How Do I Start Potty Trianing My 2 Year Old

Is your toddler dry when they get up in the morning... at least most of the time?

My 20 month old ask to use her potty, but her pediatrician said not to start training until she is waking up dry.

There are some great books available...

Toilet Training in Less Than A Day by Nathan Azrin

The No-Cry Potty Training Solution: Gentle Ways to Help Your Child Say Good-Bye to Diapers (Pantley) by Elizabeth Pantley

Potty Training 1-2-3: What Works, How it Works, Why it Works by Gary Ezzo and Anne Marie Ezzo (Paperback - Jul 2004)

Good Luck!

Though I have a girl and you have a boy and I know they train different, but this is what I did when my daughter was 2, I took a long weekend and stayed at home with her. I had her wear her panties all day at the house. Of course she would go potty in them, but she didn't like it at all. she would ask for a diaper (which I hide, so she couldn't find them) and I would tell her, NO there all gone, you are a big girl now, you have to go in the big girl potty. Well, a few dozen panties later, she finally got the point. Over the next several weeks, she would have a couple of accidents, but nothing we made a big deal over. Our children are smarter than we give them credit for. After all, lets face it, why would you want to give up someone pretty much doing all the work for you, ie: changing diaper and not having to worry about the responsibility. It's frustrating, I know, but if you don't do it now, it will be harder, esp when pre-school rolls around!

boys are usually slower so i suggest starting closer to 21/2-3. my son was almost 3, but my daughter trained herself last month at 2yrs 3months old. she just started waking up, putting panties on and using the big potty, using her potty chair as a step stool. also, she is talking sentences, so that helps. you should probably wait until you can tell He's ready, otherwise, you will be training yourself (to take him every hour). good luck.

Hey S.,
He might be too young; as anxious as you might be to start the whole potty training thing but only time will tell. Both of my older children potty-trained at 2 1/2 (daughter) and almost 3 yrs. (son). My daughter was easier, don't know why! She just was. Anyway, best of luck.

Hello,
With every child it is different! I have a 20 yrs son and a 3 yrs daughter, so Im learning this all over again. My son was harder and most people with boys say it they are harder then girls, and I have to say that it is true. Timing and repetition is the key, take him in to use the potty several times a day make little games to play (aiming for the fruit loops, cherrios) and then rewards, buying big boy undies, and as strange as it may seem daddy may have to show him how a few times. (I think that is why its harder for the women to teach boys) Teaching him some code words and using those words when you take him will help identify when its time for him to go. Good luck and be patient it will happen.
Thanks K.

I have a 2 year old daughter that we are in the process of trying to potty training. Some days, she does OK and some days, she is not interested at all. Her pediatrician told me to keep the potty chair in the bathroom next to the adult potty and just let her do her own thing. Some kids take longer than others. My 6 year old was 3 before she was fully potty trained. They catch on eventually.....

My son Nick is now 6 and I potty trained him when he turned 2 also. I can tell you what worked for me. Honestly he saw his dad standing and peeing and if your little man is like mine he wants to be just like his dad. He thought it was so cool to be able to stand up an pee pee that he started telling me when he had to go. Another thing was that I didn't waste money on pull-ups. I bought him some big boy underwear with his favorite superhero on them and he loved it. He will feel the wetness better in them or try cotton training pants

Perhaps your son is not ready to be potty trained, maybe he needs more time. And that is ok. Or maybe when he says "go, daddy, moma" he is trying to tell you that he has to go potty.

Hi S.,
Both of my boys were fairly easy to train. This is what I did......I got some of the infant books, that have pictures in them, and everytime I went to the potty they came with me, and sat on their potty. I sit the potty in front of me, so I could talk to them, and talk to them about their books, and I would entertain them by making funny faces, or noises. Well anyways, to make a long story, short, it really worked for us, they took to pottyin like nobody's business, but to each his own. I know that children learn by example, and from mommy and daddy! just start slow N simple.good luck!

Just begin by introducing the potty. If you see him pooping in his diaper then sit him on the potty (with diaper on for now) that way he can associated the two. Boys are slower to train so ust let him get to "know" the potty now and work on using it in a couple of months.

If he is ready than you can use any word he can verbalize, it doesn't have to be potty or bathroom. Or even sign language, if he is having trouble verbalizing. But if he isn't showing signs of wanting to or being ready, don't worry. I have a little boy and I tried very hard at 2 1/2 it didn't work. I tried 2 months later for 2 months, it didn't work. At 3 yrs I was able to realize he could control his bowels and then I pushed him hard and we were potty trained in 2 weeks. The other 2 times were just stressful times for me and my son. But if yours is ready at 2 yrs cuddoz to you.

Are you sure he is ready? He should be at least interested in doing the motions of going to the bathroom.

Also, if he is not talking all that much and he is two, maybe you need to get his speech checked out. My oldest (now four) was like that and he did speech therapy for about six months and he talks great now. Just something to think about. email me if you want more information. ____@____.com