My daughter is 2.5 years old and still isn't potty trained. She will use the potty, but often is too lazy to tell me when she has to go. Anyone have any new inovative ideas?
2006-11-12 14:48:07 · 8 answers · asked by Sheena V 1 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Toddler & Preschooler
first thing with any toddler is NO PULL-UPS at all. I found that Character undies work wonders. Let her pick out the panties at your fav target walmart wherever you may shop. key is to let her pick them two packs of character and one plain white pack in between and because they bleach beautifully. use the first pak of "princess panties" to start with and tell her she will get to wear the others when she learns not to go potty in the "trial" ones. I did that with my son needless to say I had him fully trained in 2 weeks flat with consistence and reinforcement. also use a potty chart I know Kandoo has a website with tips and tools for potty training. If you're comfortable with her being bottomless in the house when its just you two then go for it just make sure you have a carpet shampooer I bought mine for potty training. she wont like stuff dripping down her legs. Oh yeah and if she goes in her panties stick her in the tub to help you rinse and wash them out. and while doing so explain that the potty goes in the potty and not on "princess Dora's face" she'll get it. Good luck.
2006-11-12 18:02:13 · answer #1 · answered by Jsmom 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try taking her to the potty in certain time increments, like every hour or every half hour. Give her a small reward, like a Skittle or M&M when she goes and make a big deal of it. Verbal praise is also important when she does go.
The child should be wearing underwear, not a pull up or diaper, though, so they can feel the difference between wet and dry. Maybe underwear with a character she likes, such as Cinderella or Dora, will help, especially if you let her run around only partially clothed while you're at home working on this.
Some people think that if a child wets themselves they should stay in the wet pants for 5-10 minutes to feel that it's uncomfortable and they need to go potty. That's up to you. I've also read that some people have a specific "pee pee chair" for the child to sit in if they wet themselves.
There are also different books about potty training that you can keep in the bathroom and read to her as she sits there. If the experience is enjoyable for her she may be more willing to go instead of wetting herself.
2006-11-12 23:00:11 · answer #2 · answered by TeacherLady 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Your daughter isn't lazy. She's normal. Most kids who are that young and trained to go to the bathroom on the toilet don't do it on their own. If you want your daughter to be successful you need to take her to the bathroom every certain amount of time.
Start in the morning, if she wakes up wet or dry or whatever, put her on the toilet. Form that habit. Tell her to "try" and give her a few minutes. The put her in pretty, big girl underwear and after 30 minutes just say to her, "Do you have to go to the bathroom? Let's try."
It gives her to opportunity to stop a second and think if she has to go, but then she is already being lead to the toilet...so if she gets up there and goes, take her again in 1/2 hour. If she doesn't go the first time, take her again in 15 minutes.
Try to catch her always before she goes in her underwear.
She may not be ready to remind you whenever she needs to go, but she'll start to last longer between visits and she'll start to realize what it feels like to need to go.
You could offer a reward/treat for when she does go. Maybe a froot loop or something when she tries and if she goes, she gets an M & M?
2006-11-12 22:56:56 · answer #3 · answered by ssssss 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
What I ended up having to do was refuse to buy my son any more pull ups. I told him that he was going to have to wear the big boy underwear if he was indeed going to be a big boy. We had a few accidents the first couple of days but now, he's completely trained (day and night). He's 3 y/o and he is a VERY stubborn little boy. It's not that he couldn't go potty, he WOULDN'T. He refused to have anything to do with it until I took his pull ups away from him.
2006-11-12 22:59:57 · answer #4 · answered by Crystal 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I was in the same exact position as you a couple months ago. My daughter is SO stubborn, and didn't care about our cheers of joy when she did actually go. The only thing that got me through is persistence. Just keep at it, and it will happen...if anything, I think they get annoyed by always talking about it and dealing with it, so they just give in and start doing it. Good Luck!
If you haven't tried, let her pick out some panties at the store...it seems to get them a little more interested.
2006-11-12 22:52:26 · answer #5 · answered by qamberq 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try taking something she likes and rewarding her with it every thime she goes. My girlfriends little girl loved partys because at parties you got birthday cake and got to blow out a candle so every time she went to the potty my girlfriend gave her a cupcake/muffin with a candel in it she called it her potty party. worked like a charm
2006-11-13 00:10:13 · answer #6 · answered by cakesalot 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
wake up call the little girl is not stubborn is the parent cant you tell she is not ready just because other kids her age are dont mean nothing it cold take her till she is five or even six if she wants is the kid that decides not the parent k
2006-11-13 20:09:03 · answer #7 · answered by chuy 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
we used a sticker chart for our little girl. plus she picked out some "big girl wears" from the store. I linked the site that we used.
2006-11-12 23:46:05 · answer #8 · answered by Diaper Duty 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋