Any hints on potty training? - Parenting Issues Message Board

Anablackfury · 02-07-2003, 02:49 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?

Anablackfury · 02-08-2003, 07:04 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, 01:36 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 · 02-10-2003, 11:22 PM

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!

meldencar · 02-11-2003, 09:44 AM

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!