Potty Training - New London,OH

I realized with my almost 3 year old that they learn to go and will go when they are ready to go. I thought for sure that with all the kids at our babysitters being older then my son that he would have started going a lot sooner then he did. Some things that I did for my son who is now potty trained both potty and pooping is that when we were home i would put him in underwear and remind him every 5 minutes that if he had to go potty to let me know and we could go. but I would not force her to go unless she has to go. My nephew was potty trained but was forced to poop in the potty and then for about 3 months he would not pee in the potty either. Let her be the judge of when it is time to go...she will eventually go when she is ready. Good luck let me know how it works out!!!

I used a book called "Potty training in a day". It gives you an evaluation to help determine if your child is ready for potty training plus extremely helpful information. One of the big tips is that you don't want to "catch them" you want them to be aware of the fact that they need to eliminate, that their underwear is dry or wet, otherwise you are constantly asking, "do you have to go potty?". another thing that i did with my first but didn't do with the 3rd child was not use pullups. the book encourages the use of regular underwear so that the child is aware of being wet or dry. my first was potty trained in a day, the second maybe a week except for overnights (and that's a physical thing not a potty training issue) and the third once I took away the pullups was about a day.Much patience to you and good luck!

Your not doing anything wronge. When she is ready she will go. Just simply introduce her to the potty and encourage her. Mostly importantly don't stress over it. She will learn, I promise!

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Good for you for deciding to help your 2 yr old become an independent potty-er! Potty training can absolutely be fun & enjoyable for both parent & child if you keep these things in mind:

1) Expect accidents and *value them* as a very important part of the learning process. Be supportive, matter of fact, and work as a team to clean up any messes. Never forget that potty training is a learning process (though many people like to say "she's not ready if there are accidents" that is simply untrue!). Have realistic expectations -- just like your daughter learned to eat food on her own w/ utensils or just like she learned how to go from crawling to walking to running. Sometimes there were messes, falls, stumbles, but each time she learned a little bit more about how to do it (eat, crawl, walk) independently. And so it is w/ pottying.

2) Stay relaxed, calm, supportive, loving - never shaming or pressure or irritation. You daughter absolutely wants to learn how to do this, and the more you make pottying seem as normal as breathing, eating, sleeping, the better. You don't need to do a whole bunch of fanfare (rewards, parties, dolls) to have a good time and to very successfully help your daughter learn to use the potty. Look at every pee/poop in the learning process (regardless of if it went into the potty, into underpants, or on the floor) as another step closer to being done with diapers. If you feel yourself getting too stressed out, take a break. Don't let your stress or impatience spill onto your daughter. It's ok to take a break (whether it's an hour or 3 days) as long as, overall, you're consistent with helping her learn to use the potty.

3) The more naked time you can give, the better. The more you use regular, plain cotton undies (instead of water-proof, absorbent diapers), the better. Your daughter will better understand cause/effect (hmm, I'm dancing around, I feel pressure down there, wow there's warm pee running down my leg - oh, potty!) and then be able to do something about it the next time (hmm, the last time I felt this, I peed down my leg... I'm going to try to get to the potty!).

Best of luck - happy pottying!

This is what I did with my son. But you will have to do when you are home for a while to do. They say to give them lots to drink so they have to go. I would use a kitchen timer. I started with an hour. Which ended up being too long. So I set it for 30 minutes. Every time the buzzer went off I would say "time to potty". And take him in there, have him sit down and just try to go. We did this on a weekend and did it all day. By the middle of the first day every time he heard the buzzer, he would get up and go to the bathroom and try to go. And most times he would actually use the potty. I know during the week when you are working it may be hard to do, but keep it up in the evenings when you are home. I had him in daycare at the time, and they said just to stop bringing pull ups cold turkey. So we talked to him about it and on Monday, he went in underwear and was since ever since. It is just getting him use to knowing what it felt like to go. Good Luck.