so how do you potty train a 2 year old?

[Roskva]

I'm beginning to lose the will to live about potty training.

Have tried her knickers - result, puddles that she then gleefully paddles in.

Taking her to the loo and sitting her on the potty every time I go and in between whiles - the closest she's got to weeing in the loo is doing it over the floor as she got off the loo.

Letting her look at what I'm doing - which she finds hysterical.

She holds on to her wee, but seems oblivious to the need to go. It's the same with poo - she sometimes tells me after she's done it, but not always.

Help!!!

I really don't know. THe question I'm asking myself is, how do you train a three year old

(no help, but....... do you feel a tiny bit better??)

i would leave it a few months and try again she may not be ready yet it normally comes quite natural when there ready

dont get frustrated or angry as this will make it worse it will become a negative time

try to make it fun sitting her on potty and dolly on potty but if not ready then dont keep trying leave it and try again in few months lots of praise also

my ds trained himself twice and then reverted back then at 3.5 dry as soon as in pants he was just ready we have issues with poos but one step at a time

It doesn't sound like she is ready yet.

DS is 2.2 and he will wee and poo on the potty but only if he is naked. So we have nappy-free days and I try every day to get him to wear pants and trousers but he refuses. I think he is worried about getting them down in time, so until he does we're not leaving the house without a nappy!

Could you wait a while?

Yep, I can wait. It's just a real pain having 2 children in nappies. I have a sneaking suspicion that dd thinks she'll miss out on something if she doesn't need nappies any more.

my dd wasnt potty trained until she was 3, i tried a few times before that and it was a nightmare, she had loads of accidents and ended up getting upset when she saw the potty or i mentioned the loo in any way. somebody gave me the best advice ever - wait for her to be ready!
We just left her in nappies, my mum thought i was mad (she'll be in nappies forever type thing) but a few weeks after her 3rd bday she started asking about the toilet, we chucked out the potty, got her a seat thing that goes on the loo (let her choose it herself) and a step and that was it. she is 3.7 now, so has been clean for about 6 months, she has not had 1 accident, we can go out without worrying about it, its brilliant.

That's reassuring. I just have a feeling that I've missed the moment - when I was 8.5 months pg with ds, I was not really up to encouraging dd onto the loo.

We have got a little loo seat and a potty. She's happy to sit on either, but just doesn't oblige.

Hi
Similar to nancy, I left my little girl to let me know when she was ready - she wasn't trained til one month off her 3rd birthday. If I had another child, I'd do it exactly the same way! What's the rush? The later you can leave it, the more ready they are and receptive to it, they can understand a bit more what is expected of them and what the loo is all about. I started to try about 10 months before she was actually ready - and it just wasn't really happening. She would use the potty, but only when she felt like it and the more I pushed it the more she dug her heels in and refused - you can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink!! They just have to do it in their own time. I kept her in pull-ups, did loads of encouraging her to try by always having the potty handy, but just didn't push it. Then months later, she started to tell me she needed it and it just happened overnight! She has been dry for 5 months now with not one single accident! Don't feel under pressure - don't compare her to others and just chill out and do it when she's ready - I'm sure nearly all kids are potty trained by the time they start school, so you have plenty of time - there's no panic til then, is there?

Just to make you feel better, I have three children in nappies. And I have done for A WHOLE YEAR .

Our rubbish bin is ridiculous.

Our nappy bill is ridiculous.

DS1 is not interested in the loo at all and is in fact quite scared of it. And the potty.

He is three in 6 weeks. I am determined to crack it before then.

To be fair I haven't really tried very hard .

My advice is also to leave it until they let you know they are ready. My DD and DS didn't do it til they were about 3 but they did it literally overnight with hardly any accidents. What's the rush?

I produced the potty for dd3 aged 23 months, she went hysterical and now has a screaming attack everytime I change her bum!! Think I have put her back at least 6 months

hmmm, hate to say it and know it is not helpful to you guys, but may help others - (whispers)try introducing potty a lot earlier (eg 6 months) might reduce fear/crying fits etc when faced with potty aged 2/3

well I have no idea what to do now
Gecko is 23 months and tonight sudden;y stood by the loo and pointed to it 'poo, yoilit, poo yoilit'

I took off her nappy and held her on the loo and she pooped in the toilet

I have never even hinted at training her at all
but she does see me and dd1 and dd2 using the loo all the time

not sure what, if anything I should do now

Follow her lead, if she wants to do it she will. Honestly think that as celver as my dd3 is, she is also very lazy and that is why she doesnt want to part with her nappy.

DD was at her friends house and saw her doing it, and then wanted the same panties, same potty etc.

I am trying to ignore the mistakes and praise the successes!

shall I et one of those toilet seat things for her

I dont think she will want a potty tbh but she is tiny and could easily completely fit into the toilet

We've got a potty and a little toilet seat. DD happily sits on either. She just doesn't do anything while sitting on them .

That does make me feel a bit better, Egg. Ds is in clothies except at night, and dd is now refusing to wear clothies, probably because she's more aware of wetness in them, since we used spoies on her full time when ds was born.

spoies? I meant sposies