My daughter is 22 months old and we would like to start potty training her but don't know where to begin. She will sit on her potty chair with her clothes on, and sometimes without, but not all the time. She doesn't go in her potty chair. I don't know how to explain to her that she needs to go in the potty chair. If anyone out there has any advice I could really use it! Thanks so much!
Whoa! I think she is too young. If you start too young, you will be doing it longer. I have no suggestions for books on the subject. I only know what I did 30 some years ago. Wait til she is dry at night, go to potty immediately upon rising, no pants on.
Use only panties, no pull ups and no diaper or no pants at all (that's what I did, "don't pee on the floor, patio" etc, it was summer LOL.) Hope this helps.
I can't believe all the advice you have been given about "training in 3 days" and "do it intensely", that is absolutely ridiculous. Forcing a child to learn to potty train is cruel, will you also force her to use a fork? force her to ride a bike? force her to get her self completely dressed? force her to read a book? Our job as parents is to not force our children. Yes we encourage and yes at some points we 'draw the line', but children learn best when it is their call, when they are ready and interested.
22 months isn't too young, IF your child is interested. Having the potty chair around so she can get used to it is a great idea.
The best thing to do is ask her whenever you are going to change her diaper (which should be about every 2 hours): "want to go potty on the potty?" If she says yes, then after you take her diaper off put her on the potty, whether she goes or not reward her with applause "great job" encouragement, or even start a sticker chart and give her a sticker when she does.
However if she says No - don't do ANYTHING negative, just say ok and change her diaper.
As she gets used to this, and its comfortable for her, she'll start going more and more. And when she does, that is the time to switch to pull-ups (YES USE Pullups) so if she wants to go and sit on her own, she can - its just easier for her than diapers.
I have a 26 month old and a 38 month old. My older daughter is completely potty trained (except at night) and my younger is well on her way - going potty 3-4 times/day, almost everytime we change her diaper.
Using encouragement, but letting it happen naturally is the best way.
I highly recommend the 3 day potty training technique by Lara Jensen. You can google it and get to her site. It's only $24 to download the program. Well worth every penney. We struggled for a whole year before trying her technique. I wouldn't have believed it if I hadn't done it myself. My son was trained by the second day. It's so wonderful to be diaper free. There are much more fun things to spend that money on!!! Good luck.
HI K. - to me it sounds like your little one is not quite ready. I would put the potty away for three or four months then try again. She is not even two yet and you definitely don't want to get into a battle with her. In my experience, two and a half seems to be the perfect time - all my kids were potty trained at that time and it only took a few weeks and they were also dry through the night then. I think they understand more at this age and want to be a big kid. Good luck - Alison
First you have to teach her how to feel that her bladder is full. Then you have to teach her how to hold the muscles that up until now have automatically squeezed her bladder when it's full, so it stops. Then you have to teach her how to relax those same muscles while she's sitting on the potty.
You also have to teach her how to be aware of her bladder's fullness when there is still enough time to find and get to a toilet before she can't hold it anymore.
You can do all of this most effectively by talking about what it is you're doing: noticing that you need to go, aware that you're intentionally holding on, then talking about how when you're where you need to be you have to let go...and wait for her to catch on.
shes still kinda young i would just read her books on potty trainign and let her watch some movies and than just every time you go just ask her if she wants to come sit with you. eventually she will do it and encourage her to try and go. When she is ready she will do it.
My daughter is 24 months and we just trained her using this method. It worked for us.
http://einstein-syndrome.com/development/potty_training_d...
I don't have any advice for you. But wanted to let you know I have a daughter that is turning 2 in a few weeks. She is very interested in the potty. She will pull down her pants and diaper to sit on it some times. Once in a while she has actually gone potty in it. I've been looking at training pants and have decided to start training her after she turns 2. I've read to put her on the potty every 1/2 hr or 1 hr to start.
Hope your training goes well! Good luck!
I understand that you want to get her potty-trained,but she isn't even 2 yrs old yet. My daughter (baby #2) just got potty-trained and she is almost 3yrs old. Your daughter may not even be biologically ready (i.e. know when to hold in her pee/poo). just let her have fun exploring the potty. If you don't push it, it will happen much easier.
I suggest to just keep talking casually about it and leave the potty chair in a place where she can access it easily if she chooses. 22 months may be slightly young so if she's not showing great interest, I wouldn't push it. My daughter first showed interest (and even used the potty chair) around 22 months but then her interest waned. I kind of pushed (because I was pregnant with baby #2) and she resisted. But once I let her choose her pace (while continuing to just casually talk about it and allow her to see me use the bathroom), she quickly picked it up closer to her 3rd birthday (maybe around 32 or 33 months).
I would start first thing in the morning. Let her sit on the potty sometimes with my son it would take 20 mins. but when he learned what it felt like to pee in the potty I think it helped. We had books and some toys to keep him distracted and in one spot :). Throughout the day I would ask him every so often if he had to go, if he said yes, great. I would make a big deal out of him just trying wheather he went pee or not. After he could express his needs (maybe around 2 1/2) I would start trying underwear on him for a couple days at a time. Right before he turned 3 he just got it, and we haven't had many accidents since.
If you try underwear only be prepared to do laundry! And you have to be in the right frame of mind!
The best advice I can give is not to push her. They will let you know when they're ready. But I don't see anything wrong with helping them learn the cues. Good Luck and don't get too frustrated!! It took us well over a year!
Whatever method you choose do to, do one that is INTENSIVE. Meaning, you throw away all diapers and stick to training until she's learned it (for BOTH DAY AND NIGHT). This might sound daunting, but its possible in a few days - REALLY!
Things to avoid when researching potty training methods (we tried one that was horrible and tried just sitting her on the potty until she went and both failed, so I did some research before choosing a different method).
1. Prolonged sitting on the potty
2. Punishment for having an accident
3. going back and forth between wearing diapers/pullups and underwear.
4. Sitting on the potty at timed intervals.
Remember to keep positive, she will have TONS of accidents, its great opportunity to LEARN, have lots of rewards for ANY sign of progress!
The method we used, and I HIGHLY recommend, was www.3daypottytraining.com And they recommend 22 months as being the PERFECT age to potty train.
The ebook costs $25 and then you also have access to her online help site (which we never needed, but if you did have an issue its great support) where you can get answers to your specific issues.
Best wishes!
I haven't gone through it yet with my son, but I have heard that it is really helpful to have your daughter watch you go to the potty on the toilet so she can see what it is for. I always keep the door open when I go so my son can see. We also talk about "poo" in his diaper and he understands when is "pooing". Now it is just a matter of linking the two things together!
I have heard some books are good to read to them that show how to use the potty, but I can't refer any.
