My daughter is 3 1/2 and I'm having a difficult time potty training . Any suggestion's? Thank you?

Answer 1

I was talking to my best friend about this the other night. She told me that she had her daughter trained in 3 days. She put the potty chair in the middle of the living room and kept her diaper off. When she used the potty she got a couple of M&Ms....not a whole lot. Not usually a good idea to bribe with candy, but if it works, oh well. You could try going to the $ store and getting some little trinkets to give her, or try letting her pick out her own "Big girl" underpants.

Answer 2

My son just turned 3 in August and I have always heard that boy's were much harder to potty train then girls. My son however was different, he pretty much done it himself. He was totally trained by 2 1/2. He doesn't even have accidents at night and hasn't for about 6 months. I had purchased a potty when he was 18mo old. A little young I know, but I think this worked. You could try 20 min after drinking take her to the potty and sit her on it and read a story while she is on the potty, if nothing happens that OK but if you do this every time it will happen. When you go to the restroom take her with you. You have to be consistent what ever method you are using. Try to stay away from pull-ups and other things threw out the day. If you work and that isn't possible, try to hire private sitter and not your mother either. Grandma's mean well, but you need someone else to help you with this. Children are different and develop differently, so if your child's Dr. sees nothing the matter then go with that. You and your Dr. know your child. When it does happen make a big deal, call everybody and praise your child as much as you can and let her know how proud you are of her. Just so you know my step son still wet his pants when he was 5 so it depends on the child that's all. Hope this helps.

Answer 3

Like the others have said, abandon the diapers and pull-ups, we tried the pull-ups for a year! My first daughter started asking to go potty at 1 1/2! My second was just born and I really was not ready for it. We started it anyway, and let her read her favorite books while she went. At 2 1/2 we went to the store, let her pick out her undies and never looked back. At the same time, I started a 'potty chart' with different categories, going number one, two, dry undies, telling us she had to go. Within a week she was potty trained, except the pull-up at night, I don't expect that to happen for a while, they don't have the control yet. NOW my little one pushes her sister off the little potty, so she has to use the big one. Little one is 17 mo and has gone on the potty about 10 times now. We're lucky, I wasn't even trying to get them to do it, they just wanted to. The hard part for us was following through, especially since we travel alot.

Good luck.

Answer 4

I also have a daughter that is 3 1/2, that I just got through potty training last month. This is what worked for me. Tell her you are going to have an underwear day on ___day then have a count down to that day. You tell her "It's 3 days until underwear day! Do you know what happens on that day? You get to wear underwear and use the potty all day long!" Then the day before, you take her to the store and let her pick out like 6-9 pairs of any underwear she wants. Then underwear day morning when she wakes up immediately put her on the potty and put the new underwear on, then every hour or two after that take her in and put her on the potty. Give her lots of verbal praise, but don't bribe her with things. Anytime she has an accident you make her go and change her underwear and pants by herself and don't let her continue in play until she is changed. Make sure when going out that you have her go before you leave and know where restrooms are, and take a change of clothes. After a couple of days of immediately putting her on the potty she will start to realize when she needs to go and will go in by herself. Good luck!

Answer 5

well how are u going about this?? i hope this helps, here are some tips for u: for starters- have the potty in the bathroom, don't give her too many beverages, have her in panties (tell her and explain to her that diapers are for babies), every half an hour take her to the potty and repeat peepee in the potty not in ur panties, sit with her in the bathroom until she does pee or poop and if nothing happens tell her it's okay and then just ask her like ten minutes later if she has to go pee, then repeat the whole process. do not get frustrated or give up!! it's a very rough situation that we as parents have to deal with at one time or another. and it usually takes some getting used to, only put her in a diaper at night time or for naps, and as soon as she wakes up take the diaper off- do not use pull ups!- they are the same as using a diaper! it will only confuse her and make her really not want to even try using the potty. also- last but most important!! when and if she does go to the potty and actually does something in it- reward and praise her- and tell her what a big girl she is- make her feel great for accomplishing such a difficult and sometimes scary task. a cookie, a toy, etc.. can be given as a reward for a big girl using her potty. well good luck to u!! i hope my answer was good enough to get u motivated for a hell of ride! best wishes.

Answer 6

Patience. What have you tried? What are you doing now?
I had a really hard time potty training my older daughter (she's 4). Her body just was ready until she was a little older. She gets really motivated when her little sister goes to the potty and gets a big girl treat. Also, seeing the reward right in front of her helps a lot too.
Even after your daughter is potty trained, she'll have an occassional accident. That doesn't mean that she isn't potty trained, it means she's still getting the hang of things.
Also, the more you react/freak out after an accident, the more accidents she will have. Be dissapointed (not angry), and have her help clean up.

Answer 7

My sister-in-law potty trained her daughter by giving her 1 M&M for doing number 1 and two M&Ms for doing number 2. It's a little incentive to help them remember to go to the potty. And 1 or 2 M&Ms aren't bad. Best of luck and don't get too discouraged, all children are different.

Answer 8

i potty trained my lil girl by the time she was a 1 1/2 years old. all i did was let her come to the restroom with me when ever i went and not long after she started going on her on.. she would take her diaper/ or pull up off and say things like i gotta let the man out when she had to do number 2 and when she had to do number 1 she'd say she got to let the water out... be patient it takes time let her go when shes ready but also encourage her after giving her any liquids ask her if she has to potty... hope this helps and good luck...

Answer 9

I wouldn't stress about it too much, how many adults do you see going around in diapers? Just keep being persistant and she will figure it out. My youngest will be turning 3 in February and isn't potty trained yet, while her older sister was totally trained at 2 and 1/2. They are all different and have a schedule of their own. Keep at it and good luck!!

Answer 10

Maybe it sounds strange to most people, but I potty-trained my son with a poloroid camera.

The first time I put him on the pot and he "went", I gave lots of praise and snapped the photo! The picture developed right away and I showed him the picture and he was amazed to see a picture of himself 'instantly'. It made a good, positive, impact.

It also worked with a tantrum. I did the same, snapped a picture and showed him how silly he looked, making that face and crying. The picture made him laugh. He's 12 now and only had three tantrums in his life.

But the best advice is to be patient, and once you decide to 'go forward', don't go back to diapers; it's confusing.

Another trick is getting her some nice, new, very frilly panties and tell her that she has to keep them "clean".

Never punish a potty-training child of "accidents".

Talk to her pediatrician if you have any doubts.