Potty Training - Gainesville,FL

I really tried hard to train my daughter at this age but she did the same things. She never told me she wanted to go to the potty and if she was in panties didn't mind if they were wet. I just held off til she was around 3. She got it so great then. In one week she was pull-up free and no accidents. I think you are expecting too much right now. Keep the potty around and ask her regularly if she wants to use it or wear big girl panties. I know it seems like this diaper thing is forever. I was really stressing with my daughter but give it time and she will be diaper free.

Sounds like she may not be ready for potty training??... I took a potty training course (5.00 at Baby Bungalow in South Tampa and they had supervised play for the children) and it was very enlightening. The child development specialist stated that girls are "usually" ready to start at 2.5 years old. But each child is different. You want your child to be successful and you want the transition to be as short as possible so maybe she is just not ready yet. I took the class when my daughter was turning two but waited until she was 32 months (or another 8 months after I took the class) and used that extra time to talk about potty training and waited for her to say "Yes I want to do this!!" When we started it took her exactly 2 weeks to be completely potty trained - number 1 number 2 and during naps,at night and out on errons which I thought was a breeze. We were committed to training so we planned on staying home for the training period. We started w/ a portable potty that was easily accessable to her in the kitchen/familyroom area. And she ran around w/ no diapers - remember they have to experience an accident for them to learn what is happening and learn to control it. We would award her 1 mini M&M for trying to go and 2 mini M&M's for being successful and 3 mini M&M's for sucessfully going number 2 on the potty. We kept a jar on the counter w/ the mini M&M's in it so she could see it at all times. My daughter is not a big sweet eater so after she was trained she no longer expected the M&M's, it was an easy transition. If you do not want to do candy then small toys in a jar are a good idea also. We also made up 2 songs that we sang everytime she tried and when she was successful and she loved the praise and singing the song. When she was doing great on the portable potty we moved it to the hallway right outside the bathroom, the bathroom also had a potty seat on the big toliet. She actually just transitioned to the big toliet but felt safe that the portable potty was closer the the play area incase she didn't make it. During naps and at night we used pull ups but she always either woke up dry or woke up and said she had to go potty. So we only used pull ups for about 3 days. I really believe that it was such an easy milestone because we waited until she was ready. Good Luck!!
K.

You know your child better than anyone, do you really think she's aready? That's very young and, unfortunately we've become a very competitive society of moms that is determined to do things faster and better than previous generations. I tried to start really early with my first and it dragged out over months b/c he really didn't "get it". So we waited untill he was almost 3 and then it only took a week to be completely accident free. Now, with my middle one getting closer to her 3rd b-day, I'm starting to work with her and it's so much easier when they are old enough to understand what's happening. Hope this helps. Good luck!

just keep trying at this stage there will be lots of accidents and they won't care my now 3 yr old is making an effort more and hates to be wet she has issues with knowing when to pee on the potty but goes poop everytime no accidents, that will change over time my now 9 yr old did the same learned to poop on the potty first then stopped that and started peeing on the potty but using the pull up for poo then the final stage was doing both on the potty. all i can say is take her out of pull ups during the day and about 2 hours after she eats she should have a bm try putting her on the potty every 20 minutes and about 2 hours after she eats try her for the BM get an egg timer and det it for 5 minutes then start all over 20 minutes later, normally when she is totally ready she will just start going on her own. my oldest was potty trained by 2 1/2 my now 3 yr old showed no want until now and my 6 yr old is autistuc and is sporatic about it.

I wish I knew. I will be starting the potty training of my 2 yr old son soon and could use any advice on how to start.

C.,

Put her on a 30 minute timer. When the timer goes off, tell her it's time for potty. Until she fully recognizes the "urge to go" she will have accidents. This is an easy way for her to develop that sense and guarantees no accidents. If she doesn't go within 2 min. on the potty tell her good job for trying and starting timing how long it does take her to go. Start setting the timer a tad before that time for good measure.

Good luck, potty training takes good old fashioned stick to itiveness.

Hello C.,

This is so wonderful that you have a reasonable amount of time and energy to devote to this intensive, sometimes frustrating process. I am extremelly determined to do the same as soonest as my daughter starts walking. Here is a great info (file) I've saved;

Before the "official" toilet training begins, warm him up to the idea with these tips from Parents advisor Ari Brown, MD, a pediatrician and coauthor of Toddler 411.

Explain the bathroom routine in positive, child-friendly terms. During a diaper change, you can say, "When we eat or drink, our body takes what it needs and then the rest gets turned into pee or poop. It's like our body's garbage."

Be a role model. Let your child watch you use the potty. Although it might seem strange, Dad may want to sit down while peeing at the beginning in order to simplify the process for your toddler.

Pretend that her doll or stuffed animal is using the potty. Seeing her "friend" go through the motions in a relaxed, playful setting can relieve any stress she may feel about graduating to the potty.

Practice sitting on it. Suggest visits to the potty first thing in the morning, before her bath, and before bedtime. Just don't expect success at this point. Getting her on a schedule early may save you from constantly asking her to go when the real training kicks in.

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Hi C.: The only thing I would do is try to have some family member stay at your house for a week or so. Go to the potty with her and read read read. For three months I constantly was in the bathroom with my then 2 yr. old and it worked. Give her candy or stickers when she does it on the toilet. What ever she likes.

May I ask why you decided to start potty training her? Sounds like she's not ready.

It sounds like she may not be ready yet. 26 months is still really early. I introduced my daughter to the potty around her 2nd birthday. She started wearing pull-ups around 2.5 years. She only wore panties when she asked. She was the same way too. She didnt really care if she was wet or not. At her 3 yr check-up, the pediatrician told me that they are capable of doing it at 3yrs. She also told me that pooping in the potty is a totally different story, and it's very common for them to do one and not the other. She told me to only put her in panties and she would have it in 2 or 3 days. The first day she only had 1 accident all day. That was in June, and she's been in panties since then.

Pooping has been a different story. It scared her. She would actually go get a pull-up and put it on herself. She would poop in it and then asked immediately to be changed. She's been pooping in the potty now for 2 weeks straight. I just had to do it on her timing, not mine.

All that is completely normal. Potty training is a lot longer process than most of us realized when we start doing it. I started introducing my daughter to the potty around that age. She'll be five in Dec. and although she has been daytime potty trained for 2 or 2-1/2 years now, she still wears pull-ups at night. She is a sound sleeper and will not feel when she has to go. If we make sure she pees before bedtime there's a chance she might not go or at least not go enough to wet the bed.

The only advice I can give is keep at it but don't force it. The pooping on the toilet will come. That didn't really scare my daughter like it does some kids. Once she had down the peeing the pooping on the potty seem to come naturally to her. Your daughter may pick it up easily or it may take several years. Just don't make a big issue out of it. Good Luck!

J.

sounds like she is not ready yet, try again in another month. you might also want to try a potty chart that gives stickers as a reward. good luck!

A consistent routine with some kind of reward afterwards (we use a sticker chart) is very helpful. But if she doesn't seem to care that she is wet--she may not be ready for full-on panties yet. My son is almost the exact same age--and he will go pee on the potty when I put him there and if I am regular at bringing him, he won't go otherwise--but he also just doesn't care if he does go in the potty or his pants and doesn't tell me when he needs to go. In fact, when I ask him, his usual answer is "no" regardless of how long it has been-so we are right there with you!
However, I have recently found this potty training site with a lot of helpful information and products:
http://www.pottytrainingconcepts.com/
In fact, I just ordered some big boy training pants that are more absorbent than real big boy pants, but still make them feel wet, unlike the disposable pull-ups. Anyways, there is also a lot of good info on potty training that I found very helpful and plan to implement once our "big boy" pants arrive...