2 1/2 Year Old Daughter Not Wanting to Potty Train???

I agree with everyone else she'll train when she is ready. Don't worry the Child Guidance class that I took recently says that developmentally children are more likely to be ready at 3 -4 yrs. So she is still on target as far as development. I suggest that you try the pull ups and ask her often if she needs to potty just remember children have this great sense about them so when you are frustrated they feel it and become frustrated too. Don't get up set with her just be happy that she is healthy and happy

S., nice name. Mine is S..
I had the same problem with my 2.5 year old. She is a very strong-willed child. Finally I gave up. I got rid of the pull-ups and never mentioned potty training to her ever again. But I decided to leave the potty where she could get to it just in case she ever wanted to use it. About 3 months after I gave up on it, she just quietly went over to the potty and used it. No fanfare, No words of encouragement from me and my husband. She just went and did it in secret all by herself. Two weeks later, she was completely potty trained. Your daughter really wants to be like mommy and she also really wants to make you happy. To do that she'll have to use the potty, and she knows that. She'll do it when she's ready. I promise!

Sounds like she might not be 100% ready yet. She's doing it at school because they're taking her there every hour not necessarily because she feels a need or desire to go. There's a difference.

You might try giving it a break and coming back to it when you're less frustrated and she's more motivated. 2 1/2 is pretty young. Mine decided he wanted to potty learn at that age but he was one of the first of his peers. The rest potty trained around 3 -- even the girls. Some were even older but when they did, they did it very quickly and with no struggles, charts or bribes. It has to be their idea.

I also agree with the advice that it might work best to wait a while. She might not be completely ready yet. No worries, 2.5 is still pretty young. She might need to be a little older before she's ready.

It's perfectly normal to gave potty training issues. She probably gets too excited at home - or plays too much. Also, things are more uniformed, and she probably feels it's more a "rule".

Also, one other thing, is that at her age, she is figuring out that she has some control over something, if only her potty.

Basically what you're going through is normal... although, hate to be the barer of bad news... I've heard boys are worse.

When she's ready she'll do it.

My kids both weren't ready til 3 and 3 1/2. Be patient. Switch to pull ups so you don't have soooo many dirty clothes and just keep up the potty breaks. I agree with the other lady who said maybe take a break from it for awhile.

S.,

I am a mom of two and an assistant preschool director. My son who is not quite two decided he wants to go potty. My son who is in Kindergarten was not fully potty trained until he was
3 1/2. We have children at school that are almost four before they are done. Like the other moms I agree that when she is ready she knows what to do and where to go. When she is tired of wearing diapers! She will go. I would save some money on pull-ups and use diapers until she shows you she is ready. I have also seen children who were potty trained regress once the new baby came along. Not for any length of time just enough to get a little more attention. So don't worry about getting her potty trained. She will not start Kindergarten in diapers.lol Good luck and enjoy your sweet little ones. They are blessings.
H. M.