any Ideas on potty Training a two year old?
My wife and I have a two year old boy that can do everything else as in Ride a two wheeler with Training wheels, Run a microwave, Count to 10, Get dressed and undressed. Brush his Teath, but when it comes to potty Training is is hard to do. he will tell you when he has gone to the bathroom but only once in a while will he accually use it. any Ideas? only serious and Respectful answers please
welll…a lot of people say to let him run around naked and that it helps because he won’t want to pee everywhere…but i think that is just wierd…what we do is give the child a fruit snack or jelly bean evertime he actually pees on the toilet. You can try to start a reward chart if he is old enough to understand…each time he goes on the potty he gets a sticker and if he gets 10 stickers he gets a special prize…well good luck! he’ll catch on eventually!
sry dude no kids but good luck
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google the Dr. Phil episode on that issue. It really works
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my dad used to just sit with me and read to me untill I went and I guess it worked pretty good cause I can use the bathroom now no problem.
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It can be really hard with some kids. We tried having him go sit on the potty once per hour and really encouraging him when he did go in the potty, to help him feel really proud of himself for being big. The peeing for us wasn’t hard with this first one, it was the pooping we had problems with. Good luck!
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Your problem is that you must br smarter than the child. Young Einstein seems to have a leg up on you, so to speak.
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when he pottys clap for him. and tell him good boy , now heres what u get , sucker,
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go here
http://www.babycenter.com/toddler-potty-training-advice
then here
http://www.babycenter.com/303_toilet-training-details_1516040.bc
http://www.babycenter.com is a good resource for parents
PongSmart
*don’t forget to vote me the best answer, o.k.
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i do my sis is turning 1 and she learning all ready get the small toilets for Little kids every morning put the kid on the toilet so he gets use to it then also before he gets a bath!
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welll…a lot of people say to let him run around naked and that it helps because he won’t want to pee everywhere…but i think that is just wierd…what we do is give the child a fruit snack or jelly bean evertime he actually pees on the toilet. You can try to start a reward chart if he is old enough to understand…each time he goes on the potty he gets a sticker and if he gets 10 stickers he gets a special prize…well good luck! he’ll catch on eventually!
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daycare worker.
buy those little things that look like fruit loops that you put in the toilet – then let him watch daddy play the fun game of shooting and aiming –
as far as number two goes – maybe buy him a book and sit him down and let him look at that book when ever he does number two – but only when he does number two ( elmo or some other charactor he is a fan of ) maybe that will encourage him )
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you have to teach him
this means getting off your butt and taking him once an hour every hour and use regular underwear at home save pull ups for naps outings out and bedtime
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I heard target shooting helps. throw a couple of Cheerios in the toilet & make it a game. Tell him to hit the target (cheerios).
"I Said" two posts up stole my thunder, but she is right.
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I am the mother of 3 sons. I have had to potty train all 3 of them myself. I have used everything from cheerios in the potty to making bubbles in the toilet with soap. You can also buy tinkle targets or make your own by drawing a bulls eye and making a fun game out of it and reward with a sticker…..try that……..good luck!!!
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I used it with my 3 sons…….I am the source!!!
My advice? Stop trying to make him grow up too soon. There’s only so much he has copntrol over developmentally. His body may not be ready for him to be potty trained. Its not the end of the world. Back off and wait a few months and he’ll probably be ready, but some kids might not train until they’re almost 4. It doesn’t reflect on you as a parent if they are/aren’t potty trained at a certain age. Sounds like you guys are pushing him too much – and as for using the microwave, he could seriously burn himself or even start a fire, please don’t let him do this kind of thing. You may think he only does it when you’re around but what if he does it when you’re not watching? Accidents happen very quickly, sounds like you’re cruising for a big one by teaching a 2 yr old to ride a bike and use a microwave. Good luck!
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well some kids r diffenent. you might have to ask often if the child needs to use the potty. and when he does need to take him to the potty and give encouragment. and when the child finishes give him praise and tell him that your proud of him that hes a big boy now. he’ll catch on and wanting the praise he use the potty without u asking
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my own personal experence with raising my neice when she was 2-5 years old
We set up a sticker chart for our son. We let him pick out stickers of a bunch of cool things that he likes, then I drew a big calendar out on paper. We hung the calendar and envelope of stickers on the wall in/near the bathroom and he got to pick a little sticker out and stick it on the date every time he went no. 1 and he got a bigger/better sticker if he went no. 2. Every time he got 5 of any kind of sticker, he won a prize (just a piece of candy or something). It worked really well. He just needed a little incentive to get him there. I think there may have been some larger gift when he made it through his first week without any accidents. I also didn’t even bother trying to get him out of pull-ups at night; but did give him an extra treat if we found his pull-up dry in the morning and gave him lavish praise. The key to getting through the night dry is to not give him anything to drink after dinner. Just a little bit of water if he is really thirsty.
This system has worked for two boys and I am getting ready to start the last one in a few months!
Good luck!!
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We had a pack of reward stickers. Every time our child used their potty, he got to put one of the stickers on the potty. Eventually the whole darn thing was covered in stickers!
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Mother of 3
I would say, buy a potty training potty and potty training book, toy and movie! Make him very excited about going potty!!! Make him think that it is the coolest thing to do!!! Eeryone does it!!! Let him in the bathroom with his dad so he can watch and learn! If your uncomfortable with that then, bring him to the bathroom with you or just show him what you need to do and praise him EVERY time he goes to the potty, if he goes on the potty give him his fav food or even a piece of candy, as long as you brush after, lol! Remember boys are slower at potty training! Don’t worry he’ll pick it up! I wish you the best of luck!!!
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Your son is probably not ready for potty training. Most pediatricians say that boys are usually not physically ready to train until they are three. Please do not try and rush him on this it will only frustrate everyone and make him very unhappy.
Your son wants to make you happy, but if he is pushed too fast on something that is this important you are setting him up for failure. He will only wear diaper for a short time, and he definitely won’t be wearing them when he goes to college!
Good luck and enjoy your boy, he sounds extraordinary!
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My guy did a lot better when he used the actual toilet. Let him watch you go a few times (it’s not perverted, they need to see if you ask me), and encourage him to try. As soon as he does, you have to give him loads of praise. Keep asking him to try going, eventually even if by accident he will, and he’ll love it when you go nuts about it. Also, you could try putting a cheerio in the water, and get him to am for it…for number 2s on the real toilet, you need to get one of those seats from walmart or something.
I also found the pull ups that felt cold when they got wet were good. Also, if everyone’s around for the evening, put him in plain underwear instead of pull ups and keep taking him to go pee. Remiind him of what a big guy he is wearing underwear.
Everyone always told me, and I’ll tell you the same, it will actually all fall into place one of these days. my guy got peeing down pat, but still did the other in his underwear for a little bit after that.
Good luck!
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Use underwear only and ask him every 30 minutes if he has to go. My daughter didn’t want to do it until she was 3. Some kids aren’t ready…. You just have to try and encourage him. Try potty books or maybe a potty cartoon dvd? Or maybe that cool little potty urinal they have for little boys.
http://www.peterpotty.com/
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I have an "almost" 4-year-old daughter and a 8-month-old son.
I had a day care business in my home and I trained 13 little ones. I really think my method works very well. First, get a nice potty (the children love the one that plays music when something is deposited it it, hopefully, pee or poop!) I also painted a little bullseye on the bottom of the pot to gain a little more interest. Your child knows when he is going potty so he is absolutely ready to be trained. I would let him walk around the house in just a t-shirt (maybe a little longer one to cover him up a bit but, let him go without the pants). He will certainly know when he is going and you need to watch him and place him on the potty each time he goes. Reward him with many praises and maybe make up a chart and let him put a sticker on each time he goes. When he gets 5 stickers, give him a treat (fruit roll up, cookie or something he particularly likes); read to him when he is sitting on the potty, also. Give him lots of drinks and remind him to try to go when he is finished drinking. He will get the idea very quickly. Never, never yell at him if he has an accident. Just say, "Oh, that’s too bad. Remember that we need to use the potty when we have to (pee or poo)." It will take an entire day of watching him carefully until he gets the message but, it is worth every effort. He should be totally trained in a week. There is a great book called, "Toilet training in one day." and you might want to pick it up. Good luck!!
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dad take him to a tree first and show him next in the toilet at home
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Try to use incentives that he can have if uses the potty. You can do things he gets every time he does (example: candy). I would suggest doing that at first so he can get an immediate reward. Once you’ve done that for while and he seems to get less excited about it find a toy he wants and tell him if he uses the toilet X amount of times (10 would be a good number since he can count to that) he can have it. Make a chart of sorts (with ten numbered boxes) and get some stickers. When he uses the potty give him a sticker and let him put it on the chart. Once the chart fills up he gets the toy. I would suggest buying the toy before hand so that he knows what he is working towards. And always praise him when he uses the toilet. It will mean a lot to him. Use phases with "big boy" in it or "just like daddy". Hope this helps!
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At two he may or may not be PHYSICALLY ready to be potty trained. Sure he may be smart as can be, but he needs to have his body ready for him to be potty trained. If you try to rush it thinking "he’s a smart kid he should be able to do this" you actually will frustrate him and could even delay his potty training. Until he can tell you without a doubt that he needs to go potty or you see him giving physical cues like pulling at his penis or doing the pee pee dance then you really shouldn’t try to potty train him because he’s not getting the physical cues he needs yet. It’s not his fault, he’s just not ready. When he does give you the cues and you start potty training him be consistant. Take him on regular trips to the potty every 1 1/2-2 hrs and don’t put him in pullups but opt for either CLOTH diapers or real underwear. They feel gross when wet and they don’t like that and try harder to make the toilet. When we potty trained my son(by far the hardest thing to do is potty train a boy) we eventually bought cloth diapers and called it a "baby diaper butt" and told him that he was going to wear it til he learned to pee in the toilet. We also got him some spider man undies(because he loves Spidy) and when he went a whole day without an accident he EARNED the right to wear the spiderman undies. We had a couple of accidents but within literally 2 days he was trained and accident free. I also don’t reccomend teaching a boy that young to pee standing up because not only are they really bad aimers, but they can’t reach the toilet without a step stool and it’s not convienient when going out to public restrooms since they can’t reach the toilet so train them sitting down and let them learn to pee standing up when they are actually tall enough to stand infront of the toilet without a step stool.
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w/ my bro, my mom put glitter in the toilet, which made it more "fun" and he got a penny every time he "did it" good. With a penny a pee, he managed to make a fair amount of money,surprisingly, and soon he was headed to the dollar store for a new toy. Another idea is to make a "target" out of a flush able material. Also, try the sticker method. Get a paper/poster board, buy some stickers, and when the paper is filled w/ small stickers for the paper, big stickers for the poster board, he gets a new toy. let him pick the toy ahead of time and print a photo of it to hang in the bathroom so he has encouragement. Hope this helps and good luck
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past experience w/ my bro
Reward him when he goes to the bathroom–buy m&ms, and give him a few everytime.
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I just took my sons diaper off one day and I never put it back on.. * he is two*
for a few days he went naked because he would still pee on himself but that only lasted two days./……..
it was very easy for my son to start going to the barthroom.. I hope the same works for you
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I just potty trained my son and daughter. I like an approach where I don’t have to pressure or push my child. I think it really helps boys to pee standing up so they can see what is happening and connect the sensations.
What worked for my kids was The Potty Stool http://www.thepottystool.com I started by just setting it at the toilet. My kids immediately climbed up on the stool and discovered that they could safely and securely use the toilet. This got them very interested in using the toilet and they were potty trained very quickly. My kids like to use what they know mommy and daddy use.
I like that I don’t have to double the steps of potty training by training them first in a potty and then training them to stop using a potty. And not dumping and cleaning a potty each time is great. The best thing is that kids use it for years. I hope this helps you
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