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I need help potty training my 2yr old?
She is 2 next week and for past few weeks hates being in a wet or dirty nappy. She always tells me before she does a poo and most of the time when she does a wee. I bought her a potty 2weeks ago and put in the downstairs toilet. I told her if she needs to go wee or poo to do it in the potty. Straight away she went in and did a wee.
After that she just kept going on the floor. I thought she might be forgetting bout the potty so i moved it into her play room where she spends her day but she just started using it as a stool and hiding things in it but still going toilet on the floor.
I decided to leave the training and try again. I bought her a new potty. Just a plain potty so it wouldn't be confused wit a toy and started again on fri. She still refuses to go toilet on the potty and roars crying if i try to sit her on it. She nearly always takes off her nappy just before she does wee or poo but always does it on the floor. How can i encourage her to use the potty?
I ask her constantly if she needs to go and bring her to potty after she has a drink or meal. I have tried sitting her on the toilet and tellin her she can be just like mummy but she is just not interseted in them.
I dont want to discipline her when she goes toilet on floor as i worry this might discourage her and she will just go in her nappy instead. I av tried putting pants on her but she just wet them as i think she thought she wasnt wearin anything.
9 Answers
- Anonymous1 decade agoFavorite Answer
If she doesn't have any mental problems (such as autism, add, adhd, or anything like that) then she is just being lazy. You need to have some sort of disciplin. If you put her on it and she cries, then tell her she cannot get off till she goes. Tell her if she continues to go in the floor rather than the toilet that she will continue to wear a diaper when she is too big to. (sometimes, telling kids they are too big to be acting like a baby works.) If and everytime you see or know she has went into the floor, put her in time out or some sort of punishment. If she contineues to not listen, then you might have to spank her but just enough to hurt her feelings, not to hurt her or leave marks.
If all else fails, try bribing her, if she goes in the floor, no desert, and the days add to no desert everytime she doesn't use the toilet.
You'll only discourage her if you mentally do something (like yelling at her or something and scaring her) but if you don't take some sort of action then your going to be dealing with this for a long time and cleaning up her mess when it could be handled now.
Source(s): Helping to raise 3 siblings and a baby of my own - Mommy to 4Lv 51 decade ago
She has showed you she knows when she has to pee and poo so it is time. Keep her potty in the bathroom if you put it in the living room etc she WILL use it as a toy. Put her in undies I have found pull ups DON'T work they use them like a diaper and take her potty every hour limit her drinks to her 3 meals and 2 snacks a day. REWARD her with a lolly or sticker when she uses the pot do a dance jump up and down clap your hands kids love that stuff. Don't give up she has showed you she can pee in the potty. Good luck
Source(s): Mommy of 3 and daycare provider for 9 years ive potty trained around 8 kids - Anonymous1 decade ago
Well, she is definitely ready to be potty-trained... the trick is getting her to do it! One thing that seemed to work for me was by putting a thing of candy behind the toilet -- everytime they go potty, they get to take a skittle or m&m or whatever their favorite candy is. If candy doesn't work or you don't want to do that, you can try stickers or something that you know she will enjoy. Tell her that if she goes on the potty for a week straight she will get a present. It took us about a week to train our boy and once he got his prize everything seemed good!
Second, he HATED his little tiny potty. Instead we got this little seat you can install on your own toilet and he liked that much better. Put a stool in front of the toilet and if they want to do it on their own -- let them! He seemed to like the independence and being like the grown ups, while still getting a treat.
Good lucK!
Source(s): Recently potty-trained - 5 years ago
My son adjusted fairly straightforward. verify you're making it exciting...the persons above have given some great suggestion. the key's to make it relaxing for him and something that he seems forward to doing. verify you get a step ladder for him to attain. every time he easily enables you to grasp earlier hand so he can bypass interior the potty or perhaps is going on his very own...rejoice. tell him how great he's doing and how proud you're of him. he gets it quickly sufficient. Oh and pull united statesare necessary! sturdy luck.
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- d3v10u5b0yLv 61 decade ago
My son started doing the same thing. He's used his little potty a few times with our help (he is having trouble walking normally and has to wear leg braces, so he still requires our help to get on the potty). Recently, he tore his diaper off and peed on the carpet on the stairs.
It may seem so ridiculously simple, but "potty" books actually helped. It seemed to get him interested and over his fear of sitting on the potty chair. You could try something like this:
- SunbirdLv 41 decade ago
I would say for you to not worry about her age but if she is going on the floor, that's another problem. Try a seat on the big potty and see if it works. Sit her on it and stay with her and if she tinkles, make a big deal over it. Make sure her diapers don't stay on her long when they are wet.
- Anonymous1 decade ago
The steps that we did 6 years ago with my bro'
1. we finally put underwear on.
2 we told him if you have to pee or poop go in the toilet
3.everytime he went in the toilet he gets a sticker.
(we have over 75 stickers still on the toilet from the past year)
4.that pretty much did it
now my little sister
same thing.
but we had to bring it a step further.
5. if she goes on the floor she had to help my step-mom clean it up.
(now we have over 150 stickers with my brothers stickers and my sisters sticker)
- 1 decade ago
you don't have to force her , believe me she will do it herself .all you have to do is instead of putting on a nappy or pampers have her wear a panties.It will be more easier for her to pull down .And secondly you can pretend to use her potty too... (i did that to my son,his two already will be three in the next six months an his already potty trained since he was 1 year ),u have to listen careful or ask her frequently 'if she wants to use her potty'
- fruitie7Lv 41 decade ago
I bought my children cartoon undies, and told them not to pee on the them. I also incouraged them to sit and see what happens while they read a book, gave them stickers, their favorite treat when they finished.
It takes time, just keep up the good work and try not to get upset with accidents..
Source(s): mom to 4 and nanny to 1