I need help to potty train my 2 year old daughter, any suggestions?

Question

My 2 year old will sit on the potty and sit there for 5 minutes then run to the kitchen and pee pee or poo poo in the floor and will point at it and say "what is that" and start laughing. I don't know what to do. Help!!! She is stubborn.

Answer 1

I never potty trained any of my kids! I bought one of those trainer seats that sit on the toilet probably because it was easier than doing two sets of training and the fact I couldnt get to the toilet myself without them following me in so it was very easy to train straight on the toilet with them, pottys can be pretty uncomfy try a different appraoch, when u see them running to the kitchen run after them and when u see them going to pee or poo lift them up onto the potty and tell them thats where u do it!

Answer 2

Take her to the bathroom every hour. If she she refuses, or simply has no need to go, tell her the potty misses her, and wants her to go pee pee. I also know this song: When you get that uh oh feeling, uh oh! that means it time for mr. potty! mr. potty! if you sit right down and let it all out! (dramatic pause) your a big girl now! -song ends- You can use it for boys or girls. In order for this song to work, you should teach them to say "uh-oh" when they have to go.

Answer 3

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Answer 4

She's too young to totally understand.  I waited until all my children were 3.  I took off their diapers and they all immediately knew what to do.  3 was the magic number for me.

Answer 5

I have four little ones and three of them are potty trained.  I have found that each child is different, but for me the most important things have been to wait until they are almost three to try and potty train and to use a lot of positive reinforcement.

My first two were very capable of learning how to potty train with regular underwear.  We practiced running to the potty and they got a lot of positive feedback when they went.  With the third this aproach didn't work.  I had to let her run around naked for a couple of days in order for her to get the hang of going potty.  She just wasn't used to using the bathroom without being covered up.  

It can be hard to be nice to a child when you want them to "get it" so badly and they just aren't doing it.  I have found that anytime I have let myself get very frustrated and let the potty training experience turn into a power struggle that it has made things worse.  Yelling, spanking, and punishing have only made things worse as far as my kids WANTING to use the potty.  They have just not been excited to learn when it turns into a punative experience.

A few things things that have really helped me are using M&Ms as a reward when my kids have gone in the potty, only putting them in diapers or pullups at night, having them run to the potty again and again and practice when they have accidents, and doing a dance when they succeed.  I have also heard good things about buying a potty chair and putting it in the spot where a child usually goes until they get the hang of it.  In your case you could probably put the potty chair in the kitchen and after a week or so move it back to the bathroom if need be.  

It is hard to potty train and it takes time and patience.  Good luck, I hope it gets easier.    

Answer 6

try to sit her at the right time after meals ..and drinking.

mom be firm.....no smiling or laughing...... BE FIRM>>>>

Answer 7

First, buy her stickers she likes and underwear she likes.

Second, Put her on the potty chair.

Third, stand outside your bathroom and if she runs out put her back on the potty chair.(Keep doing this tell she goes)

Forth, reward her with a treat after she goes