How to potty train your kid?

[MamaTay]

My daughter, Alexis, is turning 2 soon and I just can't get this pee pee in the pot thing going. When I started we would sing the potty dance song together and sit on the potty, i would sit on the normal one and she will sit in her training one, and if she pees we would scream Yay! and dance. once I got her to the point of wanting to use the potty I let her go over her father's house for like a week and she came back afraid of the potty. I mean any kind, even the singing one made her run, I tried for weeks but i just couldn't do it so I stopped. Shes now trying to sit on the pot but she doesnt want to pee in it ( she would rather tell me when she does it in her pull- up) I wanted to know if someone could give me some pointers on potty training?

[specialmom]

Here is my tip-----  avoid the kiddie potty.  I say that because I used it with my older son (and HATED cleaning it as an aside----  heck, I'd rather change a diaper than clean that thing out when there is big potty in it) and my older son got attached to it.  Ugh.  Then I had to break him of the habit of going on it and switch to the 'real' potty.  My younger son bipassed the kiddie potty all together.  We went to the store and he picked out one of those pads/rings/seats that goes right over the other potty.  This worked much better for him and it avoided the 'kiddie' potty issues I ran into with my older son.

The average age for potty training is actually 3.5!  Boys tend to take longer than girls for some reason.  But just make it only positive with no negative.  

I also noted the 'potty' dance that my kids did.  If I saw them start dancing, I'd say "do you want to go potty"???  and this reminded them to try on the potty.  
good luck!!

[littlebit667]

You would be surprised how many children are not trained until 3 years.  The parents whose children are trained by 2 are very vocal about it.  I believe that the parents are the ones that are trained to take their children to potty every hour or so.  The children are not really trained.  The ones whose children are 3 before they are trained tend to be less vocal as 2 seems to be the magic number.  Don't worry, it will happen.  My son was 3 and when we started it was so easy as he was ready!

[adgal]

My son is 25 months and very rarely will actually use the potty.  I have it out and accessible and he is curious, but still not comfortable with it.  He plays with it a lot, that's about it.  He also likes to sit on it with his diaper on, but gets upset when I try to remove it.  Just take your time with her.  Pushing creates a power struggle or fear.  She is awfully young as the above poster mentioned, and most kids are not potty trained at 2.  The rare time my son has actually used it, we clap our hands and make a big deal out of it.  When he doesn't we do not say anything at all...no negative comments.  It will come when she is ready.  Leave it out and around to help her get comfortable with it.  I also notice that my son get's more interested in using his potty when he see's myself or my husband using ours..lol.  It made me uncomfortable at first, but now we have an open door bathroom policy in our house.  He will point and say mommy potty or daddy potty, so he is grasping the concept.  Don't worry, nothing wrong with not potty training at 2.  She will get it eventually.

[margypops]

She may still be a bit young for it, in the US we do train later, and I doubt any are really ready before 21/2 ..anyway the best way in my opinion is to remove the pullups, get big girl pants, the lovely ones with fairies and mermaids on them LOL .She will have accidents , say nothing just mop up, patience is of the essence , lead he to her potty several times a day , dont have to talk much ,but after she does go lots of praise . As I said she may be a bit early  but worth trying .good luck