Potty Training - Memphis, TN

I have a boy so I know it is a little bit different but I used the bribery thing as well. He got a gummy bear to pee on the potty and then a different piece of candy for #2. But I definitley agree with the person who said she will go when she is ready. It took my son a long time to poop on the potty but I tried not to worry about it and he poops on the potty now. We tried the only underwear thing for a while but I think it is more punishment for us parents because then we have to clean all of that dirty underwear. Also does she go to daycare? They helped with the potty training for me and it helped for him to see his friends doing it.

Hi, I hope this helps. I was having the same problem with my 2 1/2 year old. I started out slow, over a weekend I let him run around the house without anything on but a long t-shirt. When he had the urge to pee, he started to go, but noticed he was wetting his clothes and my carpet! We would rush over to the potty and he would finish going. I made sure to bring him over to the pee spot (just like a puppy) and told him not to pee pee on the floor that he has to get to the potty first. After that somewhat long weekend I put him in underware. Within 1 day of wearing the underware, he was going pee pee in the potty instead of my floor. I made a big deal about the underware and how big boys wear them (just like daddy). We had to work on going number two for about a week, but once he knew what the urge was then he held it and either went to the potty on his own or told me. I hope this helps you, but everyone is different, what worked for him might not work for your child. You just kind of have to find what works. M.

Hi! I just became a member today. I saw what you wrote about potty training and I thought I would respond. I have 3 boys and it was a chore potty training them! Anyway, some small suggestions are: 1)Take her to the potty every hour, if you can. If she sits on the toilet that often, chances are that she will have to potty during one of those times and get used to using the toilet instead of her diaper. 2) Try not giving her anything to drink after 7pm so as to help with night-time.
3) Make sure to encourage and reward her every time she uses the toilet successfully. This is key because if she sees that she is going to be rewarded, it will help her to remember to potty in the toilet.

I don't know if any of this will help or not. You may already be doing all of these things. If she is in daycare, ask them if they will take her to the potty more frequently than they are now. But you will have to do it a lot at home as well so that it becomes routine. Anyway, if there is anything else I can think of I will let you know. Again, you may already be doing all of these things. If you are, don't give up! I remember potty training and how frustrating it was. My youngest took forever and I thought that I was going to be buying diapers eternally! :)

I hope that you have a blessed weekend. :)

I had the same issue with my daughter and I tried everything, stickers, candy, toys, etc. Then I decided to make it creative for her and I got food coloring and told her it is magic potty water and I had her decide what color she wanted and she would put one or two drops in the toilet. She loved it and she used the potty from then on.

I hate to bribe kids, but it this situation it's the best thing. My best friend had to bribe her daughter with 2 M&M's for pee & 4 M&M's for poop. I had to bribe my son with gummy bears, same concept. @ for pee & 4 for poop. Try it.....

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Try doing a schedule with her like in the morning when she wake up put her on the potty as you give her something to drink. Then before and after she takes a nap then before she goes to bed, so she can be familar with a shedule, give her praise when she does use the potty.

Hello, she should be going through the stage of independance at this age. Do you inhibit this stage by telling her she can't do things she is trying to do on her own because of the disasterous outcome you see from it? We as mothers would rather say "no" then to let them make a mess and we know we are the ones that have to clean it up. LOL I say all this because going to a potty is a form of there independance. The other may play a role in this also. If this doesn't apply to you then I would tell you, "all childen start using the potty when they are ready." There is really nothing you can do except for keep rooting her on. Make it fun to use the potty, give her a treat after she does. You could get a bucket of DUMDUM suckers and put them high on a shelf so she can't reach them and get one whenever she wants. Let her know that everytime she uses the potty she will get a terrific reward. Give her one for effort even if she doesn't make it in time. The suckers are not bad for them sugar wise. My pediatrician keeps buckets of them in every examining room and kids eat them up. I hope this helps.

My daughter was the same way. She was almost three when we finally got it down. I went to T.J. Max and got a lot of underware that she could ware and threw the diapers away. I didn't actually throw them away i hid them. I gave her pullups at night. It was very hard at first but it only took 3 days for her to give up. She didn't believe me when i told her she would pee pee all over hersellf until she actually started doing it. You can also reward her when she does go. This way takes patience and a lot of cleaning but in the end it was totally worth it. Just think of the money you will save on diapers.

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I read somewhere that for girls you put blue food coloring in the toilet and when your child goes to the bathroom she can watch it turn green!! I have boys, but have heard it works.

Have you tired going and let her pick out new panties. I did that with both my girls. My first watched one of her friends pee in the pot and she was like wow she can do it I can and that was it she was trained that could help if she watched another little girl.

Hi May
Maybe u can try taking her in there when ever you think about it. And just sit her on the potty just to get used to it. My son is two and what he would do is said i peed then take his diaper off . And when i would ask him if he wanted to sit on the potty he would tell me no. So i just take him in there every so often and sometimes he use's it and sometimes he dont. We are still trying.
Maybe since your daugther is a little older you can use award system. like show her a calendar and tell her if she gets a star every day of the week for going on the potty atleast once a day she can get award of any kind of your chosing at the end of the week. Or you can make up your own system for awarding her, naybe at the end of the of each day. I read it in a potty training book, It might work. I am still learning new idea's my self on teaching my son to use the potty. YOu could also try a searching on the web. I look up search's for everything.
Well take care and good luck.
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