Getting my little girl potty trained?

Question

I have a 3 1/2 year old little girl, who doesn't talk much yet. That I need some ideas on how to get her potty trained, I am at my wits end, and have run out of ideas. Its like she doesn't understand what I am tring to get her to do. Her doctor has check her and said nothing is wrong, that it is just her, but these diapers are getting expensive and I just need some help, with potty training ideas. If someone out here has had the same problem please let me know what you did , and maybe I can finally get Liberty out of diapers and into panties.....Thanks so much
Elizabeth

Answer 1

My daughter is very smart, but potty training was a nightmare! The key to training her is consistency. I would suggest buying a book about going to the potty - there are many to chose from. Read to her and then start the process. Perhaps her favorite toy or something she loves to do with mommy would be a great prize to reward her with ONLY when she uses the potty. She will strive to earn that prize. Bad comparison perhaps, but think about how people give their pets a treat when they potty outside. It is the same principle.

Do not try pull-ups. My daughter wore them forever and would change a wet one on her own. It is a matter of convenience for the kids to be able to use the bathroom and not stop whatever activity they are involved in at the moment.

I actually had the Easter Bunny take away the pullups and replace with big girl panties. That way we had a breaking point and a way to move on from the "diaper" era! Perhaps you could do the same with whatever character you choose. Take your daughter to Wal-Mart and let her choose big girl panties with her favorite character. Make a huge deal out of getting rid of diapers and wearing "big girl panties." Then, take her to the potty every 45 minutes - 1 hour.

Once you quit the diapers, whatever you do, don't go back. Stick with it, have patience, and expect a few messes! In the end, your daughter will realize that going to the potty is something she can be in charge of and will love the independence that it brings. Best of luck!

Answer 2

Well you need to sit her on the potty and make her sit there there for 15 or 20 mins and out some pulls ups on her and some big girl undies on top she will think she is only wearing big girl undies and tell her if you went theese you will be wet for a long time and shes not a big girl for doing that and if shes three she needs potty trained you needed to start for a little while ago and praise her and tell her if she keeps having accidents then she gets a time out and praise her as much as you can and put her on the potty when you are drawing her bath water and take her every 30 mins or so and also give her gifts from the dollar store and tell her EX:if she dosnt go on the potty then she dosnt get to go to ballet class...try anything get her a video of elmos potty time and make her watch it every moringing and night and aslo keep an eye on her and turn the water on when she goes and try everything you can!!!! good luck

Answer 3

Take her out of the diapers and into real underwear. Take her potty every hour or two. When she does have an accident, it will be uncomfortable for her because underwear will not absorb and protect from feeling the wetness as a diaper will. Make sure to give lots of praise when she does use the potty. I have a friend using this method currently, he does still put her in diapers at bedtime for the time being. My sister used this method and had hers potty trained in two days. Good luck!

Answer 4

I completely know how you feel! My son was 4 1/2 before he was finally out of pull ups. I have found through my own experience with mine that one of the biggest things is consistency. Start with having a regular schedule when you have them sit down and try to go. Every hour or so worked well with mine. Having them get into a regular routine really helps. Girls are generally easier than boys but not always. All that stuff about all children being different is very true. When you start seeing her wake up dry in the morning or when she goes for extended periods during the day dry that's a clue that she might be ready. Having my children around other children also helped a great deal (in a day care setting). One of the biggest things I can tell you is that when you decide to try underwear...stay with them and don't switch back and forth. Children will actually digress when you do that.

Answer 5

With my oldest daughter, her dippers were dry at night, so we had her get her baby doll and teach it how to go potty. We would sneak some water into the potty chair then when my daughter realized that her baby went potty we got really excited and clapped. Then she wanted to try it she went and we clapped jumped got really excited, then mom mother-in0law pretended to be barney and we let our daughter call barney and he told her how proud he was of her and what a big girl she was. After that she never had an accident not even at bed time that is all it took one day.

With my youngest daughter, she still needs a diaper at night, but she seen her sister doing it and wanted to do it too, but we had to put big girl panties on her or she would still go in her pull-ups. Just put panties on your daughter i know it is kind of messy, but I won't take long for her to realize that she doesn't like the wet feeling. Even if we went to the store or away somewhere she wore panties, I just took extra cloths with us in case of an accident. They were both only like 2 and a few months when they were completely potty trained. Oh and if she does have an accident don't punish her for it just tell her to keep trying that it is OK, but I wouldn't put pull-ups or diapers on her except at night.

Hope this helped and good luck.

Answer 6

i know this may seem weird but try putting panties on her tell her shes got to stay dry and if she goes potty she gets a treat or a suprise let her feel it running down her leg a few times eventually she wont like it. my daughter found interest in opotty when she was 13 months so she was potty traied by the time she was 18 months and i know it may seem cruel but it she pooped her pants she sat in it for a bit and let me tell ya she never popped in her pants after that....

Answer 7

the key is to be consistant!
after you give her a drink set a kitchen timer to go off in 10 to 15 minutes. Take her to the toilet. Use lots of praise, and bribery works great too! By now you should be familular with her bowel habbits, watch her and when you think shes going to go #2 take her in. It is more up to you than her. Potty training is more of a training mommy than toddler training. just be consistant. The kitchen timer is a reminder more for you than her. I know how busy and sidetracked we moms can get. It worked great for me, and in 2 weekx mine and me was trained. good luck

Answer 8

LIZ thi is what i did to my daughter when she was 2.5years. i had to stay home 1 day.that day
1.make her wear panties , take her to the bathrom every 30 minutes
2. buy these really nice dora toilet seats
3. hold her when she is sitting on the toilet. they are always scared.
don't forget.she is gonna still need diapers at night(next 2 months)good luck

Answer 9

your not alone to be sure.....been there, done that. My son wasnt trained in the day till he was nearly 5 and ant night was wayyy later...every kid is different. For some its a battle for control...whos going to give in first. others have a fear of the toilet or going that makes them reluctant...try a book called Toilet training in less than a day....i didnt use every thing in it but I used a lot and it did work...took a while but it worked.

Answer 10

Been there. One thing you may try, is take her to the bathroom and sit her down every hour, even if she says she doesn't need to. They get used to the idea of being there. That's what worked for my girl. They need to get into the routine. Good luck!