Potty Training - San Antonio, TX

Like the other mothers have mentioned, wait until she is ready. You know that one day she will be potty trained! Also, my pediatrician let me know that some children up to age 5 are still not potty trained and although it is not fun for the parent, in most cases is not a major concern. I have a 4, 2, and a 1 year old. I started potty training my son at the age of 34 months - It happened pretty much overnight and only because he was ready. When you don't push them it makes it so much easier and the children are more excited because of their new accomplishment.

I have a 3 and a 2 yr old.. Neither of them are potty trained.. I have talked to the Ped. about this and she adviced me NOT to force or push her.. just try to encourage and she'll eventually come around.. Another tip: Try using Pull ups.. this seemed to help and she's sitting on the toilet, but she's still not actually doing anything in there. She thinks if she sits there, wipes and flushes.. she's gone.. but she never actually urinates or poopoo's.

I have 2 children. My oldest is a girl, and at the first sign she was ready to potty train, I jumped on it (right about 2 yrs. of age). Looking back I think I pushed her, and she pushed back. It was a controll issue and she was in controll no matter how hard I tried to be. She would argue, fuss and fight if I just wanted her to try and then minutes later have an accident. We continuted to have many many accidents over the next 2 years.

I had a neighbor who was brave enough to wait until her son turned 3, and he was trained in a matter of days. People judged her - I know it was hard. The reason I know it was hard is because I followed her example with my son. I started to potty train him the day after his 3rd birth day - It was a breeze!! It took 2 days and he had it down, #1 and #2! I never had to carry extra clothes, he never fought me, if I asked him to try he would try and almost always go. If he has to go he stops playing and takes care of business. My mother, mother-in-law, and most of my friends thought I was crazy to wait. I stuck to it, and I didn't let anyone pressure me into pressuring him.

My advice is wait. I know this advice can be harder to take if your granddaughter is in daycare, but if you and your daugher can wait I think you will save yourselves lots of time, energy and frustration!!

Best of luck no matter what you decide to do!

Jen mother of 2 angels. 6 year old girl, nearly 4 year old boy

I have a 3 year old little boy and I potty trained him at 2 by just taking the diapers away. I told him he was a big boy now and he was going to pee pee in the potty. We showed him how and it went from there. he did not have many accidents but I know every child is different. All I can say is good luck.

C.

my son was potty trained at 34-35 months. i tried several times before that, but he just seemed not to be ready. tried the letting him pick the undies, you name it. then one day, i decided to try again and he was ready. i just put him in his underwear and told him not to pee on it and asked him about every 15 minutes if he needed to pee. i put him on the potty once an hour. he was trained in 2 days. i think the do it when they're ready. sort of like walking. my pediatrician told me not to worry about starting to train him till he was 3 or older, so hang in there. you should try letting her pick her panties.

good luck.