New Baby on the Way-now to Get 2 Year Old Out of Diapers!

Even if you do get her potty trained by the time the new baby arrives expect some regression. I would recommend the potty train in a day method. I didn't use it myself but it seems to be very effective. If it doesn't work though I wouldn't pressure her. With her other delays, you may just have to delay potty training too. Any progress you make will probably vanish when the baby's born. However she should "remember" the training once she's adjusted to the new baby.

There's a magical book called Toilet Training in Less than a Day. You can find it on amazon. The system was originally developed to teach retarded adults to toilet themselves, then modified to be used on young children. It works if you do all the steps. Some people's reviews on amazon are negative because they seem to think there's something wrong with teaching a kid that it's gross to mess their pants. Well, it is gross for kids to mess their pants, not to mention an insult to their intelligence to not teach them better, and those parents are the ones whose "genius" children are still in diapers at age 4. The method is not harsh at all, and it worked on my 27 month old son, in less than a day, over a year ago. He thought it was great (because he got treats all day - but it's just for a day). To prepare (while waiting for the book), you would want to teach her to pull her pants up and down herself (elastic-waist pants really help), and teach her the difference between wet and dry, and get plenty of panties for her. You can skip the first three chapters if you want to get right to the meat of the book. Good luck!

it all depends on the child. Keep taking her to the potty and putting her in underwear. Be consistent and patient. It may take a lot of extra cleaning up in the process. Also, it all depends on how you feel during your pregnancy. If you started to get too overwhelmed about getting her out of diapers by sept you may just need to wait until a few months after baby is born and try again then. My daughter was almost 3 1/2 when I got her out of diapers, but my son was 2 years and 4 months when he was completely out of diapers. All children are different.

good luck

Hi K.,
I have a little girl that just turned four and is just now potty trained. I got pregnant last New Years eve and wanted my daughter to be fully trained by the time my son arrived in September. It was just way too stressful for all of us (me, my daughter, my husband) to do it while pregnant. I tried for four and a half months and then just finally decided she could wear pull-ups until she was ready to keep them dry, then she could wear undies. I tried everything - books on the potty, bribes, prizes, sticker charts, new undies... When she was ready it happened. Every child is different. My suggestion for you is to keep in mind all of the changes that your daughter will be experiencing in the coming months/year. Neither of you need added stress, especially if she's not ready. I'd let her kind of dictate how to go about it. If she doesn't want to use the potty, you really can't force her. Make it fun and not such a big deal. She'll come around. Good luck!
M.

First of all Congratulations!!!! It's such a wonderful thing having more than one child! They get to help take care of the baby and help mommy with everything! Keep her involved as much as you can. I had a great help in that my husband took to our second child and i still had "quality" time with our oldest. The only time she had jealousy issues was last year, she's now 12 and has two younger siblings LOL! When I found out I was pregnant, we had already tried the potty thing...way too soon for her. I decided I would not have two children in diapers and started again. Slowly by letting her sit on her potty "like mommy" every time I went, which was often thanks to her baby sister...I'm not fond of given sweet treats as a prize for going in the potty so instead we would get very excited and praise her for a long time, esp when daddy came home and we were able to tell him the "big" news! Letting them have fun with a special game with you is also a good thing once they have done the deed. It's ok, too, if she is a slow learner, some children are. I was able to get my daughter into pull-ups at night only by the time the baby came. Right now I still have my son in pull-ups at night and he's almost 5!!! Just take your time and worry about them getting along when they're older!!! That's when it becomes an issue! Good luck and again, congrats!!

A grea book I used was "Early Start Potty Training" it is a very easy read and the methods worked great for our son - out of diapers at 18mth now almost 3 we are still doing great!

Hope this helps!