Help with "Twin" Potty Training

I think what you need to do is do what your doing. Let them be in their underware during the day and diapers at night and nap. Every Hour take them to the potty. Let them set and than get up and leave. After a while they will realize they can do it themsleves on their own and they will. They don't know at first how uncomfertable it is. but they will. I hate training pants they don't work. When some parents get training done it's not becuase of the pants it's because the kids train themselves becuase they just get too old...

I know what you are going thru.. I have 4 1/2yr old twin girls. And we went thru a very frustrating phase of potty training.. Our success finally came in not giving any treats for potty.. but for doing the "pee pee in the potty happy dance" and acting silly following the deed! It seemed to be a peer pressure thing if one got to do the dance with mommy and daddy and the other didn't..well she felt left out, so i would tell her that when she went pee pee in the potty she could do the dance too!
Just hang in there.. you are going to survive.. it could take awhile! We spent several months on this (both of us work out of the home, and sitter didn't seem to reinforce)
When they are ready they will do it all the time!

Hi S.,
My best advice (learned the hard way) on potty training is "Don't stress yourself out!" It sounds obvious, but these kids will not be still peeing their pants at school when they are ten years old. Usually peer pressure works better than anything you say, unfortunately. With all the energy you are putting into the pleading and begging and bribes (believe me, I did all that, too!) you are showing them where their power is. This is something they can control that Mommy can't. Two year olds love that because they have very little power overall. Just act like it doesn't matter to you and soon they will stop holding it over your head. Hope this helps! --A.

I hate to say this to you because I know it's not what you want to hear, but patience is key. You did not say exactly how long you have been actively trying to potty train them although it sounds like only a week or so. For some kids, a week might be long enough, for others, you are looking at months. Kids have fits and spurts and might seem ready one day and not the next. You just have to be consistent (I would suggest the same type of reward each time too, not just bribes of what they might get if they go potty) and give it time. Good luck!

I have 3 1/2 year old twin boys and have been working on this as well. They eventually did stop having accidents on the floor and their underwear and I thought it would never end! The both go pee in the potty and that's about it just no poop yet. And my older one now won't wear underwear(he did for a short time), just the pullups or nothing at all. My younger one is good with the underwear though. I know it's frustrating, but those accidents will eventually end and they will catch on to the whole potty training.

this may not help but this my experience with potty training.I have two kids a girl who is 8 and a son who just turned 4 and potty training was stressful for me, too. I had talked to the doc. to see when I should start potty training them and he told me that they will do it when they are ready. He was almost 3 when he started peeing in the potty and just about 6 months ago started pooping in the potty. I more or less let them train themselves to use the potty. I also bought a pooty chair that fits on the potty like a regular seat and it also had steps to make it easier for him to climb upon the potty. he no longer uses either one of them now. My next step is getting taught to stand to pee in the potty.