potty training advice??

Question

I have a daughter who is 21 months old today. I have no doubt that she is ready to start potty training. She takes off her diaper when wet or dirty or brings me the tub of wipes if she can. She knows she is wet or dirty, and she does not like it. She has sat on the potty chair on her own a couple of times, but she still hasn't done anything in it. I have read on here that leaving a diaper off can help the process. I have heard both ways that a pull up can help or hurt the process. Can anyone give me some good advice as to what worked well for you? Thanks!

Answer 1

take her once an hour and sit her on the potty. use pull ups for nap and bedtime or a diaper. take her to walmart or where ever you buy panties and let her pick out her own and put them on her at home only.when shes wearing them watch her. and tell her she cant potty on them. pull ups in my experience slow the process down use them only when you will be out and about of nap and bedtime. once she stays dry for awhile several weeks try her in the for short car trips make sure she pees before leaving. always know where the public potty is and be mindful toddlers hate the auto flush toilets good luck this wont happen in a few days it can take over a year

Answer 2

Hi! I have recently gone through the whole potty process with my son. He was about 32 months, and totally uninterested. We tried and tried for weeks and he just didnt care. Well, I looked online and found a great ebook. It is called "Easy Potty Training" by Lora Jenson. Let me assure you, for us I thought this was ridiculous, but I was desperate. The book says you can potty train your child in 3 days!! So, I paid 12 dollars and was told if it didnt work, I would get my money back. So, we started on a Friday, and he had 17 accidents!! (Yes, all on one day!) Then on Saturday, he had 2 and I got peed on 2 times, but he was going on the potty too! Then Sunday, he didnt have accidents at all. After that, he had the occasional accident because he waited too long or whatever the case. It has been about 4 months, and he doesnt have accidents anymore! I recommend the ebook, and it is well worth the 12 dollars. The only thing is, you have to stick to what she tells you to do. If you dont follow all the instructions and do exactly what she says, it wont work. So, good luck and hopefully it works well for you.

Answer 3

My son just turned 3 in November and he just decided (FINALLY!) that he was going to start using the potty. He had used it on and off for months but still used mostly diapers. He still wears pull-ups and he's working on No. 2 in the potty but when she is ready she will just do it. My daughter was a little over 1 yr when she started using the potty. All kids are different. Just keep encouraging her to go and don't get mad when she has an accident.

Answer 4

My son is 3. He is now potty trained. I never thought the day was going to come. I was really tired of people saying "oh your a big boy you should go to the potty by now" I didn't push him at all. He was in a pullup-but he was holding his number 2 in and that was not good. So I let him run around naked and he learned real quick. Then I tried the underwear and that worked. At first he went on his little potty and we used the reward system where every time he sat on the potty he would get a sticker. He eventually forgot about getting stickers because he was so excited that he could do it. I then put the potty seat on the big toilet and he now goes there. If I'm going to someones house then I bring it with me. I just carry extra pants and underwear in case of an accident. I never scolded him for having an accident- I just let him now that it feels yucky and it goes in the potty. Now it's just working with it at night.

Answer 5

Use panites. Pullups don't allow them to feel wet - there too much like a diaper.

One thing to consider - although she knows when she is wet or dirty and does not like it, she may not know yet how she got that way. Also, her muscles may not have developed enough that she is in contol of when she goes potty yet. This muscle sometimes does not develop until they are 24 months or older.

You could try taking her to the potty on a schedule, like every 45 minutes throughout the day so that she will get in the habit of going. This will also help her to feel what it feels like when she is about to go potty, so that when she is playing at other times and gets that feeling, she will know what she needs to do about it.

Be patient, each child will train in there own time.

Answer 6

My nephew is the same age and even though the process with girls may be different than boys the way i started my nephew was everytime that i went to the bathroom i would bring him along he would take his own diaper off and sit on his own little potty chair...he saw me doing it so he wanted to as well. the first few times he sat there and tried and nothing came out, but then finally he did it. my advice to you is just be consistant. alot of people will start the potty training process and then something else will become more important. babies will not learn that way, it may be time consuming but consistency is the key

Answer 7

i am currently in the process of potty training my daughter who is 2 1/2. I leave her run around the house all day with only a shirt on. the minute i put underwear/pull ups on, she messes in them. I tried her when she was about 21 months, and she just wasn't ready. Today, for the first time, she FINALLY pooped...(woohoo huge accomplishment). She will sit on her potty for hours playing and watching t.v. and it's been a couple of weeks that I've been training her. i sat with her on the floor for the first couple of days, kept asking her if she had to pee every 10 Min's...made her sit there. told her she would get a treat only after she went pee in potty (i don't think anything is wrong with bribery at that age). I gave her a lolly pop once, and i gave her sugar free candy, and i gave her dried fruit. It's slowly coming. she is only just now after 2 weeks starting to realize when she has to go, run to the potty. There have been numerous accidents on my floor, thank God it's linoleum. Good luck, patience is going to play a HUGE part for you, and don't force her if she's not ready.

Answer 8

For my daughter we used rewards...if she went on the potty she got a small treat...either a little candy or a little toy...(dollar store yay!) I used pullups for her because she could get them off. I first started with just regular panties but she was so stressed out about wetting in them it was making it worse for her. We used the pullups for a while and when she was more confident we moved up to "cloth training pants" they are just really thick underwear..and after that to normal panties..she was SOOOOO excited i let her pick out the ones she wanted (dora princess panties of course!) We also used the potty seat that you put on top of the normal toilet and got her a little step stool to get up there. She was weirded out by using those specail kid potties and who wants to clean that thing out everytime anyway hahaha..hope this helps! OOOH we also did a little party and a dance that my mom made up each time she was successful..i think that was her favorite part...she still will randomly want us to do the "potty dance" for her and she is almost 4 and has been potty trained for 2 years now lol

Answer 9

I know it seems bizarre but it worked for me. I took that plastic pot wherever I went. Just stuck it in the diaper bag and brought it along. After 3 days my daughter was potty trained BUT she was 3 years old. I also put her in dresses while she was training so that she could go by herself. Sweats work too, the important thing is that they learn how to do it all by themselves. But potty training, as in all other things, it's "one step forward, two steps back." Don't be disappointed if she gives it up for a few days. Good luck!

Answer 10

I have a son who turned 3 last month... I hear that boys are different than girls, but what worked for me was: waiting until he wanted to do it and leaving him in underwear all day. There were days we went through 5 pairs of pants, underwear, and socks, but finally he did it!!! And the waiting and laundry was so worth it!! :o)