Help! Desperate Mom seeks potty training tips!!!

Canada - posted on 05/19/2010

My little girl, like the rest, want nothing to do with the potty. But I've already figured out the exact day she'll be potty-trained. The day after her 18-month-younger sister is trained.

Sally - posted on 04/29/2010

I don't know what to do, but my 3 yr old is doing the same - same story for us - I was 7-9 mos. pregnant when he seemed ready, and now he is dead set against it! Even for M&Ms, which I really didn't want to do. I'm just trying to keep it low pressure, and just be really positive - whenever he even looks at the potty, I am really upbeat & try to make it fun & his decision to try. I feel like it's going to take forever, but I just must believe that he'll be out of diapers one day!

Danielle - posted on 04/10/2010

My daughter jst turned 3 in dec and we started to train her at 2 1/2 for the potty and she wouldnt have it and she wasn't ready so we waited until she was. She has now started to wear underwear bt she wont use the potty she will only use the toilet like her big bro who's 8. The funny thing is tht my boy was out of nappies at 2 1/2 and went straight to the toilet he only used dry nights at night. So to b honset i think it depends on what sex u have as boys r more easier to toilet train then girls. Give ur lil girl time and wen she is ready she will toilet train and u will b so proud bt yea give her lil girls under wear and hopefully it will all systems go xx gd luck

Erin - posted on 04/06/2009

My daughter is 2 and she was all about using the potty like her big brother who will be 4 in just a couple of days. She was peeing like a champ and pooped in it too....then the holidays came and she was too busy with everything that she decided that she didn't want to use the potty anymore. I got my son to use his potty by rewarding him with stickers...1 sticker if he peed in the potty and 2 stickers if he pooped. Worked for him...my daughter not convinced that the stickers are enough to use her potty so I got a jar and filled it with m&m' s and she gets 1 if she pees in her potty and 2 if she poops. It worked and I only had to give her the m&m's for like a month and she slowly stopped asking for them. Now she stays dry most of the day.

Deborah - posted on 02/17/2009

Mine are 19 months apart and I wanted nothing more than for the oldest to be potty trained b/c I was soooo tired of changing diapers. Allison will be 4 in April and started the new year completely pullup free day and night. She started potty training right after she was two and showed great intrest and was doing a lot by herself and I was soooo proud. Then the hoildays came and we spent the next 9 monthes in regression hell. It took seeing a little boy she was playing with at a playground ask his mom to go potty, before she decided to try. am in a playgroup where all of our oldest kids are 6 monthes apart in age, so we all have been trying to train. From ALL that I have read, and all that I have seen, don't push until they are ready or the back slide happens, and it's not worth it. Unless she has to be trained for school, don't worry about it. So far my favorite book is Potty Train in One Day. My 2 year old son has been sitting on the potty since so much time was spent on his sister in this area. I plan on using this method for him, when he is older and truly ready. It's very positive and uses the idea of "teaching" a doll to train first. As a teacher, I know that if a kid can teach it to another they retain it better. Relax and don't let the potty train pressure from others make things harder for you and your child! It will happen when it happens and it might seem like a blessing, but a potty trained kid isn't always as great as it sounds!

Sandra - posted on 02/10/2009

Doesn't sound like she's ready to me.  I tried getting my oldest to train when he really wasn't ready, and it was a nightmare.  Now with my 3rd, I waited till she was practically asking to train, and it only took about a week. 

Lynette - posted on 01/29/2009

with my first daughter she was 18 mth old when her sister arived so i started her at 2 and just put her straight into undies she understood after 2 days of wetting her self she need to use the toilet. with my second daughter she was also 18mth old when their brother was born so i have just started toilet traing with her now she is 2 and she just runs around in undies also but the same thing every half an hour put her on the toilet/potty she she get the hint that she need to do wees/poos there but it still takes a couple of days or week for them to relise and learn the cues. my daughter was also still happy to be in a pooie nappy didnt phace her at all but she is so over the moon and proud when she does it in the toilet just hang in there she will get the hang of in.

April - posted on 01/28/2009

Also, when you go to get the big girl undies, let her be part of the decision and pick out the ones she likes. She will be more apt to keep them dry if she likes them.

April - posted on 01/28/2009

It is probably related to her having to now share your attention with the new baby. It can take a really long time for them to adjust to the change. We went through a similair phase with our daughter because she was 2 1/2 when her baby brother came along. We just kept trying and the thing that really seemed to get to her was that we started putting her in big girl undies instead of a diaper or pull up. You will be doing a lot of laundry but my daughter truly realized how much she didn't like going to the bathroom in her pants. It worked great! About a week of that and she was using the potty. The thing about diapers and pullups is that they really don't have that uncomfortable feeling when they get wet like underwear do. Good luck!