how do i get her to understand the connection between wetting herself and getting to the potty in time. she comes to me but she is normally wet when she gets to me?
2006-09-21 03:17:31 · 12 answers · asked by rayray 1 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Toddler & Preschooler
The bladder develops slower in some children. Your child may not be able to hold 'it' long enough to get to the potty. Ask your pediatrician about this.
2006-09-21 03:21:34 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Potty training takes time.
Here are some steps that proved true with my children.
1. Have a potty within a few steps of your daughter ( at first they only have a couple of seconds warning)
2. Have kid treats (bag of chocolate kisses) or something else that she likes but is not normally allowed to have. If she gets a drop in the potty she gets a treat.
3. Always be postitive. No yelling or making her feel bad. There will be accidents, and you will have good days and bad with potty training.So don't stress.
4. Use cotton training panties not pull ups (only use pull ups at night or on car rides or other places that might take a while to get to the potty)
5. Anytime you go to the bathroom take her with you. While you read your book, she can look at hers. If she gets anything in the potty she gets a treat. (act like she just won the olympics)
6. keep a close eye on her, your first clue that she is about to go is she will look down. Then say something like this " Hurry, sweetie you need to go potty, here let mommy help you" and run like lightening to the potty with her.
7. She will realize what that feeling is right before she has to go potty in time. Don't forget that she will occasionally have accidents for a long time to come. They will start playing and not pay attention to the signal that it is time to go until it is too late sometimes.
Remember, that for 2 1/2 yrs she has went in her diaper, it will only take a little while for her to start going potty. Relax and enjoy, potty training can be fun if you let it. Try not to stress over the accidents.
2006-09-21 03:37:00 · answer #2 · answered by iamdreama 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No diapers, No pull-ups....if you wanna get her potty trained make sure she's ready...can put on and take off clothing, can follow through simple commands, realizes when she's wet/dry, shows interest in the potty (let her flush it, let her put wads of t.p. in and watch it go down) get a potty chair that's just for her, get her excited about potty training (in seven days we're saying good bye to your diapers and you're going to get some New Big Girl Underwear, let her pick out the new underwear at Wal Mart or where ever you go, then REWARDS for using the potty, stickers on a chart on the bathroom wall are wonderful and cheap(candy is not a good reward, toys are not either--candy not good on teeth, toys get too expensive and once they expect a toy every time they pee it'll backfire once they don't get a toy, they'll quit wanting to potty train) PRAISE for her efforts and NO PUNISHMENTS for her accidents...they will happen, it is through the accidents that they learn "hey, i'm wet and it's not so nice, next time i'll try to get to the potty first!"
2006-09-21 03:41:03 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I know it's frustrating, but give her time. At that age, sometimes her body isn't sending the right signals, and she might not even realize that she has to go until she's wet. You might want to put her on the potty after she's wet and encourage her to keep coming to you, after awhile she'll start making it to the potty.
2006-09-21 03:22:32 · answer #4 · answered by Ro-lynn 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
She has to see you go potty to know thats what it is. In her mind she thinks she just sits there and gets up and thats it. She hasnt connected the two yet.
You'll have to start watching her for signs that she has to go, or is going, in her pants, and ask her if she has to go potty and see if you can get her to the toilet before she commits the act in her diaper. It'll only take a time or two of catching her and getting her to the toilet for her to realize that that body function is meant to happen on the toilet.
The best thing you can do is watch what goes in to her, realize when its coming out, and plan to catch her and have her sit on the potty before it gets to that point. Also, seeing you and hearing you in the actual act of going potty is the best thing you can do to connect the two FOR her.
Your SN suggests that your a man, if you're not comfortable with that (i know i wouldnt be around my daughter) ask gramma or aunt so and so to let her follow them into the potty. You dont have to make a deal out of it. Just let her visit, kids naturally follow adults where ever they go. Just make sure she understands pee happens in the potty.
Trust me, its easier with girls than boys :)
2006-09-21 03:24:38 · answer #5 · answered by amosunknown 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well you could try what my friend tried and that is to let her sit in the wet pants for just a little while and that may help . because eventualy she isnt going to like the wet feeling. but good luck! i was just blessed that my daughter was as easy as she was she was potty trained right after she turned 1 because she didnt like the wet and dirty diapers.
2006-09-21 03:23:18 · answer #6 · answered by angel 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
she needs to understand the feeling of when she has to go...she might not understand until she wets herself...when she does come to you she has already done it...at least she came to you to let you know she went...keep and eye on her and watch for signs of her having to go like doing a little wiggle...she will get the concept in time she just needs a little help in understanding the feeling of having to go potty..
2006-09-21 03:25:33 · answer #7 · answered by mouseymom24 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
dont wait for her to tell you get off your butt or stop what your doing once an hour snd put her on the potty.you have to teach this to her. she is 2 not 22.you hsve to help her and one way of doing this is to remind her and remind her often. once an hour.make her sit for longer than 5 minutes. she will get the idea real quick.give her time some kids dont train until age four. but you have to get up and take her shes too young to expect her to tell you before she is about to wet herself.or go on her own.thats expecting way to much on a child this young good luck she will get it
2006-09-21 03:53:07 · answer #8 · answered by kleighs mommy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Get a babysitter for her. Seriously....it was hard for my wife and I to potty train our daughter but it took one day with the babysitter to get her potty trained. Even 2 year olds don't want to embarrass themselves around people they don't know very well. Try and see if that works.
2006-09-21 03:21:06 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Don`t stress out about it. When she`s ready she`ll be ready. Think, have you ever seen a child go to kindergarten in diapers?
2006-09-21 03:22:18 · answer #10 · answered by Hamish 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋