Hi, we have a 2 year old who is very talkative and very clearly understands things. We have a potty chair for her to start using, but she refuses. She has sat on it a couple times by her own request, but she never uses the bathroom in it. She will insist on a diaper and then use the diaper, just after she has been on the potty. Other times, she flat out refuses to try it. We have cute little books about the potty, and she even tells us the stories. Is it too early?
My children did best around 2-1/2 so you may want to wait till summer & approach it again. Each child is different. Have you tried buying her pretty panties or fun panties as a reward? It may do the trick.
.
Hi L.,
I posted this post once before on potty training, so I will post again to you. My daughter was potty trained by 16 mo old, and I tried this on her. Then later tried it on my nephew. I think its different for boys than girls when it comes to potty training, or in this family it has been. I got the potty that had the little tray on it. I would sit down in the floor with books and crayons and tell her we were going to color or read till she poo-poohed in the potty. Sometimes it was very time consuming but it would work. She too didn't like it to start with, but then it became a ritual. My nephew refused to sit on the potty, but everybody knew when he was going to, cause he would hide behind a chair or a couch or something and squat. My sister in law would run with him and try to put him on the pot and he would throw a fit. So finally he was here one day and I put him on my daughters pot with the books and so forth, and he pottied and didn't even know he did it. I just kept talking and reading to him, then I praised him and praised him for what he did and gave him a popsickle. I told my sister in law, and she tried it the next day. He was so proud of himself, she had no more trouble with him. He even one day came to her and ask her if he could have icecream instead of a popsickle if he pottied,,LOL LOL So it was a little bribing, but it worked. Give it a try and see, but it can be time consuming, you have to make time for it. Good luck!
she is old enough, get a chair that sits on the toilet, tell her this is where you go potty, not in your pants, you are a big girl now and you should do big girl stuff and award her when she does it, you can find those seats at walmart, about any department store, let me know how you do, Good Luck, hugs L. C.
if she's refusing to use the potty, then she's not ready. just let hr explore and try it at her own pace. encourage her efforts, even if they are not successul, even if all she does is sit on it fully clothed. once she's ready, she'll let you know. some kids can be trained be 18 months and other is 3 or 4 yrs old. just be patient and don't push her too hard cause it will make things harder.
My daughter potty trained at 18 months because she hated being in a wet diaper-- she kept tearing them off. So, I gave her panties and in less than an hour-- she was trained. She was a 2nd child though and that makes a WORLD of difference.
I really liked Potty Training 1-2-3 -- it's a thin book with the concept to teach her to stay wet and dry-- not just to pee in the potty. When I decide to do it, I only allow them to have a diaper at nap time and bed time-- I didn't compromise. I put rubber pants over the underwear if we had to go somewhere.
My son-- potty trained in 2 days-- took 6 months for the poop-- he would hold it until his naptime diaper--LOL. My daughter potty trained in an hour-- took 5 days for the poop-- she pooped in her pants 5 days in a row and the look on her face was priceless-- I will never forget it-- she quickly learned she didn't like that and would get a chocolate kiss for pooping in the potty.
So...... it's never too early really-- if you want to go slow-- reward her for peeing in the potty (like 1 M&M) and then once she has that concept-- so for broke with the no diapers thing.......
Mel
we started trying to potty train our daughter at age 2, and it was miserable. we worked so hard, and got so stressed over it. finally we gave up, and put her back in a diaper, and she did it all on her own right about age three. my new theory on potty training is this, if it gets to the point were they cant go to school because they are not potty trained, i will deal with it then. other wise, they all do it at there own rate, and when they are ready. if you push it, or start too early, you are just stressing them, you and every one else out.
