Moms of 2 - 2 1/2 year olds

MrsOlson

Are you trying to get DC potty trained before the baby comes? If so, how is it going/ I am due in January and I am trying to get DD trained before then but I know she will do it when she is ready. How are you preparing to do this? What are some of your techniques to use to potty train?

 

 

the_magic_number

I originally wanted to but since I have a boy and everyone I have talked to has said that boys are harder, I think we are going to wait a little longer.  My main fear right now is that he will revert once the baby is born then I will end up potty training him twice.  He is starting to fight diaper changes and yells, "no diaper, no diaper" but he still can't tell us when he has to go and he is still very comfortable sitting in his own poo.  Depending on how he reacts to the baby, we may bring it up in the Spring, otherwise, we will wait until he is three in the summer.

robbiebride

I hope you get some good suggestions, because I sure could use them! I am hoping to get DS trained before, but am starting to worry that even if he does, it wont matterm because he will just regress anyways.

 We just made a sticker chart over the weekend, but so far he doesnt seem interested in it. We are having problems getting him to even SIT on the potty. He wakes up dry, He tells us he has to go and I say lets go on the potty and he says, no I go in my diaper. ugh. When I put him on the potty he screams.

If we didnt have a new house with new carpet, a lot of my friends SWEAR by the put them in undies for 3 days and just clean up after them method. supposedly they pee a few times on the floor, are embarrased and want to use the potty. as long as they are in undies, they stay PT'd.

karent7205

Actually I am trying to put it off! Nathan turned two 3 weeks ago and then started showing interest in the potty (they are teaching them at daycare). We did buy him a little potty and we also go through the steps of letting him sit, flush, wash his hands, etc. But he doesn't wear Pull-ups yet or know to tell us when he HAS to pee or poop. He just WANTS to try and pee in the potty like it is fun. And he tells us AFTER he poops, not before. Our new papy is due in 9 days and I am not about to start trying to really potty train him at this point. I want to get through at least a month or two with the newborn adjustment and then's I'll think about going there. I don't think he is really ready anyway, it is more of a play thing for him.

YouAreMyILoveYou

DD has been pottytrained since she was 26 months old. We used the bribery...er, I mean, REWARDS, system, lol. She had a sticker chart, she got to pick out her own panties and she got 1 m&m for peeing and 2 for pooping on the potty.

We were really lucky -- she was def ready @ 26 months and was trained in less than a week, and she goes to pre-school and they reinforce the training there. I think being around other kids who used the potty really helped -- even though she on;y goes 3 days a week for a few hours a day, I think it made a difference. She started saying diapers were for babies.

I was set on having her out of diapers before #2 came... beause of IF problems, #2 is coming a little later than expected, but it all worked out for us. The 3 year spacing seems to be perfect because DD can do a lot on her own now. 

madhatter2003

I have started....we aren't anywhere near your DD"s age but my DD has been OBSESSED with the potty lately, so I figured I'd let her go as she wants. She will sit on it a few times during the day, occasionally with 'success'. I'm not pushing her at all though, but hopefully will get some good tips from this post 

amber*n*scott

We were going back and forth on this.  DC was definately ready and had been showing signs but I had decided to wait for a few reasons.  1) daycare doesn't start them until they're 2,  2) I would be home on maternity leave and could give it more attention, and 3) I had heard that if they are recently trained and then the new baby comes, they will sometimes regress.

 This all flew out the window in the past 2 weeks though because he has taken it upon himself to really learn.  I don't know what happened but when he is home is dry almost all day and lets us know when he has to go.  He's even pooped on the potty. 

I have no techniques to share at all.  Honestly he's done it on his own.  We encourage him a lot as he's going.  He loves the praise.  I think that is his motivation. 

 

viola2008

From my expereince potty training your #2 does not make your life easier.  The diapers are easier becuase they can wait.  Accidents and "mom I have to go potty" does not wait until breastfeeding is over or until you get a chance. 

I would just wait on the child and not when it is right for you.  DD was potty trained becuause she asked for it when she was 23 months.  We talked about it and she played with her potty for awhile.  I got her underware and said someday you'll wear it but I didn't push it.  Then one day she went to the potty and said she wanted to go.  Then we did m'n'ms nad stickers.  We didn't do pull ups (unless she was sick)  And just put her on the potty several times a day.  Now she is almost 3 and she just goes and does it all on her own. 

My other daughter 17 months goes to the potty and says potty and then we put her on it and she goes but she is too young to go too far with it.  She can't hold her pee and goes wherever when you take her diaper off.  I am not discouraging her but I am not pushing it since it would be harder and not easier to have her out of diapers.   

gatorhap

We've pretty much finished.  DD goes to daycare and they work on it there and they told me she was ready.  So about 4 weeks ago, we just went cold turkey on the pull-ups.  There were a few accidents a day for about the first week and we were having to make her get on the potty and try about every hour to avoid accidents when she was at home.  Now, she goes most days with no pee accidents and even sleeps in panties (she insists) with only one overnight wet bed accident in the 2-3 weeks we've been doing it.  She is still pooping in her pants, unless I catch her in the act and run her to the potty and she has no choice.  I don't know what is so scary about pooping, but whatever.  Also, over the past week or so, she is telling us when she needs to go instead of us having to force her to go.  I HOPE she doesn't regress when the baby gets here, but if she does, we'll do it again.

HarrietNJMommy

I have an almost 3YO AND a 17month old, and I've given up on potty training. I have tried EVERYTHING. DD#1 does NOT want to pt. She'll do it when she's ready. That's what my ped said, the parenting coach, and everyone else.

I did NOT want 3 kids in diapers, but that's what I'm going to have. Sometimes life doesn't work out the way we plan.

GL - I hope it works for you!?

gatorhap

Also, bribery does work.  We used m&ms or other similar small candy as rewards.  Now she doesn't get those for peeing, but she knows if she would just poop on the potty, she would get "LOTS of candy". 

Emily's mommy

DD is finally potty trained! I was worried that she wouldn't be before the baby was born. She got the idea of going pee right away, that wasn't a problem, but we couldn't get her to go poo poo in the potty at ALL! So finally I read in a similar post on the toddler message board that a little bribery or reward system worked wonders. So I went to the store and bought a candy jar and filled in w/M&M's. I put it on the bathroom counter top. I told her that everytime she went poo poo she would get "potty candy"! I couldn't beleive how well this worked. I know it doesn't sound like a great idea to give DD candy but it really worked. I can't even remember the last time she had an accident. Of course I thought the M&M's would get her attention and since then we have switched to fruit snacks. She gets to pick out the character for the fruit snacks when we go to the grocery store. She always reminds me while we're shopping to get "potty candy". I wish you the best of luck with your DC. I have also heard that when a new baby comes sometimes the DC will regress and sometimes go back to having accidents.? GL

Sunkiss028

I would love to hope, but I don't think it will happen. Thanksgiving weekend we are planning on moving him into his big boy bed (twin) in his big boy room so I don't want to push while we transition to that. We have had the potty out for several months and he sits on it and has shown much  more interest and signs, etc. He still wakes up fairly wet though. We may try after the bed transition and work slowly, I am also afraid of him reverting back once baby is born, the holidays, etc. He just turned 2 in Sept so I am not in a hurry, but he is definitely showing signs AND it would be nice for him to be out of diapers by March, but I am not going to push anything he isn't ready for.

cptlex2

I actually didn't try PT DS before new baby got here because I figured he would just regress, but we got super lucky and he trained himself just before his 2nd birthday.  And what makes it even better is a month later he started waking up dry from the overnight as well!

I really can't take much credit as he truly was just ready and did it on his own, but here is what I did to encourage him.  We have had the potty sitting out in the bathroom since he was 12 months and if I saw him pooping in his diaper, I would take him to the potty and have him finish there.

Once he started telling me after he had used his diaper, I switched from the expensive diapers (Swaddlers) to the cheapest kind I could buy.  I figured if I was changing them that frequently he didn't need the more expensive kind, plus I figured he could feel wet easier with cheap diapers.  Also, I never let him wear pull-ups, even at night.  He wanted to and started to hate diapers at night, but I didn't switch him b/c I didn't want him to like wearing them!

Good Luck!

HarrietNJMommy

gatorhap:

Also, bribery does work.? We used m&ms or other similar small candy as rewards.? Now she doesn't get those for peeing, but she knows if she would just poop on the potty, she would get "LOTS of candy".?

NOPE! Hasn't worked for us!?