Potty training 2 & 3 year old.... assistance?

Question

Hi. I need to really get my 3 year old potty-trained and would like to get my 2 year old potty trained with her. My 3 year old wasn't ready to potty train (and still may not be). But, being on a busy and inconsistent schedule, it's hard to be consistent with the training. Anyone have any ideas on how to get this to work on my crazy schedule? Someone told me to just put underwear on them, but I think this sounds a bit messy if they refuse to use the toilet. Any help would be appreciated :)

Answer 1

I helped my friend potty train her daughter when she was 1 1/2 years old and the way she did it is instead of putting underwear on her she bought those pull ups that look like underwear and told her daughter to tell her when she needed to go potty it was a bit frustrating at first but after a month or so she started letting her know when she needed to go to the bathroom after she was trained she switched to regualar underwear

Answer 2

i think you should teach them one by one, not all together.

the 3yr-old should be trained first, so that maybe the younger one could follow.

Maybe, if you know a friend who have trained a kid to use the bathroom could give you some tips.

A kid toilet instead of the real ones that flush could help them better.

and you could place it outside the bathroom door and get it closer to the real toilet.

and with curiosity, the child might try to use the real one.

but ask a friend or a mom to help you and give you extra help.

Answer 3

You may need to just make some time.. even one week at home will likely be enough... If youre a working mom, any chance of a week's vacation time over the summer?

If not, at least cut out any extra activities that arent absolutely necessary... the closer the little ones are to the bathroom , the more successful they will be... If they can run around in the house and or backyard with no pants on, even better..

You'll need to ask them frequently if they need to go to the potty... and if its been a while, have them go and " try" even if they say they dont need to. There's nothing wrong with rewarding successes. Dont think of it as bribery... A small treat every time they go in the potty will be a great motivator.. Set up a  series of rewards for 1 day without accidents, 3 days, a week, etc.... Once you've gone a week, youre pretty much good to go!

Expect that you'll need diapers at night for up to a year after they are dry during the day. Good luck and have fun!!!

Answer 4

Yes it is true about the whole underwear thing. If they have an accideNT then they understand what it means to wet themselves. No one said having kids would nt be messy. That's how my daughter learned. That and being praised when using the potty. Trust me it works

Answer 5

Three years old and not potty trained yet? Jeez. If you didn't want a mess you shouldn't have had kids.

Answer 6

I have two daughters, 5 and 4. They were both potty trained by 3 and a half. That is what I did. Just let them wear underwear. It does get kinda messy. But when they realize that they aren't contained by a diaper anymore they get motivated to use the potty. Unfortunately, there is no way that I have found to fit potty training neatly into my schedule. It was a constant thing. Asking if they have to go potty then rushing them to the potty. I also used a "treat" method. Where if they went potty, and actually produced something for the potty they were rewarded with a piece of candy. Its totally bribery but it really worked. My pediatrician once told me that you can't rush potty training. Its like walking, one day they will wake up and just go potty. Hope this helped, good luck!

Answer 7

You're VERY brave to do them at the same time.  It took me a month to train my 3 yr old son (Well, he's now 3 yrs, 8 months)  He just caught on this week really.  I put him in regular underwear.  It was seriously messy, I was constantly cleaning carpets and mopping floors.  A lot of the pooey underwear just got thrown away.  I used a combo of things for him, bought him underwear that he picked out (the first undies we used were just the plain gerber trainers, nothing exciting) and wouldn't let him use it until he stayed dry and clean for a couple days and that helped A LOT, we keep a potty chart on the fridge and he gets a smiley face everytime he pees and we add a star to the smiley face if he poops.  When he pees he gets 3 chocolate chips and when he poops he gets gummi spiders.  I was just really patient.  And don't let all the crazies who try to  make you feel bad succeed.  My sons pediatrician told me at his 3 yr appt that when he was ready it would happen and not to force the issue.  I had tried starting back in March and he was doing excellent but we had an emergency situation where we had to send him to his grandparents and they kept him in pull-ups (which also gave him a combo strep/staph infection on his butt), 3 weeks of hard work completely down the drain!  I only use pull-ups at night and when we go out.  He wakes up dry but I don't WANT to have to wash sheets everyday if he has an accident.  I plan on training my daughter who is now almost 2 1/2 the same way.  Although, unless she does it on her own I probably won't start her till she's around 3 also.  She's diabetic and I'm having a hard time getting her sugar under control so when she's a little bit high she pees like crazy.  Frustrating!!  Good luck and the messiness of the regular underwear is totally worth it!!

Answer 8

I took my 2.5 year old daughter to the store and had her pick out the "big girl panties" that she wanted. And kept telling her that she had to go on the potty, and couldn't go pee-pee or poo-poo in her big girl panties, or she wouldn't be able to wear them. She had one accident in a week, and that was it!. Hope this helps!

Answer 9

It is best to be consistent when using the toilet.

I suggest putting them on their when they first wake up in the morning, and then in the afternoon.  If they still take naps do i again when they wake up.

Also about 30-45 min after eating, as well as before baths.

Its going to be a hit or miss thing until it actually happens.

If you know that your kids p**p at the same time each day try and time it so you are near a toilet at that time.  Then when the make the p**p face, try to quickly usher them to the toilet, and sit them on there.  

Some kids also have "preformance anxiety"  so don't be too quick to think they aren't ready.  Just step out of the loo for a  minute or two and see if they go.

Its important that when you change them you say to them "you peed in your diaper" or "you pooped in your diaper" so they know the difference, and can start to feel the sensations.

Answer 10

Try giving toys, candy, or stickers when they go potty.  Some people hate this method but it works!  With my son it was Hot wheels.  I spent $20 on Hot Wheels and showed him the stash.  He went crazy for them but I told him he only got 1 after each success.  1 week later he was trained with very few failures.

Answer 11

I remember how I learned to get potty trained...I saw my younger sister's poopy diaper while my parents were changing her and they commented "that's what your diaper looks like, too." And I've been on the toilet ever since lol!

Answer 12

just put them on the toilt see what they do and if you do it over and over they will do it thereselfs