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If she's not ready, you can't. Some signs of toilet readiness:
1) Pausing and making sounds or grimaces when having a BM
2) Having regular BMs
3) Staying dry for 2 hrs at a time consistently in daytime & waking up dry from a nap
4) Complaining when wet or dirty
5) Telling you when she has had or is having a BM
6) Generally liking to be clean and neat
7) Enjoys putting toys and things in their places, organizing things
8) Wanting to imitate adults and be grown up
9) Interest in the potty/toilet and in others' use of the toilet
10) Can dress/undress herself with moderate skill

To prepare her, decide what words your family will consistently use for bathroom functions. Let her observe others using the toilet and explain what it is for. Use children's books about toilet use. Give her a potty chair as her own. Talk about how she will soon use the potty all the time and wear underwear like a "big girl." Let her use the potty when she asks while still wearing diapers.

Don't make the final transition to undies until there is no other major change happening in her life, such as a move, new baby, a new preschool year/teacher, vacation, etc.

When you do transition, establish a routine, and ask no more than every 2 hours if she is dry. If yes, suggest she try sitting on the potty. She will sit on the potty much more than she actually goes while she learns to interpret the signals her body gives her. Be patient with accidents--they are no one's fault and to be expected for some time. Don't let her drink small amounts of fluid all day long, and dress her so that she can get her clothes off and on easily. Expect night time bladder control to come later. Praise her successes and show her how confident you are that she can achieve this goal.

2006-06-29 04:36:41 · answer #1 · answered by indigrrl 3 · 1 0

Are you totally sure your child is ready? I STRESSED like crazy over this issue with my first child. Silly as it sounds the minute I stopped stressing it happened. It was like one morning she woke up and said I am using the potty today. All of mine were different though my son was three when it clicked. My youngest just turned two and can say potty but that is about it. LOL Good luck. Try those little diapers that make them feel cool the minute they get wet. Also with mine I put them in panties and underware and used those plastic pants...Not the most fun to clean up...but kids don't like the icky feeling and they get the hang of going to the potty eventually.

2006-06-29 04:34:25 · answer #2 · answered by pinkypqt 1 · 0 0

You can't push a child into potty training, they go when they're ready. Just try to make a game of it. Have her go when you go. Does she still take sippy cups? If she does, you make want to break her of that, so she's not drinking so much, and not going all the time.. Potty training isn't easy, just be patient.

2006-06-29 04:25:31 · answer #3 · answered by Moody 2 · 0 0

Well you can use a reward system. My friend did a sticker chart. Everytime she used the potty she got a sticker and if she got a weeks worth she got a special treat, like going to the park. She HAD to get her potty trained in order to enroll her in pre-school.

2006-06-29 04:27:56 · answer #4 · answered by Ryan's mom 7 · 0 0

DON'T use Pull-Ups. They are a waste of time and money. After a year or so of potty-training with those things, my daughter's baby-sitter put her in a pair of regular underpants. She wet herself only once before she started using the toilet on her own.

2006-06-29 04:28:17 · answer #5 · answered by Nobody 2 · 0 0

there is an outstanding video observed as "once Upon a Potty" (with variations for both boys and women folk). It potty experienced all my youngsters without a lot artwork from me in any respect, except putting out off the diapers and allowing them to bypass. The video encompasses a touch tale section (and there is a e book that is going with it). besides the undeniable fact that the section that seals the deal is "The Potty music" (anybody who's ever heard it is going to by no skill ignore it). caution, it is a video for kids in uncomplicated phrases because it is going to brainwash adults. enable your baby run round with no diaper. you'll discover that if s/he has to bypass both they are going to deliver you the diaper or they are going to use the potty. in case you save the potty in the front of the television at the same time as the video is playing, your baby will like it (it really is component to the music video section). whenever you need to apply the lavatory, ask your baby if s/he would favor to apply the potty, too. Then once your baby comes to a decision it really is time, bypass to the save and purchase 2 diverse varieties of stickers....small, medium and gargantuan. Your baby receives a small one for each attempt to sit down on it, a medium one for urinating, and el gargantuan for pooping in the potty. you could save a sheet of structure paper someplace famous for them to be displayed, yet first only enable your baby positioned on all of them day lengthy and get the delight of exhibiting all that fulfillment. on the best of the day, move them over to the shape paper and enable your baby see all that progression strengthen on the wall.

2016-11-15 10:17:48 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

She may not be ready. Try talking about the "potty" for awhile and tell her she's going to use it someday and eventually she'll get used to the idea. Then you can start teaching her. Try letting her pick out her own big girl underwear and also let her pick out her own rewards. Use lots of encouragement as well!

2006-06-29 04:27:12 · answer #7 · answered by BeeFree 5 · 0 0

Do not force your child to become potty trained. Why is so important to you to damage your child psychologically just so you don't have to clean up after her. Let her take her time. There is no standard age that you should be toilet trained.

2006-06-29 04:28:26 · answer #8 · answered by courage 6 · 0 0

practice practice makes perfect , every time the child does it right give him or her a reward , show them how mom goes potty when they are in the house have them wear real under wear so they see and feel its not comfortable being wet , make a big deal when they go in the potty

2006-06-29 04:26:41 · answer #9 · answered by Yissel s 3 · 0 0

there's no rush. Boy's seam to take longer to catch on than boy's. With all my boy's I used fruit loops in the potty and see if they could aim and hit certain colors . Rewards help out greatly( no candy).

2006-06-29 04:31:06 · answer #10 · answered by nosiner 2 · 0 0

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