Potty Training Advice - Kansas City, MO - Mom with 1 kid

well some kids don't like the little potty chairs. They rather sit on the toilet like mom. try a seat that attaches to the regular seat of a toilet and sit her on that.

We made a little box of goodies and put it in the bathroom. It has a few inexpensive potty books and some small toys to play with. The books and toys may only be played with while he is on the potty. When he would go potty we would let him hang post it notes behind his potty, on the wall, and decorate the post-its with stickers. He loved that! He just turned two a few weeks ago and he goes poo and pee nearly every time on the potty now. Happiness!

I have a son that age and we read books while on the potty.

Try putting the potty chair in the bathroom that you use...when you go to the bathroom....put her on her potty chair....have some books there to read to her, or sing songs with her....something to keep her occupied. When she does go potty in the pot make a big deal out of it...clap and congratulate her...let her see you empty it into the "big potty". And congratulate her for even TRYING....'thank you for sitting on the potty chair like a big girl...I am so proud of you". Just use the same mindset that you do with everything else that she has learned...be patient...be consistent and be calm.
She will get it!!! I promise!!
R. Ann

Sounds like you are on the right track. You may want to try putting her on your potty instead of using hers. My daughter potty trained at 19 months and wanted to do everything I did. Her potty chair ended up being somewhat of a novelty and we really had success when we used our toilet for her. Actually, for potty training I used 3daypottytraining.com. It is a great program...seems pretty basic, and it is, but it outlines everything you need to do so that your child is potty trained in 3 days, even at night. I've had a couple of girl friends us it with their stubborn boys. They were a little skeptical, especially with the prospect of it working at night since they had struggled so much. I told them how it worked for me so they tried it and were so excited when they were done. It is totally worth it! Have fun!

21 months is a bit too early to potty train in my opinion. I remember buying the book, "Potty Training in Less Than a Day". DON'T BUY IT!!!It was a waste of money. Your dau. prob. isn't ready to sit on the potty yet. I let my kids pick out their own big girl pants at the store and they didn't want to have accidents in them. I waited until each was 2 before starting the training. If not, YOU will be trained, not your child. why make yourself crazy? Whenever you go to the bathroom, bring your dau. in with you and let her sit on her potty while you are going. Make a really big deal out of it. I'd still wait a few more months.
Good luck!

As far as not liking the potty chair, first make sure it's comfortable, there are a lot of options out there (baby bjorn ones work best for my kids) and then maybe pull it out and let her sit on it other times. Like someone said, some prefer the big toilet. We also had a basket of toys that were potty only toys. That helped, because she wanted to sit on the potty. We also had certain times that she ALWAYS had to sit on the potty (before and after naps, before bed and in the morning and when we were going somewhere). I did this too, so it was no big deal. It sounds like you're on the right track and she sounds ready. If she's not, she will let you know. As far as being too young, my oldest was less than 19 months and my second was 22 months when they started being dry all day. You seem to be watching her cues pretty well, and that's the hard part!

K.

Good Morning J., If you haven't tried this yet you might give it a shot. Take her in with you, when you go tell her Mama has to go PP. Then make a big deal of it.
Mama's a big girl, etc..
Or when you take her to potty you do the same. I know alot of mama's can go weeeee On command...lol

Hey it can't hurt ;)

God Bless you and best of everything to you and yours
K. Nana of 5

My daughter almost never used her potty chair. She preferred to sit 'on the big potty.' The chair I have pops apart and the top is a seat cover for the big toilet. This is actually far more convenient than the potty chair because you don't have to clean anything up. :)

Good luck!

Personally, I'd wait a bit but if you really want to do it stick with it. You can't do too much though until she is willing to sit on the potty or you tell her to and she will. Watching for her to go with her pants off is training you so she will have to be trained to go. Take her about every 15 min. to sit on it and don't make her sit too long but a few minutes. Make it relaxed and if she doesn't go get her off and go in another 15 min. If she responds once you could make it every 30 min. Don't quit then. My kids used potty chairs to start out and for my grandson I potty trained I got a Fisher Price potty that plays music and he loved that. When you actually go it plays a song. I can still here it!!! Praise, Praise, Praise then. I wonder if your daughter is staying dry all night or at nap times? That's my first sign that it's time. Other signs are understanding and being able to tell you, etc. Most of my kids were 2 to 2 1/2 years old and at that age it seemed to work best for me. My grandson went from potty trained in ONE day to that same day no diaper or pullup at nap time and was dry from then on. I would NOT use pull ups either. They are a crutch.

Best advice EVER... buy one of those babies who pees... and make the baby pee on the potty all day.... then, every single time the baby pees, you have to have a HUGE party for the baby!!! my MIL saw it on TV... not sure what it is called, but it is potty training in a day... This is especially good for kids that potty train young, such as yours!

Here's what we did & it worked like a charm! Our son LOVES M&M's so for a week or so, we put a package of m&m's on the bathroom vanity out of his reach but to where he could still see. He wanted them soo badly, but we told him when he potties in his chair he'll get 2 ms and when he poopies, he'll get a handful. We told him on the weekend we would start his potty training, so on Saturday, we started his training and took him to the bathroom every 15 mins. If he didn't go I'd set the timer for another 15, and he knew when he heard the beep, it was time to go into the bathroom. When he would go pee, we made a huge production out of it and clapped and all that jazz. We also told him when he's pottying, that feeling he feels right before he potties means that he has to go, so try to hold it until we get to the bathroom. He was trained by the end of the weekend. Now for the poopy part. He didn't like to poopy in his toilet, just in his undies. I again bribed him w/ a bunch of ms, but if he tried to go but couldn't go, I would give him 1 or 2 for trying. Well, he REALLY wanted to go to chuckie cheese very badly, but we told he had to poopie in his toilet before we would take him. By Tuesday, he had gone poopie and was all ready to go to chuckie cheese. So, in just a few days our son was potty trained. Hopefully it'll be that easy w/ the next kid too! Oh, and I think you really need to make sure the kid is mature enough to understand what's going on or it will probably be a bit stressful and take longer if you start too soon. Our son was 2 & half, so you may want to wait a few months until she's at least 2. Good luck!
Oh, and one more thing, don't waste your money on pull ups. We just used diapers at night and when they were dry in the morning for several weeks at a time we just stuck his undies on him at bed time.