2 Year Old Peeing on Floor

I think she is probably pulling her diaper to the side with her hand at the crotch area. This hopefully means she does not want to go in her pants anymore. I suggest that as soon as she wakes up, go immediately and let her sit on the potty. Have some fun "prizes" in the bathroom and in sight to reward her successes. You can go to the dollar store and buy little toys, books, etc. to make it worth her while. If after she sits and just can't or won't go, you could keep her in the bathroom while you go so that she sees how it's done. This way if she does the pee on the floor trick, you can see what's going on. Hope this helps, Good Luck! A.

As you know the obvious has been stated...let her go first. Seems simple enough but also wondering about what time her last drink is. I'm not sure the exact time anymore but think it's 7pm you're supposed to cut them off(other than a sip or so). So maybe that will eliminate her waking up at all. ? Good Luck! btw-I too am a stay at home Army wife.(8yr boy-1yr girl) husband gone now. hope your situation is at a good place! take care- know our prayers are w/you all!

~L. C.

Hi A..

It seems easy to me! Just have her use the bathroom first (before you) when you get up! And all throughout the day, keep asking her if she needs to go potty. Don't wait until it's too late. It takes time for their brain to realize what their body is telling them. A lot of times, they don't realize they have to 'go' until they are actually sitting on the toilet. (By the way, I am a mother of three and grandmother of 6.)

As for the wet floor, she is probably pulling the diaper aside so it doesn't get wet, knowing that a dry diaper pleases you. But she doesn't yet associate the wet floor as being a problem. Good luck.

It sounds like she may be sqatting at the door and there is just a gap in the diaper's elastic around her leg in that position. Her diaper may just be getting shifted during her sleep movement and not covering her well by the time she wakes. The diaper isn't able to absorb the pee quickly enough so it leaks right through the gap onto the floor. You might try letting her sleep in a pull-up (just because it's quicker to pull up and down in the middle of the night than changing a diaper) and taking her to the potty when you go.

If you haven't already, try taking her diaper off and sitting her on the toilet before you go. If she has a potty chair of her own, put her on her potty while you are on yours. This might also be something to try as you start out potty training.

try takign her to the potty with you instead of letting her stan dout side of the door, you will find out how she is peeign through her diaper. Or you could just try letting her try on a little potty with you. She sees you go every night on the potty maybe it is her way of telling you she wants to as well.

I completely agree with Debby, sit her on the potty first, I know potty training in the middle of the night would not be my first choice, but its a good start! The pee getting on the floor even with a diaper on is always a mystery-maybe something about the position she's sleeping in is shifting her diaper-who knows.

Sounds like an excellent opportunity to me. Since you know she has this pattern, start sitting her on the potty, before you go, when she wakes up at night. Call it a "special girl potty date" or something goofy to get her excited about being a big girl. Sit her on the potty when she first wakes up in the morning too(even if she has a wet diaper).

My 16 month old loved to take baths with her big sister. She would poop in the tub - much to the dismay of big sister. I could have made her horribly ashamed for pooping in the tub, but I saw it as an opportunity. I started sitting her on the potty before she was allowed to get in the tub. If she wanted the privilege of taking a bath with her sister, she had to go on the potty. I had her #2 trained at 16 months and #1 trained by 18 months. You just never know what might engage them in using the potty, so I say take every opportunity that comes along - especially if there is a consistent timing pattern.

Blessings,
D.

Get the book, Toilet Training in Less than a Day, and start training her.

My second child used to wet the floor any time I put her in timeout just because she knew it would get to me. I changed her time out spot to the potty and that took care of it. I say this to let you know that she may be doing this for some sort of attention. Try putting her on the potty when she awakens at night before you go. Tell her something like "Wow, you are such a big girl that your body is waking you up to let you know to go to the bathroom!" If she argues, just act very sure that you know why she is awake even if she doesn't think so. My two oldest girls (6 and 8) will sometimes awaken enough to come to our room, but not be conscious enough to realize why they are up. We put them on the potty and take them back to bed. Sometimes they argue, but they always end up going. Good luck!

Hi Amamda,
My 28 month old is not in any hurry to potty train either, Sigh.
Do you have a potty in Your bathroom?? If you don't -I'd put one in there. If you Do I'd let her sit on Her potty when I'm on mine. At the very least it would save you cleaning up the floor outside the bathroom...
My Mom swears by this method of training-sit them on the potty while you are using the "big potty" helps them learn that you have to sit for a little while before something comes out. Then when they actually pee (usually by accident on their part) you start trying to take them every 15-20 minutes etc...
But, if she has to pee when you do in the night and can hold it till you are peeing in Your potty, she might have enough bladder control to use a potty herself.
Hope this helps!
Good Luck,
C.