potty training a toddler
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Potty Advice Again
Asked by L.R. from Boston
on August 31, 2009
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Hi all:
Again, I'm wondering about suggestions for using the potty. My son is now 2 years and 8 months old. Some days he goes in the potty almost the entire day (...
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- My advice is to get rid of the pullups. They make potty training very confusing for little ones. You said in your post that he does best when he doesn't have the pullu...
- Have you tried transitioning to underwear rather than using pull-ups? They make underwear with additional padding in case of accidents which I think it sends a really...
- Take away the pullups. Get some training pants and rubber pants and see how that goes. You are sending cross signals with going back and forth with pullups. Pullups...
Potty Training
Asked by B.C. from Dallas
on August 28, 2009
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I was wondering if it is a bad idea to let my 2 1/2 year old son potty in the TV room, on his little potty, where his toys are? Or do we need to make him do it in the...
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- My sister allowed my niece to do that and it ended up being a nightmare. She wouldn't go anywhere accept in front of the TV. She wouldn't use any public restrooms or g...
- we did the same thing and it did not create a bad habit. "what to expect the toddler years" book suggests putting potties in several rooms while training.
- As long as you are okay with a possible mess on the floor. I can't tell you how many times I was so thankful that our little girl went potty in the bathroom! Good luck.
Help with Potty Training
Asked by C.N. from Cleveland
on August 25, 2009
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I need some advice from other moms about potty training my 3 year old son. My husband and I started this past weekend by putting him underwear and he started off bett...
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- I don't understand. You just started over the weekend. Did you expect him to get it that easy. Boys rarely pick up patty training easy(I have 3 boys). My boys were alm...
- Hi C., Since it was your husband that was helping him in the begining did you ask your husband if he was doing anything special with him, like singing a song or just ...
- I just got done potty training my 3 year old girl who refused to go on the potty :)!!! We used the Potty Training in a day book and literally it works it took 6 hours...
Have I Waited Too Long to Start Potty Training My Daughter?
Asked by A.L. from Providence
on August 6, 2009
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My daughter will be three at the end of January. I bought a potty several months ago and put it in the bathroom so Jessie would get used to it being there. I bought he...
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- I think its your approach to it. Tell her a few days in advance that once these pack of diapers are gone we will not be buying anymore. The day you start do not ask ...
- You have not waited too long. Many kids are just plain not ready so early. My daughter was 3.5 when she trained. I know many people whose children trained past age ...
- Hi A., I do not think you have waited too long - she will use the potty when she is ready. I am not sure if you have read her books about suing the potty, it is also ...
Potty Training Minus Pooping
Asked by L.A. from Washington DC
on July 30, 2009
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I have a two and a half year old and we started potty training the end of June, since I was off for the summer. We switched him right into underwear and it was incred...
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- Hi L., We purchased those little matchbox cars and put them in a basket. Every time our little boy went poop in the potty, we would let him choose a car from the b...
- I had the exact same issue. My daughter would pee in the toiler but would scream if asked to poop. Don't worry. He will figure it out on his time and he is still ver...
- I went through the same thing with my son. I took him to the doctor and he told me this is more common than I realized. It is more scary to poop than pee and this is...
Potty Training
Asked by A.D. from Lakeland
on July 12, 2006
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my son turns 3 in two weeks and has NO interest in potty training. I'd like to train him since he is registered for preschool next year and can't go unless he's traine...
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- Hi A., I have had the pleasure of training two sons and neither was the same. With my oldest, fruit loops (or cheerios) in the toilet worked! With my youngest, ti...
- Hey there Adrien, I potty trained my first child in a weekend, I bribed him with a toy he really wanted, and took him to the potty every 2 hours for 3 days and he did ...
- Hi A., My name is C. and I have a son who will be 3 in September. He started going to the potty at the end of May at his will without me pushing him. All of a su...
Potty Training
Asked by C.S. from Sherman
on March 1, 2007
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My daughter is 2 years old and is very ready to potty train. She takes her diaper off and likes to run around naked. She likes to sit on the potty. When she does, she ...
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- I bought a big bag of Jolly Ranchers, although I'm sure just about any kind of candy would work. If she took the effort to go and sit on the potty, she could have a p...
- Hi C., It does sound like she is getting ready. Just take your time with her and make it fun. So many people get in such a hurry then the kid gets stressed, beca...
- Try putting some blue dye in the potty and show her that when she pees in it turns green. My daughter thought that was neat
Potty Training a Girl
Asked by V.L. from Oklahoma City
on June 14, 2008
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Okay, I have three kids.. 2 boys and a girl..... I potty trained both my boys using cheerios for them to aim at.... well I am not sure what I need to do to potty train...
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- From my limited experience (we have one girl and one boy), boys like the fun factor of learning how to use the potty, while girls like the clean factor of putting thei...
- Ms. vicky, Well, at first just see in between how many hours do she use the rest room, fro instance she uses the bathrrom at 2pm then four hours latr she goes at six...
- V., It probably is a little early to expect her to actually go in the potty at 18 months old. Just keep her potty chair available and let her sit on it when she wants ...
Potty Training HELPPPPPPP!!!!
Asked by S.Y. from Tampa
on June 23, 2009
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Hi moms! I have an UNBELIEVABLE 2 year old (just turned two at the end of May) He is doing great with peeing in the potty he wore big boy underwear all morning and not...
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- My 2 year old went thru the same thing - he would run in circles saying pooop pooooooop holding his little bum! I would TRY TO put a diaper on him and he'd scream bec...
- Hi S., I hear your pain, I went through something similiar with my daughter when she was two. OK this sounds so simple-but it worked for me. I went to the local lib...
- Keep putting him on the potty. My son had some problems with that as well. I had to go out and buy another potty chair and he did better when he got the new one. It m...
