Need some ideas on potty training

Ntahli - posted on 11/29/2010

Im still struckling too, but at the moment when I want to go the toilet I go with her and undress her and put her her potty and like poo while im doing mine. The problem is she does that but I can see that she doesnt understand exactly what she doing. Good luck u reealy need it.

Leanne - posted on 11/27/2010

silly idea- try sitting on the floor while little one is on the potty or toilet and sing any action song you can think of! it worked with my daughter & she will now go without the battle- in fact she now copies me with it,she follows me to the toilet & sits there saying " right" then bursts in to wind the bobbin up! then claps at me 4 having a wee!

Amanda - posted on 11/26/2010

My daughter refuses to potty. She knows how to do all of it. She is refusing to give up being a baby. What i am trying next is... The letting her potty train her new baby... The one from fisher price that pees...And me encouraging the baby! Good luck. I know we are not the only ones have problems. Mine is 3 1/2.

Sarah - posted on 11/18/2010

OMG! my three year old girl is doing the same thing was doing really great on the potty and then out of the blue kept having accidents and won't tell us when she needs to go but will undress herself when she's wet. She will poo on the potty but not pee unless she's having a good day now I have her in nighttime pull ups because she's even peeing the bed. It is soooooo frustrating

Jade - posted on 11/18/2010

my daughter was fully potty trained at 1 1/2 i never used a potty just stuck her on the real thing i didnt see the sence of training her twice.diaper at night underware in the day and i stuck her on the toilet every 20-30 mins.having to go or not.make him or her feel like they made you so proud and happy that they will want to keep going. i think the key is to be persistent dont give up.

Heather - posted on 11/18/2010

I introduced the potty to my daughter when she turned 1. She is now 2 and a half. She is fully potty trained during the day. I made frozen juice pops for her. That way she felt like she got a treat for using the potty without overdoing the sweets. I also did force her to use the potty. I put it against the wall and let her know where it was and told her if she had to use the potty she could. She really likes knowing that she can do it all by herself.

Desiree - posted on 11/16/2010

My son just turned 3 and I had a rough time potty training him. When he was about 2 1/2 years old and he was doing really well with using the potty and verbalizing when he needed to go. Then all of a sudden he stopped. With him it was his way of trying to have control over whether or not he would go. I ended up buying him a potty watch from Babies R Us.The watch is great because I can set the timer for 30, 60, or 90 minute intervals and once the time is up the watch will light up and play a song. He really liked it and he started using the potty regularly again. One other thing that I noticed was when he spent time with other people (grandparents, etc) he would come back home and start to regress. So if your child is spending time with other people make sure that they are following the same routine that you are doing at home so that your child doesn't get confused. I hope this helps.

Carolyn - posted on 11/14/2010

Joelle you must be blessed, wow a week. i have everything set up potty in place with sticker chart above it. i also have the toilet ready with stool (Chair not the other, unfortunatly) and all. My 18mth was showing signs, however on setting up the potty he has developed locked knees, we are now ignoring there place in the home, blending in like a part of the furniture. I have asked "Do you need the potty?" only to be handed the potty, so far to no avail have we yet succedded. As I am not one to give up, Summer is fast approaching, I'm intending to strip the boy into his budgie smuglers and let him run amuch around the yard with a close eye on the awaited moment... bet I miss it... until then

Joelle - posted on 11/12/2010

You could try, staying home for about three days and put on panties no diapers during the day only and yes she will do some accidents but tell her , not on the ground, in the potty and you can also try to put her on the toilet, my son never wanted to go on the potty... ask her every half hour to an hours if she needs to go potty of she always sais no.. put her on the toilet and make her stay on it.. try coloring book or whatever to keep her intertained for about 20 min then take her off.. and so on.. it worked for my son and in a week he was potty trained...

Courtney - posted on 11/09/2010

I am hoping the same thing!! It is very frustrating. Hang in there!! It will happen eventually!! :)

Jessica - posted on 11/09/2010

Thanks :) It is nice to know I'm not the only one with this problem. It's just really frustrating that she won't go even though she knows when she's got too.... Hopefully this is just a phase and she will want to try it again soon :)

Courtney - posted on 11/09/2010

We have been in the same boat with our 2.5 yr old little boy. He was telling us when he needed to go and asking to go all the time. Then we started potty training and all that stopped. He would never tell me or anything. He had lots of accidents and honestly, I finally gave up. He is back in diapers for now. It is frustrating, but cleaning up the mess from the accidents was more exhausting and frustrating for me. So, we are going to take some time off and try again later. I know I am really not posting any ideas or advice, but just wanted to let you know you are not alone. Hang in there!!