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What is the easiest and best way to potty train twins (boy+girl)

Kelly - posted on 03/21/2010 ( 4 moms have responded )

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I am looking for the easiest and best way to get my boy-girl twins potty trained. My son was doing it for a while, but then decided he doesn't want to do it anymore. My husband is off for two weeks now, and we are preparing to take it head on. We've heard many different suggestions: setting a timer for 30 minutes, putting underwear on them, and if they have an accident, they will eventually not like that feeling. And even just let them run around in underwear and no pants, so we don't have to go through many pairs of pants in one day. We have a sticker reward chart for every day of the week and they get to put a sticker of their choice on the chart and at the end of the day, we will count to see how many potty moments did they achieve. Do any of these work? Any other suggestions or tips?

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Kari - posted on 03/26/2010

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Now is definately the time to do it, but my suggestion is to not push it. If they (or even just he) wants to sit on the potty, let him, but don't force him to go or to sit on it for a certain amount of time. We did this with our 4 year old and she was potty trained by the time she was 18 months. Our twins it's a little different, our little boy has used the potty successfully twice now and our little girl has yet to, but when ever they ask we let them go sit on the potty for how ever long they want which has been as little as 30 seconds or as much as 45 minutes. We do ask everytime we change their diaper if they want to go and we talk about the wet/messy diaper and how much better it would feel to have dry pants all the time and wear big boy or big girl pants. We don't push though, I think that makes the child regress and just refuse to go in the potty. It's one of the few things a child that young has complete control over and if mom and dad obsess and push, they refuse!

Sharon - posted on 03/26/2010

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My girl didnt like the messy feeling in the diaper. Try and be consistent. I found personal space made a big diffrence. I didnt bring them in the bathroom together. I put cheerios in the potty for my boy kinda fun game. And i just sat there and talked to my little girl. We all know women love to talk even at a young age..lol

Shelley - posted on 03/23/2010

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My boy/girl twins will also be 2 in June, and they've recently become interested in the potty. My son peed in it tonight, so I feel I need to stick w it. Is now the time to do it? These suggestions were really helpful. I'm also wondering how many potties?? Any other tips on them being diff sexes??

Chrissi - posted on 03/23/2010

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I have b/g twins. They'll be two in June. I plan on doing the same thing I did with my eldest daughter (now three and also born in June) She was potty trained in a grueling two months of wet underwear (daily) and just keeping on top of asking her hourly if she needed to go. I had a couple of cheap plastic potty's around the house and outside. I managed to get into a routine of first thing in the morning before breakfast sitting and waiting for "pee pee"then before and after every meal to sit for a few minutes with a book on the toilet or potty. It will be hard and of course buying the night time diapers (she was done with those a couple months later) I think the key is sticking with it, NOT buying any more diapers for tempation because it just confuses them in the end if you keep going back to it. Hang in there and decide when it's good for YOU to start. I have heard my son will be a little harder to train but I have always treated my twins the same and coached them to meet milestones together. good luck!

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