Potty Training My Daughter

Potty training can be VERY fustrating no matter the age, number of children or timing of year. Be patient and keep you head up. There will always be accidents in the begining. Try getting her her own potty instead of the big potty or if you have a her potty try only using the big potty. Rewards are a good idea (we didn't use them till she pooped in the potty) It takes time and then wham she and you will have it down pat. I was very insistent on having my oldest potty trained by the time my second came (I didn't want to be changing two sets of diapers) and it happened. So it is possible. Keep at it you two ill make it
Good Luck
A.
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i started potty training my son a couple of months and what worked for us is having a kid potty in the living room where the toys are. also we don't do pull ups. he wears big boy underwear or nothing. i've heard going naked is best. does she have friends that go in a potty. my son gets excited when i tell him that he goes in the potty like his friends. good luck.

It sounds like she is just not ready. Every child learns at thier own pace and when she is ready she will let you know and it will go much smoother.
C. (mother of a 5-year old girl)

Hi, my son is 2 and 4 months and is now potty trained. I went to target and got a potty book. They have them for girls and boys, there is a button that makes a flushing sound when you push it. We would read the book together in a very exciting manner, and flush the potty in the book, then i would make a big deal about him going on the real potty and flushing it down. We had a training potty and we have a training seat that fits over the big potty, he likes to use the potty seat on the big potty because that is what mommy does! he gets m& m's or goldfish when he goes potty and it only took about 2 weeks, but don't get me wrong it still wasn't easy! you will just have to be patient and you will find the niche that works for your little one

potty training is very frustrating but you will get threw it. for her sake, i would keep at it. the m&ms are a GREAT idea... if she wants them bad enough she will go potty. just dont give them to her till she does. my son is turning 3 at the end of the month & he has been potty trained for well over a year but had problems peeing the bed but he finally got that down as well. most children her age like being refured to as being "a big girl" so explain to her big girls dont wear diapers & they pee in the potty. & they have all kinds of movies & books like "potty time with elmo" & theres a bunch of others as well. try to find 1 that she likes. best advice i can give you is to keep with it. once you take off the diapers leave them off. some people like to use the pull ups but my son just peed in them as if they were a diaper as well. im not sure what kind of things she likes but the 1st time she goes in the potty maybe try to take her shopping for a small toy. that way it lets her know thats a good thing. (obviously not getting her a toy everytime but the 1st time may help) they also have little potties with cartoon charicters on them... try to find sumthing she likes. take her out with you to find one she wants. then its more like a reward because she can sit in her "special chair" when she has to go. my son however didnt like the little potties... have you tried to sit her on the big 1?

It is funny that this came up right now. I am in almost the exact same situation. My son is 2 years and 6 months and we just started our second try at potty training about 3 days ago. What seems to be working right now is having him be completely naked. This way if he has an accident it is obvious to both of us immediately. It doesn't seem to bother him to have it in his pants but it does to have it on the floor. When he does have an accident, I make him "help" clean it up. I am also giving him a treat (m&m's/skittles) when he does a good job (1 for pee, 2 for poop). This is very exciting to him because he has never really had candy before. I know all kids are different but this seems to be working for us (at least for now). Good luck and keep me informed if you find any miracle ideas. We could use the help too!

I too am a first time mom and had no clue what to do... I did the potty in front of the tv and just had her sit on it and watch tv on it until she went and then I got all excited and praised her. Personally my daughter loves music and dancing so I made up a tiny Pee-Pee Song/Dance and a Poo-Poo Song/Dance...she loved that and since my bathroom floor is tile I would pretend that I would push a magical tile and it would play the song or funny sounds as a reward when she went... I know it sounds silly but I had to find something that caught her interest since she was a stubborn "little pumpkin" and had no interest in the potty until 3!! They will do it when they are ready and unfortunately the more we push the more they resist. Try to have fun with it. I too got very frusterated/flustered and would blame myself that she wasn't progressing but when she was ready she jumped on board like a pro. And by the way, someone mentioned letting her be naked; that TOTALLY worked for me! Training Panties, designs pull ups, Cool Alert training paints,diapers, did not work for me. Letting her be naked worked and having her in real panties that she picked out herself worked.

Good Luck! If you need more suggestion...drop me a e-mail. I had lots of practice and trial and errors!

p.s. Try to relax! It will come.

I would just wait until she really verbalizes the interest - I "pushed" the training with my daughter, and just ended up frustrated and dissapointed (we both did). With my son (lessons learned) I just made it like no big deal "when you're ready you can use the toilet like us" - he "trained" in less than a week - he had a couple accidents of course here and there - mostly while playing --- too busy to go ;o).

When he was ready - which was at about the same age as I finally had my daughter trained, both of them were just about 3 years and a few months. Honestly I would just wait - less stress for you and her!

Good luck ~ S.

S.,

I know it's worrisome, especially for a first time Mom, but trust me, she will not go to Kindergarten wearing diapers. I now have three teenagers and they were all different about being potty trained. My oldest was a tough one. At 2 1/2 We had to put him in clothe diapers and plastic pants so he could really FEEL the cold, nasty clothe on him. He hated it and actually started changing himself. Once we explained the way to avoid the wet diapers completely, he jumped on the chance to use the potty. My daughter was trained before her brother was born, but then reverted out of jealousy over her little brother's birth. I think we used the same idea for her as her little brother. We used incentives on a sticker chart. A certain number of stickers meant a toy. Once she went a week, then two, then three, etc...without messing her pants, she got a bigger prize. Our youngest was the hardest and was almost 3 1/2 by the time he was potty trained. We had to really work with him on the incentives and in the end, it cost us a big toy to get it complete.

Try some of these ideas and see if it works, but remember all children are different and work on their own time clocks.

Hugs,
Kat