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
My son will be 2 at the ed of the month. I have been trying to potty train him since he was 18 months. My husband does not hlp me with it at all. I am a woman trying to teach a little boy how to go potty. It is very hard but i think this article will help me. I have tried asking him if he needs to go, that doesnt work. He tells me when he does # 2 but not #1. I feel that things are going to get bad before they get worse. I will not bribe him to go potty unlike some of you mothers that do. I praise him when he attempts to go potty. For all you mothers out there trying to potty train a boy with no man around perk up you can do i know i am trying it is getting better for me. All i know is i have to get my son potty trained before he goes to pre school when he is three.
I have a two and a half year old son…where do I get a baby urinal???
I have a almost 4 year old son that I potty trained when he was exactly 3. I read an article on giving your child extra salty food such as crackers etc which in turn makes them want to drink more and then they pee more than normal throughout the day. Then you stay at home for 2-3 days straight and put them on the potty ever 30 mins and if they have an accident on themselves run them to the nearest potty and tell them that pee goes in the potty. Needless to say that my son was about 90% potty trained by the third day. I have recently been trying this with my youngest son that just turned 2 yr old. Its taking a little longer because I am not stressing the point but when warm weather decides to stay around he will be potty trained for sure! I refused to buy pull ups which act just like diapers. I only threw away like 3 pairs of underwear. Goodwill usually has defective brand new underwear for hanes 2pairs for .50, these are great to potty train with. This method worked for us.Good Luck!
My 2 1/2 year old step daughter likes to go to the potty but she won’t go potty on the potty. She has trust issues bc her bio mother won’t try to help w anything. She goes against anything we r doing just to be difficult. Wat to do?
hi okay i have a 2 year old who likes to sit on the toilet he has pooped in it a few times and he has teeted in it to but when i ask him if he needs the potty he tells me no i can get him to sit on it befor baths and befor he goes to bed ill ask him and he will go but i think he does that to stay up later i have tried puting big boy underwear on him and let him walk around like that and he will use it in them but he acts like it dont bother him i also have asked him if he wants the underwear on and he tells me no he wants a diaper on how can i get him to potty train
Thanks for the article. Ive been trying to potty train my 2 year old son for almost 5 months!! this will help a lot!! THANKS!!!!!!!
Hi,
Liked your article, but your comment about the “native Africans” were kind of offensive and ignorant. I grew up in Africa, and where I come from we don’t hold babies over the bush when they have to go. And even in places where they put their babies on their back, they have diapers too - both clothe and disposable! People need to get more exposed and not just rely on what they read or see in the documentaries to reach a conclusion about Africa.
Africa is a huge continent with several countries having great infrastructures and beautiful grand PAID-FOR houses, cars and other essentials. I lived there the first 31 years of my life, and I never once saw a wild animal on the streets, like some believe! You’ll find them in the zoos. So if you don’t really know Africa, don’t generalize… afterall having shootings in some part of America does not mean no part of America is safe.
And in case you are wondering, I schooled in Africa and the language we speak in the schools and offices is English, so I learned both to speak and write English language (including grammar) right in Africa. All of Africa is not primitive!!!
Hello my son just turned two and he just learned how to use the potty. T first he screamed and threw fits and I would get frustrted but I knew when he had to go because I would keep him naked and he would ask for a diaper. I would not give him one and just reply “potty” everytime and he would go use the potty in privacy also I took him in when I went showed him what I did said good job to myself ect. I gave him a few mnms (that’s his fav) and he got cars boxbriefs. He would not go numb 2 for the longesat time but one day he did when I wasn’t paying attention n he seemed scared to tell me but he was rewarded and he contnues to go. Of corse u will have accidents but when you do just explaine potty. Show him tge mess and sit him on the potty most of the time he has alittle left in him anyways. You have to b devoted and patient. I’m only 20 and I did it allone.
Also I’d like to add that my son is very stubborn lol. I made up a simple song about it and he loves to sing sing and dance to it. And my son always had pooped diapers in the am. Everyday I would wake up to them and he got to the point he was taking them off before I woke up so poopy everywhere. I started waking up at 7 and we go downstairs and every morning around the same rime he has to go. I just remind him if u have to poop go on the potty and whuke I was still training he woyld be naked. If its cold turn on some heat. I remeber hed put his slippers on and he naked lol
I love the idea,i’l try it
Great article! I’m about to train my 2 year old boy and found this very helpful.
hi my name is brittany, my son just turned two. i tried to do the potty training thing. i did everything i can think of. i put him on the potty for 15 mins. at a time but as soon as i put the pamper on him he soils it. i just don’t know what i am doing wrong please help me.
Thanx for all the letters I am a granny of a two year old boy and am going to be doing the potty training as from today And hope to surprise my daughter for Christmas with her son in big boy underware. Will keep you updated
i have a 2 year old, but what happends at night time on day one? no diapers also?
i have a 2 year old daughter she knows when she has done poos or wees and comes to tell you is there anyway we can teach her to say before she needs to go. Me and my partner both work full time and my mum looks after her we need some sort of consistency to her being in both places can you help?
I have a 27 month old son that I want to potty train. I am going to try this method and see how it goes.
Ok I like the whole idea I will give it a try ……bu I just want to comment on this ……THIS IS RACEIST …….some of these statements made r soo stupid like y would u say something like the way afrincans carry there babies on the back and hold them I’ve a bush like come on cut the shit please
i have a little girl whom just turned two in April.She shows signs of having to go but only by taking off her diaper and going on the floor.I sit her on the potty and she will sit there as long as i stand there with her.I will have her on her potty for about 15 to 20 minutes and she still doesnt go.As soon as i pull her panties back up and we go sit to watch t.v she gets in my lap and after a moment she will jump down and go on the floor.She acts as if she is afraid to go on the potty.COULD SOMEONE PLEASE GIVE ME SOME ADVICE!!!
My daughter will be two next month. She is 90 pecent potty trained. We started letting her go in baÞhrÓom with us at 13 months old. Then I stayed home for a whole weekend with her. We put her in panties and once we did there we no more diapers or pull ups except nap time and bed time because we feel it confuses them knowing when its ok to potty in them and when its not.
i dont see why two ppl only focused on the comment about how ingenious african women are as an example of there being a way around potty training and see it as an insult. grow up
OK I have a 2 1/2 yr old boy. We weren’t getting anywhere with any of the traditional( big boy underwear,treats, stickers, ect. ) so I tried the running around naked. Works great, we poop and pee in the potty everytime!! My problem however is that if you put any bottoms (underwear,shorts,pullup,diaper,) he looses all interest and wont tell anyone that he has to go and just pees and poops in whatever bottoms he has on. HELP we have been doing this for almost 2 months!!!
I have a 2 1/2 year old daughter. I have tried a couple of times in the last six months to potty train her. Unfortunately, she mixes up pee and poop. When she pees, she says she has pooped and vice versa. She has peed in a potty, but once she does, she gets scared and doesn’t want to go any longer. We praised her when she does use the potty, but because she is frightened, she will no longer use it again. I then stop trying feeling maybe she is not ready, but then I try again and it happens all over again. Not sure what do now. Any help would be appreciative.
hi my son is two and i had striped him off for a bath this morning and he said to me he needed to go for a pee i got out the potty and he hasnt looked back i cant belive how easy it was for him.
hi my son is 23MONTHS and i had striped him off for a bath this morning and he said to me he needed to go for a pee i got out the potty and he hasnt looked back i cant belive how easy it was for him.
i just hope tommorrow goes as gud as today.so proud
Hi there,
I loved this article, I am going to try it with my 29month old daughter. Only question is do I diaper her at naps and bedtime? I have seen very few people comment on if this was the article that got their lo potty trained…..I will reply back with how this experience works.
*Fingers Crossed*
I have a two and a half year old - And shes struggling severally with potty training. When we first introduced her to potty training she seemed very comfortable and please with the idea, and then her baby sister came along. It almost seemings like getting her to actually ‘go’ on the potty is impossible, we’ve tried everything. Ideas?!?!
I’m currently training my 2 year old daughter (just turned 2). I’ve been consistent for a couple days now and she’s getting the hang of it quite well now. YES USE DIAPERS AT NIGHT ! I’m only 21 with a 2 year old and I’m Thankful for my mom’s advice. My litle girl will be completely trained by the end of the week (AT LEAST THAT’S WHAT GRANDMA SAYS) ! I believe praising them and rewarding them is the best thing to keep them remembering good things will come out of training on the toilet.
* GOOD LUCK MOMS *
hi.what do i do for a child who just doesnt want to use the toilet.i think she is being stubborn.when i ask her she wil just say she isnt going to use the toilet.she also wont get rid of her pacifier.she is just awfully stubborn.because she is very very smart has been speaking sentences since she was 16 or 17 months old.now she says anythng i can say.like really.so please help.i refuse to let her wear diapers til she is 3 ,4 ,or 5.lol i would hate to spank her evrytime she has an accident.because she just refuses to go
My son is 1 1/2 years old and im trying to potty train him.. i bought him underwear and have him with underwear on all day but he wont pee in the toilet. i’ll sit there with him for a while until he pees but he wont do it, i’ve even tried turning on the fauset water to make him go but no success. he will poop in the toilet but wont pee. But as soon as he gets of the toilet, then he pees on himself? what can i do? please help
Hello there. My son is 29 months old, he used the potty chair with out hesitation (he still won’t have bowel movement on the potty) but I had to get rid of the potty chair because my male dog decided that he had to mark his territory on the potty chair. So I went out a got one of those insert potty things for the big potty, however my son will not go at all now on the big potty. He will hold it until he gets off the potty and then have an accident on the living room floor. Any suggestions??