My daughter is 2 we are trying the potty thing,but I'm just not sure if we are getting anywhere with it. She sometimes wants to sit on the potty, but just doesn't do anything. Am I trying to soon or doing something wrong? Can anyone help me please?
My sister gave me some great advice when I thought it was time to potty train my daughter. She asked if it was my idea or hers.... you can't teach kids to know the feeling that they have to go potty. When I stopped trying to teach her when to go she started being more interested and she potty trained herself :) No bribes, no promises, just all by herself. She has never had an accident either :)
no your not doing anything wrong. it takes time...sometimes they look at it as a game. try taking books in with you and read her a story or look at pictures. take her in to go potty when you do. once they see what is expected of them they might actually want to try alot more themselves. i would suggest 5 or ten minutes at a time on the potty to get started. they dont always do something and it takes a while for them to get the idea especially if you are just starting out with it. have patience...it will happen just not right away.
Hello S.,
Just a few tips I found helpful. When she wakes up or after she eats that's the best time to try it. Remember it can get quite boring for a 2 year old to just sit for longer than 2 minutes, so try reading a book to her or playing eye spy. Just something fun that's entertaining to keep her on the potty, before you know it she will be going! Rewarding and Praising her afterward will make her want to go again and again. I really hope this helped.
Best of Luck!
S.
Like everyone says every kid is different. I introduced the potty to my daughter when she had just turned 2 and she would sit on it here an there.... basically had no interest. I finally got around to start training when she was 2 and a half. It made all the difference in the world. She went tinkle in the potty just after the second weekend(I work full time) after trying. We cut up some jelly beans and told her she could get a special treat if she went potty. She loved that! She went poop once but it scared her so not sure when she will go again!
my son turned 2 in january and we are potty training his idea not mine he hates diapers and wants to wear his elmoswhat he calls his underwear which hes always hated the diaper for a long time he did the same thing the first couple of days then all of a sudden hes doing it with almost no accident i told him if he kept not peeing in the potty i was gonna put those nasty diapers back on him and tells me no mommy so gl
My son potty trained at 22 months. We set a timer for 15 minutes, when it went off it was potty time. I showed him where to push/squeeze by placing my hand on his tummy. We only sat for a minute and he got a m&m even if it was just a drop. After a few weeks we set the timer to 30 minutes, then after that he was going on his own or telling someone. Stay consistant. Sitting there is boring in the attempts to catch something. What you should try is establishing breaks so she learns what it feels like to go.
If its any help my son trained on poop within the first 2 weeks since he went right after breakfast and we knew the schedule. We also kept him naked from the waist down to ease the transition. Underwear, pullups, or diapers are worthless when potty training in my opinion. As long as they can feel something that will catch, it makes it extremely difficult. During the summer we just did shorts and then this last fall we added underwear in again. It was to much to get down in time to go. Toddlers are clueless to holding bladders and I was getting frusterated with the accidents in front of the toilet everyday. He just turned 3 and has been wearing it all, doing it all for 8 months. Good Luck!
