Potty Training... Worries

Someone else on here had recommended a book you can download at ThePottyTrainer.com I tried it and it worked great. My daughter was potty trained in just a couple of days. It says 2 is a great age to start and that sometimes girls can go a little earlier (19 months+). Good luck!

oh - and if you go to the website it says the book is $27, but sign up for the free training course and they'll send you an email and you can get the book for $17. :)

Hi,
I have a 21/2 year old daughter who has been potty trained just before the age of 2. I had a great part-time babysitter who gave some great advice. She suggested when she was a little over a year to start getting her used to the potty. So what I did was got one of those little potties and sat her on it while I was getting her bath ready. It just helps getting her used to a potty, and sometimes she would actually go! I would then make a HUGE deal of it, but never forced her, just let her sit on it. At about 18 months I tried more aggressively because she was showing all the signs, we did good for a while, but then she was totally against it so I stopped. A few months later my sitter said that was it, no more diapers at her house. It worked like a miracle. It took 2 days, so I said no more diapers at home and we kept up with it. I would take her regularly and give rewards like fruit chews or some other valued prize. She had been showing all the signs, so I knew she could do it. I think that early exposer to the potty without pressure helped. If you have someone to help, like a babbysitter who can say "no more diapers at my house" it could help. Maybe in your case, just try saying no more diapers with daddy, and be consistant, absolutely do not cave. You will have accidents, but that is just part of it. Just take her often and give lots of praise. Is she showing any signs? Have you talked to her about it? Try taking her to the store to pick out big girl panties and special potty treats. good luck!

The first rule of potty training: you cannot attempt to potty train a child unless they are ready and show signs of interest in the potty. The more you try to force a child to potty train when they are not ready, the longer it will take and the more painful it will be for all involved.

I have potty trained MANY children, both typically developing and a-typically developing. Does your daughter show interest in the toliet? Does she seem to want to use it, or is she interested in it when you go to the bathroom? Does she tell you when she is wet or has pooped? If so, she is ready for you to start the process. Take her to the bathroom with you and let her flush the toliet when you are done - say "bye bye" to the poo poo or pee pee. If she seems interested in this, next time she has a bowel movement in her diaper, dont throw the diaper away, but take her in the bathroom and empty the poop into the toliet and let her flush it. If she seems comfortable with all this, ask her if she would like to use the potty - if she can not yet tell you when she has to go, this will be a long process.

Take heart that little girls are far easier to train than boys. Go to the store and get her one of those potty seats that has little steps and fits over the actual toliet (attached to the steps is a little plastic seat that fits over the toliet seat making it smaller so that she wont fall in or have to balance). This will allow her to start going to the potty alone when she is ready - stress the fact that big girls use the potty, and when she starts using it often, she can pick out any pretty big girl panties that she wants. Make a routine of using the bathroom - get her special toliet paper, flushable wipes, or foamy hand soap for washing hands after (Kandoo has cool soap and flushable wipes that toddlers love). There are also many childrens books out there at any book store that help introduce the toliet training in a way that a child will be interested in and understand.

Remember, dont push her to use the bathroom if she does not seem interested in the process. Give it up for a few months, and then try again.

Feel free to contact me with any questions you may have - good luck!

We potty trained our son when he was 2 1/2. we had tried introducing him to the potty and he showed no interest. i took advice from a woman on tv and bought the book about potty parties. its called potty train in one day. it worked. a kid who had no interest suddenly went to big boy undies and has only had one accident. he is now 3 1/2 and he never regressed. it really only took one day.

I can't remember but I think my daughter was 2 when I started potty training. She was terrified of the big potty that grown ups use as well as the vaccum cleaner. Anyway, I got her interest by ordering a potty called tinkle tunes. Yes, its' super annoying but doesn't need to be used long for her to get the idea. Keep the potty easily available like keep in the living room where she watches TV or in her bed room. My daughter started out slow with a few drops and then when, the potty began playing music we praised her like crazy. Once they get the hang of it during the day, it should go fast. However, night time will be another issue.