Potty Training - Clearwater, FL - Mom with 1 kid

Updated on July 23, 2008
R.J. asks from Clearwater, FL
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My daughter just turned 2 in April. She has been showing me for the past week that she seems to be interested in using the potty. I have a little potty for her that I keep under the cabinet in her bathroom and before we take a bath she has been taking it out and sitting on it with her diaper and then she will get off of it and look down at it like she went. (She goes to camp so maybe she is seeing the other kids use the potty?) She has been taking off her diaper and running around naked and today she took it off for the first time after she went #2. She watches me go and I tell her this is what big girls do they go on the big potty and she claps after I am done. LOL
My question is she talks but not a lot and not all the time. She understands everything I am saying to her and does what she is told. She has been talking more since she has been around other kids but she doesn't tell me that she has to go potty or that she went potty in her diapers. I don't know if this is a major thing that has to happen before I train her or not. Are there any mom's out there that have potty trained their child when the child doesn't talk much? Should I wait till her vocabulary improves more or should I take this small window of opportunity and head in feet first? I know she knows how to talk she just doesn't talk all the time. I will ask her what are you doing and she will say nothing but then I can ask her 10 minutes later the same question and she just looks at me, just to give you an example.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
R. J.

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J.S.

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R.,

I tried to potty train my daughter and at first she was not interested at all. I couldn't even get her to sit on the potty. I waited a few months until she was 2.5 years old. One day out of the blue I had some Skittles lying around. I asked her if she wanted some candy. She was all excited and said yes. I told her she had to pee on the potty first and then she could have some. We sat on the potty 10 minutes and she kept hopping off saying she wanted candy. I told her I had to see the pee-pee come out first. Then, FINALLY she peed on the potty. I made a big deal out of it and gave her 5 Skittles. She was thrilled. That day she told me every time she had to go potty because she wanted her "potty candy." This went on for a week and I limited her to 3 Skittles each time she went potty. I even had them give her three Skittles at her preschool (she kept them in her backpack and couldn't wait to run to her backpack and get out her Skittles). Then, I switched to graham crackers which weren't as tasty as candy. At first she was excited, but then, it wore off and now she just goes on the potty without expecting anything in return. Now, we just have to work on going poopie in the potty.

Good Luck :)

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R.W.

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Why is her potty kept under the cabinet? Get it out and leave it out. My oldest daughter potty trained herself before she was two years old. I got the potty chair and set it by the toilet. When I went she wanted to go. Quite simple. No fights or training involved. My youngest daughter wasn't quite as quick but was well trained when two years of age. Put the potty out and let her go.....

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J.C.

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Hi R.!

I'm potty training this week! My daughter sounds very similar to yours. She turned 2 on March 26 and I'm ready to be done with diapers. She also does not talk a whole lot, but I'm pretty sure she understands most of what I say. I started potty training yesterday and I'm committing the next week or two to be home as much as possible and just do it. What I'm doing is I have the potty chair out in the main living area so it's easy to get to. After breakfast (after she's just had a big drink) I take her diaper off and let her run around naked (it's cute!) and I have the TV on extra, so that's a treat and it helps her to sit still. The first hurdle to cross is just catching her going on a fluke, but if you do that a couple of times, she will start to realize what the sensation means. I'm now two days into the process and she's done great. Today she's had 5 successful potties and 2 accidents. She even did a poopie in the potty after lunch today! I always reward each success with an M&M. So far it's working. The best advice is just committ the time to do it and be ready for some accidents, because they will happen. But within a week or two it should be almost completely done!! How great is that?

Good luck!

P.S. I don't really recommend pull-ups around the house, only if you're going out and want the ease of on and off quickly. But they KNOW it's not underwear and will go in them anyway.

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S.M.

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I would say GO FOR IT! She is definately showing signs that she is ready to be potty trained. I started training my daughter at 21 months and she was completely potty trained (nights too) by the time she was 2 yrs 3 months old. She basically trained herself. Girls potty train much earlier than boys. And even though she is not communicating as much verbally, mentally she is probably there because she is showing you the signs. Go for it and you will be so glad you did! Good Luck! Sounds like you have a smart one there!

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J.B.

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You sound a lot like me and potty training my twin boys. One of twin boys has Apraxia (a speech disorder) and at the time that I was starting to potty train him, he had very limited speech, so.... I used pictures. I had pictures of a potty on the kitchen refrigerator door and in the bathroom. Since he could understand what I was saying to him, I didn't point to the potty, but when he had to go potty, he would point to the picture and then I knew. Of course, after he pointed to the picture I would re-enforce him with saying the word "potty".

Having a child that has limited speech is hard to potty train, but it can be done. It does take a little bit more time than more children, but don't worry! She can do it!

Good luck!

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S.C.

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Regardless of her speach, it sounds like she is ready!! I started my 2 1/2 year old at 2 and he was similar in his speach - didn't say too much. Two pieces of advise for you.....First - go get an egg timer. Make it out like a present and give it to her. Get some finger paint stuff and let her paint it and decorate it any way she wants to. Then tell her it is the PeePee bell and show her what the bell sounds like. Set it for about 45 minutes for the first several weeks and every time it goes off make a big deal about how it is time to got to the potty. I would sing and clap my hands and tell him that I would get to the potty first like a race - of course I would let him win (crazy I know!), but this did two things - put ME on a schedule and got him aware of how to controll his pee and how to be on a schedule to go (and not to hold it).

The second piece of advice I have for you is to go out with her and buy some big girl panties!!! When you are home together, let her ware them. She may have a few accidents, but if you are using the PeePee bell there shouldn't be many. Explain to her that she can't PeePee on Dora (for example) because Dora doesn't like it (or how ever you want to explain it).

Sounds like your daughter is very similar to my son - she will figure out how to communicate to you when she has to go. That part shouldn't take long. Honestly if she went #2 already on the potty - the hard part is done. My son really potty trained himself - just decided he was done (probably because of the regulation with the PeePee bell) and will no pull-ups at all - not even at night. However, I have had no luck with getting him to go #2 in the potty. We are now going on 4 weeks, so I am praying every day that he works that part out.

Good luck!!

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