Potty Training When It's Almost past the Time....

My advice is CHILL OUT !!!! :) As one mom advised "there is no past time" when it comes to potty training. There are enough battles to fight when raising kids -- potty training should not be one of them. Kids will train when THEY are ready, not when YOU are ready. Yes, it is easier on us to have them potty trained as early as possible, but lots of kids just aren't ready at 18 mos, or 2 years, or 3 or sometimes, even 4. And night dryness takes even longer than daytime training. Certainly talk about it and encourage, but don't "pressure", and when their bladder and muscle control is sufficiently developed, they'll get the idea. Good Luck!

Seriously wouldn't stress about it. Just keep praising her when she does it. When she is ready it will all work out. My mother in law put so much pressure on us about how young her kids were when they potty trained...each kid does it when they are ready.

S.,

Just wait it out and keep up the praise! I thought my son would never potty train either. We've tried for the last year to do it with no success what-so-ever. All of a sudden, he started peeing in the potty last week. And he wants to do it all the time now. A little switch just went off in his head, I guess, and he decided he was ready!

Good luck!
~A.

Who says it is past the time-I never knew there was a specific time! Anyway I also believe in doing it in the sumer months-my daughter was almost 31/2 when she did it on her own when she was ready-she did it in a day w/ one accident since. It was so stress free on her and I. Kids do things when they are ready and want to-not when we want them to. Do I feel less of a mother because she was not otty trained when everyone else said she neede to be-NO-I am proud of the way I did it-NO STRESS! Worked for me-may not work for you. I also have a boy who will be 3 in Feb-I will also handle him the same way-although he has a potty and his big boy pants-he knows they are there when he is ready. L. :)

My oldest DD started going potty when she was 18 months, I thought it was going to be a breeze... NOT SO! I tried to train her at 2 yrs, 2 yrs 3 mos, 2 1/2 yrs and so on, she just was not interested anymore. It was really hit and miss, sometimes she felt like going, other times she'd have an accident. When she was just about to turn 3 I had my youngest DD, so I figured I would let that set in for awhile and then start training her again. She started going poo on the potty every time, and then accidents going pee sometimes. She wasn't completely trained until 3 1/2 yrs old and that's totally normal! She took her time, I thought she would NEVER be trained but now that she's just about 4 it seems like it was nothing! Just keep working with her, nix the pullups and use real undies (I used pullups when we traveled, went shopping *just in case*) But as soon as we were home just panties and we got her a potty that sang when she did her business (Walmart and Target for around $20, this was a BIG motivator, she loved the music!) then we moved her to the big potty! Goodluck!

My daughter REFUSED to go potty until a week before her 4th birthday, we bribed, cajoled, almost screamed...to no avail. When she decided, one morning, she said, need to go potty, she took off her diaper, went peepee and never looked back, I didn't have to do a thing lol She did everything by herself and had about 2 accidents, it was awesome!

Dear S. -

This MAY or may NOT apply in your case...but thought I would wade in...I have 7 children...and at some points I had three in diapers at a time! I have few recollections of potty training really...most 'trained' during summer months as I brought a potty seat out by the pool...all did it in their OWN time...and before kindergarten...except shannon. She has some developmental delays as a result of a profound medical history.

In any case...I made up my mind that she was probably gonna be for ever in diapers...and I really backed off trying to train her.

a year or so later...SHE initiated the desire...and has been 'trained' since!

Just something to consider.

Good luck!
Michele/cat