Potty Training to Be in Panites/undies

I took my son shopping and had him pick out the underware he liked. Then this sounds mean, but the first time he had an accident in them I told him we were going to have to throw them out because I wasn't washing them. He hasn't had an accident since because he dosen't want to have to throw out his Cars underware!

My first part of advice is don't rush her, especially because the new baby is coming. You are risking having a relapse once the baby is born.

Second, just let her go at her own pace. Or try with no underwear. My boys seemed to pee if they had something tight on while they were training, but if there was no underwear on they remembered to pee/poop.

Good luck. I had 3 in diapers at one point because my oldest relapsed when our third was born. Not fun, but as I was told they never go to school in diapers.

First of all don't set a time limit. That will just upset the both of you. Just taking it one step at a time and let her decide when the next step is to be taken. Of course asking and reminding her to do won't hurt either. Just be patient, it does happen. Good luck with it all and with the new baby as well.

Hi W.,
I did the same with my daughter when she was about 2 1/2. I had twins on the way and needed to get her potty trained. So I let her run around with nothing on her bottom. She did great! Everytime I stuck underwear on her she peed. It was very frustrating! Finally, I gave up for a few while because I was put on bed rest, and was in and out of the hospital! Anyway, A month or two after my twins were born. She decided, on her on, that she was ready. We went to buy pretty panties and she was told she was able to go to school if she went potty all the time! Bottom line is they know when they are ready! Good luck I am not looking forward to doing my twin girls in a year!
R.

My friend's little girl was the same way. What she started doing was having her wear dresses - comfy play dresses about knee length/calf length - WITHOUT anything under them. Even in a dress she'd go potty since nothing was on her bottom. Toddlers can be so silly. My friend was home with her daughter so it was little easier to do, but perhaps it would be an option during evenings and weekends. You could do the dresses to keep that similar at daycare, but just put a pullup on.

Also, you will want to do plenty of reminders. They younger they are, the easier it is for them to get distracted and forget when playing. If you notice an hour has passed and she didn't go, you might want to suggest she goes. She'll become more familiar with the feeling and associate it with needing to go before it's too late.

Hi W.!!
Onw thing i would try with the panties is puttin them on over her pull ups for a while maybe that'll get her used to them.But as far as "hurrying her along' before the baby comes i just dont hink is a good idea, children need to take their time and potty train at their own pace and she prob. i staking her time because thereis a baby on the way. kids are funny that way esspecially when there is a new sibling on the way! my suggestion is to just take a step back and every time she stays dry tell her and praise her for doing so and tell her what a great big sister shes going to be and that maybe when the baby's old enough she can potty train him/her too!! (with ur help of course!)

Try a reward chart. She can place stickers on this chart for every time that she goes in the potty and then after so many stickers, you could give her a prize.

I think its the time in the pull-ups at daycare that are totally throwing her off. My son is currently potty training and I found the same thing. That no matter how often i took him to try potty, if he had on a diaper, pull-up or underwear he would find some time to go in them. I, too, found that if he had nothing on he wouldn't go and I got him to go in the potty a lot more. So in the last couple days I got him to wear loose shorts with nothing underneath, that covered him a bit but he didn't have the sercurity of something to go in. That day I limited his drinking a lot more than usual and took him to the potty about every 45 minutes-hour, by setting a timer. He totally got it and only had one accident at lunchtime, he didn't want to break from food to go pee. My fault should have peed him before. anyway, the next day I actually had a playgroup day with some friends, so I put him in a diaper while in the 10-minutes car ride, cause we hadn't tackle the outings yet. He stayed dry the whole ride and got him to pee at the other house, then took his diaper off there and took him to pee every hour or so. He even woke up dry at that nap time, so after nap I decided to try underwear since he had kept his diaper dry earlier in the day. He has now been wearing underwear for the last 2 days straight except for nap and bed. It's like it just clicked. I would say if she is only going to daycare occasionally then send underwear for them to put on her at daycare if they are truely willing to help out. Have them limit her drinking and take her to pee every hour or so. With my son if he at any time had a diaper or pullup to rely on then he never gave the potty training a full effort, it made him lazy. Its like getting rid of the pacifier, you can't let them have it sometimes and not other times, they'll never give it up! Gotta just take it away. I didn't like pullups with either of my kids it just seemed to stall the whole process. With my son, it took about 4-5 days to go from a diaper all day to underwear all day, except when sleeping. It was easier than my daughter and I was expecting it to be difficult. I would say if you have a few day stretch when she isn't in daycare and you're not doing a lot of out of the house stuff. Just focus on her and don't put a diaper/pull-up on her, let her wear some lose shorts without underwear and get her to go every 30-60 minutes, it seeems like a lot but its not that bad. Judge the time in between potty breaks depending upon how often she goes. Then try putting underwear on her the next day and do the same thing, until you feel she got the routine, then you can back off to taking her every 1-2 hours or so. Then maybe let her pick out some special new undies at the store, that worked for my daughter, she thought that was great. Good luck and sounds like she won't be that hard to potty train, she is ready! Whatever you do though, don't ask her if she needs to go potty, just say its time to try. Most of the time they will not go if you give them the option. J.

Hi W.,

Your daughter is really young still and it may take her a while to really get the whole potty thing. My 1st daughter would go back and forth and finally was fully potty trained by just over 3 and 1/2. I have had 4 in diapers at once!!! Now I have 3. Obviously I am not the best potty trainer so my only advice is to not stress out about it or stress your daughter out. I truly believe when they are ready they will do it on there own. If this is the last times you will have with your daughter before the new baby try and make it fun without getting too crazy. N.

My daughter is almost 20 months old and is doing the same thing. She is great at going to the potty on her own when she is bare bottomed, but as soon as I put panties, training pants, pulls ups, etc she just goes in what she is wearing and forgets about using the potty. I bought several summer dresses and have just been letting her be. I put something on at night and when we go out. It seems to work for now so I guess I will wait and see what happens. Good luck with your little girl.

Hi W.- I went through the exact thing last summer with my daughter. We just did pull ups when we were out and dresses and no panties at all when we were home. It seemed to get her used to staying dry all day. She was fully potty trained by October.

I found an online book that said to keep them in panties all day. It will take a while for them to stop going in their panties and yes, you will have a lot more laundry to do, but when you switch between pull ups, diapers, or panties, the child gets confused.

My daughter was also 2 when she decided she wanted to wear big-girl panties. Two is on the early side of the potty training spectrum. She may be ready but her bladder may not be. If she is still going in her panties, put them over a pull-up. This may help. You can also have her sit on the potty once an hour while she is home. This will get her in the habit of taking time out of the day to go to the bathroom. Good Luck.