Potty Training Tips (2 1/2- 3) - Frisco,TX

D.,

Great job on her encouragemet. She know's she wants to learn and it seems she knows what it feels like to hold it. When my children were potty trained, we (my mother and I) would take them every couple of hours to sit and try to go for a day, then every three hours the next day and after about four days, we would remind them after their breakfast lunch or dinner to go. As soon as I wake up my youngest, I immediately take him to the restroom so he can go (I do this w/varying times in the morning between 6 & 6:45). Then when he gets up, I ask him if he's dry...and I praise him. Sometimes he even gets up at night if he needs to go. Just a thought on how you can manage her 'holding' and not going after so long. I also still limit how much they drink after 8PM, it's so close to bedtime and I make both go before bed, even if they complain, I ask them to try. Maybe a pull-up and big girls undies for bedtime can work for her too. Good luck and you will both do very well this spring break...she's ready to be a big girl!

I say hang in there. She is doing great to have control for that long, and while it is frustrating for you, I imagine it will get better over the next several weeks. I might suggest filling her to the brim with any fluids you can give her for a few days. More than normal, and see if that will sort of force her to feel the need to go more often. Also, sometimes I run the bathtub or sink water when I want to encourage them to go potty, and I have even gone so far as to let them stand in warm bath water for a minute or two and then try going potty. She may take a bit, but I say give it a little more time to even out, and she may surprise you! My son (will be 3 at the end of May) has been potty training for over a month now, and has recently really put it all together! Now my daughter, who is also 15 months younger than he is, thinks she needs to go potty too!! She does not get it yet, but she thinks it is fun to sit:) Good luck ~A.~

Sounds like you are already half way there- she is intereseted and wants to do well! It will probably just take a couple weeks or months for her to be trained.
I wouldn't worry about the peeing while she is sleeping. I always just make sure my daughter pees before every nap and bed- that's part of the routine. She knows she has to go before she can get off.
During the day at home, after she has emptied her bladder pretty good, let her wear panties and pants. If she wets them, then she has to go back to the pull-ups. That was a really big motivator for my daughter.
Also, at the beginning, we set a timer. We had to stop everything and go each time it went off. That helped A LOT.
You might also have to change the prize several times to keep the motivation.
It's amazing because when we were in the midst of training, I thought this stage would never end and she would never get it. But then one day, they just do.
Hang in there!