How to potty train a little girl?

Question

My daughter turned 2 in February. She asks to sit on her potty ocasionally but never does anything. She comes to me and asks to be changed when she poops, so I know she recognizes a dirty diaper. What can I do to get her to actually use the potty? Also she will not give up the pacifier. I have taken it away but always cave in when she crys and asks for it. If she doesnt have it at night she screams and keeps my two sons, who share her room, awake. Help!!! Please only advice from moms.

I just had to comment about the lady who said pacifiers are bad for a childs teeth. I am a dental assistant and there has been no research to back that up. Thumb sucking yes, and mabey using a pacifier for 5 yrs or so.

Was anyone else confused by "moms only"? I think Dustin was. If you have no kids yourself, just your best friend who has a "WONDER CHILD", please dont respond!

Answer 1

First for the daughter, what I did with both my kids when we were seriously ready to put in the work to train them I would take them to the potty about every 30-45 minutes and if anything happened you have to act like they just did the most amazing thing every if not tell them we will try again. They will get the idea, potty training is a process though don't lose your patience. I would suggest replacing the pacifer with a new stuffed animal.. something that is her favorite and tell her the pacifer is going away and the new animal will be keeping her company at night now. Hope this helps good luck!

Answer 2

A great way-is to let her go without a diaper-yes it will be hard put her in some underwear- pullups are great after you get the first few on the potti( they didn't have pullups 20 yrs ago)but until then-so what she'll have a few accidents but she'll get the feeling of a clean-dry bottom & in this summer heat she'll feel better too... The best pee to catch is her morning pee.. have her sit on the potti as soon as she wakes up- read to her-while she's on there- or get yourself ready in the morning with her on the potty- give it a try-then once you get that pee alwayz every morning-try the after nap.. She'll catch on.... iF your not at home then use the pullups & at night- no more diapers she's a big girl... Once you get the potty training done... Just worry about the pees for now k... then work on that pacifier- that's gonna be even harder- one day you will have to let her cry- one day i told her my lil girl -Yesh to some people it was mean- but i said " no more sus" your a big girl" i threw it in the garbarge the same day the garbage man came.." she cried- but there was no way i could get it back ' it was gone & for a lil bit she would cry & hate the garbage man' but soon she forgot....

The pacifier thing for my daughter worked... it might not be your thing- or you can try oopsies & leave it somewhere-Like at a shopping mall- and tell her its gone... ( and i mean really leave it there and don't give in- also tell herthey don't make them for big girlz anymore (trick for n#2 daughter)

After you've tackled the pees & the pacifier then slowly work in getting the N#2's on the potti- she'll be so used to being clean & dry that she'll soon catch on for those too.. and by the time you get the pees timed & caught-you'll have plenty of time to figure out-when she is going to go...

Answer 3

Has she seen you use the potty? She may have no idea what it's for.

Her asking to be changed is a sign that she is ready to start using the potty. If you know her schedule (like if she goes 15 minutes after lunch) then you can go together. Togetherness, as you know, is a powerful force for a 2-year old.

My thought on the pacifier is to remove it in stages. First, no pacifier during eating, then playtime, then naptime. Might be a nice idea to replace the pacifier during some of those times with a stuffed animal, or perhaps a bracelet.

Answer 4

first the potty issue: try buying her a cute potty chair and some panties that she would really like to wear but tell her that in order to wear her new panties that she has to earn them by going in the potty this should work. Now the pacifier buy her a lovey to sleep with at night and explain to her that little girls who are using the potty do not use pacifiers. If that fails then you might have to put up with a night or two of crying but don't cave in because she knows that if she pushes the right buttons she will get what she wants little girls are such drama queens I have three of them and oh the shows that I have seen and if she is keeping yours sons up at night with her production you might have to move her into your room for a little while until she gives it up. Good Luck

Answer 5

My daughter is now 7 years old and I have a 5 month old boy now...With my daughter, she would act interested, sit, read whatever but it took the little girl next door getting Cinderella panties for Kira to finally "just do it" in the right place at the right time. She was trained in a day. Swear on a bible. Also, if your little one is active she may take until 3 to be trained. Make sure you give yourself and her a break. It will happen!
As for the pacifier...I have heard of people putting lemon juice on the tip or cutting it off...both seem a bit vindictive to me. Sorry I can't help on that part.
It is hard but just hang in there. Kids have a way of working this all out.

Answer 6

Start putting underwear on her. She'll have accidents but she'll learn, she won't like the feeling of wet underwear. Once she starts to go more don't buy anymore diapers and just keep her in underwear. My daughter would pee in her diaper and throw it away and put a new one on and keep doing that which you know diapers are expensive so to be throwing them away like that is a waste. With the pacifier thing just throw it away seriously those are so bad for their teeth. But I never had a problem with those with my daughter I rarely gave one to her. That's one of my pet peeves seeing children who have a pacifier when they obviously don't need one. Also with the potty training I know my daughter never wanted to go on the training potty's so I bought the dora seat you put on the toilet and she used that. Good luck.

Answer 7

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Answer 8

!!She's Two!! I'am not a parent but,my best friend he's a parent and,his daughter stopped using diapers when she was10 months
old(she started using panties),and when she had to go to the restroom she would tell him,and the pacifier...she left it when she
4 months old...and she's only trying to get attention no matter how much she cries don't give it to her cause that is just going to bring her brazers when she grows up, and stop buying her diapers,buy her panties...she's going to get used to them and tell her that everytime she needs to use the restroom to tell you,and then she will do it her self! That's what the wife of my best-friend did,and it worked!

Answer 9

I'm no expert, but, I have a 12yr old son, and when he was a baby I would set him on the pot and sit on the floor in front of him and we read books.
Only did this a couple of times, then, he decided he could read his own books by himself.
I didn't have any problems with the pacifier, but,when I was bottle training him, we put all of his bottles in a plastic bag with a name tag on it, he thought he was "giving his bottles to Santa".
It worked, good luck 2 you

Answer 10

Ok, for the potty training.....after you use the bathroom put her on the toilet, and of course let her watch you go....so she knows what it's for. Give it time, she'll do it when she's ready. And everytime you change a dirty diaper, put in in the toilet while she's watching and tell her that's where it goes. Then, sit her on it.

As for the binky.....good luck, I'm still having that problem. Mine is 2 also!