I'm having trouble with potty train my 2 year old daughter she will go to the potty sometimes. any tips?

Question

she dont like keeping her diapers on she will tug at them and even take them off. i just cant keep her going to the bathroom. she know where it is and know what it is but she wont get on it

Answer 1

To make sure the timing is right, look for these signs of potty readiness: physiologic readiness (wakes up dry from naps is physically ready), regularity. (bowel movement come at fairly predictable times), an interest in neatness and in being clean and dry (she tugs at her diapers already), an understanding of key concepts (difference between wet and dry), familiarity with the toilet terminology used in your house (potty), the ability to communicate needs and to understand and follow simple directions, and interest in wearing underpants instead of diapers, the ability to do some self-dressing, curiosity about bathroom habits of others - following others into the bathroom and trying to imitate.

Now, if your toddler does some of these you are ready to get set to potty train. Accentuate the positives of pottying. Say things like "It will be fun when you can wear pretty underpants!!". "You can go potty just like mommy!! Yea!".

Compliment any and all grown-up behavior ( washing hands, drinking from cup, putting toys away, sharing - ignore babyish behavior/ to acknowledge is to show approval). Don't expect too much and don't be demanding. Read books about toilet training designed for pre schoolers (picture books, dvd's like the one available free from Huggies diapers). Hearing and seeing about other toddlers using the potty will help prepare your toddler.

Demonstrate how it's done. Watching someone else of the same s*x use the toilet is better than a thousand explanations. If you can buy a doll that drinks and wets you can have the doll use the potty and switch from diapers to training pants. Pick a potty; but not just any potty, a durable potty that won't tip over. print  your toddler's name on the chair with a sharpee, put a few stickers on it. Tell your toddler " when you are ready to use the potty instead of the diaper to urinate and make BM's you can use this."

Use patience please. do some dry runs. make the potty available for your toddler at all times.Putting the potty in your toddler's control will help motivate independent use by promoting the sense of 'it's my potty'.

Switch from diapers to training pants.If you have an area of your home that's completely washable (kitchen) than allow your child to go bare bottom with a potty available. Gate off the room with the two of you there while you do kitchen chores. Do make it easy for your child to pull down the training pants while training (dress with no slacks on). Watch your child closely and pick up on your child's signals tell-tale signs that say 'I gotta' go'. If your child seems willing, lead the way to the bathroom, or bring the potty to your child.Follow through even if it's too late; reinforcing the connection between the function and the potty is an important step. If your child elicits an automatic 'no'; then change the wording of the invitation. "your potty is waiting for you. Let's hurry and go !" Watch the clock. You have an idea of when their regular patterns of elimination are. They urinate upon waking, or have a BM after breakfast. Encourage, but never force your toddler to sit at the times of day when success is a good bet. Allow your child to come and go as she pleases on the potty; don't make her feel that she is being held prisoner. Some children will sit longer if they are read to. So have the potty picture books handy and available.

Answer 2

A girl that I was a nanny for in the past HATED her diapers.  She got upset any time you put one on her, but once you put them on her, she wouldn't get on the potty!  Finally when I was watching her one day, I put some "big girl panties" on her.  She loved them!  She did not have one accident that whole day, she even woke up early from her nap to go potty!  Maybe you could try getting her some "big girl" underwear.  Maybe take her to the store with you, and let her pick out a pack, but tell her, if you won't go on the potty, you will have to start wearing diapers again, instead of big girl underwear.  Also, if she does go on the potty, be sure to congratulate her, clap for her, and give her a great big hug!  You could maybe try giving her a reward when she goes on the potty?

Answer 3

Try putting real undies on her during the day when at home. That worked for me and 'mine'. They didn't want to wet or soil them, and they're easier to remove when its time.

Answer 4

You sound like me about a year ago. My daughter was the same age and she would pee in her potty, but she wouldn't p**p anywhere except in her diaper. She would wear big girl panties all day long and pee with no problem in the potty, but she'd wait until I put her to bed and put a diaper on, then she'd p**p in her diaper.

I got frustrated and tried everything. I did some research and it said to let her go on the potty when she was ready. So, I bought her a Dora backpack and told her that whenever she is ready, she can p**p on the potty and I would open her backpack and she could play with it. After a few months of no luck, she finally just decided one day that she would try to p**p on the potty and she actually did without me trying to make her go. I gave her the backpack and she's been doing great ever since.

It is her p**p...she made it and she'll decide where she will put it. (That's her way of thinking at this age). If you try to make her go on the potty, she's just going to rebel and do the opposite.

Let her wait until she is ready.......Even if it gets frustrating.

Answer 5

Have you tried using pull-ups and not diapers?  With my 2 year old (will be 3 in Sept) she would not do anything in diapers so we switched to pull-ups (feel and learns the ones that get cold when wet) and she could pull them up and down on her own.  "I'm a big kid now"  LOL!   After about 2 months with those with few accidents we switched to panties in the daytime and made a HUGE deal about it!  How big she was and proud we were - and when something happened it was not that big of a deal - That is OK lets just change.

Hope that helps.

Answer 6

OK bribery is key. My daughter is 2 and fully trained. This is how i did it. She got 1 jelly bean every time she went. They fig that out fast! So find something your child loves and do that. Also I told her she could get a bike when she didn't have a accident for a week strait...

Answer 7

take the diaper off and put pull up on then she can do it by her self tell her that they are for big girls that need to use the potty chair. i know when i did potty training at the day care we put there underpants over the top of the pull ups and that helped a lot  a potty chart helped too overtime they go on the potty they get a sticker gives them something to work for good luck

Answer 8

i have simaliar problems still to this day with my 3 old son . I just put him in underwear and son't let him have a pull up. if he wants a sippy i tell him he has to potty ont he toliet first and the little man sure runs to the bathrooom quit lol. and if he wants a snack i tell him the same thing. its been working great since i strated him like that. but it takes time and alot of patence. every kid is different find what works for her.