2 1/2 year old potty traing troubles

Alicia - posted on 12/28/2009

My son is also 2 1/2 its hard work but for me whats working is i let him pick out his own underwear his own potty seat and i take him with me whenever i go and ask him frequently if he has to go potty and i let him take a little toy with him or something to hold on to thats his.... i make a big deal about it and when he goes on the potty we get all excited and he likes to flush the toiled when hes done and gives me a high 5 and tells me he did a good job...... i just try to make the whole experience of being independent exciting he loves that he can do things on his own

Maria - posted on 12/28/2009

don't worry! i know how frustrating it can be...and my daughter's 3 already and i've got pressure from everyone around me, like she's gonna die if she doesn't get trained NOW. i tried all the ways you did and she just doesn't care about being wet so i went to my pediatrician and she said to lay off of it for about two months and try again. she likes to sit on the potty but doesn't pee and then wipes herself and loves to flush the toilet but clearly she's not ready. the dr. also said she will initiate it so she told me to leave the potty in the bathroom so when she's comfortable, she'll tell me to help her with the potty! i hope this helped you. good luck...maria

Nichol - posted on 12/23/2009

THats good! We tried the timer, tattoos and sticker chart, but he is still not wanting to go. As soon as he sits he says all done, I tried!!! but it seems like you guys have children that like to go somewhat...LUCKY :)

Brandi - posted on 12/23/2009

I have been setting a a timer for 45 min. and everytime it goes off we make a big deal about it and go running to the potty...It has been working well and she is so excitied then she gets a sticker or tattoo if she goes...I also have her help clean up the mess she makes if she pees on the floor and she helps clean out her underwear if she poop... she has not done that in almost 8months now...still working on the pee thing but the timer really helps she getting to set it when she is done too! Good luck!

Bri - posted on 12/20/2009

my daughter is 2 1/2 and i have been training her for the last month or so. she is doing really well now. the best thing is to take her every half hour til she gets the sense of her body. and take them as soon as they get up from sleeps (coz no doubt they need to go). i have noticed if i dont take my daughter straight after she wakes up she wont do wees on the toilet and makes more accidents. as for poos i have only got my daughter to do 3 on the toilet the rest she does in her nappy or knickers. dont worry so much about it. just take her to the toilet with you and show her that poos are done in the toilet and flush it away. they will get the idea eventually :P and another thing dont give up otherwise u will have to start from scratch. hope this helps

Pamela - posted on 12/20/2009

if you make her go very hour she is going to hate that so take her when you go and if she goes potty give a treat or something the she will like the idea of going potty and when in a week or 2 she will start telling she has to go b/c she is learning what it feels like to go and knows ifs good when tell her good girl

Pamela - posted on 12/20/2009

my little girl did that for a long time I had her help me clean up the area she peed in she hated and when she went potty Igave her a few m&ms and soon she started telling me when she had to go we still some problems like not making it to the potty on time but b4 that i would try sitting her the potty she figth we me untill i start giving her a treat and told she was a good girl she loves to hear me said you a goood girl she says I am and smiles knowing she did something good. also try taking to the potty when you go and have her sit on her potty she will start tell you very soon that she has to go my little girl is almost 3 year !(jan2)

Amber - posted on 12/16/2009

My son is the most stuborn person in the worl and he was potty trained at 21/2. It took a lot of work on my part. I guess you could just say I forced him. I know it sounds bad, but it's nice not to have to buy diapers. I told him he was wearing big boy undies and that was that. I put him on the potty every hour. Believe me he didn't not wsnt to do it much. After about a week of sticking to my guns he was a lot better at going when I asked him to. He is now 3 and still throws fits when I ask him to go potty, but that is just the kind of person he is. He likes to throw fits with everything. The poop thing, that will come with time. It helped us to giggle when he would poop on the potty. It also helped him to watch us when we would poop on the potty to see that it was not scary. Oh and when he would poop in his undies we would let him see us flush it down the toilet. Hope this helps ya!!!

Nichol - posted on 12/16/2009

I have a son who is 2 1/2 and wants no part in this. He will go and sit every now and then, but when I do put him on the potty he has a fit... When they said boys are harder they werent kidding

Whitney - posted on 12/15/2009

So she went yesterday 2x it was great we made a huge deal n now ill ask her if she has to go like every 10secs n she tells me "not now" but it kind of seems like she's scared of the potty she wont let me sit her there unless she wants to and i dont want to force her. Also she wont poop in the potty only in her undies lol

Sarah - posted on 12/14/2009

I would not wait for her to tell you when she has to go to the bathroom. Instead until she figures out the concept of listening to her body as to when she needs to go I would have her sit on the potty every hour. Once she is doing good with not having accidents then I would ask her every hour if she has to go, but only have her sit if it has been awhile since she has last gone then have her sit. This trains her in learning how to listen to that feeling when you have to go potty and also trains her in learning how to stop with what she is doing and to go potty.