My 2 yr old had used the toilet 2xs in the last 2 days at school.
We haven't started training at home really and I'm so unprepared. I want to be consistant so I guess it's time to really start using it a home to, but like I said I'm unprepared. We have the seat for the toilet and we talk about it and sit on it from time to time, but I don't have a plan and he doesn't tell me when he has to go only after he's gone.
I'm a little out of my element because I ALWAYS have a plan, any tips?
Well, if he's showing interest and using the potty at school, that's a good start!
The first step, now that you have the equipment set up, is to start making yourself aware of his regular patterns. Does he pee right after coming in to play? 30 min after dinner?
Then, you can set up a reward system. Sticker chart, tiny piece of candy, whatever...you want to reward when he uses the potty correctly. A child visiting me while working on potty training recently got a mini m&m whenever she used the potty. It worked for her.
Once you've introduced the reward system and have all the equipment ready to go, you can't wait for him to tell you he wants to go...you have to ask. Use that knowledge of his "usual" times and ask him if he wants to go sit on the potty at those times. Reward if he goes, say you'll try again later if he doesn't, and don't make a big deal about a dirty diaper...it's part of the process. You can switch to pull-ups to make it easier. Recognizing that you have to go is something you have to learn, so you'll have to prompt him at first.
With both of my kids, I just tried to make the potty a part of every day life for them. When I would go, I'd ask them to go. I would also ask them if they had to potty about every hour or so. If they went, I'd clap, praise them, do a happy dance, LOL, and let them call their grammy & papaw to tell them what a big boy/girl they were. I also let them pick out their undies at the store, and told them they were big boy/girl undies that they could wear when they didn't have anymore accidents. My daughter is 2 1/2 and still has accidents very occasionally, usually when she doesn't want to stop playing, but other than that she's totally potty trained.
it helps ALOT when daddy can go with him to the bathroom. show him how to sit without 'painting' the bathroom. make him feel like a big boy.
what you'll really want to know in a few days when he pees on the toilet hinges, is how to get that smell gone.
1. pour bleach on it
or
2. peroxide
or
3. i've heard vinegar works well on everything. if you are trying to be green.
i recamend doing the seat attached to the toilet, i wasn't sure which one you said you had. when it's attached to the toilet, as long as he goes IN the toilet, there's no extra clean up involved. you'll already be cleaning it off the wall. you don't want to smell any more pee.
sorry if that was a little much. we've got 2 boys. seems like we just got over the whole smelly bathroom stage.
We have got a toilet seat with a normal seat and an integrated child seat. So, when our toddler needs to go, he just pushes his integrated, smaller seat onto the normal one and sits on it like the "big" ones.
He was not ready for quite a long time, but eventually he was potty trained within a day: the big motivation and reward was going swimming regularly with his play school, which was obviously only possible, when he would not need any nappies an more
So, no worries, if it takes longer, they just need to be ready for it.
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