How to Get My 2 Year Old to Wear Panties!

My son started potty training the same way. And once the underwear went on he had accidents. I finally just had to suck it up for a few days and let him have the accidents. I need to add that we did spend a lot of time outside in the backyard where he could just pull them down and go. Might be harder for a girl though. Its nice that it's summer and not as much clean up. It didn't take long before he stopped. I did start to tell him when we put on underwear "Now don't Tee Tee on Thomas" or whatever character is on them. That really healped a lot or if he's sitting on a chair "Don't Tee Tee on the chair" He has also just now able to take off and put back on his underwear and shorts which has made a difference.

MY kids hate underware, just let her go without for now whos she hurting,lol. My kdis are 2,4, and 5. All of them would preffer to be "freebird". Two are girls =) Does she pee her pants if you just put pants on her? IF so make her get her own change of clothes and put her others in the laundry. Give her some resposnibility in the action maybe she will choose differently. After all she hates being wet too right?

Try taking her to the store and letting her pick out her own big girl panties. For my two now three year old it was Dora. Then you have a talk with her about the fact that Dora or who ever “does not want to be wet”. As the day goes on remind her even when she is not going to the bathroom and before you know it she will get it. Now she may start to tell remind you throughout the day that she is still dry and just offer her praise and before you know it all will be well. I think it took my little girl about a week to go from pull-ups to Dora. Now the down fall is that I have enough Dora panties for three little girls, because she always wants to buy more.

I'm actually about to start putting panties on my two year old. She will be 3 in Nov. I just had this conversation with my friend who works with two year olds at her daycare center, because I had the same problem with her pull ups. My friend said to fully dress her, and if she doesn't like how it feels to make her change herself when she wets or dirties herself. She should be ready if she doesn't want to feel like that. Again, this is outside advice, so I can't guarantee anything. Each child is different too. I was going to try Little Mermaid panties since she's obsessed with Ariel. Maybe she won't want to get her dirty. Good luck to you and myself!

My 2 year old is having the exact same problem! When he is naked, he is 100% potty trained and when we go out in just underwear he can hold it for hours and rarely has an accident, but if we are home he goes in his underwear and doesn't even tell me until I notice it. Our family mantra has become "No Tinkle in Pants" and he repeats it, but then sometimes will go right after that. For now, we are letting him go pants-less in the house and I am working on teaching him how to take off his own underwear. I have asked several people what to do and they have all told me it is just part of potty training and eventually he will get better. He is just too busy playing to want to stop. I'm hoping that when he starts school in the fall he will be embarrassed when he has an accident or will want to be a big boy like the other kids. We also only use pull-ups at night or nap time. I don't know if this helps, but at least you know you aren't alone!

I agree with some of the following posts. I took both of mine to the store and bought their favorite panties and underwear (both of mine learned naked too). I then gave the speech that big girls and boys put all of their potty in the toilet and that "the princesses" didn't like to be wet, just like she doesn't like to be wet. We talked about having accidents and that we were going to try to stay completely dry that day and that when she put her pee pee or poo poo in the potty then she got three jelly beans and she was allowed to pick them out of the bag. When she did go potty we clapped and gave high fives and it was before long that she would pull them off and run over to the potty then tell me she needed her beans. lol. We talked about the feeling she got in her tummy when she needed to go poop, and then about every 30 minutes to an hour (whether she needed it or not) she had to go sit on the pot. I would wait a little bit and if she said she didn't need to, then I would turn on the water and let her hear it. If she needed to go, she couldn't stop it then. lol. Pretty soon, she caught on and was just as excited as we were. I did the exact same thing with my son. They were both potty trained right before their 2nd birthday. We never had an accident after they turned two. I think the key is to not get mad about accidents. They all have to learn and it takes patience on our part. Plus, with the money you save on diapers, you can pay for all your carpets to be cleaned :) I never did the pull up thing because to me that gave mixed messages, and they are just too young to tell the difference. Just put plastic bags or something on their beds, and just keep reminding them to go and try. Give them high fives for trying. Pretty soon they get confident. I had a friend who had a boy and bought hot wheels and sat them on the back. When he pottied in the toilet he got to choose which one he wanted. He was potty trained pretty fast too.

I have a three year old daughter who loves to wear panties with her favorite cartoon characters on them. She loved them so much that she tried really hard not to wet or soil them. I made a big deal about putting on her "princess panties". Maybe if you let your daughter pick out her favorite panties and make a big deal about how pretty and clean they are she won't want to get them dirty.

J.,
Hello. Sounds like you're half way there. Here's what I did with my daughter: I let her pick her underwear out at the store and our motto is to keep them "clean and dry", we say this every time we put our underwear on, I tell her she did a good job keeping them "clean and dry" when we go to use the potty (if they are), and remind her again when we pull them up after she uses the potty. Find about 3 days when you can just stay at home or in your neighborhood. I would take her to the potty - to just try every hour and then explain that she won't have to go so often if she starts to tell you when he has to go pee or poop. I would still be aware of the time; children do get busy playing and don't want to stop. So, if it's been over 2 hours, I'd just say it's time to try to pee or poop.

Accidents will happen, and I never made a big deal out of it; however, it was my daughter that had to clean it up - meaning, she had to take her own shorts and underwear off, wipe herself clean and if it got on anything else like the floor, I gave her a wet cloth to clean it up (of course sometimes I would still need to go over it more), and then she had to carry her wet clothes to the washing machine, come back wash her hands and get re-dressed. I would ask, "Where do we put our pee and poop?" She would say, "In Potty" and I said "That's right, let's do that next time." I have always been kind and understanding (even when I just asked if she needed to go potty), and just talked her through each step of clean up. It's just natural consequences. After about two days of having to fully clean up after herself, I think she'll start using the potty even with wearning underwear.

Hope this helps. Best of luck to you.
~ J.

When I first started potty training my daughter (and we ar still working on it but doing great) I let her pick out some special panties. When she wet them, which was very often, she had to take them off and help me put them in the laundry. She got upset because she has a few that are her favorites. She is now really good at getting them on and off by herself and keeping them dry. I usually let her wear just her panties around the house, it is warm enough.

I would suggest that you just keep putting them on her and when she wets them explain to her that she has to take them off and put them in the laundry so that mommy can wash them. And then go get another pair. Maybe even let her help put them in the washing machine with the other laundry. After awhile she will start to realize that they are not like a diaper or pullup.