2 Year Old Not Potty Training

She might be too young still but instead of waiting to find her squatting, try her on a relaxed schedule and see how that goes. If she is dry when she wakes in the morning or from a nap, take her straight to the potty and let her sit there for a while. If she goes, take her again in 1/2 hr. If she goes that time then take her in another 1/2 hr. If not, take her back in 5 or 10 mins and every 5/10 mins till she does go then back to the 1/2 hr rotation again. If she doesn't want to sit on the potty, don't make her. And don't ask her if she has to go, tell her it's time to try to go potty. If you ask, the answer will be no and 1 min later she will have peed! lol This is how I did it with my son and he was trained by 2 1/2 yrs old and it only took less than 6 months to do it. I followed his cues too. If he gave me grief about going pee then I didn't make him. He would got a week or two without going and then all of a sudden want to go again for a week or two. But every time he would want to pee in the potty he got better about learning his body signals each time.

I also found that a potty chair that sits low to the floor seems to help with them going poop in the potty too. It puts them in kind of a squat position which seems to help with the pushing part. I used one from IKEA which is very similar to the small one from Baby Bjorn.

Good luck!
S.

OOOOh Mrs Lucky 13!! So I'm LAZY because my daughter potty trained late? Perhaps you should learn the the difference between "there" and "their".....
All children do things when THEY are ready....not just when WE say so....

..and by the way, its "too" young, not "to" young.....since we are so lazy and all........maybe we all are lazy in potty training because we are reading?
I am making a smarty -pants point because you are REALLY offensive. I, for one, WANTED my 2.5 year old to potty train..it just was'nt in her DNA....it certainly was'nt my LAZINESS....

She sounds too young and not really ready - even though she might be showing some signs, it seems too soon yet. While some kids will train at 2 or 2 and 1/2, many kids don't potty train until they are closer to 3 or sometimes even 4. She has not made that connection between feeling like she needs to go and making it over to the potty. She also needs to be able to pull down her pants and pull them back up again. I would stop with the potty training for now and give it more time.

ADD: I can't help but get irked at the implication that children who don't potty train until 3 or later are the result of parental laziness. We've had a tough time with our DD who turned 3 in August because of just plain stubborness - it certainly not laziness on our part! Combine that with the fact that my mother was sick with cancer all last year, in the hospital all the time, had numerous complications, then placed in hospice care for the last 5 months of her life, it really made zero sense to stress out more and start forcing potty training when DD had no interest in it at all (and believe me, we've been trying!). Every kid is different and every family's situation is different, and the majority of people I've spoken to have said that they will train when they are ready and when they are ready it will happen really fast with a minimum of stress. I know plenty of people who say, "My kid started potty training at 18 months!" but now the kid is 3, and they are still "training" because the kid needs to be reminded to go to the potty and needs help doing their pants and is still having accidents at night. I'd rather just keep them in diapers and keep encouraging them and offering incentives until they decide when they are ready!

Our daughter was not really interested in actually trying until after she was 3. Even though she kind of understood when she went.. she just refused to work on it..

Give your child a break.. try again later.. especially after the holidays..

Shes not to young my daughter was fully trained at 15 months..Get rid of the diapers get the feel n learn pull ups.Not to be mean but i dont see how parents think its ok for there 3-4 yr old to be in diapers its called lazyness on the parents part..Tell her shes a big girl and let her pick out her own potty and get a dvd the elmo potty time dvd is great...Take her to the potty every 2 hrs and sit her on it dont make her stay there if she doesnt want to but just say hey lets try and go potty like a big girl..Goodluck

sounds like she is not quite ready yet but real close. my 2 1/2 yr old tells us after the fact. get her used to sitting on the potty before pushing if you catching her squating run her to the bathroom so she will make the connection. I am having some sucsesses but more not sucsesses. mine got mad at me and started crying first time I put his poop in the potty to show him where it went. patience mom its a learning process. make a big issue when she goes and give rewards. I use matchbox cars men and horses candy and cookies. mix it up. dont give up on her just be patient mine says that that when he dirtys his pants he cant say poop so its that that. and points to his butt. her cue is squatting use it. I have been doing it a month now and minor sucsess so dont get fustrated. they wont go after the job is done. your catching her to late let her go commando and catch her in the process. I scared mine last night he was commando and started peeing on me and I hollard and it scared him all I hollared was no but had to hug him while he finished :)

Here are some more potty training tips that you might want to look into for when your daughter is showing more signs that she is ready...

http://www.theskinnyscoop.com/search/potty+training?utm_c...

My three kids got trained in 1 day at the age of 3....for day and night all together. No trauma, no accidents
2 years old is toooo early. It is said that after 2.5 years old you can try with good results.....but the more they are close to 3 is faster and easier.......The point is that if lenguage is well develope, they are ready to leave the diapers....