Potty Training??!!??!!

Rebecca - posted on 03/25/2011

just say sorry...we are out of diapers and can't get anymore! Time for panties which ones do you like?

Stephanie - posted on 12/17/2009

I agree with Ericka. Our daughter Aubriella is very stubborn and refused to use the potty. She wore pullups all day and diapers at night. She liked wearing diapers & wanted to be like er little brother (whose 8 months). I just got to a point where I sauid enough was enough. I just said we were almost out of pullups and that I wasn't buying anymore nighttime diapers, I said it was time to use the potty like big girls do. We started a sticker chart, bough special treats for when she when poopie, and bougt her some new princess underwear. Once she realized we meant it, she potty trained in less than a week! She had accidents the 1st few days but not many. Now she uses the potty all day and even stays dry at naptime. We only use pullups at night but she is almost always dry in the morning when she gets up. There's even been a few nights where she'd get up in the iddle of teh night and tell us she had to go potty. It was hard putting our foot down but I am so glad we did it! Stay patient though, expect accidents, but stay consistent! Good luck!

Lorrie - posted on 12/16/2009

let her pick out her panties..make a potty chart for the bathroom and let her pick stickers and the stickers she likes the best, tell her she can only put them on if she goes poop on the potty..make sure you keep the stickers where she can see them so she is reminded..this worked great for me..i do daycare and potty trained 3 little ones at the same time all under 2yrs. old..my youngest will be 3 on jan.25..if still no interest then just be patient and let her decide within reason..best of luck to you and your little one.

Marlyn - posted on 12/14/2009

My story is a little silly but it worked! I started potty training my daughter at 2 yrs old. She was the same way with the poo-poo part. She'd pee in the toilet but once she felt the urge to go #2 she'd hide in the corner. My daughter hates bugs. So I told her that bugs love poopoo. If she didn't want any bugs to get into her diaper she'd need to poopoo in the toilet. When I'd see her hiding in the corner I would remind her about the bugsand she would run straight to the bathroom. There were times where i'd catch her half way done but I would still put her on the toilet and finish up so she'd get familiar with the routine. She would still be in diapers for those just in case I couldnt catch her days. Slowly but surely she got use to the toilet. She's been out of diapers now for 3 months. Good luck.

Beth - posted on 12/14/2009

I wish that I had a suggestion for you. My 3 year old was the easiest, she was using the potty at 15 month, she wanted to be like her big sis. It was my son now 9 that was hard. He did not have time for the potty, no matter what we did he didn't want to use it. Finally one day, he went in and started using it, only after I stopped bugging him about it. So maybe that is my advice, don't make such a big deal about it. Or find something that they want to do badly, (ie school) and say you can only go to school if you wear big girl panties and use the potty.

Heather - posted on 12/13/2009

Yea I would try and put the underware on. I did it w/my lil girl and she was potty trained in 2wks. The pop thing took longer. I think she pooped in her underware 2 or 3 times and now she is going to be 3 in Jan and she pees and poops on the potty.

Amber - posted on 12/12/2009

I agree COMPLETELY with Ericka. She hit the nail on the head. It has to be on THEIR terms. That is part of the autonomy that becomes a toddler at age 3. My daughter Stella will turn 3 on January 26th--and she is WELL potty trained--with only inconsistency with pooping in the potty regularly. I think if you don't push the issue of going potty too much--just make it a daily ritual and be prepared for MANY accidents--reinforcing the fact that accidents happen. If Emarie likes Sesame Street--there is a potty training DVD called 'PottyTime' that she'll really enjoy. It took about 2wks for Stella to get used to wearing the panties and me asking her every 12mins if she had to tinkle. I just allowed her to have the accidents until she recognized "Hey, I don't like this tinkle dripping down my legs and soaking my bum." Hang in there!!

Holly - posted on 12/12/2009

My son did that very same thing to me when we were potty training him. I was afraid to push the underwear thing too, but decided to do it anyway. It didn't take him long to get used to them and I believe he pooped in them twice before he finally realized that it wasn't the same as pooping in a pull-up. He couldn't stand the feeling of it and it made him want to go potty in the toilet. I'm glad I made him wear the underwear. It worked wonders. He isn't even 3 yet and he hasn't worn a pull-up (not even at night) for over 4 months. No accidents!! :)

Ericka - posted on 12/11/2009

My daughter is the same age as yours and was doing the very same thing until recently. We bought her cute panties in her favorite colors and with her favorite characters and made a really big deal about how cool they looked and asked her to try them on and model them around, lol. They did the same at Daycare so she was getting reinforcement from both home and daycare. Anyway, at first she'd put them on for a few minutes and then ask for her pull ups again or she would pee or poo in her panties. But we just kept reinforcing that big girls go potty so they don't dirty their cute panties and eventually, she started asking for them herself! Now, she wears them most of the time except at night when she sleeps and soon we will have to stop that too. There will be resistance, there will be accidents, some days she'll be great and use the potty all day, some days she'll refuse. Stay consistant, supportive and encouraging, try not to get too mad or frustrated if she goes back and forth. According to some members of my family and some friends with kids, 3 is about the age they grasp the concept and accept it as something they have to do. I have a niece who didn't potty till she was 4!! Let us know how it goes.