my daughter is almost 3 and she uses her potty chair for everything but pottying in help any advice

Teresa - posted on 09/26/2009

My 3 year old is the same way with not wanting panties but using the pull up as a diaper! I told her that we needed to give her diapers to her new baby cousin now that she is a big girl. She still prefers pull ups over panties but is having less accidents a day now so it seems to be a motivator:) Now, I just need to think of a way to have her tell me when she needs to go and we'll be accident free!

Sylvia - posted on 09/26/2009

Quoting Kristy :

My daughter is 2 1/2. We had the same issues. She absolutely refused to wear big girl panties even with 2 big sisters or to even try to use the potty. She would use her potty for a stool to brush her teeth before she would pee in it. I first tried pull ups during the day, and that was no different than diapers for her. Finally, after bribing with toys, candy, new underware, the whole nine yards, I told I was not going to buy her any more diapers because she was a big girl now and she had to wear big girl panties. One weekend I made especially for her we wore big girl panties all day, it was magic, not giving her the choice in the matter was the trick. However, I did reward her after every time she used to the potty with stickers and candy. It literally worked over night. I started all of this 2 weeks ago and she is wearing panties all day long even at day care, except for at night of course. She has only had 1 accident at school. It a blessing not to have to buy 2-3 boxes of diapers a month.

I think I'll have to try your method with my daughter. She does the same thing with pull ups and stuff. It's insane.

Kristy - posted on 09/21/2009

My daughter is 2 1/2. We had the same issues. She absolutely refused to wear big girl panties even with 2 big sisters or to even try to use the potty. She would use her potty for a stool to brush her teeth before she would pee in it. I first tried pull ups during the day, and that was no different than diapers for her. Finally, after bribing with toys, candy, new underware, the whole nine yards, I told I was not going to buy her any more diapers because she was a big girl now and she had to wear big girl panties. One weekend I made especially for her we wore big girl panties all day, it was magic, not giving her the choice in the matter was the trick. However, I did reward her after every time she used to the potty with stickers and candy. It literally worked over night. I started all of this 2 weeks ago and she is wearing panties all day long even at day care, except for at night of course. She has only had 1 accident at school. It a blessing not to have to buy 2-3 boxes of diapers a month.

Maria - posted on 09/20/2009

Have you try to have her go when you go? Maybe if she see you sit on the potty and go than maybe she will also.