T.P.
Hi.. my daughter will be 3 in november as well. the 15th. when is your daughters?
my daughter and son have both gone thru this stage of being all into it af firt,, kind of early i thought and then backed off.
my son who will be 4 in january did the same thing and then all of a sudden at 3 yrs and 5 months decided on his own(after us talking to him about wearing big boy underwear for months, but positively, not judging or belittling him or saying he was a baby, i have tried that one too..lol) he said on a sat morning he wanted to wear his big boy underwear. he had accidents that weekend but come monday, none since. i think i was very lucky. but i also think i waited for his Q. and didn't try to push it. i DID try to push it earlier like about 6 months before this. was so frustrated, he was frustrated. so after talking to our pediatrician, she suggested to stop and wait. the best advice ever!
so with my daughter, going thru the same thing. very excited at first, doing it .. then not wanting anything to do with it. screaming, not even wanting to sit on the little potty.
i still talk to her about when she gets to wear her big girl underwear and how much fun it will be. i'll ask her 'do you want to wear your big girl underwear' she'll say yeah. then i'll ask her 'great, so you do you want to go sit on the little potty and go pees and poops' she'll give me a stern no.. lol so i know she's not all as ready as i think she is. she too tells me when she needs a diaper change etc. i think with those Q's we want them to be ready right now! lol and i totally agree! i would love both mine to be out of diapers!
and yes!! pull ups are a waste of money. we went to a potty training class given by one of the hospitals here(a child physchologist gave the class, very good). and was also told pullups are a waste of money. so i didn't go that route. only with the night time. we used over night pull ups instead of diapers with my son. they seem like underwear and not diapers. so he doesn't feel he is going back to a diaper.
some good tips were: don't go back to a diaper if you are going out in public but wear underwear at home. it's ok to try the potty training process but then stop and wait a bit longer. i read so many posts about the child being potty trained for 6 months!! that should tell you they are not ready..lol
and what a headach for both parent and child.
we did use m&m's with my son and have weaned him off those and only use those now if he gets his undies and pants back on by himself. so we just moved the bribe to something else.lol
and yes..they won't go to school in a diaper.:-)
if you want more of the tips or the name of the place that gave the class just let me know.
good luck and relax.. i know it's hard.. i'm right where you are with my daughter..
have to add: a great book. The Potty Training Answer Book. and also, they can go till 5-6 without being night time potty trained. night time potty trained is when they wake up for a full 30 days dry. and even going to 4-5 for day time is not a big deal. at that point you may want to talk to a dr to make sure there isn't anything medically that needs addressed.
T.