Need Advise on Pottytraining

In my opinion, the absolute best way to potty train a child is to dedicate a few days just to that. It could be a weekend or a few days vacation, but you have to stay home, so that your child will feel comfortable and you won't have any accidents while you are out. I take care of children at home, and recently helped potty train one of the 2 year olds. She did exactly the things you are doing at home and with me for over four months, without much progress. Her mother and I both agreed that if the child isn't ready, you'll make things harder on yourself by pushing the issue. We did stickers at my house, and when she finally got a whole row of stickers (right before Christmas break), she earned a new pack of cute panties. Home with her mom over the break, she wore panties every day. She had a few accidents at first, but she realized quickly that she did not want to go in her panties, it was too uncomfortable. She got the hang of it after day 2 and came back after break completely potty trained. In my experience, pull ups are expensive, and ineffective. Underwear can be messy at first, but that's how kids learn.

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Hello I have two girls 5 and 2 1/2 My oldest daughter was 24 months when I potty trained her. I used the Dr. Phil method along with my own gutt feelings and Mama instincts.
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I never used candy as a reward. Just, lots of praise and more praise and a little confetti goes a long way (if you don't mind vacuuming.) Make a real big deal only if she successfully goes in the potty.

I did not allow myself to buy any more diapers. I told my daughter that we ran out of diapers and she had to use the next "Big Girl" size they had at the store. Of course Pull ups. She said "M. just buy more of the same kind you always buy." I told her that they wouldn't let me because they knew she was a big girl now"
(No serious harm in telling her that):)
That was that- Oh yeah I also bought that video,
"Once upon a Potty FOR HER" (Toys R us carries it) She loved it. This method worked for my daughter in as little as 3-5 days tops.
My youngest is just now going on the potty chair with out any of the hoopla I went through with my first, She initiated it so, I'm rolling with it.
Good luck to you!
HTH-
Elaine

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Hi, we did a sticker chart AND sugar-free gummy bears. I was the same way with not wanting her to have sugar. It worked great. Once she started getting the hang of it, I reduced it to one 'jello' <as she called them!> if she completed 5 straight days of using the potty <by putting her stickers on her chart and circling her target day to get a jello>. Going #2 was the hardest to keep her focused on, and we started the same way etc... Good luck.

I did one bite of icecream for my little one's reward. I bought the soy kind in the health food section with nothing artificial. Not super great still because it does have sugar, but i thought it was better than candy.
good luck!