Yet Another Thread About Potty Training.....

I think it is more of just not being ready yet. When my oldest went to daycare, they set timers, had circle time, and really just had the whole day center around "potty time." I didn't agree with that at home. I mean, we have lives, right? So at home, my 2 1/2 year old, did as she pleased. We were able to take her out of daycare, and within a year, she decided to go by herself, #1 and #2. It did happen later than kids that are in a very stuctured environment, but not at 5 years old, she doesn't have accedents at all. My youngest just turned 2, and we are using the same practice with out day care. She sits on the potty occasionally, but we are not expecting anything to happen. She will do it when she figures it out. Good luck!

I'm the mother of two boys that are 22 and 20 years in age, but I am the nanny to a set of triplets. You have to make a game out of it. Anything that is fun they will want to do. Also, you could try reading a book or giving toys to play with on the potty. If these things don't work maybe you can ask what they do at daycare and see if that works for you, too. Let the child see you potty and maybe that will work, too.

M. D.

Our nephew has lived with us since he was 2 and a little, and his mom asked us to see if we could help potty train him.
Here's what we did. We let him run around all naturale, no undies, no pull up, while he was at home. If he had to pee, he had to go on the potty. Sure there were times when he would be standing at the coffee table and coloring in a book and wet, then get that wide eyed look because he had wet his legs and feet. We'd get him to help us clean it up and talk about how big boys always use the potty and not the floor.
After he would start to realize that he was about to wet, he's take off running for the bathroom saying.. potty potty, we started letting him wear undies but he had to wear socks so that when he did mess up and wet himself, his socks would get wet too and it is most uncomfortable. We'd ask him if he needed to go potty every hour or so, so that he wouldn't get over full and wet because he had gotten distracted.
He's pottying in the potty and has been since about 2 weeks after we started training.
There have been a few little accidents, but mostly, he catches himself and runs to the potty. His accidents happen mostly at home, so you're not alone.

Never had issues with my currently 4 year old girl. I had started potty training at the end of her second year. A tad late, but she was old enough to understand a few things. Do you use a toddler potty thing? Or the big scary toilet? I would sit my daughter on the toddler potty, and give her her favorite juice, lots of it. She'll eventually have to pee! Hehe. Just have to make it fun, and rewarding. Rewarding is always an easy way to get small ones to do something they don't want to. My daughters fav things are juices and candy, just have to bribe them really, until good habits are made.

I even had it in the living room.. sat it down, popped in her fav movie, gave her a big ol' cup of juice. She'll be entertained (as long as they can be anyways). And praised her immensely when she went.

If she doesnt go in the toilet, but rather in a pull up, make sure she understands that thats really gross. If you act disgusted, but not too much to make her cry or anything, might help.

Tho consistacy in one way helps alot, and I see you work full time AND a part time job? Have you asked the daycare what exactly they do to get her to go? Maybe your daughter prefers their methods. With you working that much I would guess shes at daycare quite alot?

It took SEVERAL months before our 4 year old son would go #2 at home. He would wait ALL DAY LONG until he got home, then hide somewhere (usually behind someone/something) and go in his pull-up. Eventually he started going...can't tell you any "things to do to make it happen" but to be patient and keep offering help - "the potty chair likes to take the poopie away for you", kind of thing. Eventually it just works.

JE (dad of 4)