Potty training help PLEASe

Ashley - posted on 11/25/2010

so glad to know im not the only one have potty training issues with my son he is stubborn he knows what to do and how to do it but just utterly refuses to do it

Denise Janse Van - posted on 11/11/2010

Hello Keari , Hope you are well:-) I suggest possibly keeping your little girl in her regular panties in the day time constantly ask her every half and hour to an hour if she would like to go to the toilet because when they are little they do tend to forget or are so busy playing they have a accident so be consistent with her. In the beginning when she sleeps allow her to put her nappy on and once she wakes up put her panty back on! I personally find the pull ups alot easier for potty training - I do have boys though but I find it is easier for my son to grasp the concept of taking down his underpants or nappy to go to the toilet. And then keep her in her panty taking her to the toilet before she goes to bed and then put her into her nappy again... She will grasp the concept very quickly and soon the afternoon naps will soon go without putting a nappy on and then develop into sleeping through without a nappy. All the best

Danielle - posted on 11/10/2010

i have just finished toilet training my daughter. i bought her a singing potty, so when ever she does a pee or poo it sings and as a reward she puts a sticker on her potty and then gets to flush the toilet. I made it fun to go to the toilet and took her every hour and if she didnt go i would say "next time". Also if she had a wee on the floor i didnt tell her off i just say " next time u can pee on ur potty so u can get a sticker. Also i think she should wear panties so when she wee's she can feel what it is like to be wet. I hope this helps.

Malissa - posted on 11/09/2010

I'm having some Issues with my daughter too. Shes 2 1/2. We first started potty training acouple of months ago and she did really really good. I would reward her with suckers and stickers. She went pee and poo like twice and then i've tried again off and on since then and she wants nothing at all to do with the potty. Not sure what to do ...

Michelle - posted on 11/04/2010

This might seem old fashioned but it worked for me and it worked for my mom with my brothers and I... and so on.

My mom told me to look on the Farmers Almanac. You can find the website online and look up the Zodiac Signs for the Month. Once you do this, look at the signs and when you see the signs corresponding to the lower half of the "man" then it is the best time to potty train. Until beginning of last month, my daughter was in diapers/pull-ups. I looked up the signs like my mom told me to and started working with my daughter when the signs were waist and below. Within three days, my daughter was potty trained for pee-pee and by the end of the week, she was full potty trained for both.

I hope this helps for anyone that is struggling with potty training.

Kerry - posted on 10/08/2010

My son was doing so well potty training when we first started. He loved all the praises for when he use the potty. H egot tons of hugs and kisses which made him so happy and excited about using the toilet. Then, he got sick and refused to use the potty. Once he was better it felt like starting over again. I would keep him in his undies all day. I would not force him to use the toilet, I would ask him if he needed to use the potty. I would try to coax him by saying If he used the potty, that would make me happy. Which now when he leaves the room to use the toilet he says Mommy, I'm going to make you happy. I also have a reward system that I started when we started training all over again. If he attempted to use the toilet or peed a little bit he got a sticker. If he peed alot her got a fruit snack which to him I refer to as candy. Now if he poos in the toilet he gets a lollipop. Now after each accident I did not get mad I just said if you went in the toilet you would have gotten a candy. Also through out the day I would constantly say No pee pee in the undies, pee pee in the potty and constantly asking if he needed to use the potty. The second day was such a difference. He would catch himself, his undies would get wet but he would stop and run into the bathroom. Where as the first day he had puddles all over the floor. Now he is in diapers for nap and night and long outings where I am unsure of there being a toilet. Instilling a sense of pride in them is only going to work in your benefit.

Tara - posted on 09/28/2010

Okay,, im serious here,,listen closely and i promise you that she can be potty trained in as little as 2 days, the longest a week. there is a program called "the 3 day potty training program" that costs like 60 bucks, BUT my group of "april 2o08 babies" from whattoexpect.com someone bought the program and we have emailed to each other. i can email it to you if you want to read it and try it. i did it with my daughter and was diaper free immediately and after a week only wearing underwear, and just one pullup at night. you can email me at fallenbutterfly2003@yahoo.com and i will send it to you and also offer you the "tweaks" that seemed to work best for me n my friends. good luck

Jayme - posted on 09/28/2010

i told my son he couldn't go on the rides at idlewild or kennywood.they don't let kids who wear diapers ride the rides or in the park,from that day on he used the potty

Deborah - posted on 09/15/2010

I'm experiencing the same problem! My two year old is ridiculously stubborn. We've had a few successes, and I praised her and gave her candy so i'm almost positive that she understands what to do, just refuses to do it until she's good and ready.

I've tried thick training pants with plastic covers so she would know when she was wet but it didn't work. She seems interested in flushing the toilet so I tell her she can flush when she uses the potty, and nothing. I've even shown her how 'dora' goes potty with a bath toy I have for her...nothing. I think this is a case of 'she'll do it when she's good and ready' because she was like that with crawling and walking. She could do it, we both knew that, she just refused to do it without reason. I stopped picking her up every time she cried and she was crawling to me in a matter of days. Walking took the encouragement of two other children who are two years older than she is.

No clue from here on out. ANYTHING would be helpful, PLEASE!

Keari - posted on 09/09/2010

Thanks ladies.. I think she is Finally getting the hang of it.. At least she had got the peeing in the potty down...

Alejandra - posted on 09/09/2010

I use the 3 day potty with my daughter n by two she was potty trained she still has accidents once in a while.all i did was have her in underwears n a shirt n gave her liquids contanly during the three days n i would ask her all the time if she needed to go potty, she got the hang of it on her 2nd day. n all she uses is underwears. She goes to daycare n shes also very successfull there.hope it helps

Ashleigh - posted on 09/04/2010

I would still put a diaper on her at night, you have to remember this is a whole new experience, there is no point on trying to get her to train overnight at the same time, you should think of that as a different training period. With my son I would take him to the potty about every hour, until he stopped having accidents and really clued into when he has to go pee or poo. Poo is a little harder, but once she gets the pee part she will clue into the poo soon! I had a sticker chart for my son that he really enjoyed. Pull ups really arent the best, because most children do think that they a diapers, not "underwear". When i first started training my son, i did use pull ups when we went out so i didnt have any accidents to clean up, but i told him they were underwear. Good luck! Also, take her cues, if she isnt ready dont pressure her. You have to remember it really is the one thing in their lives that they can control, that you cant. Dont make a big deal over accidents etc. My son didnt like it when i got excited when he went on the potty lol so i stopped doing a dance etc. and he now is fully trained!!

Laura - posted on 09/01/2010

I have a 3 year old but was easy to potty train, im now potty training my son who was 2 past in April, he will also pee in his pull up etc, what i did with my first son was i put him on his potty at certain times of the day, eg when he woke up nappy off and on his potty, then after breakfast time, again before he go dressed, before nap time and so on, that way i'm hoping he will soon get what his potty is for, i put normal boys pants on him through the day so when he has an accident he feels the wet and doesnt like it, only thing i go through so much washing lol but its worth it in the end. Im new to this what does M&M mean? i bought reward charts for my boys but there werent interested, so now when he does a pee in his potty i just tell him he's clever and he seems happy with that :) Good luck x

Catherine - posted on 08/27/2010

I guess it depends on how patient you are. For both my daughters I put them in undies (or nothing when it was warm) during the day and took them to the potty/toilet at regular intervals. I didn't make a deal out of accidents (and there were many) and verbally praised them when they did a wee or poo on the toilet. Kept the first one in nappies at night until she was consistently dry. My second daughter decided herself she didn't want to wear a nappy at bed time anymore and I take her to the toilet during the night (and deal with wet beds when they happen). I think rewards are good sometimes and for some kids. Just be patient and persistent and remember this is just another phase to get through. Good luck.

Keari - posted on 08/26/2010

She is in underwear all throughout the day and we were using M&Ms since she seems to love those but now she just doesnt care.. she is so stubborn like her daddy

Danielle - posted on 08/26/2010

Hey...I would continue to wear underwear throughout the day, and just regular diapers for nap and bedtime. My daughter has been potty trained for a few months now, and just within the last couple of weeks, we have been able to have her down for a nap w/o a diaper (once she was dry for a few days at naptime). She still pees through the night, so we use a diaper at bedtime. Once we see she is dry through the night, then we can go with no diaper at bedtime. How is your daughter doing during the day? Have you been using some kind of reward system? Are you consistently having her in no diaper? Been there, so I know what youre going through. Drop me a line for some more advice if needed :)