How to train
2 Year Old For Potty
HOW TO POTTY TRAIN A TWO-YEAR-OLD TODDLER in 4 days or less // POTTY TRAINING TIPS // Simply Allie
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hey guys welcome back to my channel my
name is Ali Gooch if you are new and
here on my channel I do a lot of
cleaning and organization videos but I
also do lifestyle and motherhood and
today I am gonna be talking about how we
went about potty training our almost
three year old she's two but she'll be
three in August I have been sharing kind
of our journey a little teeny bit on
Instagram if you guys don't follow us
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Gooch there I was sharing just a little
bit about you know the fact that we were
potty training how it was going and you
guys were asking me to share more info
about it so I thought the best way to do
that would be in a YouTube video so here
we are and today that's what we're gonna
talk about so let me give you a little
back story really quick Emerson is our
first born she's the first child that I
have ever potty-trained and we really
didn't know what we were doing so what I
did to prepare was I watched YouTube
videos and I didn't watch a ton of them
but I watched a couple and I picked
pieces from the different videos that I
thought would fit well for me and my
child because I know her the best so I
didn't read new books all I did was
watch the YouTube videos I figured it
would take probably about three days of
us at home with no distractions so I
looked at the calendar and I picked
three days three consecutive days and it
ended up being a weekend and I scheduled
nothing for us I didn't do any work this
was just going to be focusing on potty
training right before those three days
came up I got everything that I needed
Freddie I got a toilet seat a really
cheap one from Target we actually had
gotten one before and it was it had like
Minnie Mouse on it and it was really
cute and I thought that you know she
would really like it cuz it was cute and
Minnie Mouse but it ended up not sitting
well on the toilet seat so I will link
the one that we ended up getting and it
fits pretty much I mean every toilet
that we've put it on in our house and in
my mom's house so this one is definitely
the best and then we also just got a
stool like a step up stool from target
as well super cheap then I got a pack of
pull-ups and I also got a pack of little
girl undies I got a couple kinds and I
will show you both of those one is a
pack of training underwear so they're a
little bit thicker and then the other
one is just a bunch of really fun prints
that she can get excited about picking
out every day but you're gonna need a
bunch of them unless you plan on doing
laundry every day you're gonna need
quite a few underwear so stock up I
didn't prep Everson ahead of time
because we had put her on the toilet and
kind of talked about it and it actually
ended up freaking her out so we decided
that we were just gonna like stop
talking about it not pump her up at all
and just wake up in the morning and say
okay girl this is what we're doing the
night before we were to start potty
training I set up the bathroom so I put
the toilet seat there at the stool there
I also made a potty chart and I made it
really fun looking I am NOT an artist by
any means but Emerson didn't care I just
wanted to have a chart that had bright
colors on it and it was a place for her
to put stickers when she went in the
toilet so after every time she got she
went in the toilet she could put a
sticker on the wall and whether she put
him in the boxes or not who cared as
long as she was like having fun and
associating going in the toilet with
having fun that's all I cared about so I
made up this really bad looking potty
chart and I used I I didn't even have
like a piece of paper so I used a manila
folder and I just used some of Emerson's
markers and just like threw it together
and then I had a little pack of stickers
there too as far as rewards go
we had a big jar of Jelly Belly jelly
beans already so I just filled up a
glass jar with those jelly beans and
then I set it on a cake stand and I just
felt like putting it up on that cake
stand made it look just like it was
really special so as she's sitting there
on the potty like she could see the jar
of jelly beans sitting up there on the
cake stand and it's exciting I was
really just trying to make everything
exciting so the jelly beans were for
going number one because she's gonna go
number one
several times throughout the day I
wanted it to be super small but still
something that she was excited to get
and for her jellybeans is totally it if
you are not into giving your kids like
food as a reward you can totally go to
the dollar store and get just little
tiny toys that they can pick out of a
box whatever is gonna motivate your
child whatever fits your style best do
that but get little tiny tiny rewards
because they're gonna be getting a lot
of them and then for number twos I had a
little jar of these suckers that we'd
gotten from Trader Joe's and if I could
go back I would not have chosen a
different reward for going number two
you know your child better but for my
little Emerson she didn't need to have a
different bigger reward for going number
two but our mistake in doing that is
that once we said you know because you
went number two you get a sucker now
she's expecting every time and some days
she goes number two more than once
sometimes more than twice so that's a
bunch of suckers as she's getting in a
day time so if I could go back I
wouldn't have given her that option I
would have just still rewarded her with
jelly beans or maybe like oh you went
number two so you get two jelly beans
but I would not have done the whole
sucker thing and then I also had a
little basket that I kept all of her
panties in I wanted them in the bathroom
handy because when she would have
accidents and I could just grab one out
of the container and put them on her
right then and there I find them go
upstairs they were just right there I
also had a pack of wipes in the bathroom
the wipes were for number twos number
one we used toilet paper number twos
definitely wanted something moist to
help clean up but I did not flush those
down the toilet those go in the trash
can and then the last thing is I had a
spray bottle of cleaner handy because
there was bound and determined and sure
enough there were plenty of accidents
that needed to be cleaned up so that was
the set up of the bathroom and then the
morning of Emerson came down the stairs
she was wearing a diaper we obviously
needed to change her because it was wet
so I changed her out of her pajamas
took off her diaper and then I said okay
arson
we are gonna say bye-bye to our diapers
today and she was not super happy about
it because she is older she understood
kind of what was going on and she didn't
really want to say goodbye to her
diapers yet um but I was trying to make
it fun so I had like a whole bunch of
diapers I changed out the trash can with
a clean bag and I gave her the diapers
and I said okay we're gonna throw our
diapers in the trash can and say bye-bye
to our diapers so I handed her the
diapers and I had her walk over the
trash can put them in the trash can
herself and say bye-bye diapers
obviously I went back to the trash can
when she was not there and took them out
because that would be very wasteful and
you'll find out later we ended up still
needing the diapers but it was
ceremonious for her and she could I mean
understand bye-bye diapers you know we
don't have any more diapers the ceremony
of throwing the diapers in the trash can
was important and I will come to that in
just a second so after we threw the
diapers in the trash can we came back
over and I said okay we're gonna wear
big-girl panties today and I said we're
not gonna wear diapers anymore because
we're gonna wear panties now and I'm
sorry I'm talking to you guys like I'm
talking to a Mersenne that's probably
gonna be really annoying sorry but I'm
like in the moment here so I said okay
we're not gonna wear diapers anymore
we're gonna wear a big-girl panties
wee-wee and poopoo goes in the toilet
and I would have her repeat that I said
where does wheelie and people go and she
would say in the toilet and so I would
say over and over again okay you let me
know when you need to go wee-wee or poo
poo I didn't ask her do you need to go
wee-wee or poo poo I said you let me
know when you need to go wee-wee or poo
poo
because poo poo goes where and she would
say in the toilet now that I think about
it this is your up to you but we did not
put panties on her for like the first
day we just let her run around the house
buck naked and the point of doing that
was if she were to start going then she
would feel it on her lace immediately
she wouldn't feel it in her panties she
wouldn't feel it in her clothes it would
immediately like be on the floor on her
legs
and that is a good thing if you guys are
like paranoid about your carpets or
whatever put towels down or keep them on
the hardwood floors whatever you need to
do we didn't really care so we kind of
just let her go around the house the
first time that she had an accident she
stopped it and I mean she started going
and then she like felt it and she
stopped it and I think she started like
saying mom mom and so we rushed her and
they put her on the potty and she
finished on the potty and it was amazing
and we were so excited and then we would
go throughout our day playing it is
really important that you do not leave
the house even to go outside because you
need to be watching your kid like a hawk
and you also need your kid just to be in
the zone and paying attention to their
body and all the stuff so if you go
outside and play sometimes that's
distracting especially if you leave the
house that's distracting so it's not fun
you feel like you're going crazy by
being inside for so long but it is
important we had our first successful
potty in the potty and she got her jelly
bean and I kept saying to her like over
and over and over again you tell mommy
when you need to go wee-wee or poop
because where does poopoo and we go in
the potty I just was constantly
reminding her with that there were some
accidents but most of them they were
half accidents so she would start to go
and then realize what was happening and
cast herself and we would rush her to
the potty and she would finish going I
don't want you guys to think that this
was all smooth sailing as far as her
being willing to sit on the potty she
was actually going through a stage where
she was like hysterical about anything
she did not want to sit on the potty
another thing she was going through is
she did not want to wear clothes she did
not want us to change her into anything
she was just going through a stage this
looking back was probably not the best
time to introduce potty training we
didn't know what was going on didn't
know why she was going through this but
she was going through this so I don't
you guys to think that this was all
smooth sailing of her like willingly
going and sitting on the potty there was
crying there was whatever but it was
really important to me to make sure that
when she was on the potty she was not
distressed so if she if I put her on the
potty and she started crying she wanted
off I let her get off and I
okay we'll try again later that was so
important was to make sure that she
didn't associate the potty with distress
for naps and bedtime we put her in a
pull-up so we put her in a pull-up for
nap time sure enough she went in it but
immediately after she woke up from her
nap we would change her back into
underwear so day one was pretty much a
success there was a lot of we that we
cleaned up but there was also a lot of
times that she did go in the potty
another thing is we made sure to hydrate
her offer her lots to drink that way she
had plenty of opportunities to go in the
potty so day two this was Saturday
immediately when she woke up in the
morning we switched her over to her
panties the whole spiel you let mommy
know when you need to go we beer poopoo
cos weird as we be and people go in the
toilet she had not gone number two on
Friday the first day of potty training
so we knew it was coming up she is the
type that likes to hide when she goes
number two she will go she sometimes
would even go in the bathroom but she
obviously would not be sitting on the
toilet and then or she was just hide
somewhere so we knew when she needed to
go I could tell she needed to go she was
kind of acting weird she was trying to
kind of hide and I would keep saying
okay you let me know when you need to go
poo poo because poop goes in the toilet
and then for a split second I was
distracted I'm pretty sure it was with
Oakley Emerson was hiding behind
Oakley's like seat play thing that he
sits in and all of a sudden she says
mommy mommy and I run over there and she
has a handful of poop and she had been
wearing panties this day so I looked at
her and she had poop coming out the side
of her underwear and she had it in her
hand and it was on the floor and so
Andrew thankfully was home at this point
and we were able to tag-team it and
clean her up but it was it was
traumatizing I will not lie it was
pretty bad there was poop everywhere it
was traumatizing to her traumatized us
but it's part of potty training so that
was a failed day at 2:00 I had felt
so good Friday I thought wow this is not
going to be that hard and then Saturday
happened and Saturday was not as
successful there were more accidents
there were there was definitely that big
code Brown experience so it was kind of
less successful and then Sunday came and
this is where I failed in planning
Sunday was Easter Sunday and we were
planning on spending the whole day with
family at my mom and dad's house and so
we woke up Sunday morning and Emerson
was just a mess she wouldn't wear her
Easter dress we were late to church and
I said you know what I don't know what I
was thinking but we can't potty train
today and so we stopped potty training
we did not potty train Sunday she went
back into diapers I said you know what
we are in a hard stage of life right now
as far as Emerson not wanting to change
clothes and just being emotional and I
said we're going to push pause on the
potty training and we'll reevaluate when
she's ready so we stopped potty training
and that was okay it felt like a relief
I think to all of us so fast-forward
about a month I would say a month or two
maybe and we were at my parents house
and Emerson was in a swimsuit wearing
just her swimsuit she didn't have a swim
diaper on she had gotten out of the pool
and we went inside the house and I was
distracted and totally forgot that she
was not wearing a diaper and all of a
sudden she goes mama I have to go
wee-wee and I was like okay let's go so
I picked her up and I took her to the
bathroom and I set her on the potty and
sure enough she went in the potty and I
was like are you kidding me this is
awesome and I praised her and I was so
excited for her so I was like if she at
this point can tell me that she needs to
go in the potty and know the difference
between her wearing a swimsuit and a
diaper she's ready to be potty trained
so the next day we did it again I put
her in panties and I said you tell me
when you need to go wee-wee
bukas where does we be and people go and
the toilet she was potty-trained just
like that
she didn't go number two the first day
of repot e training so we knew it was
coming up the next day I was actually
upstairs making the bed she was in our
bedroom with us and she went into my
closet and shut the door which she does
sometimes she likes to like play in the
clothes and there's nothing in there
dangerous and so she was in there and
all of a sudden it dawned on me and I
said oh my goodness and I'm busted in
there I said what are you doing and it
smelled kind of stinky and I was like do
you need to go poopoo at first I thought
she'd actually gone but she didn't she
just had like tooted and so she said no
no and I knew what she was up to in
there she was wearing underwear she was
not wearing a diaper so I insisted and
she didn't want to she was crying a
little bit
and I was like I'll give you a sucker
it's gonna be fun like this is gonna be
great and I just talked it up and
praised her and so finally I convinced
her to go sit on the toilet I gave her
my phone so she could watch a little
show and I shut the door because that's
what she wanted me to do so I sat her on
the potty handed her my phone shut the
door and next thing you know she's
calling out for us saying that she's
gone number two in the toilet and it was
so exciting and we gave her her sucker
and praised her and so ever since then
she's been potty trained both number one
and number two we still put her in
pull-ups for naps and night time
although for the most part she can go
through naps and she can go through the
night without going in her pull-up and
then she'll just let us know as soon as
she wakes up that she needs to go but
she still is brand new to potty training
and every once in a while she'll slip up
so I do not trust her enough to put her
in
you know big-girl underwear for
overnight and naps yeah but she is
officially potty trained
she's dang good at holding it when we're
out and about sometimes she doesn't
really want to go on potties out and
about and I don't blame her out on
either but one example is we were
driving around
looking at houses cuz we like to do that
and she said I've got to go and I said
hold it hold it we're gonna go to a
potty we're gonna find you a potty so we
got to the place and I walked her inside
and she changed her mind and refused to
go she got kind of scared she was saying
it's dangerous and she refused to go so
that was a little bit nerve-racking
because we weren't really sure you know
was she gonna be able to hold it but she
held it until we got home as soon as we
got home sat on the potty and there she
went so she's getting really good at
holding it and she's just really good at
communicating it to us so we did
potty-trained her later
she's almost three like I said but I'm
okay with that
I feel like for us and my family and my
little girl that was the perfect time to
potty train her because she was able to
not only understand really quickly but
she's able to communicate really really
well and it's just been easy other than
that first time you know Easter weekend
when we tried to potty train and it
didn't go so well that was kind of the
foundation and then we took a break
because we listened to her and we
listened to just our family
circumstances and then we tried again
and she has been nothing but successful
with it ever since
so I am I'm off for whatever stage of
life you want to potty train your child
in go for it
but since it was our first child I think
that almost three years old
is it was the perfect time for us to
potty train her so I hope this video was
helpful if you guys have any questions
if I forgot to cover something please
ask me in the comments down below I
would love to talk about it or message
me on Instagram we can chat about it
there um potty training is intimidating
and overwhelming at first when you've
never done it before
now I feel like I'm gonna have it down
pat well not down pat I mean it's still
gonna be tricky with Oakley and any
other children that we have but I've
done it once and it's really not that
bad and it's really not that hard and
it's exciting when they get it and
you're excited for your child and proud
of them and it is
nice having them out of diapers and
especially when they're older and you
have to change those dirty diapers like
the number two diapers those are bad and
it's so much easier when you know how to
deal with that anymore so um be
encouraged potty training is hard at
first but it's so doable and you are
just gonna be so proud of yourself and
proud of your child when you've done it
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