We are potty training our 2 year old daughter. To date my daughter has been having accident free days. She will pee on the potty without much waiting and is also having most BM's in the potty. She is staying dry during her nap, but not overnight yet.
She is doing great during the week while she is at the caretakers and at home. But on the weekends is a different story. We are just so busy, and believe it or not, we have actually been clearing our schedule b/c of potty training. We just get pulled in so many directions. We have purchased a fold-up potty seat to put on public toliets (it can be carried in a diaper bag). Any tips on how to start getting her to use public restrooms? Is it just taking her out and doing it so she gets used to it? Also she still doesn't ever SAY when she needs to use the potty. Either you have to ask her and she will say "OK" or she will just run to the potty. Any tips on how to get her to communicate when she needs to go?
Thanks again for all of your help!!
E.
Potty training is more about training you to be more interested/atuned to her needs while you are out. Take a timer with you and set it to remind you that she needs a break. Get one that will go off then restart itself.
You can either have her developing physically or developing mentally/verbally you can't expect both right now.
I'm in the process of potty training my lil 2 year boy so I feel the frustration. I always ask him and he never tells me so that will probably take a while. Where did u buy your portable potty seat at? Is it kind that are soft and squishy? I just keep telling my lil one let me know when u gotta go.
When I was potty training my son I just got in the habit of making sure he went before we left and when we arrived.
I also learned to watch his body language when he had to go potty. I kept extra treats with me, so when he went he would get a treat. I skipped the pull ups, I found that I was much more attentive knowing he had real undies on. Just make sure you have spare clothes and a plastic bag to keep dirty clothes in.
She'll get used to the idea of going potty in public places and don't be suprised if she announces it to everyone =)
good luck
Hi E., i too am potty training my daughter. When we go out in public usually what i do is take her to the restroom first thing when we get to our destination. Also, i tell her "Let's go potty first" when we are out. As far as her telling you she has to potty, just keep saying to her "Tell mommy when you have to potty". You may have to say it over and over and bring it back up so she'll learn to tell you. When you ask her if she has to potty teach her to tell you yes or no. Also, i have tried laying back on putting my daughter on the potty and trying to give her a little more independence to tell me when she has to go when we are at home. But if your daughter is using the potty fairly well you have nothing to worry about. It sounds like she is doing good and i'm sure as she gets older she will begin to verbalize her need to use the restroom to you more.
E.,
My trick when we are out and about on the weekends with our daughter is to announce that Mommy has to go potty and take her to the bathroom. Once we are in the restroom I tell her that she gets to go first. We have never made a big deal out of visits to a public toilet. I just tell her we are going. She has been in plenty of restrooms even before we started potty training, so it wasn't a scary place to her. I have to help hold her on the potty so she doesn't worry about falling in. Last weekend I got her to the restroom by telling her that she could ride the elephant. We were at the Renaisance Festival with her cousins.
The most important tool I have found while we are out is to make the time to take her to a bathroom whether I need to go or not. As adults we get so focused on getting so much done in a limited amount of time that we forget that little bladers need relief sooner. Restroom stops may slow me down, but at least I'm getting stuff done. Good Luck!
J. N.
I found that when my daughter was basically done potty training, that she would get "busy" and forget to go until she was "pushed". I tried to just reminder her to go when she was out, and she picked up the hint on her own. I also taught her not to sit on public toliets by helping hold her up over the seat. This helps to teach her not to sit, because girls like to put their hands on the seats as well. No matter how hard you wash hands in public, they stay pretty nasty.
