Let's talk Potty Training for 22-24 month olds??? I need help

BabyCakes3

# 2 is due a few weeks after DD turns 2. Can we get her potty trained before the baby is here?

I know nothing about this so I need details. How long did it take you? How did you approach it? 

My mom says that we were trained in 1 week but it was by our babysitter so she can't help much past saying don't use a potty chair & don't introduce anything until they are 2?

Any books or sites this advice?

Erika6504

We introduced the potty when DD started showing interest at around 18mo.  She pooped in the potty immediately and never looked back.  Pees were a little bit more of an issue.

At 23mo we hunkered down and really got in to the pee process.  It took about a week for her to be fully trained.  Now she's only in pull-ups for naps and nighttime.

My MIL actually came and stayed with us for a week and helped with potty training.  She took DD to the potty every 30 minutes and gave her TONS of praise when she peed.  After about a week we were able to back off and take her every 45 minutes.  THis was in Oct.  Now she can go a few hours between potty breaks.  I still have to ask her though and sometimes bribe her because she is too busy to stop and pee.

However, if you don't have it well established before baby #2 comes, definitely expect some set backs.  I actually expect DD to regress some once the baby is here. 

happy-honey

For us it took a weekend of dedication.  She had a few accidents here and there subsequent but she has been in great shape ever since.  She was trained at 22 months.  I could have probably done it sooner, but we were moving and I wanted to wait till we were settled so we didn't have regression.  I loosely followed The Potty Boot Camp book.  The only thing I would be concerned about is if she regresses when the baby is born.

Karibride

It took DD a couple of days of accidents before she really got the hang of it. My friend is a Pre school teacher and she said that once I put DD in panties, don't go back to diapers. Just deal with the accidents as they happen. We did that and it worked great. Even when I took her out in public. We immediately took her to the restroom until she started telling us when she had to go. She has never had an accident in public, thank goodness! It took us about a month of night time pullups but she was waking up dry every day so we stopped buying them. She has done great. We use the potty chair for pee and the regular toilet for poop. I personally think the potty chair is awesome! She tells me she needs to go potty and she just goes in there on her own and goes. I remind her to grab some T.P on the way in, so she wipes, pulls up her pants and dumps the pee into the regular toilet and flushes all on her own. For poop, we always go in with her. I don't want her wiping. Ewe! We waited until she about 2.5 though, so she may have been a little more ready than when she was 2. Good luck!

neverblushed

You might actually want to wait until the new baby is few months old to deal with this.  I know the thought of having "2 in diapers" seems terrible, but it's probably not as bad as being in the middle of potty training and having a brand new baby.

If your child is showing serious signs that she's ready to be potty trained, you can probably make it happen before the baby comes.  If she is really not interested yet, you can start trying to potty train her, and you might make pretty good progress before the baby's arrival.  OR... she might totally resist your efforts and you'll have a battle on your hands when the new baby arrives.  She might be still in a stage where she has lots of accidents, and it's entirely likely that she'll regress when the new baby comes.

If you wait until the new baby is 3 months old, your lives will have settled down a bit, but DD#1 will still be under 2.5 -- pretty young, and right at the prime age for training.

Signs that she's ready to be trained:

--awareness that she has already gone or is going to pee or poop

--wanting her diaper changed when she's wet/poopy

--wanting to watch you pee or poop

--asking questions about pottying, or talking about her own pee/poop

--"hiding" when she pees or poops

--occasionally waking from nap with a dry diaper

howleyshell

Book:  Early Start Potty Training.

Both mine were out of diapers by 20 months.

Here's some unsolicited advice.

If you're a few months before your due date and things are not going smoothly - wait.

A newly potty trained child takes way more attention (when they need to go they need to GO RIGHT NOW - regardless of a newborn on the boob, etc) than a child in diapers.

But - if you read this book and find some other resources it's totally do-able to have her trained before the baby comes.

GL!