need sugestions on potty training my little girl, just turned 3

Emma - posted on 09/29/2009

I found that stickers worked a treat. have a sticker every time they went to the toilet / potty. My son loved it and by the end of the day he was covered in them. It helps if you know they are ready, makes life a lot easier on all involved.

Paula - posted on 09/29/2009

Hi Serena,

My daughter, Kym, is 3 now, and we've just about cracked it.

After trying all the usual...no underwear etc., we bought some 'In the Night Garden' pants, and said 'tell Mummy when you need a wee-wee won't you. Can't wee-wee on Upsy Daisy can you?', and it seemed to do the trick!

We still have the odd accident-usually when she's too engrossed playing!!

Not very technical I know, but worth a try?!?!?!

Good luck

Paula X

Angela - posted on 09/28/2009

Just in my experience, the less pressure put on her, the better it will be! She WILL stop one day, even though it may seem to take forever.

Sheila - posted on 09/28/2009

potty training was easy for me I was luck there. when I helped to potty train my grandaughter we would take her in whenever we went to the bathroom, then when it was time to wash her hands we made it fun, we also gave her a treat, fruit, coloring, or something. also every time she went we clapped and sang a song of her choice. she loved it and wanted to go all the time.

Robyn - posted on 09/27/2009

Be consistent with putting her on the potty. When your at home, have her wear cloth training panties. No Pullups. That's like wearing a diaper. Have rewards. I used MM's. Some children, regardless of sex, take longer than others.

Chrissie - posted on 09/26/2009

When my girls was 3 I encouranged them by giving them a prize such as a notebook with cool stickers to place them in. Or a qaurter everytime she went and at the end of the week she was able to go buy her own toy.

Jessica - posted on 09/26/2009

My daughter was the same way. I couldnt find any thing to help at first. But i put a sticker chart in the bath room. I made it out of poster board and got her stikers that she would like. When she peed in the potty she got to pick out one sticker and put on her chart. When she pooped i let her pick out two. Then if she didnt have an accident during the day for a week she got to pick out a small prize at wal-mart or the dollar store.

Kylie - posted on 09/26/2009

Does she have a potty, or does she use the toilet? If she has a potty give her some stickers to decorate it, make is fun. Everytime she has a nappy change or wets herself take her to the potty and get her to sit there. If she asks to go to the toilet, or wees on the toilet make a big huge deal about how good that behavior is, but don't make a big deal is she wets herself, just clean her up and say that next time she needs to use the potty. Get her to help you to buy her undies, again make a big deal about how they are hers because she is a big girl, and how she needs to keep them dry by using the potty. If she goes to day care make sure they are doing the same thing. Also ask them for more specific advice, as they know your daugher personally.

Maridith - posted on 09/25/2009

my lil girl now is 2 and a half years old. and she pees in the potty already when she was 2 years old. every night,before going to bed. i let her pee on the potty first. when she was already sleeping and whenever i see her that she has constant movements in her sleeping, i carried her to the potty and let her pee with her eyes closed. you need to be patient in carrying her every night in the middle of the night..you need a lot of patience, but after all, they will learn eventually.

Shilpa - posted on 09/25/2009

Hi serena, m too a mother of 2.7 yr old boy & now he started the same. for this u have to keep saying to your baby all the day every after half n hour "lets go to toilet","mamma i want to go to toilet", "mamma i want to do potty in the pot like papa does", n also tell yr teacher, "good babies doesn't do potty in the diaper or in the panty.....always do in the pot........otherwise monster will come like this .......i hope its work......take care n all the best

Inderia - posted on 09/24/2009

When I was potty training I bought panties with princess's on them. I told my daughter that I didn't think that princess jasmine like to be peed on. She was trained on about a month.

Brittany - posted on 09/24/2009

I never bought pull ups, I didn't put underwear on my son, or anything just a shirt and if he would start to pee I hurry and put him in his potty chair, Then I started putting underwear on and it is VERY frustrating, then he started doing really well then out of nowhere started to regress which I still dont understand but he finally got it took months but I always hear boys are harder! You should stop giving her liquids a few hours before bed which I know is hard! and make her potty before bed. Also some children like to use the same potty as mommy and daddy so a potty chair may not work for her. I hear giving rewards is great! Didnt work with my son. Another thing my son did was when he watched cartoons he would get in such a daze and have accidents, so I had to keep asking him all day long if he had to potty!!! So just keep asking her all day and keep putting her on, also you could try running water while she is on the potty may make her have to go! Always make a big deal when she goes on the potty!! Good luck!!!



p.s Do you have any older children or any children in the family not too much older then her? Children always learn by example and if she sees someone she is close to going on the potty she may want to also, and I know this works a lot on girls asking them if they want pretty undies maybe even letting her pick some out at the store? Tell her big girls wear undies and she has to go in the potty to wear big girl pretty princess undies!!!

Felicia - posted on 09/24/2009

Potty training was by far the most trying part of parenting for me so far (well it was until my daughter was diagnosed with diabetes). All I can say is that she will do it when she's good and ready. You can provide opportunities and encourage her, but the more you push the more frustrated you will get. Try to keep things in perspective - they all learn to use the toilet eventually. My daughter really like reading books about potty training and when she did start going she identified with the character in her book, so that was a good thing.I tried letting my daughter run around naked to get used to not having a diaper, but she would just hold it until I would put a diaper on her. She held it for like 6 1/2 hours one day! Toddlers are stubborn. We talked about it and we talked about her friends and cousins and "what big kids they were and how proud of them we were" in front of her and then just asked a million times a day if she needed to go. And about a month later (after me completely losing it a few times), she just started going. Don't get discouraged, be patient and she will get it. Good luck!

Vicki - posted on 09/24/2009

Serena she will potty train when she is ready..on the days she does really good make sure you praise and reward her. don't punish her when she doesn't care to use the potty. they do the potty training when there ready, on there time not ours..sorry that doesn't help the pocket book..our son was 4 1/2 but he had some developmental issues in his brain that slowed him down but when he reached that point in his brain he was day and night potty trained in 1 week.. good luck and be patient