Comments on: Potty Training a 2 Year Old

By: cyndi

cyndi — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 16:38:00 +0000

my 14 daughther poops in her pants and laughs about it what should i do

By: mercedres

mercedres — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 16:35:17 +0000

my little 2 yrar old girl and boy won’t potty they pooped in their undies

By: Michelle

Michelle — Sat, 16 Apr 2011 02:32:15 +0000

I have a son who is almost 3 he was potty trained at 2 and a half, it was super easy because he wanted to do it. Recently though his father and I have split and seems he is peeing in his pants first thing in the morning unstead of getting out of bed and doing it. Having been potty trained for over a year I have no clue what to do. Also the guy I have been dating for 6 months now has a 1 and 2 year old both in diapers. We just had our first poopie with Jonathan (2 year old) about ten minutes ago! I am wondering though is my 3 year old acting out because of these other babies in diapers or is it that his dad is not making him potty in the morning? I have no clue how to fix this but I know he knows better because he will get up and hide his wet pants or try to put dry ones on before I see them.

By: Angie

Angie — Sat, 29 Jan 2011 05:57:02 +0000

Overall advice for frustrated parents from an Infanct Massage Therapist… it’s ok if they are not potty trained by 3 years old, 2 years old is YOUNG! You are doing everything right and all people are different- some catch on faster and it doesn’t mean they are smarter. Mine has been going in the potty since 17 months but her older sis at 3 years and a few months. If kids are sitting forever on the potty- they are not ready. If they are under 3, typically, they will not be consistent. We all love our kiddos and we are all loving parents or we wouldn’t be on this site- just let them be, try not to get so frustrated with yourself or with them and allow them to progress at their own rate even if it’s slower than you think . Potty training requires a mature nervous system, one that allows you to hold pee and go on command- so no matter what videos or books the child sees or practice they get on the potty, really, they will go when their body is ready and they “get it”… and they will!

By: Amanda

Amanda — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 13:45:28 +0000

i have a 2 year old boy who at daycare will only sit on the potty but refuses to do anything other than just sit there. With him just enjoying sitting on the potty is there anything i can do to help encourage him to actually use the potty instead of just sitting on it? cmon no mom wants to keep changing diapers forever

By: Trish

Trish — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 16:47:08 +0000

My three year old son really go the hang of going potty but he refused to go number two in the toilet. My sister in law came to town and in three days had him doing all of his potty in the toilet. She started to make him clean up his own mess. Although I had to go behind him he was in charge of dumping hie underwear, cleaning himself off in the bath, rinsing his clothes and cleaning any place that he may have transferred number two on. This really helped!

By: sarah

sarah — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 18:44:52 +0000

my 2 1/2 year old dose not use the poty i sit him on the and he will push but dose nothing here lately he will take his diaper off and pee and poo in the floor but not always in his diaper i hvae tryed underwear and he has a poty chair he loves to sit on the big potty but he will not pee or poo what should i do?

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Sat, 13 Nov 2010 15:54:39 +0000

My 2 1/2 yr old daughter she only goes to pee, we don’t have no accidents whatsoever with her and all that, but I cannot get her to go poo. She will sit on the potty and fake the pushing but nothing comes out. She will ask for a diaper and poo there and as soon as she is done she will come to me so I can clean her up. But no success in the potty yet. I don’t push her around, she will let me know when she is ready to go by herself.

By: aimee

aimee — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 17:09:53 +0000

i have a 27 month old daughter who actually will use the washroom on her own but will not contiuously do it wat di i do ?

By: nicole

nicole — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 21:09:38 +0000

we are barley potty training my son and it is hard i just bought him pull ups he peed once but it got all over the toilet he it two does anybody have any other suggestions on what else i can do

By: Arthur Bhutic

Arthur Bhutic — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 21:07:07 +0000

Desiree,
Girls, must not run aroun naked. I loved my training pants, which I always put on my training pants, though I couldn’t take off my training pants. I am of severe and profound mental retardation. The same goes for them.

By: Crystal

Crystal — Thu, 27 May 2010 18:58:46 +0000

I have a 23 ,month old who is in pull-ups and i am struggling to have him sit on the potty and pee or poo..after about two hrs. of him sitting there, watching education videos, reading, or coloring he still has not made one tinkling or poo in the potty..yet as soon as he gets up and puts on his underpants or pull ups..he goes..i dont understand why this is. i have a four year old who was potty trained before he was two. help me someone!!!