-14-2003, 12:38 AM
she is the one who wants to potty. I just put it in the bathroom. She takes her (panties/pullups) off and goes running down the hall to the bathroom, yelling, 'Pooooooooo.' her word for potty. It is just difficult when some days she wants to and others she just wants to run naked in the house and pee in her pull ups.
but thank you for you advice. I'll keep it in mind. ;)
but thank you for you advice. I'll keep it in mind. ;)
LookingForHealth
02-14-2003, 02:53 AM
OMG not even 2 years old...no wonder she is wetting her underwear 6 times per hour. She doesn't have the ability to hold it and go in a potty, the muscles/control to hold it and properly go in a potty.
LookingForHealth
02-14-2003, 02:56 AM
btw I'm not trying to be smart or anything...this is just something to be glad--you're not doing anything 'wrong,' she's just really young to be doing this.
Emily123
02-16-2003, 08:36 PM
I would let her wear diapers a little longer. I have a daughter that just recently trained and she turned 3 last November. I tried not to push her but encouraged her. When she was 2 1/2 I pushed her too much because everyone else was asking why she wasn't trained yet. I finally decided that she was not physically ready yet because she never made it to the potty in time or even cared to notice the signs she needed to go. Now at a little over 3 yrs old she did it herself. I would let her go if I were you , she is not ready. Good Luck.
familyfull
03-09-2003, 09:25 PM
My second son had been poopin' on the potty at 15 months (watching older brother). He recently turned 2 in Jan. and has shown interest as yours has in using the toilet. It's March and he is totally potty trained. He goes all on his own. The trick is that it is also Parent potty training too. (and truthfully its sometimes incovenient, huh, when your'e the one who's not ready to do all that we have to do in the teaching process I have found). I bought 8 pairs of underwear and kept clothes in the car. Once you switch (for day use) you can't go back and forth between pullups and underwear. Week 1, have child use toilet every 30 mins. You will probably go thru all underpants. Week 2, have child use toilet every 30 mins (however, preface by asking do you have to pee pee? --- and then take them to potty to use it anyway). Week 3, only remind them to use toilet -- again, will go through many changes. Week 4, maybe same thing. Really, you have to put the choice and control into their hands and empower them to read their bodies...They will.
My other son was a totally different story!!!!!! However, it seems you have a really willing participant here. Your child reminds me of my younger son and this worked for me and he is very proud of himself.
Good Luck.
My other son was a totally different story!!!!!! However, it seems you have a really willing participant here. Your child reminds me of my younger son and this worked for me and he is very proud of himself.
Good Luck.