HI,
there is a great book out there call Potty Training in a Day. It might take a few days, but you do have to be there 24/7 to be successful. this book advocates a lot of practice from you child. Children need to learn to hurry to the potty. So it is fun to run fast to the potty with your child like a game, saying "hurry hurry" and laughting, having fun. When a child has an accident, the child is encourage to clean up, wash and redress themselves. Of course, they need your guidance, but the idea is to let them do it themselves. This is a not so easy task and the child soon learns, like you, that this may not be the way they want to spend their day. this book also says that the child will learn by teaching. get a doll that drinks and wets. Your child feed the doll water in its bottle and soon the water comes out like pee. You encourage your child to teach the doll to go in the potty. Make this a nice together time for you and your child. You teach the doll by feeding it and showing it how to go potty, then it's your child's turn to imitate you and teach the doll lilke you did. Your child will feed the doll and when the pee comes, hurries the doll to the potty. Yeah!!! the doll went in the potty. This way the child learns to also go in the potty. The book is really good and gives many other tips to help. The main thing is to spend time, be posotive and encouraging and to be there 24/7, consistency, and soon your child has it down pat.
I tried to teach my girl to go potty by rewardin food,. but it didn't work. I waited a few months and and used this book and she was good in a week. It's best to wait until the child is 2 or older, this way the ki8dneys are developed. I put potty beside her bed so she could go by herself at nighjt or in the morning by herself. Of course, she had to be out of the crib and into a Jr bed so she could get out easily to go. It is also important to keep the regular pantys on and not resort to diapers because your child will need lots of practise pullin her pants upa dn down, also will know what it feels like to be wet and also lots of practise in cleaning up the mess. But keep up the courage and be there. This too will pass sooner than you think and your job will be well done, your child will feel proud for growing up big and you will be free of diapers!!!