Potty Training Help - San Antonio, TX

Don't push it! Let her tell you when she's ready. My nearly-two year old also tells me when she's pooped and has even given a pee pee warning when she's been without a diaper. I have a potty in each of our bathrooms and she sits with me and her big sister when we use the "big girl potties."

Let her lead the way with this and I'll bet she's got herself potty trained within a year, perhaps less.

Best of luck! I'll bet with two in diapers, you're more than ready for her to progress! :)

She may just not be ready. My daughter was scared of the potty, too, until she watched her cousin use it. Oddly, she'd watched her preschool classmates go, but for some reason, that wasn't enough for her. Anyway, she didn't want to sit on the potty, then one day, finally decided to. She went on the potty that day, and has been trained ever since. So, I'd encourage her to try to sit on it, and get a ring for it in case she's afraid of falling in, but overall, you can't push it. It happens so fast when they're ready!

I bribed my little boy with a chocolate shake. Not sure this will help, but it sure did for him. He would say I need a biaper (he couldn't say diaper) I need to go poo poo. I finally bribed him and it worked.

You may not want to for some reason, but have you thought of gently transitioning her with a small child's potty. Something easy for her to get onto and off of by herself and that isn't something she'll "fall in"- that's usually what they're scared of. After she gets down going on the little potty and you take it away, she'll have to go on the big one. Or there are little seats that go on top of the big toilet seat- have you tried one of those?

I wouldn't push the issue. This is one thing she is in control of so just let her stay in diapers if that is her prerogative. If she was 4, it would be a different story and you could put your foot down, but 2 is still at the young side of potty training. Plus she has a new baby brother so that might be part of the issue too. Just keep it light and accept her going in a diaper. Keep a little potty next to the toilet you use and announce when you are using the toilet and have her give you a high five when you are done. Tell her she can sit on her potty with her diaper on to 'help mommy go potty'. Let her flush your potty if she is interested. It sounds like she has bodily control so you will probably be one of the lucky ones that wakes up one morning to a potty trained child...once she decides she is ready.