Need Potty Training Advice - Canton,TX

I think what you are saying is just fine. When I potty trained my second child I downloaded a book from the web. Her advice was to try and stay home for 3 days straight and to keep them in underwear all day except for nap and bedtime. Set a timer for every 15-20 minutes (which ever works best) and every time the timer goes off make a real big deal and say "It's potty time!!" sit her on the potty. If she goes, reward her with stickers or skittles or M&M's. The M&M system works well. You give them 1 just for sitting, 2 if they pee and 3 if they poop. It worked great for both of my boys!!! Good luck!! Also, try not to stress out over it. It can be sooo stressful!!

sounds like you're on the right track, just make sure to be consistant. i would ask her throughout the day if she needs to go the bathroom. sometimes kids forget so reminding them might help with preventing accidents. i've noticed that making a chart with stars or stickers (something to that effect) as a reward for going to the bathroom helps. the kids strive to do better. maybe when she goes to the bathroom without any accidents in a day give her a star. when she gets so many then give her a reward, maybe something simple that she doesn't get all the time. good luck and i think that yall will do great.

Ditto the 'she may not be as ready as you think' - both of my girls peed on the potty pretty consistently off and on from 19 mo , but neither were fully trained until 2 1/2. I was absolutely no pressure though - I just followed them. I would def see how it goes and if it becomes too hard on either on off you, I would back off and try again in a few weeks/month. If she likes the panties, she can still wear them over a diaper - we did that for a while.
And, you never know - it may work now! GOod Luck!

Hi A., how excitingt that Hannah is ready! What works great for us is that I tell my son "we pee-pee in the potty, your undies stay dry and clean". And then I ask him "Where do we pee-pee?" and he repeats "in the potty". And I ask "and your undies stay...?"...and he says "dry". I also stress the order a little more, so I say "first you tell mommy...then we go pee-pee in the potty". I am specific about that because my husband kept saying "tell Daddy when you need to go", so Julian told Daddy right when he went into his undies :). Plus, I never, never ever show frustration when he has an accident, and I never force him to sit on the potty when he does not want to. I noticed an interesting thing with Julian: he started out on the big toilet, but now he likes his little pottie a lot, too, I assume that's because he can go by himself. One final thing, I found it helps a lot to have cool books next to the pottie. Good luck! M.

I would not worry about having a 15 mo. old kiddo clean up. Anyways, here are a couple of phrases I used with my son. He potty trained in a few days.

If she is upset about the accident:
"You pee-peed in your pants. That's o.k. That not what we do, but it is o.k. to have an accident."

and if she is not upset:
" Doesn't that feel yucky? That cold pee pee feels yucky in your pants. Oh no! You had an accident. Let's clean you up so that you can be clean and dry."

Oh, and I prayed a lot. It's hard to see them peeing all over your house! Good luck with patience.

L.

Hi A.,
I am a SAHM and also run a business from home so I know how busy we all can be. I have three beautiful daughters (now 3, 6 & 9) and no matter how hard I tried to potty train them I found out that it is all up to them and what is going on in their body. My youngest was pruely motivated by TicTacs. When she goes on the toilet she would get a TicTac and when she got a little older when she went poop she an M&M. Boy, was that exciting. Be sure to take you little one to the bathroom with you every time you go as well. One more thing I leaned is to NOT ask them if they need to go, just tell her. To this day I can ask my 9 year old if she needs to go before we leave the house she says no, but sure enough 30 minutes later we are finding a restroom. So, the rule is in this house is if we are leaving the house you must try even if you don't think you need to go. Good luck and God Bless you and your family. K.

Ethan was easier to potty train than peyton because he was ready. I put 2 pairs of underware on him during the day, that way when he pottied to pooped he felt it. I just simply said we don't potty in big boy underware. At night I put underware on him under pull ups. I did this for peyton but he didn't care but eventually he didn't like yelky underware. W., mom to high strung and lovable boys.

it is good that she is showing interest. my two kiddos were not FULLY potty trained until 2 1/2 almost 3. Also remember that if it takes her longer it may not be b/c she doesn't want to but that her body muscles in that area may not be fully developed and only time can help that ! GOOD LUCK!

Get a little caddy for some cleaning supplies that you think are appropriate and can be used by your daughter to clean up the puddle as well. Show her how to use them and be sure she can carry the caddy to where she needs to use it. Don't call it an "accident" but just address it otherwise as you did but have her clean up the floor. Be sure her clean panties are easy for her to get herself and also that she knows and can easily access where to put her soiled panties. The idea of all of this is to help it become "her" function (which, of course, it really is) but where she also owns the process of recovering from it when she doesn't make it to the potty. Other tip is to just commit the week or two that it will take to accomplish it and try to be at home as much as possible so she can just run around in her panties and shirt...easiest for her to manage to pull down when she needs to go to the potty...and also easiest for her to have quick access to a potty when she needs it.

sounds like you are doing fine. if she continues to have accidents, but still acts ready, she literally may not be as ready as you think. then i would wait a little while longer before getting down to business and just encourage the appropriate behaviour. i also would not wait for her to tell you, but to take her at frequent consistent intervals for her to associate the actions with the deed. especially upon waking if she is dry, she will have a full bladder and it will be easy to get her to go. good luck,
L.

We had LOTS of accidents in the beginning. I think what you're saying to her is just perfect! I would ask and encourage her several times throughout the day (especially if there has been a long period of time since she went potty last). We used stickers as encouragement. Caelyn LOVED stickers, so at first we gave her a sticker for sitting on the potty (even in front of the TV sometimes)... just to get her used to the potty. Then she got stickers when she put pee or poo in the potty. I used a gift bag, just cut off the front side and hung it on the bathroom door, then kept the stickers in there so it was a great reminder.

Really, I think it's normal to have accidents in the beginning. For all of her life she's been going to the bathroom without the slightest thought. It will take time for her to recognize the signs and make it to the potty in time. Good Luck!

We have the potty elmo. He says "Uh-Oh! Thats okay. Maybe next time,we'll get to the potty" And of course in a sing-song voice! Just so she knows your not repimanding her. Good Luck! My son is three and still not potty trained!!

Try to get her on the potty 15 minutes after eating or drinking and immediately in the morning. You may want to use pull-ups at first as she does sound a bit young to truly be ready. The pull ups now have shapes and such on the front that disappear when wet. You can tell she has to keep "stars" or "hearts" on her pull up to be a big girl then when she has successfully kept clean pullups for a bit, graduate her into her panties.

We trained our son that way as well as with a free potty training chart we found on line. He loved the idea of earning his Buzz Lightyear pants and once he messed up Buzz, he had to throw them out...that was a heartache for him so he learned quick.

Good luck!

J.

My now 3 year old daughter started trying to go potty at a very young age also. She loved it when she actually made it to the potty, but I figured out that she just wasn't able to tell me in time very often. I think her body just wasn't sending her the cues as quickly as she needed to get to the potty in time. After several accidents we went to pull-ups so that we could still pull down her pants quickly if she did make it, but there wasn't so much clean up when she didn't. She liked still being able to try, but didn't get so upset when she didn't make it. She stopped having accidents a few months after her 2nd birthday, but was going potty very consistantly long before then. We called the pull-ups "big girl pants" so she didn't feel like she was going back to diapers and I think that really helped. Anyway, hope it goes o.k. for you! K.

Woops, we didn't make it in time, but we will do better next time right?!! use excitement in your voice showing pride, not disapointment, use we, because if she feels this is a team effort, you will be behind her when she has the accidents. Stay posative, never negative, help show her where we put her special big girl panties when they get dirty, and let her help you wash them! This may take a day, a week, a month, but no matter how long, as long as she is still interested, you need to stay interested too! Good Luck!

Just the "uh , Oh" we need to hurry to the bath room next time,be sure and come get mommy, no scolding when starting or so young. It will take concentrated two weeks at least, as she is so young. If her diapers aren't dry at least two hours at a time her bladder isn't quite ready even if you think she is. Good luck.