I,ve tried to potty train my 30 month old. but she is really not interested in even trying.
I would probably wait until she's a little over 3. My son was different because he wasn't potty trained until he was 3 1/2, close to 4. I went over a lot of different things with the pediatrician and finally found something that worked. If they aren't interested, I would say don't push them because if you do, it could result in bed wetting later. Good Luck!
I would stop trying then. If she/he is not interested there is nothing you can do to make her interested. You will just cause a lot of frustration for the both of you. When they are ready they are ready and potty training is 'easy'...not such a struggle. You will cause more harm than good trying to force the issue.
L. I feel your pain. Please forgive me if I'm repeating here but havn't read your other responses. Here is what I did and it worked like a charm. First I talked to the Day Care. They kept him in underware all day and took him to the bathroom like every 15-20 minutes. I did the same at home. I put a pull up on him at night. I made him always go before bath & after and then right before bed again. The number one was easy but he was scared to poop in the potty so I took him to the dollar store and let him pick out all of these fun things. We put them in a cool bag and put them out of reach. I told him that those were poopy prizes and everytime he poops in the potty he gets to pick anyone that he wants. He cried a bit but got over it quickly. Within 3 days we were pooping in the potty. I kept this up for about 2 months & then explained to him that there were no more poopy prizes because now that he was a big boy he got to do bigger & better things like go to the park, the zoo, and all kinds of stuff. I really praised him. Best of luck & hope this helps. Be patient and you will get it.
I would suggest waiting a little longer until she's really interested. I've found potty-training to be incredibly frustrating if the child isn't ready, and incredibly easy when the child is. Good luck!
then wait til she's ready
Here's an idea- wait. It's so much easier when they are interested and ready. Otherwise- YOU are the one that gets trained to keep taking them to the potty, reminding them,etc. Let this be her idea- she'll train very quickly- even if she is older than you think she should be at the time. No child goes to kindergarten in diapers unless there are other reasons (developmental/mental/medical). She'll get it- just on her schedule. Good luck!
Let her be. It is a losing battle if she is not interested.
The best way to have success is to wait until the child is ready. Otherwise it will just be a major struggle. My daughter showed a little interest at 2 1/2 and then decided to go back to diapers until she was 3. She did very well once she turned 3. The only reason to push potty training is if you HAVE to have a kid potty-trained for a particular preschool that you know your child must attend; otherwise, you'll save yourself a big headache by just waiting until the child wants to.
If she is not interested, she is not ready. Each child is different with potty training. If they are not ready, no matter how much YOU try, she will just become frustrated. She will let you know when she is ready. It is a physical readiness she must achieve first.
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She may just not be ready yet. Have you tried letting her watch the older sibling go to the bathroom? That might help. My son's day care didn't have doors on the potties for the 2-3 year old class. That way the younger kids could see their classmates going potty and get interested in it. I know it helped my son tremendously. He potty trained at 27 months. They would give them 1 Skittle every time they went potty. I kept the same "reward" system at home and he was trained in about 3 weeks. Good luck, in can be frustrating, but she will get there.
Hey La Toya,
I potty trained my oldest when she was 2 & 1/2 and the only advice I can give you is be very patient with her.I found that the more I pushed the potty training the less she wanted to potty train. I talked to some of my friends that had 2-3 year olds and they basically told me that when my child is ready she will let me know. And she did… I just bought the underwear and the toilet and had it available though out the house and one day she decided to take off the diaper and sit on the potty. I would suggest getting a doll (Baby Alive) and show her how the doll uses the potty, I would also allow her to watch you potty, and also try giving her a prize if she does use the potty. Those are just a few ideas… But, ultimately it’s up to your daughter to make the first move… Hope this helps.
Good luck and God Bless
The wait until she is ready advice is probably good, but when you see her craftily sneaking behind a door to fill her pants you know that she is physiclogically ready and you want to scream. You need to start making her want to be a "big girl" You have an older child so having her see the "big girl" privileges which she will not get until she is wearing big girl panties.
EG. I would arrange big girl outings and say that I hoped she could go as they didn't allow babies in baby diapers to come. When she inevitably has a dirty diaper, you sympathetically tell her, "oh too bad, I had hoped you coudl come". Then M&Ms word for each successful potty happening.
It might help if she sees you flush each bowel movement and she flushes, says goodbye and we will have more tomorrow. this gets over the art project as BM thinking common in 2 yr. olds.
Do not push, do not scold. They backfire.
good luck, it ain't easy.
If she's not interested, back off and wait until she is. simple as that. you will both be better off if you wait until she is ready. things will go much more smoothly. don't stress over it. many children do not learn the potty until they are 3 or 4 and that's OK!
La Toya, My advice is to just wait a little while longer before trying. She's still definitely on the young side. Get her a potty book and keep the little potty in a main area of the house (we keep ours in the kitchen). Just drop the subject completely. Try again in another month. If it doesn't work, wait another month and try again until she shows a little more interest. What I did with my son, once he turned 3, is took the diapers away (I hid the overnight diapers so he couldn't go grab one). Then, I bribed him to pee in the potty (with 1 M&M). Not everyone agrees with this method but it worked for me. He had a much harder time going poo poo in the potty. That didn't happen until 3 months after he was pee pee potty trained. Out of no where one day, I told him if he could poop in the potty, he could have a toy fire engine. He went into the bathroom and pooped on demand! I couldn't believe it. After that, I put him in undies and he must have pooped in them for 2 weeks!!! It was a mess! However, then he just figured it out and started going in the potty instead. The biggest thing you have to get past is letting your little one have the control. She is much more likely to do it if it's her idea rather than yours.
If she's waking up dry - then put her on the potty as soon as you get her out of bed in the morning and from her naps. She will need to go and it will help get the habit started. Don't take no for an answer - it's a routine just like brushing her teeth. Then, you can move later on to the stricter form of training.
You could wait a bit...the interest will come, but if you really want to make it happen, let her be naked at home. There is nothing like "feeling it" a few times to get her aware. Just have lots of blankets/towels around, turn the TV on, and give her lots of liquids to accelerate the process.
My son will be three in February, and we started potty training less than three weeks ago. I think potty training was mostly about my deciding that I was ready to do it and making him understand that this was important. I picked a time when we could stay home, and I used a combination of methods. I bought cheap toy animals to give as rewards the first time he peed and pooped in the potty, woke up dry, and stayed dry when we went out in public. I put them on the high shelf in the bathroom so he could see them and made sure he knew how he could get them (by using the potty). I also used candy for rewards after that first time for the first week. When he wet his big boy underwear (which only happened three times), I made him wear them for 5 minutes after he did it so he would know what that felt like. He didn't like being wet. I also praised him extravagantly for his successes. I gave him a lot to drink the first few days so he would understand what the need to potty felt like. I put away the diapers completely. No pull-ups and no diapers at night. This worked for me. I did nothing that first week but sit in the bathroom with him, but he's doing great. We're going out in public now, and he will tell when he has to go and can even hold it for the few minutes it takes us to find a restroom. Good luck!
I also say wait. Pushing could make things much harder later. She'll respond when she's ready. My first didn't potty train til she was close to four. We thought our next daughter would get trained before her! It was difficult for me because I wanted her to be trained. But, when she got it, it clicked and she was very quickly independent. I didn't have to worry about her getting to the toilet fast enough or getting her pants down or some of the things you have to deal with with a younger child. That was sort of a blessing.
Hang in there. One suggestion that I can give is do not use pullups. When you are ready to get rid of diapers go to real panties. She will get that being wet or dirty is not fun. You can slowly try to introduce interest in sitting on the potty or you can do away with diapers and go to real panties.
I also carried a potty chair in my SUV. When she does start to train, this will be easier than public bathrooms. My daughter was always scared of unexpected toilets flushing.
I wish you and your daughter the best in your potty success!!
Talk about it...what it feels like to know when you are about to go...the mechanics of the process...tell her when she's ready you know she will do a great job (encourage her...forcing usually delays the process). Read books (there's plenty at the library) my favorite was one that had Mr. Rogers in it. Put some big girl panties in a drawer and tell her that they are for when she is ready for them but can't have them until then. Wait until she is ready. Find a friend who has a child who is potty trained and hang around them so she can see that she can be a big girl like the friend. Wait. There all kinds of issues that can come up with the process...fear of pooping in the potty...etc. Just take them one at a time and realize that it is a process, not just a waving of the magic wand. (although that would be nice :)
All of my children were fully potty trained between 3 yrs. 2 months and one was as late as 3 yrs 6 month (he's my stubborn child and he needed reverse psychology...he didn't want to be a big boy...glad we worked through that!) but when they did they were also dry through the night (even the boys)
Our latest child is just now the exact age of yours and everytime I say the potty word he says, "Noooo" We've got to get past this, its almost like a game for him. Can't wait for the day!
wait until she's interested, I tried pushing one of my daughters and it only did more damage. =[ When she was ready she potty trained in one day.
