Toilet training 2yr old DS - any tips?

[ElleJay]

Now, I know the title doesn't really do justice in what I need tips with.

DS - 2y4m - barely talks more than 2 words ('mumma' and 'again') but I've decided to start TTing him. We've started today and today only so far.
What I need tips and help with is, when do I know I should be putting him on the toilet?

Right now, this is what I do.
1) He has a drink, or something to eat.
2) 20-30 minutes after he's had a drink/had something to eat, I put him on the toilet for 5-10-15 minutes.
3) After said time, I'll take him off, praise him even if he's not done anything and let him go do what he wants to do.

Is there anything I can do to help me learn when he needs to go?
ANYTHING would be great!

[Olive]

Honestly unless he's showing signs of readiness.... Wait!!

[Calluna]

What Olive said.

But if he is showing signs of readiness could you could teach him a sign (as in sign language), so say "toilet" and use the sign each time.
Otherwise, be positive, lots of over the top celebration if he does something.
Whatever you do, don't punish him for accidents, it really, really doesn't help. Just say "oops, oh well, we'll try again next time" in a happy voice.

[feeb]

I would not be pushing it if not ready will take you forvere!

DS1 is 3 and 1/2 and still not keen on idea we try in undies every few weeks and no luck yet. DS2 is 25 months and will take nappy off and sit on potty but not interested in doing anything in it.

[MrsFabuloso]

I agree that you should not push the issue. Unless he's shown a real interest in the toilet, wanting to have no nappy on, has some sort of awareness of when he's wee'd or poo'd or needs to wee or poo (eg my DS1 used to go to his pooing place- behind the lounge- to poo, so I knew he was aware of the urge and when he wanted to go, I would take him to the toilet to try to do it, then his nappy went back on after 10mins or so whether he's poo'd or not, but for us, it all just sort of fell into place after that).
If you want to try to encourage awareness of toileting procedures for him, then take him to sit on the loo a few times a day, maybe read some toileting stories while he's on the toilet ect. But unless he's shown some sort of readiness it might cause more harm than good to train him before he's ready, or at the least, it will just take forever and you will constantly be cleaning wee and poo out of undies!

[Boo Boo]

mmm, yep, DS was a couple of weeks away from turning 3. He has an older sister, so he knows all about kids going to the loo and the time came when eventually he wanted to be just like DD. So, I bought him some cool undies, planned to have 3 days at home with no outings, set the kitchen timer for about every 40 mins through the day, it was known as the toilet bell, when it rang he went to the loo, sometimes, something came out, sometimes nothing did. He did really well and we really didn't have many accidents, though when he is busy playing sometimes he has one but that's cool. I say to him ' when you get that funny feeling, rush to the loo' and he now says to me, 'I've got that funny feeling Mum, I'm rushing to the loo' and off he goes. But, he was very ready and I did wait until he really did seem to want to use the loo.

[ElleJay]

I wouldn't have started if he didn't show interest and he has shown interest for some time.

I'll keep all these on board, thanks all


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[Heaven]

Is there anything I can do to help me learn when he needs to go?

No unfortunately. It's a developmental thing. He will eventually learn how to tell when he needs to go and be able to hold it until he gets to a toilet. But if he can't do that yet then there's not really anything you can do but wait. One day he will just get it and you won't even need to teach him

[Melbournemumma]

Ds1 was 20mths when i tt him. he was saying "mummy do wee" or "mummy do poo." we went cold turkey and would ask him regularly if he needed to go. the first few days we had heaps of accidents but he very quickly learnt to tell me he was "wep". After that he quickly would come running to me when he needed to go. took us about 2wks before he was able to go all day without having an accident. i would say to give it at least 2wkd and thrn if theres no progress maybe stop and try again in a few more months. hope that helps :-)

[WannabeMum]

It was cold turkey here DD. 3 days at home. When he started to wee, 'd pick him up and rush to the toilet saying "quick quick you need to wee". Same for poo. Day 2 was 50/50, day 3 no accidents. Did night at the same time. Nothing's 100% and poo's taken a LOT longer, but there's less confusion for them if they don't have a nappy. Also our method involved "tell me if you want to wee" rather than "do you want to wee". Shows trust in the child. "Tell me" can be a grab and a run, not necessarily verbal - although a sign is a good idea!

I used the potty train in 3 days method and loved the exhausting thing!