Potty Training PLEASE HELP

I have 5 kids, and have found that they will tell you when they are ready. let them lead you. It works for me

You're doing it right. It's important to stick with it and be consistant. If you are, it should only take a few days. This means NO diapers. It will get unconfortable then when she does have accidents and she will want to use the bathroom. Also, try rewarding her. A sticker chart worked for us.

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I know how incredible hard it can be to be patient...but you have to do your best to let her do it when she's ready. You can't push potty training. One of my kids will be 3 next week and he is just now starting to keep himself dry. My oldest son was 3 1/2 before he was completely trained. Hang in there...a good site to visit for tips is www.pampers.com

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You are doing things right. Have you tried a "potty chart"? When I was potty training my 3 year old we had a chart that we put stickers on when she went in the potty and after so many stickers she got to pick a "prize". Usually the prize was stickers or something small but it really helped. Plus we let her pick out her own panties to wear when we went shopping for them at the store. Now, she is totally potty trained and she loves getting up in the morning and picking out panties to wear (she sleeps in a Goodnites, just in case)!!!! Just be consistant and watch how much juice, water, etc she is taking in. Don't worry about your daughter being behind the other kids because my daughter was not potty trained until about 1 month before her birthday. Good Luck!

You are on the right track! I remember when we started w/ ours on potty training, and it seemed like I use to clean up a lot of messes. But it gets better. They learn it is NO FUN to be wet. But DON'T use those pull-ups (we only use them at night)! She needs to feel how uncomfortable it is to be wet. Have her wear cloth training pants (gerber makes some), they are more absorbant than underwear, but it is still wet feeling (and you can get plastic covers for them to protect your furniture..but check often!).
When she has an accident, clean her up in the bathroom. Make her help and put her back on the potty. Explain that if she pees on the potty and not in her pants, then she will have more time to play, and won't feel uncomfortable.
We also use to give our kid a sticker when she went on the potty and that seemed to help. We also had a set schecule for the potty. The rules went: sit on the potty before and after sleeping. Sit on the potty before eating and about 20 min after eating. Sit on the potty about 15min after drinking a cup of juice/H2O/milk. Sit on the potty if it has been more than 2 hours. Ususally their little bodies will start going on an schedule, and you will start to expect when they are going to go. Once you are their...your gold!!!
A good book that I found helpful and interesting: "Diaper Free before 3" and sorry, I don't remember who it was by!

I would guess that your method has probably started a struggle to see who is in control. My 2yo was fully potty trained at 18 months... then I brought home my son and the potty was gone. She was horrible and it became a real control issue. I backed off and when we went to the store one day she saw a Dora potty chair and really wanted it. I told her when she learned to go I would get her any potty chair she wanted. A week later she started going. That day I took her out for breakfast, bought her potty chair and Dora panties. Since then only one accident when we were in the car. This action began about a month ago. I am praying we don't have a backslide now... Just found out baby three is on the way.

Some things you can try are reading books while she is on the potty, or giving her treats if she goes (I called them POTTY PRIZES), or make a potty chart and every time she goes let her pick a sticker to put on the chart...my grandson loved this Sesame Street website with Elmo's Potty Time...he watched it over and over and then it just clicked with him...here's the link: http://www.sesameworkshop.org/sesamestreet/games/pottytim...
Good luck!

I say yes you are doing it correctly! My daughter learned right before the age of 3 and I was freaking out like you because I thought she'd never get into preschool if we didn't get her trained. She went when she was ready. It will eventually 'click' with your daughter and she will start going when she is ready. You are doing the right thing by just showing her how. Hang in there!!