Need suggestions for part time potty training!!

Leila - posted on 12/26/2009

I have 2 boys so its a little different, but I waited until I have a week off or a long weekend and then just put them in underware and had them go every 45minute. You'll have some accidents but in 3 or 4 days you should be doing well. 20 months is still a little young but girls do potty train easier then boys good luck (lots of rewards are good too).

Tonya - posted on 12/26/2009

i helped my sister in law with my niece (i do have kids of my own but didn't have many problems) anyway, my sister in law couldn't get her to use the potty chair at all. my niece didn't wear pull ups so it was easy to tell when she went in her pants. i spent the day with them and spent some time just watching my niece. after awhile i noticed that every time, just before she peed she walked on her tippy toes. after i pointed that out to my sister in law, she knew what to watch for as a sign that she needed to go and didn't have any more problems with her. i know this isn't the same problem but your daughter may have a sign that she's got to go that may help make it easier to make progress in the few hours you have with her. my daughter rewarded my granddaughter with stickers on a chart that she made for her. she potty trained her over the course of a week (my granddaughter was a little over 2) my daughter kept this reward going after potty training and started using the stickers as a reward for cleaning her room. be patient, your daughter is young and it may take awhile. don't worry, she WILL get it in time. it may take a little while. i also liked training underwear with rubber pants opposed to pull ups. they're not like a diaper so there's no confusion. just be prepared for more laundry if you choose using these. GOOD LUCK!

Sharon - posted on 12/25/2009

If she's showing readiness I suggest asking the daycare provider if she can include her in the potty time routine. That is how my daughter started her slow potty training routine that we keep at home. If I have to go potty I take her with me, go potty myself, then I put her on the potty. She can now wipe herself, get on and off the potty seat, and flush the toliet but she's still working on the going in the potty part of the whole routine. Which is fine with me because I really don't feel she's that ready to be out of pull ups yet. We are trying to push things because it's been two months now but when they are ready they will let you know.

Po - posted on 12/25/2009

the best way to potty train is to just wait till they are ready 20 months is young if you dont have the time to give to it it's only going to cause more issues

Jan - posted on 12/25/2009

Are you SERIOUS your child is in daycare for MORE than 40 hrs a week ?? O.K. I recognise that sometimes thats just the way it has to be. When my two were little I worked part time and started to think about toilet training however my two little darlings both announced at approx two years of age that they wanted to go to the toilet like me !! That was it; toilet training completed in just one day !!!

Julia - posted on 12/24/2009

Stay away from PULL-UPS and diapers. When you are home on the weekends keep her in BIG GIRL underwear. Talk to your day care provider, regardless of how many other kids they have they should be willing to help you in YOUR potty plan. I had daughter in day care almost 12 hours a day 5 days a week (I was active duty Army, 0600 - 1730). If you take your daughter there only take her in panties, do not allow her to be in pull-ups or diapers (I will conceide that if your daughter has more than 2 accidents a day then a pull up would probably help your provider) but make that stipulation up front!

Kathy - posted on 12/24/2009

If you get with your daycare provider you both can make a "Potty Plan" so there is consistency there. I put my son in thick under wear rather than pull ups when he was home. They dont like the feeling of being wet. He was trained in under 2 weeks. Also make sure she is ready. Is she interested in the potty? Does she let you know when she has soiled her diaper, those are both signs of readiness.

Denise - posted on 12/23/2009

With my daughter she loves people talking to her and making everything fun. So I bought her one of those potty chairs that sang to her and everything( got it at walmart). I did pull-ups for a short time because they only came with a few in a pack. But anyway everytime she had something to drink I would make her sit on the pot like 5 to ten mins after drinking and would make her sit there until she went peepee. After she was done eating I would wait just a little bit longer and then made her sit on the pot until she went poopoo. After 1 month doing that everyday after every meal she had at home she knew to go to the pot and sit there until she had to go without me telling her too. Then while she was at home with me I bought her panties pretty panties. matter of fact I let her picked them out and told her that these were her big girl panties and she loved it. It took me maybe 2 more months and she was trained during the day by 18 months and day and night by 2yrs. My daughter is about to be 5 on the 31st.

Veronica - posted on 12/23/2009

My best suggestion is to stay consistant. I had kind of the same problem with my son when he was first training. I was still working at that time and he stayed with his grandparents. I also rewarded my son with pennies for his piggy bank everytime he peed on the potty. It took him awhile to get the hang of the potty, but he did. Also, once I started him in pull ups we didn't go back to diapers, I didn't want to confuse him. He still wheres a pull up at nite (he's 2) but he is fully day trained. Hang in there and try not to get frustrated. Good luck.