I have a 2 year old boy. We discpline when he is in trouble him by putting him in a time out for 2 minutes. Lately, everytime we out him in the time out, he proceeds to pull his pants down and take his diaper off. I know he wants attention and we try to ignore it, but, one time he actually peeed on the tile during his time out. I guess I am wondering if this could be a sign he is ready to be fully potty trained. Apparentely he takes his diaper off sometimes at the babysitters too. He knows how to go potty in the toliet, and does it quite well with out hesitation. So I guess I just wanted to hear from some other moms if they have had a similiar experience with their children, and what should I do. I do tell him not to do it before the time out starts, but he does not listen and ends up in two back to back time outs.
By the way-I am the one who is pregant and had a miscarrage previously. I just wanted to let all the moms out there to know that all is fine. I had an ultrasound and saw the babies heartbeat. Thank you for all your positive thoughts and advice.
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It deffinitly sounds like he is ready to be potty trained. If he already goes well on the toilet why wouldn't you be training him? When he is potty trained he wont can't pull of his diaper. He can still pull off his pants and underwear, but he wont have an excuse to pee on the floor. Good luck!
HI D.,
Sounds like for sure he is ready to be potty trained.
A 2 yr old is not capable of a lot of deductive thought. This means 2 time outs probably will not work (as you have noticed.) I would suggest doing his time out, ignoring him completely during it(time out is a time out from your ATTENTION... it does not work if you give him attention!) and if he has peed on the floor then ask him to clean it up. But, even at this age, that is hard for him to get.
It would be hard for him to go potty beforehand, since at 2 if you don't do the time out right away he won't get the connection. And, a time out in the bathroom could create a negative association with the bathroom, I am not sure I would do that.
Another thing you could do, which I did with my kids who pulled their diapers off but weren't ready to be potty trained, is duck tape them on! You need scissors to cut it, but it works!
Warmly,
P.
Oh D., you have your work cut out for you. Well for starters find another way to punish, take away a favorite toy or stop him from watching his favorite program. Sometimes the way to get to children are to take away something that makes them happy. But you have to explain and make him understand why you are doing what you are doing. What you have to do about him pulling off the diaper is to take it away. and bring on the pot full force. L. A.
Some how time outs and potty training are oddly related...and very amusing to read about.
Don't we all have a time out when we use the potty?
Make the bath room the new time out place Hand him a bottle of safe household cleaner, a roll of paper towels , ask him to pee before the start of the time out. Now start the time out. then ask him to clean the bathroom. He is as I would be, bored out of his mind during these dull minutes, give him something he can do to contribute to you, the one he has offended.
Kids really thrive on making up for the damage done. Time out is a make wrong, bad boy. not an amends that pulls the guy out of the trouble he was in.
And yes he is surely ready to grow up :) time to put the little worm on the seat.
He is for sure ready to be potty trained.
As far as him peeing in time-out, Make HIM clean it up.
