2yr old Boy... Doesn't speak...

Amy - posted on 01/08/2010

does he sign? do u? sign language?

The sign for poop is
...giva a thumbs up in 1 hand and with the other hand put your hand around ur thumb and pull out your thumb. kinda quickly. see how it resembles a poop coming out!! i know sign and that is actually how u do it.
the sign for peepee (or toilet ) would be a t in the sign abc's which is using one hand put hand in a fist and wedge the thumb in between your pointer finger and middle finger. kinda like your taking someones nose...lol...so there ya go poop and pee. good luck!!

Whitney - posted on 01/08/2010

My son is still doing speech therapy but over the course of my month off from college, I have started potty training my son who is 2. He just turned 2 nov 2009. He doesn't speak much except for his letters. He kinda does a dance and squirms around. Every 15-20 I put him on the potty. He may fuss but knows what my limits are when it comes to fussing.

Melanie - posted on 01/07/2010

You could go to the bathroom with him have him sit on his potty chair and you sit on your's ( but really your not doing anything) and get him to go potty with you. I've done that a few time's with my son and it worked. Try also just before bath time sit him on the potty, cuz the running water will help him go. When he wakes up from nap's or sleeping take him to the potty chair. Good luck!

Jacqueline - posted on 01/06/2010

My son doesn't talk very well either and we have been fairly successful in potty training him. We let him run around naked at first (it's easier to catch them in the act that way) and when he started going would hurry him to the potty and let him finish on the potty. After he started running to the potty on his own we started putting underwear on him and now he is usually pretty good about going on his own. When we are out and about we make sure to ask if he has to go often and he just says yes or no. And before we leave the store to get in the car we take him to try anyway. He hasn't had an accident any place but at home in quite a while.

Bonnie - posted on 01/06/2010

I thought the same thing when my babysitter started training my son. She just started putting him on the toilet every half hour and after sleeping. Every time I put him on I would explain it and eventually he just started to say it. At first he said pee no matter what he did so I corrected him till he said the right word for the right action.

Kylie - posted on 12/31/2009

don't stress about it, the more you do the less he will. He will do it when he is ready - how many 4 - 5 yr olds are in nappies when they start school?



Try bush wees - esp as it is summer, just let him run around outside bare bum. He will soon pick it up.



Also let him watch dad - this really helped my son (2 5 months) now he is going like a pro

Cyndi - posted on 12/31/2009

Quoting Fiona:

Quoting Sarah:

Maybe try teaching him the signs for potty (pee and poop). Once he has a good handle on that then work on the toilet training part.

thnk u but wot r tha signs??

To my knowledge there are not actual signs for pee/poo but there is for potty/toilet/restroom. I was in an American Sign Language Class at college. Go to this website for a visual on the sign.

http://www.aslpro.com/cgi-bin/aslpro/asl...

There is also a sign for yuck (very easy sign) that you could use when he pees/poos in his diaper/underwear.

Hope this helps. Good luck.



Ok I just checked the site for the yuck sign and could not find it. What you do is with an open hand have your right hand palm facing the left and put your thumb on your chin and then push it away from your face in a downward motion. So your pinky will be pointing down.

Amber - posted on 12/30/2009

Im have the same problem with the talking but my son well sit on the potty but it's rare that he actually does anything on it

Brandi - posted on 12/30/2009

I encouraged the 'big boy' method. I would take my son every morning to sit on his potty chair. I would talk to him and play games with him while he sat there and this was about 20 mins max. If he did or didnt do something, I would congratulate him for being a 'big boy'. Also the tempreture sensor pamper pull ups worked wonders because he didnt like the cold feeling when he peed. Lastly, I would take him to his chair (or have the person watching him do it) every 2 hours making a game out if called potty time.

Nicole - posted on 12/29/2009

I see you already have te suggestion for signing Which is Great! I taught my kids and I run a day home and they all use the signs.
However you have to teach your child what the feeling is that goes with that sign. Put your child on the toilet and sign toliet (with right hand make a fist with thub tucked under pointer finger (ppl tend to make this sign with "got your nose") and rock your hand back and forth. If ur child does the potty face when using their diaper sign it then too. Tell them it's the sign for toliet or potty what ever works that you both know your talking about using the bathroom not the diaper. Then take them to the toliet and promote it, if it's a poopie diaper put the poop in the toliet and tell them it goes in there and so on. Your child will learn quickly that that sign is for going to the bathroom and at first (most likely) they will sign when using the diaper encourage them bt run them to the potty and put them on it. They will learn to sign it before they go and you both get to the bathroom asap. I found a sticker chart (with boys too) works wonders, just a sheet of paper and $store little stickers and when they use the potty they get a sticker (or stamp). Put the chart up in the bathroom for display they love that.

One of the best ways is when you have to use the toilet bring your child in with you and have them sit on a potty at the same time (or try after you, on the toilet) and just tell them your using the potty and thats what big kids and Mom and Dad do.
My 1 yr old signs dirty for poop diapers and change for both and goes to the bathroom and sits on the potty, especially when someone else is in there using the big potty.

Sorry for the long speal hope it helps!
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Jocelyn - posted on 12/29/2009

I'm finding that it help when his dad or a buddy at daycare goes. He wants to mimic what he sees, then we praise his with a sticker which he LOVES (a little bribe never hurts). And I'm sure you know how long it takes him to 'go'after he eats or drinks and you may just wanna sit him on the potty while he watches tv until he goes. That helps too. Good luck! We'll get through it:-)

Michelle - posted on 12/29/2009

Here this is a video showing how to sign bathroom.

http://www.wonderhowto.com/how-to/video/...

Both of my kids (15 months and 27 months) know a little sign language and picked it up quiet easily. Good luck.

Sarah - posted on 12/28/2009

Quoting Fiona:

Quoting Sarah:

Maybe try teaching him the signs for potty (pee and poop). Once he has a good handle on that then work on the toilet training part.

thnk u but wot r tha signs??

I am not sure what the true sign language signs are, but you would not have to teach the true ones if you did not want to.  The most important thing would be the communication between the two of you and then letting others that would care for him what the sign is.  So if it was myself I would just create a sign that would make sense to the two of you.  There are also sign language books you can buy or get at your local library that will have the correct sign.  A friend of mine had some books that were really nice and easy to learn and understand.  It had the baby in the picture doing the sign and then also a picture of what the sign meant.

A side note that you may already be doing (or not need to do).  I am not sure if your doctor is concerned about his speech or not.  Kids all develop at different rates and boys can sometimes take longer to get that speech than girls, so I don't want to take away from the natural course of things.  But I watch a little boy that I have seen struggle with speech and am noticing how that is leading into other areas of his learning.  So I am seeing the importance in getting that early speech therapy.  So just wanted to mention or put out there that if you feel like there might be an issue you can have him evaluated through your local AEA (Area Education Agency) for free.  If they feel he would need some extra help they often times have a therapist come to your home and there is often times no charge.  Anyway that might be too much info. and something you are not even looking into.

Alicia - posted on 12/28/2009

well obviously when he poops hes going to have the poop face.. any sign on that straight to the potty... what i do is occasionally just take him in sit him down try to teach him a potty song even if its just the word potty over and over again... if he does anything get all excited show him what he did and tell him he did a good job let him flush it down and say bye bye and wash his hands.... just make it really exciting even if he doesnt go he will get used to the potty and wont be scared

Shannon - posted on 12/26/2009

so i am having kind of the same issue, My oldest son will be 2 the begining of jan and he doenst speak much at all yet he has a few word but as for pee poop and potty they are MIA.
i have decided to potty train due to an event he decided to pull over on me during nap time, i changed him to lay him down and i went in to check on him he had pulled his diaper off and there was poop everywhere. ew... and then to top it off he stood up on his bed and peed. so i took him in the bathroom explained that since he was old enough to remove his diaper we were saying good bye to diapers HELLO undies.

we had a fair;y successful day today only 2 accidents and i am just watching him and when he reaches down to touch that area i take him in and sit him on the potty and once he goes we get all excited scream for joy and get candy after we wash our hands.
good luck

Fiona (Fee) - posted on 12/26/2009

Quoting Sarah:

Maybe try teaching him the signs for potty (pee and poop). Once he has a good handle on that then work on the toilet training part.

thnk u but wot r tha signs??

Sarah - posted on 12/25/2009

Maybe try teaching him the signs for potty (pee and poop). Once he has a good handle on that then work on the toilet training part.