I have tried to start potty training my 2 1/2 yr old little girl about a week ago. She wants to sit on the potty alot, but nothing comes out until we put a diaper on her. I bought big girl panties, a potty book, decorated a potty with stickers and evern got prizes for her for when she goes. But unless she actually pees or poops I cant give her a prize. I tried warm water on her hands, feet and even dribbled down her bottom but nothing is working. Is she just maybe not ready? I thought that she was cause she doesnt like a dirty diaper and asks to sit on her potty. She is very advanced in her speach and knowledge (counting etc. ) so I dont know why she couldnt be ready for this.
2006-08-02 13:13:11 · 10 answers · asked by LittleMermaid 5 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Toddler & Preschooler
My husband has tried also and has had no better luck than I have.
2006-08-02 13:19:47 · update #1
It's only been one and ahalf weeks,give it sometime.Let her just get use to sitting on the potty chair first,dont push her into using it until she is ready.Some kids learn sooner than others,just be patient and she will start going in it.Also when you go to the bathroom take her and her potty chair in there with you and let her see you using the potty.When she is ready,she will use it.Just keep putting her on it throughout the day even if it is only for a few minutes.With my son we started putting regular underwear on him and putting him on the potty as well.After pooping several times in his underwear he was wanting to go in the potty,but before we tried the underwear we was trying to potty break him for 10mos.
2006-08-02 13:19:57 · answer #1 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hon, it may make sense to wait a bit more. Are you feeling some pressure to have her potty trained soon, like for a preschool program?
She doesn't yet get that peeing/pooping is what she is supposed to do while sitting on the potty. In fact, with diapers that are so comfy and such great quality these days, children often are not even aware of what they have done or that they are wet.
If you can't wait a few more months, you can put her in underpants. When she pees/poops, she will REALLY know it has happened and you can take her into the bathroom to change her/clean her up, If she poops in the underpants, dump the poop into the toilet and let her flush and say goodbye to the poop.
Sounds so silly, I know, but some preschoolers don't even know that poop goes into a toilet!
If you decide to wait a while, you can still TALK about this with her, saying things like, "Won't it be great when you can pee and poop in the potty?" and remind her of all the friends/relatives who pee and poop in the potty.
BEST wishes!
from a grandma-aged person who used cloth diapers. It made this a lot easier!
2006-08-02 13:47:41 · answer #2 · answered by PeggyS 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In the beginning just sitting on the potty is enough. Let her sit there all day if she wants to. Here's a suggestion: get a babydoll that "wets" when you give it water. Fill the doll up and take it to the potty to pee. I did this with my daughter then we told the doll "good job" and "good girl." LOL
Also letting her run around bottomless helps. She may have an accident on the floor, just put her on the potty and clean up the mess. Potty training takes patience. It's worth the work though.
2006-08-02 13:28:15 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You should purchase a potty seat he can use at the grownup potty, or you'll make him use the child. Either approach you can regularly have got to keep in the toilet with him till he is going for the primary few months of potty coaching. Don't assume him to be ready to head in there and maintain it himself. Grab a guide and plant your self till he is going. Don't make it worrying. You can present a present of a few variety if he makes use of both potty (like 2 m&m's). Be sufferer although he is not and do not fear. Training takes time.
2016-08-28 13:42:18 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
don't stress... potty training will come someday...have you seen a person at the age of 20 still wearing diapers??/..
DON"T make a huge deal about it (in the bad way I mean),, if you push her she might regress and not want to do it cause she isn't comfortable, let her go on her own time, one day she won't like the wet or dirty feeling adn want to go on the potty...
patients
Her sitting on the potty is a good step Praise her for doing this.. You might offer treats for going potty too,
Good luck..
remember.. Dont stress on this.. she will learn when she is fully ready!
2006-08-05 20:46:00 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try giving her some privacy. Leave a couple of her fav books and ask her about every half hr. When I potty trained my little girl it took about a wk before she finally got it and about a month before I was comfortable leaving the house with out a change of clothes for her. Please dont make her sitt for long periods of time on the potty. Some children are wigged out by things that come out of their body. Be sure to ask for help from your babys dr.
2006-08-02 13:27:26 · answer #6 · answered by jagbeeton 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just as children begin to talk on their own with a lille help from those around them, potty training is one of those things that I think the child just has to be ready to do. Everything that you're doing is great , but your little princess will more than likely 'go' when you and daddy are least expecting it.
2006-08-02 13:25:32 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
hi, potty training, yeah, fun and frustrating. while potty training mine, i noticed if i let them run around with no diaper or underware on. when they actually saw the stuff come out they seemed to understand that its suppose to go in the potty. when they do it you make a big deal about running to the potty "hurry hurry get to the potty, fast fast got to go in the potty" and run them. make them sit on it for a few and let it go. if they would poopy i would have them watch me pick it up put it in little potty then take it out put it in the big potty and have them flush...i had a boy first, he was easy to train, then along came my girl and she was more difficult to get to understand. oh use easy words she can say, and treats, i used m & m's...good luck
2006-08-02 13:53:56 · answer #8 · answered by reggi 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe with the tension from your step son has taken it's toll on her too. Relax mom you have a lot on your plate. Just be patient and it will happen. Deep Breaths.....
Good Luck!
2006-08-02 15:27:38 · answer #9 · answered by Feeling Froggy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe she's not comfortable doing this routine with YOU.
Try having someone else do the routine. This is not an unusual circumstance.
2006-08-02 13:17:51 · answer #10 · answered by sochiswim 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋