2 Year Old Potty Training - Savoy,IL

Some times taking a step back to when she first started would be a good start. I potty trained my son when he was about 2 and a half. I took a week off of work, we got him some big boy underwear, ( I personally don't believe in Pull Ups. They are good for night time until they are old enough to not wet the bed but to most kids it's not much different than a diaper) I kept him in the kitchen, so clean up would be easier than it would on the carpet and dressed him in just a shirt and underwear. I took him to the bathroom every hour on the hour. If he doesn't go pee for a couple of hours I would keep him in there until he does by singing the ABC's or looking through books. If he started to pee in his underwear I immediately took him to the bathroom. After about 3 days he was potty trained. On the fourth day we were asked to eat with family, and I was unsure but we went anyways, still in underwear but I did put him in pants. As we were standing in line, he said he had to go potty and he held it until we got to the bathroom. When he came out he was so proud of him self that he announced it all the way back to the line that he peed in the potty.
I also do not agree that it takes boys longer. I think it has more to do with the individual child and a lot with the parent.
With my daughter I intended to do the same thing. However, I didn't plan well enough to be home all day for a few days, on only the second day we had to go to the store so I put her back in the diaper just in case. It was because of my own inconsistencies with her that caused her to take longer.
If she is having problems, he has developed a new habit of not going until it's too late. And if she is getting frustrated at all at the situation that is why he is not telling her. She just needs to take a step back and re-instill the habit of going right away by taking him to the bathroom every hour or so and making sure not to wait until it is too late and making sure that if they go out of the house she takes him before they leave and makes sure to take him to the bathroom while they are gone.

I do not agree with the other poster who said it takes boys longer, I think that is a stereotype that is not true. It wasn't true for either of my 2 boys or my 2 nephews. All were completely potty trained (night and day, pee and poop) right at or around the age of 2y/o and none of them took that long at all...so it can be one!

I have come to realize, by being on this board for so long, that I might have gotten lucky but it is still very possible. I say your best bet s to just be very observant and watch him like a hawk, he will eventually get it. I would NOT give up just because of a few accidents!

When younger I have found that once the initial excitement of using the potty wears off they realize it's a little bit of work to stop playing and go to the potty - there is a regression. I put the potty in the room my first son played in. This way he could sit and pee but not have to leave his toys.

My son trained easier than my daughter, so don't buy into the "boys are later" stuff. What I did notice with my son was that he would spray his pants. He wouldn't have a full accidents, but he would wet them slightly. he did this for a long time. My husband said that men's pipes work differently and to not worry about it, that he would stop spraying after a while.

The thing I learned from training two kids before 2 is that 2 year olds are very distracted. They will have accidents. All you can do is clean them up, put on new clothes, and move forward. All I would say is, "your pants are wet." I know a lot of people don't want to deal with accidents, but for me I'd rather wash the wet clothes and have a kid 95% trained then have a kid in diapers.

My son was still spraying occasionally when he turned 3. I told him then that he was a big boy now and had to keep them perfectly dry. I offered up a favorite toy. He is good to go now. He night trained at 21 months, though, never having an accident, so I know he was ready to train when we did.

I don't believe in pull-ups either. Just let them have accidents. And expect regressions. It sounds like this kid is having a regression. Kids regress before big jumps forward. Both of my kids had a terrible week of regressions before poop and night training.

Sorry that this completely lacks flow and is terribly written. I haven't had a cup of tea cup and my brain is very clouded!

He's awfully young to be starting this. I think boys do better when they're 3 before starting. I wouldn't stop but I would put him in pull ups.

Boys are notorious for being later potty trainers than girls. It's almost summer, let him run around without pants on for a few days and let him "water" the plants. He will become very aware of his body sensations. That should do the trick!

In my experience you can start potty training a boy at the age of two and spend several months to a year doing it, or you can start at the age of three and spend a few days to a week doing it. I guess it depends on how much you enjoy potty training, cleaning up pee and poop and how badly you need to be done with diapers. Personally I would rather change a few diapers a day than drag a kid to the bathroom every half hour all day long only to end up scrubbing poop off the carpet in the end.