Potty Training - Winder, GA

I agree, she just might not be ready yet. My son was showing intrest around that age and he still doesn't get it yet and he will be 2yrs old this week. He puts his hand there when he pees and says that he is peeing. He does it in the bath tub too. He also brings me a diaper when he poops. But he just won't sit on the potty long enough to make anything happen yet.

I'd just easy off it for a while and go with her pace. If she want's to try to sit on the potty then let her but I wouldn't hope for much more right now. You say she will go to the potty if she doesn't have anything on below, then you could just let her run around the house like that at least.

Good luck!
~S.

Just for a giggle---One of the Grandma's got my son some Cars Underware for his B-day. Which he doesn't understand the moive but loves cars and anything with wheels. Well I put a pair on him after I washed them and all he could do was push down on the front trying to take it off saying biaper (he says diaper with a "b") momma, biaper!! He wasn't going to be happy till I took that underware off him!!! Oh, well. At least I have a few pairs for later down the road!!

I started making a big deal out of myself going to the potty, announcing to him that I had to go, would he like to come or when I got out I would be very pleased with myself saying I went pee-pee! As long as it's just you two during the day, you won't be embarrassed. The only thing is now (4) he will still announce he is going pee-pee LOL Also worked with my son was a special reward, i.e. his was nestle morsels we kept in the freezer, he would get a few of those if he went in the potty. And he loved being praised when he went by me & daddy being loud and clapping how proud we were.

Patience... lots of patience. :) I'm training my 19 month old right now. She's got to the point where she always lets me know when she has to poopie, but the pees can be on again, off again.

When she has an accident, just tell her no, don't pee in your panties, pee in the potty and show her the potty.

She'll get the hang of it, it just takes time and practice. When she gets it right and does go in the potty, be very appreciative and clap and say good girl, you went in the potty... make a big deal.

I wouldn't use pull-ups... they're too much like a diaper... I'm using the cloth training pants and panties. My little girl is having less and less accidents everyday and believe me... I'll take an accident here and there over going back to diapers anyday. (We have wood floors, if I had carpet, I'd use the plastic coverings for the training pants.)

Another thing you can do, to keep it uppermost in her mind are checks throughout the day and when she wakes up from sleep and naps. (I do use a diaper for sleep still). Say to her, "Are you wet, or are you dry?" Then test her undies and then say happily, "you're dry." Or if she's wet, say, "Uh-oh you're wet. What do we do when we have to pee or poopie? Do we pee in our undies? Nope, we hurry to the potty." Then take her to the potty to show her. Believe me, she'll catch on. It just takes time, patience and repetition. Don't pressure her or yourself and it'll get better each day.

Good luck.

I just finished potty training my 2 year old. She did the same thing. Try adjusting your timing. If she pees on herself after she gets off. Then take her 45 min - 1 hour from that moment and see what happens. Also, sit her on the big girl potty with the little toilet sit from the kids potty. They are less likely to get off because they are too high. Play with her while she is on the potty to increase her time there.

I would take warm water and pour it on her or put her hands in it to see if she will go pee on the toilet. It worked for my boys. Also, I would run the water in the sink just to see if that would work. She finally started going on the potty.

It is just finding her time schedule. I did notice that even though she will tell me now to go potty, if I put a pull up on her, she won't tell me and go in it. So try to keep panties on her as much as possible. Oh yeah, definitely take her once she gets up from a nap or nights sleep. She is most likely to go then.

And make sure you praise her for going and even sitting on the toilet. And make sure she knows that peeing on herself is not good.

Good luck.

It's funny you asked this. I parent the love and logic way and I just received a newsletter on this very thing. We are about to start potty training our girl and she is 2.2years old...I won't start until the latter part of this month though. We'll see if she is ready. I cut and pasted what they said:

Potty Training Doesn't Have to Be a Pain!

Potty training doesn't have to be a frustrating experience for either you or your child. Listed below are some quick guidelines:

Little children copy what they see their parents doing. That’s why it's so important to let your tots see you using the potty…and having a good time doing so. (While this may be a bit embarrassing for some, the results are well worth the discomfort.)

Offer lots of choices. For example, "Do you want to use the upstairs potty or downstairs potty?" "Do you want to bring your favorite toy or leave it in your room?" The more small choices we give, the less resistant our kids will be.

Remain calm and empathetic when accidents happen. Punishment never works when it comes to potty training.

Allow your child to train at their own pace. Some kids are ready before they are two years old; others aren't ready until they are around four. When we try to force the issue before our children are ready, frustration is all we will achieve.

Thanks for reading.

Dr. Charles Fay

I think she's probably just too young. I know some people have success at that age, but it seems too early to me. Mine did what your daughter did... for at least 6 mos or more before we got serious about training, they'd go on the potty once or twice a day... sort of just for fun. It wasn't until closer to three years old that they seemed to care about staying dry, and able to tell me they had to go. If I were you I'd just let her keep experimenting... but don't expect too much right now. When you get serious at least she'll know just how to do it.