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Butts31 · September 2013

Just looking for some potty training tips/advice for 2+ year olds!!! I have a very independent, strong willed little girl!

BrideNamedMeg · September 2013

Wait until she's ready - then it will be no problem at all. If you try to force it, everyone will end up frustrated.

katykatykaty · September 2013

I feel like DD is nowhere close to being ready for this, so I have no advice from experience. My plan is to wait until she is obviously ready and wanting to do it... I've heard that makes a huge difference, so I'm not in a hurry. Also, when they are ready, I have heard good things about the 3 day program. And lots of people recommend bribery with M&Ms.

JVFU · September 2013

We have a potty in our bathroom for DS and every time he starts to go we bring him into it and also after every nap and he goes every time- even at 14 months. He's super familiar with it and enjoys "flushing" it. I didn't even know potty training could start super early but my DH's parents are native to Mexico and I guess in their culture they start potty training as soon as they can walk. All of her kids were potty trained at 18 months or less so I am seeing how this goes lol. We also tell him to sink the Cheerio which works really well without having to use candy and sweets as a bribe.

JAck5209 · September 2013

We're so far from potty training but I'm already stressing about it. I think we'll eventually try the three day method.

Melbelle11 · September 2013

I've got a 2 yr old boy, an we are not yet training, but working towards it. We bought him a potty and he uses it a couple times a day. When he goes, we cheer and in the last couple days, we have been giving him stickers. It seems to be motivating him to try a lot more and ask to go.

jwls84 · September 2013

I know B is quite ready yet, but we have been introducing it. He is at the point where he wants to sit on te potty and sometimes asks for te potty, but has never once used it to pee.
I know that once he is ready he will do great, it's just waiting for the right time:

ETA: I should add I really hope he is ready before March because I think potty training with a new born will be a fail!

Butts31 · September 2013

I'm glad you all feel the same way I do. We have had the potty for a few months now and put DD on it at bath time and whenever she wants to sit on it. I tried a couple of months ago with buying big kid underpants and encouraging and stuff like that. It just seemed like she wasn't ready. Our pedi told us the sticker thing too, so we will prob use that when she is really ready. I was hoping before this baby was born, but I don't see that happening yet.

DTNZ4Ever · September 2013

We didn't do formal training as DS did it when he was ready. We had potty seat rings for our toilets that he used as I didn't want to have to do the transition to the big potty from the potty chair. We offered him to go in the morning and night sometimes he went sometimes he didn't. Slowly that increased we had also switched him to pull ups. Once he was having dry pull ups we switched to underwear. It took about 6 months but it was not a pressured situation. We needed to use sticker rewards to get him to poop on the potty sice he always pooped in his pull up when he was in bed either at night or first thing in the AM which was always his poop times. We also did poop training once he was in his big boy bed so he could get out of bed himself and go.

smchik · September 2013

BrideNamedMeg said:

Wait until she's ready - then it will be no problem at all. If you try to force it, everyone will end up frustrated.

This. Everyone kept pushing us to do it and she just was not ready. Then like 4 weeks ago, we set aside an entire weekend and stayed home (super fun, huh). The "diaper fairy" came on Friday night and took away the diapers - left her with some small toys. She woke up, we put on underwear and began laoding her with juice (she has never had juice before and has not had it since). She drank lots so had to pee lots. She had one accident, hated the feeling, and has been going potty since then. We have only had 2 accidents in the month, and they were both at school. But really, she was just ready. She will be 3 on 12/24 so we waited awhile. Don't rush it. If he/she is not ready, there is no reason to rush. Everything I have read has actually said the closer you wait until the 3, the easier it is and the less accidents they will have. She still wears diapers at night, but is waking up less and less wet each day.

KariB509 · September 2013

My pediatrician said to not even try potty training until the child wakes up dry from a nap. My DS still wakes up wet from a nap and there are many other signs that he's not ready. For now, he likes using the potty "for fun." Sometimes he'll ask to use the potty, which is great, and other times I'll ask him if he needs to go. I'm waiting for some more signs.

BrideNamedMeg · September 2013

When they're ready, you won't even have to "train" they just do it on their own. I don't know why people get so anxious about it, I know changing diapers isn't great fun, but when they're ready to do it it'll be fine. My DD one day decided she wanted to go on the potty and started - she had a few accidents because she was on the younger side (barely 2.5) but it was the easiest thing in the world. No stickers, no charts she just wanted to do it and did.

DS is 2.5 and shows ZERO interest in the potty - wants nothing to do with it. I'll ask him if he wants to sit occasionally, but I don't push it at all. I've heard boys train later and that's fine with me, he'll do it when he's ready!

JVFU · September 2013

I also believe in the wait until they are ready theory, but I also believe in actively participating in the process of getting your child familiar with a toilet. If it were to ever become a stressful occurrence, then potty training would take a break. At the same time, if my child happens to take to the routine and doesn't show signs of stress, then by all means I would rather have my child potty trained earlier than later.

babylimas · September 2013

Ha! Potty training sucks.

What works for one, won't work for another. You can get as much advice and experience as you want, but it's really something you have to feel out with your own child.

My child is a bit of a horror story on PTing. She decided on her own to use the potty exclusively at 22 months. Then the glamour wore off and she decided to quit, and back and forth for a long time. We tried every method since she already knew what she was doing and did it on her own so early. The kid still has frequent accidents just because she doesn't feel like going to the restroom. Even her teachers (who claim they can fix any potty issues) are perplexed by her and told me she is just going to have accidents until she is older and grows up some.

Most kids are much easier than her though. She is just her own person.

She still sleeps in a pull-up at night and uses it. Told me just yesterday that she doesn't want to stop wearing them until she turns 4. Whatever kiddo.

clo1982 · September 2013

We haven't formally started. DD turned 2 in June. she has gone both #1 and 2 on the potty and seems to get a huge kick out of it. honestly though I have felt to sick to even tackle this recently. I figure, she is not telling me 100%, or even 75% of the time when she goes, and she does not really ever wake up dry from a nap, so either when I get more energy, or when she really shows signs of being ready, we will start down this road. Friends of mine have said it can be done early, but it takes longer and oftentimes there are more accidents...but if you wait until the child is really ready, it can be a pretty quick, painless process. No idea how true it is, but that's what I'm going with!

babylimas · September 2013

The only contrary thing I would say - if I put my child down for a nap in a pull-up it wouldn't be dry. I don't know how good an indicator that is b/c it's habit for some kids, not necessarily b/c they can't hold it.

liamandlettie · September 2013

Knowing when a child is ready cracks me up. My son was fully trained about 2 months ago and it took 3 months. It was frustrating as shit. Mainly because of daycare. They told me he wasn't ready (ya right) and that he needed to learn to use a pull ups first (rant: l was potty training, not pull up training! ) So he was in underwear at home with no pee accidents but at daycare he couldn't get the concept of telling them or they would take him like every hour so why did he have to tell them? Anyway. So I met with them, came up with a plan, took 5 days off, put him in undies and plastic pants and sent him back. He had no pee accidents but h
e wouldn't poop at daycare for like a month so he cleaned his own undies one night and has never had an accident day or night since. He doesnt wear pull ups at night either. He likes to go commando! Before this, we had a potty on the floor and one that goes on the seat. We also had an open door policy so he followed daddy a lot. We also bought a potty book. He helped me make our potty chart and picked out the stickers. We had a potty dance! We tried m&ms which was a great start but then decided 10 stickers to a candy treat was better. He also helped throw his diapers away (ok in the spare room..I was scared!). I definitely cried a time or two but looking back..it was a few months and its over now! Be consistant and stay the course! Good luck!!

Nickiechan · September 2013

DS is 2 1/2 years old and we have been doing a relax method. He tells us he needs to pee and we put him on the potty and sometimes he goes and sometimes he doesn't. We are not trying to force it, since we CD it really isn't any rush. I know boys potty train later then girls. I was talking with my co-worker who her son didn't potty train until 3 1/2 years old... so I'm in no rush or even stressing about it. He is on the right track though... He wanted to pee standing up this weekend and DH helped him do that... and he was so proud to pee like Daddy... so he is getting excited about it.

liamandlettie · September 2013

Nickiechan said:
DS is 2 1/2 years old and we have been doing a relax method. He tells us he needs to pee and we put him on the potty and sometimes he goes and sometimes he doesn't. We are not trying to force it, since we CD it really isn't any rush. I know boys potty train later then girls. I was talking with my co-worker who her son didn't potty train until 3 1/2 years old... so I'm in no rush or even stressing about it. He is on the right track though... He wanted to pee standing up this weekend and DH helped him do that... and he was so proud to pee like Daddy... so he is getting excited about it.

They are soo proud to pee like daddy! Lol.
We've been letting him go alone and when I hear "mommy I peed all over"...I know he tried to stand again!

Butts31 · September 2013

Thank you everyone for your tips and advice, just making sure were on the right track.

jazzyexpo · September 2013

Dd is 3 and she doesn't seem ready yet. She runs around naked or with just underwear on at home and she still just pees in them. I haven't pushed it. I figure when she's ready, she'll do it.

SamJustice · September 2013

We just started trying to potty train our two year DS. We have been taking his diaper off for a few hours during the morning. Every few minutes, we ask if he has to go potty. Sometimes he will sit down and pee just a little unless he had a lot of water or milk. When he does go, even if it's just a tiny drop, he cheer and clap and give him high fives. Yesterday, he did have one pretty big accident, but finished on the potty after I put him on it. An hour later, he started peeing on the floor, looked at me and stopped. He pointed the puddle went "Uh oh!" And ran to the potty to finish on his own.

Today, there have been no accidents. Yet. Fingers crossed hahaha

25meshia · September 2013

My daughter was potty trained at 2 years old! I've never ever heard of the saying " when the child is ready" I think it's based on when the parent is ready. My daughter was walking at 10 months and on the day of her learning to walk I went out and purchased a potty. I introduced it to her. I didn't try to force. She would always follow " mommy" into the restroom and that's when I would tell her " this is your potty and you will do what mommy does. This introduction carried on for a few months. She would sit on it even with her diaper on until she fully understood what was the purpose.

True each child is different but I think it takes time. My daughter was ready set go by the time her 2nd birthday came around . It wasn't frustrating at all.

jazzyexpo · September 2013

25meshia said:
My daughter was potty trained at 2 years old! I've never ever heard of the saying " when the child is ready" I think it's based on when the parent is ready. My daughter was walking at 10 months and on the day of her learning to walk I went out and purchased a potty. I introduced it to her. I didn't try to force. She would always follow " mommy" into the restroom and that's when I would tell her " this is your potty and you will do what mommy does. This introduction carried on for a few months. She would sit on it even with her diaper on until she fully understood what was the purpose.

True each child is different but I think it takes time. My daughter was ready set go by the time her 2nd birthday came around . It wasn't frustrating at all.

It sounds like she did it when she was ready and she was ready at 2, but you started introducing at 10 months. So it still took time and you didn't force her and that's what I feel "when she's ready" means.

flows912 · September 2013

DS is a little over 2yrs and he's no where near ready. I've tried bribing him to sit on his potty but nothing works. So, for now I'm not going to push it. I may try the 3 day method when I'm out on maternity leave if he starts showing an interest.

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