Starting Toilent Training

I have a 2 1/2 year old little boy who has NO interest in using the potty yet, but I have heard that using Pull-Ups doesn't really work. It only confuses them and can cause the 'potty training process' to take longer.
I'd say to hold off on using them until she's started using the potty a few times and gets the hang of it.

Hi! I have a 2 1/2 year old daughter who is almost fully potty trained and some advice that was given to me that seemed to work was: if she wakes up dry then you know she's ready. I found the most success by staying home with her for like 2 weeks straight and being very consistent with the potty. Also, using a sticker chart worked with her. As far as the pull-ups, they definitely worked well with her. At first I wasn't using them and she was having accidents all over my floor. The only thing is that you have to make sure you change her right away if she wets the pull-up because they're not the best with absorbancy. My daughter and I found that the "Feel and Learn" by Pampers worked best. Good Luck!

Hey, I have a 3 year old who we potty trained at 23 months. One of the things we learned was cold turkey from diapers was the best route as long as you ask them if they want to wear "Big girl Panties" If they are on board then just drop the diapers and commit for a week to not wearing them. We tried every pull-up out there and they are worthless for training purposes. Use the pull-ups for bed times, that takes much longer for them to learn, and that way you can tell your daughter that she doesn't wear "diapers" anymore but "big girl pull-ups". It always made my daughter feel special. There will probably be accidents at first but they don't like it and we made a Potty Sticker chart (you can download them for free off the internet) and gave a sticker each time she went on the potty. Have fun ;)

This is a tough one. I am in the same boat with my soon to be 23mo old son. He tells me when he does peepee in his diaper and every night when he gets in the tub I ask him if he has to go before I turn the water on and he says yes and then goes. He also tells me when he does poopies in his diaper. He has told me that he wants to sit on the potty. I have sat him on it. Immediately he gets nervous and has to get off. So, we haven't gotten quite as far as you but I know he wants to go. People have told me that the best thing to do for little boys is let them run around outside with out a diaper and teach them to aim at a tree. We tried that once and there were kids playing so he decided he wanted to play instead.

I was thinking about getting the pull ups that have the "cool alert" so the child knows that something is different and they feel something different when they go unlike when they are wearing a diaper (unless it is totally saturated.). I only have one child so it helps me when I see that others are having the same problem. If your daughter likes to practice that is a good thing. I have heard that it is harder to train little girls than it is to train little boys. (My sister had a very difficult time with my neice who turned 4 in April and potty trained right before her bday, she would do the same thing that your daughter is doing.)

I don't know if there is really an answer to this one. But if she wants to sit on the potty and isn't afraid that is wonderful. I guess I have to say since I witnessed it with my neice, that when she is sitting on the potty and is really ready she will go while she is sitting there. Try M&M's as a treat (that is my plan). And let her know that when she does go she will really be able to "wipe" the pee pee or poopies away.

Good Luck and if you get any really great advice, I would love it if you could share it with me. I am a single mom and my son goes with my ex husb on sat night to sundays. So he has to end up doing the same thing at 4 houses...... Not going to be an easy one!!!

L. :)

To save on money, I bought a pack of regular underwear and a pair of rubber pants to use in the house and used the pullups when we went out and at night. If she wants to use it, she's ready. Take her to the bathroom once an hour and have her sit on toilet to see if she goes. If you know when she usually poops, put her on the toilet before that and read a book to her while she is there hoping she'll go.
Hope this helps. C.

I'm wondering about this myself as I have a 2 yr old and I bought the pull up's but haven't put them on her yet.....but I'd say go ahead and start with the pull up's and just see how it goes......it couldn't hurt, right?

I just don't know if she could "successfully" pull them up or down when needed. I guess we'll just give it a shot!

a few of my friends just started potty training their 2yr olds as well. They skipped the pull ups completely and went straight to underpants. They are in the habit of making sure they take the kids to the bathroom about every hour to avoid accidents. After a while the kids know to tell you when they have to go. They do still use diapers through the night though. So far this method is working very well for them. If your child has an accident in their underpants, they will know it doesnt feel good and they wont want it to keep happening. Good Luck.

Hi. Honestly I would not go with Pullups ever! After having trained 3 kids, the pullups just slow them down. Kids know they can pee in them. They feel and look like diapers. You can't fool kids! I would just go with underwear and change when needed. When my first trained, I was able to get these really thick/crotch cotton underwear I think from JC Penney. It's regular underwear, just the cotton is thicker so if they have an accident, the kids will feel wet, but it absorbs a little better than leaking down their leg. Don't get me wrong, it will leak, but just not as bad as regular thin underwear. It makes things easier when you have to change them (especially #2). Good luck and be patient. It may take awhile but once you go with underwear, don't go back to diapers!

I agree with everyone else about the pull-ups. I've finally finished training my three year old boy. The pull-ups just lengthened the process. He knew when he was wearing them he could just go at anytime. It also made me lazy when I was busy doing something else. My advice is to just go cold turkey. Bring lots of changes of clothes when you go out and wipes. Its a nuisance at first, but it works! I used regular underwear, but I think the training underwear is a good idea, more absorbent, Babies R Us sells them, in the back near the bibs and things! Hope all goes well for you, from what I hear girls are easier than boys!