PoTTY Training 2 Yr Old - Elkridge,MD

She is just not ready yet. She is very young, and the fact that she even knows where pee and poop go is a GREAT thing. When SHE is ready she will go on the potty. Just keep the potty near her when you are home so she is used to seeing it all the time. In a few weeks (yep, I said a few weeks!), ask her to sit on the potty while reading a book or watching a show she loves. She may just go and not realize it :) Then a big deal can be made and she will be so proud of herself and so proud that you are proud :) It is a wonderful achievement and such fun once it actually happens :) Good luck to you!!

She is not ready.
Potty training or readiness... is a process.
An emotion and biological, based, process.

She is not ready.
This is just a precursor... to her being actually ready.

Let it go.

Toddlers, keep in mind, may know something in their heads, but not be able to do it. This is the Toddler conundrum... developmentally.
Their minds and body... are not, perfectly coordinated nor congruent, yet.

sounds like she's just a scared when she actually goes in the potty. It's pretty common with little ones. Just keep up with it and after a week she shouldn't be afraid anymore. I potty trained both my girls right at the 2 year mark and they got it just fine. My second was scared at first. So bought her the Elmo potty dvd. She really liked watching that and seeing Elmo go on the potty helped her to like it more. But yeah it took about a week and then she was potty trained and totally fine with it all.

She's not ready, if you insist she'll rebel and take longer to train. My suggestion is to back off a month or so, then try again. If you back off leave the potty out so she can still see it, maybe sit one of her dolls or stuffed animals on it so she sees it's not a scary thing, buy a DVD or two, "Potty Power":
http://www.amazon.com/Potty-Power-Boys-Girls-various/dp/B...
and "Elmo's Potty Time":
http://www.amazon.com/Sesame-Street-Elmos-Potty-Time/dp/B...
are ones i just got, and there's a cute book, "Big Girls Use the Potty":
http://www.amazon.com/Big-Girls-Use-Potty-Publishing/dp/0...
(includes stickers and a little reward chart ~ we have the Boy's version) that are all encouraging for little ones.

Give her time, she'll do it ; )

This is pretty typical at first for little kids. You can take her in with you or get a cute little potty dvd. I actually used to put a stuffed animal on the potty. Sometimes you just got to make it fun for them. Kids need a lot of reassurance starting at this age because they are learning new things all the time. Show her the cute little panties she can wear as soon as she uses the potty.

Are you sitting her on the big potty or a potty her size? If it is a big potty maybe she is scared of falling in or something. Try a little potty chair, go and let her pick it out and try that. Good Luck

Two is really young even though a lot of people think kids should be trained by this time. My MIL swears my hubby was potty trained by 9 months. I SWEAR she would tell people that. I think she just had down when it was his normal time and figured it out and that was her knowing him and NOT him being potty trained.

Well, it is pretty freaky if you think about it. All of a sudden she is aware enough of her body to be able to control her bodily functions and when she sits down, her body just "goes". Does SHE want to potty train or are YOU wanting her to potty train? Maybe she is ready but she's really not....

She's showed SOME signs of readiness, but she's not there emotionally yet, or even cognitively. Wait until she tells you she wants to sit on the potty, or tries to do it herself. That point may still be a few months off. She will get there, just like she knew when she was ready to walk and talk.

Here's a wonderful, informative website you might find helpful. It gives a few variations on"readiness" checklists, plus tips on various training strategies, the best ages to start them, and the advantages and disadvantages of each approach: http://www.parentingscience.com/toilet-training-readiness...

if you asre refering to our potty then use a kids portable one. put it in the living room and let her use it, play with it or whatever while not going pee/poo. pretend to have dolly use it. let your daughter sit on it with clothes on. she must get used to the potty before actually using it.