Potty Training - Raleigh,NC

HELLO MY NICK NAME IS TAY TAY BUT I HAVE A TWO YEAR OLD SHE JUST TURNED 2 BUT MINES GOES NOW BUT SHE GOES WHEN SHE IS READY BUT WHAT I DID WOULD SIT ON THE POTTY WHEN SHE WOULD ACT LIKE SHE HAVE TO GO BUT BUY HER A POTTY THAT U PUT ON THE BIG POTTY AND A STEP STOOL SEE IF THAT WORKS BUT EVERYTIME U GO MAKE HER COME WITH U AND SHE WILL GO WHEN SHE GETS READY BUT IF SHE GOES THROW A PARTY FOR HER OH YA TRY GIVEN HER SNACKS WHILE SITTING ON IT OR A LOLLIPOP OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT BUT HOPE EVERYTHING DO OK

Put her in panties & rubber pants. When she's able to feet the pee and bowel movements and understands that they don't FEEL GOOD going in your pants, then she'll want to go BEFORE she's able to feel it all over her butt. There will still be accidents as she learns the feelings of having to go and making it to the potty before she goes ... but it's a start in the right direction.

Plus, if you take her to the potty and make it a game every hour on the hour or every 30 minutes REGARDLESS of what you're doing ... it'll help with fewer accidents.

Hi L.,
My daughter started doing this same thing at 14 months. She wanted to go potty in my shower instead of on her potty, so I put her potty in the shower and asked her to sit on it. She is now 20 months and still working on it but it was a start. If your little one is comfortable going in the bathtub or shower, try putting her potty in there without any water. This might just work for you like it did for me. I know it sounds silly, everyone laughs at me when I tell them that is how she started, but it worked.

Good Luck!

Hi L. - One thing that we did with our daughter around that age was to make her a "Potty Page" as I lovingly called it. I helped her make it - we put her name and other fun little things around the perimeter of the page, kind of like a frame. Then we taped it up on the wall next to her little potty. Everytime she successfully used the potty she got to put a shiney star sticker on her page. Depending on what she did in the potty, she got to put one or two stars. She loved it and looked forward to using the potty so she could put stickers on there. This is something I have suggested to several friends and it has worked great for them as well. Good luck

Don't worry. You're doing great. She taking the steps to get there, but it's still new to her. Watching you and taking off her diaper are signs that she's getting there. Be patient (which is not the easiest to do, especially if you have other mothers around whose children are a step ahead) She's only two and she has plenty of time. When she's 4 or 5, that's different. For now, just enjoy watching her learn and try to figure things out. That's one of the last steps of that wonderful infant stage, and from there... they grow up so fast

I know with my God-daughter. She would go to the pottyin public but not at home. We had to give her an audience. Me, her mother, grandma, grandad, and uncle Bub had to watch her. And then, what a party! We danced and sang and then she got ice cream or stickers or some other kind of treat. She eventually grew out of the audience thing but before she did whenever we had company, she had to show them "what a big girl she was" It was kind of weird with everyone having to watch but it worked....for awhile, until she grew into having shame. Then she never had a problem. She would say, I"m going to potty, no one watch me." I don't know if it'll work for your little one but whatever you decide to do, I"m sure you'll do a great job. You're doing exactly what you need to be doing. Just try new things until something clicks.

When my daughter turned 2 I started a reward system with her. We both made a calendar for that month, and everytime she would go potty she would get a sticker to put on that day. We had a contest to see how many stickers we could get on each day. As the days went on she would earn more and more stickers. She was so excited to go potty that after a few weeks she never used a diaper again, except at night.

My daughter was the same way. So after much pulling of the hair (haha) I decided bribery was the way to go. When I would go potty - I would yell and hoot and hollar. Then I would get a candy bar (ice cream ect.) because I was a big girl and used the potty. I made sure to eat what ever it was infront of her and after just a few days - she wanted to be rewarded too. After 3 or 4 days, the rewards got bigger, but less often. If she went all week and used the potty - we would go to McDonalds on friday, and she would get a happy meal and play in the play area for hours (and sometimes it was litterly 4 hours). Within a month she was completely trained. Hope this helps you.

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I'd have to agree with Patti. My son is 2 1/2, and just peeing on the potty sometimes. A while back, we tried everything to encourage him to go, got him his own potty, a spongebob toilet seat for him(he loves spongebob), clapped and said "yay", when he even sat on it...nothing seemed to work he absolutely did NOT want anything to do with it. He would do the same thing..kick, scream, and squirm to get off of it. Then, suddenly, about 2 months ago, he just said "mom!", and when i answered, he said "go pee pee, mom...go potty". At first, I didn't understand what he was meaning, but then it hit me, and I jumped up, grabbed his hand, and we both raced to the bathroom, where I dropped his diaper, and sat him on the toilet. He actually peed in the toilet! When he did, I called my dad in to see, as my husband was already in there to watch, and when he heard my dad coming, he hollered to get off the potty, yelling "no!". We clapped, and praised him a lot, and I gave him a big hug and kiss, and said "good job, you're mommy's big boy!", and he just grinned ear to ear and did a little dance. The very next time, he told me he had to go...but before he peed, he had to have EVERYONE present in the house come to the door to watch, before he would even start peeing. Then when he was done, he'd say "mom, pee pee! Yay!" and we were all expected to clap and say "yay!". He's done that ever since, and more frequently. Now, he goes right after I go, or his father. We let him come into the bathroom with us, and he flushes for us, then hops on and pees, wipes, hops off, closes the lid, and flushes, followed by a clap and a "yay". I say just give your daughter some space, and see if she doesnt try it on her own. I'm sure if you just drop it, she'll start to wonder what all the fuss is about, and want to see your reaction when she does something "good". Then, when you get excited about it, she'll want to repeat it, knowing that she gets positive attention everytime she does, until it becomes habit. I was always told boys potty-train later than girls...but my son is ahead of all of my other friends daughters, lol. I think it's because I didnt go thru some potty-training routine, with the books, and the cold touch diapers, etc. I just use Pampers Training pants, and I got him some "big boy underwear" with spongebob on them to wear over his diaper. I told him he only gets to wear them if he uses the potty like a big boy. He still has accidents,like overnight, or when we're in the car for long periods of time, but he really wants to use the potty now.
Good luck with your daughter! I'm sure she'll catch on soon.

My advice would be...Don't rush her. She will do it when she is ready. My daughter is 3 1/2 and is just now fully potty trained. We tried everything and when it came down to it...She just decided one day that she was all set. Just try to be encouraging and patient. Good Luck!