How To Potty Train Your 2 Year Old In Two Days
Here’s a great article that offers toddler potty training advice for parents of both boys and girls. On this page you will learn how to potty train your two year old toddler in two days with the guide below. Keep in mind that every child is different and this may not work for your child. If you have additional questions, ask them in our forum, and an experienced mom will help you out.
How To Potty Train Your Two Year Old In Two Days
By: Carrie Lauth
Ah, potty training!
Go to a local bookseller and you will find dozens of books on the subject. Search the Net and there are thousands of websites with information on how to do it stress free. There are even people who are capitalizing on a parent’s frustration with potty training by offering to do it for you, for a hefty sum! I honestly can’t imagine anything more unseemly than paying someone to teach my child to “go”.
Ewwww!!!
I have successfully potty trained three out of 4 kids so far, baby number 3 is only 4 weeks old so she is off the hook for a few months at least 
I seem to be the envy of the playgroups when other Moms see that my 3 year old son has been in whitey tighties for over a year. My oldest was also 2 when he potty learned.
For me, potty training starts with a newborn. Now don’t get me wrong…I do diaper my babes (unlike the native African mothers who wear their babies on their backs and who, to avoid being soiled on, learn to read their babies’ cues so well that they know when their newborn needs to be held over a bush…no, I’m not kidding!) but I have always used cloth diapers, which encourages babies to train early. I’m not a longhaired, barefoot, off-the-grid hippie (not that there’s anything wrong with that, but you’re more likely to find me in Doc Martens than Birkenstocks!) but I have been cloth diapering since the beginning.
It has saved me hundreds and hundreds of dollars, but I also like the fact that my babies begin to make the association with the uncomfortable wet feeling and the knowledge that they can prevent it. Most babies will wake up dry in the morning at several months of age, demonstrating that they are physically able to “hold it”. In my opinion, Pull Ups are evil and yet another invention that some clever businessman came up with that parents now think is a necessity. Along with formula, baby swings, and the like. Pull Ups just enable a 5 year old to keep soiling himself. Research has shown that cloth diapered babies potty learn several months earlier than disposable diapered babies.
So here’s Grandma’s recipe (and I do owe it to my Mother, like most of the good stuff I know about parenting) for easy potty training, even if you choose not to cloth diaper.
Let your baby come into the bathroom when you go.
That way, they know what’s going on in there. You don’t have to get graphic, just talk to them about what toilets are for. If you are a woman at home all day with boy children, encourage Daddy to show ‘em how it’s done. You don’t want them thinking that if they go on the toilet their equipment will fall off, like Mum’s obviously did. Strange, but true…some tots will come to this conclusion.
Buy 3 or 4 of those cheap little molded plastic potties and put them around the house.
At least, one in each bathroom and one in the kitchen or the room where you spend the most time with your child. Stick a towel underneath for the sake of your carpet if said child is a boy. Speaking of boys…you can take advantage of nature here by keeping an open mind. I know at least one boy who was trained when his Mom let him go off the side of the deck.
The summer that your child is closest to two, take two days and don’t leave the house.
Let your child run around naked from the waist down, with a big tee shirt on top so that private parts stay private.
Every 20 minutes or so, place the child matter-of-factly on the pot.
DO NOT ASK questions like “Do you need to go potty sweetie pie!?” We are talking about dealing with a two year old here! Just do it like it’s the thing to do, and don’t ask permission.
Don’t force it, and if he/she wants to get up right away, let him or her.
If you have a resistant child, set a timer to go off every 10 minutes. It’s amazing what a child will do when the power dynamic is taken away. When the “potty timer” goes off, it’s time to sit on the pot!
Use praise but don’t go overboard.
Act like this is the expected thing. Be cool. Say “You put peepee in the potty, just like Mommy and Daddy (and big brother, and your older play group friend…3rd parties are gold here!!) do.
Don’t make a big deal out of what’s happening.
Don’t spend hours reading potty training books or videos to the child. Again, be cool. If you make it into a big deal, your child will be more likely to dig in and resist.
Have some “big boy shorts” or “big girl panties” that you know your child will like, perhaps that you have picked out together, ready for the end of the two days. Your child will be less likely to have accidents if s/he is going to mess up their new undies.
When the inevitible accidents happen, don’t scold. Be patient and gracious. This is part of the job. Remember that even if you decide to spring for carpet cleaning, you will still come out ahead if you don’t have to buy diapers for another year or two!
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Ok..so i read about the ol skool diapers..n about how to keep em wit no diaper on…but i live wit my mother in law..n she always talking bout the carpet..being dirty..so she make me uncomfortable wit doing dat..cuz all she gonna talk is the carpet..so is there another way i can do it?n everybody iknow has kids..n all of them say the same…they will go when they r ready???is that true?somebody im confused….hheellppp!!!!!!!
To nancy, i just got my 3 year old to potty train, it took a lot of frustration but he finally got it. Instead of using pull ups I let him pick out underwear. Its cheaper than training pants. You can wash them when their are accidents. What finally got him to make it to the toilet was to have him clean up the mess. I also keep the potty in the front room so that it is always their.At first I had to remind him to use the potty but now he goes on his own. Sticker rewards also when ever he used the potty. #2 is the hard thing, it just takes time and practice. keep practicing, you can do it.
Hello mummies out there. I am a mother of a two year old boy. I also want to train him not to use diaper anymore but the cold and rainy season here in the Philippines is not helping. Also I am a very busy mom both working and studying. Please help me through your advices because I really need to save money.Thank you so much.
My 2 year old is impossible to train I have done everything!!! I have another baby on the way and some help!!!
I have tried this to.
ok so my son will be two feb! my friend said to put underwear on him but he want tell me he has to go and its like he is afraid to sit on the tolit
if my 2 year old can do it, anybodies can. he doesnt talk and hes very inverted and he has a small learning problem. but besides not always telling me when he has to go, he is like 85 percent potty trained. i use stickers as rewards for going #1 and for putting his undies on right, and i use small candies for going #2. he just turned two in august, so all you moms out there bitching that your child is impossible, unless you work and all, maybe you should just spend more time with your kid….and stop giving in to their every whine and complain. they say they dont have to go potty when you ask them…well tell them its time to anyway.
Hey, My son will be 2 in March and he is already giving me signs that he is ready… like telling me when his diaper is dirty… only problem is that he wont go near his potty… he screams bloody murder when its around… is there any way i can get him to actually sit on it for a second without a fuss?
Hello, my son turned 2 in September, I introuduced him to the potty as soon as he turned 2, now he goes to the potty, and he does #1 but wont do #2 he wants to put the pamper on then go. How can I teach him how to use #2 in the potty.If he does #2 in the potty den he would be fully potty trained, I only used the pamper for naps and bed time other times he has on his big boy underwear.
I have a two and a half year old boy and i would have to say getting a baby urinal (sp) was the best potty training tool i have purchased. He didnt wanna sit on the potty he was more comfortable standing. I would recommend it to any one who has a son to toilet train.
Still workin on #2 but hes close. I reward him with fishing tackle when he poops on the potty lol and him being naked when ever possible
really helps!
Ok so my 2 year old has been potty trained since he was 22 months old! I am a super proud mommy!! He is a pro and he even stands on his little stool to pee standing up like a big boy. He is a very fast learner. But the past week he has been having accidents. It is only at night when it happens. He will already be bathed and in pajamas when it happens. I don’t know how to get him to go. I think it is him just being lazy or maybe he wants some attention…(he has a 7 month old brother) Does anyone know of a good reward system for a 2 year old. I tried stickers but he wasn’t very interested. help..
Hi my iam trying to get my 1.5 year old potty trained.he tells me when he does #2 & his diapers full but he only sits on the potty when & as long as he feels like it.I don’t want 2 force him 2 stay on the potty what should I do?
hi, i have a two year old daughter i have been tryin to train her for over 7 months i need help do anybody know wat i should do inbox me or yhu can put it on here
Put him on pull for when geos to but instead of stickers try candy or a new not expense let him or her shop at the dallor store or moeny