My daughter is almost two and day one of potty training was great she went on the potty every time than day two she did not go in the potty once and when we ask her to try she says no. Any advice other than rewards?
2007-03-05 00:35:25 · 9 answers · asked by lola 4 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Toddler & Preschooler
Do not push her. Every child potty train at their own pace.
Other ideas though....
Put the potty in other places of the home. I know it sounds kinda gross, but have it in the kitchen, in the TV room while she is watching Elmo or whatever. Maybe she feels like she is missing something when she has to go to the potty. Make it easy for her to use it.
Have certain books and toys(washable of course!) that she can only look at while she hangs out at the potty.
Let her pick out some new undies(Dora, princess, sponge bob) and let her know that when she is potty trained, she can wear them. Let her feel the cool cotton.
Get a video about the potty. We used a bear in the big blue house one, but there are tons out there. Check out the local library(online before you go so that they will hold it for you) or go to a children's resale shop. They have this coming in all the time.
Lastly, let her see you go to the potty. Make it an open door policy. When she see that big girls go on the potty, it may make her want to try.
Good luck and just be patient. It took my kids(I started when they were 18 months) about 4-6 months to be completely trained(nighttime too).
Make it fun and it will be less stressful!
2007-03-05 00:48:56 · answer #1 · answered by chickemama 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The key to potty training that I learned first hand is to get the poop in the potty. I have three children, and once I got them to go "number 2" in the potty, the rest was a piece of cake.
First, every child has a certain time that they have to go "number 2." Keep an eye out, and you will soon learn around what time this happens. It usually happens only one time a day, depending on their diet and if they are sick or not.
Second, start taking them to the potty around this time. If they don't go, never give negative reinforcement. (There will be accidents) Let them know we will be trying again in about fifteen to twenty minutes, and remind him/her that if they need to go before then, to let you know.
Keep taking them every fifteen to twenty minutes until it happens. If they potty in they're pants, have them drop the poop thats in their pants in the potty, have them flush, and then clap your hands and say "Yay!"
Always praise them when they use the potty. Never give treats. I learned that the hard way with my first. Every time she went, she wanted a treat, even when she was completely potty trained.
Also, DO NOT put a diaper back on your child. That will reverse everything you have done.
Some kids are easy to potty train, but most are hard, and it can be very time consuming. Don't give up. They will eventually get the hang of it. Good Luck!
2007-03-05 01:26:22 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Many times toddlers have no interest in the potty. You should keep explaining to her that big girls go to the potty and only babies wear diapers. Keep at it and definatly reward the wanted behavior. Do not punish her for not going just continue to explain to her and keep insisting that she use the potty. IF it becomes a real battle of wills, stop for a short time and give it all a rest but come back at it in a day no more than two. Children do not potty train over night so be patient and keep at it and know that girls are easier to potty train then boys. good Luck
2007-03-05 01:10:52 · answer #3 · answered by CindyLu 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Put the diaper back on her. Tell her big girls go in the potty. Maybe she will want to be a big girl. Let her decide. Hopefully it won't take her long. If if doesn't work soon, try something else. Don't nag her about it. Just make little suggestions along the way; every now and then. When the time is right, she won't want people to know she wears a diaper. Good luck.
2007-03-05 00:44:20 · answer #4 · answered by Barbra 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When potty training you will make progress then all the sudden they will regress. With my son I eventually put him in underwear and my pediatrician told me to make a sticker chart. The chart was on the fridge where he could reach it. Every night after dinner we would get out our stickers and HE would put one sticker for wearing big boy underwear then two stickers if he pee pee'd in the potty a third sticker if he poo poo'd in the potty. We took him to toys r us and let him pick a small toy. I told him that if he got stickers all week then we will come back and buy the toy. I tell you what it worked like a charm. Two weeks of this and he was completely trained. It was important though that we always had a change of clothes and put him in underwear. They do not like to feel wet and diapers and pull ups don't give them the wet sensation of peeing their pants in real underwear. I know it sounds harsh but it works.
2007-03-05 02:34:00 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
reward doesn't have to be candy or money or anything like that- just being extra happy with the child . that will really help you when your doing this- so mayby work on not being reward free but carful with rewards.
I find this takes a LONG time with some kids- so don't worry that it worked one day and then not the next.
One thing that seems to work well it adding the "not grown up" idea into the mix.
if you tell your child that using the potty is a grown up thing to do, then they will (commonly) want to do it if they don't then they dont get to do grown up things (i.e. have to go to bed sooner and such.) good luck!
2007-03-05 00:46:30 · answer #6 · answered by JenGem 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I also started my daughter who is almost 2. When I asked her if she needed to go, she told me no. I took her after she drank some fluids. she usually went for me when I took her. Every time she went I put a sticker on her potty chart. She looks at it but that about it. Hope this helps a little bit.
Good Luck!
2007-03-05 00:44:53 · answer #7 · answered by Connie U 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What my mom did with me worked in a week. No one does it anymore because it's unorthodox now or something. I sure wish I would have tried it before I spent all this time and effort pulling my hair out with my own daughter who's 3 and finally fully potty trained. Sit her on the potty chair and strap her in with some toys and books. Put in one of her fav movies. She will have to go eventually. When she does go, give her a treat and praise her and let her off the potty. If she goes in her pants, strap her back in until she goes on it. They used to make potty chairs with trays that snap in like a high chair back in the day to hold them in. But with my brother, my mom just used a belt to hold him in. It worked with him too. And you can put a little tray in front of her to hold stuff on like toys and books and whatnot.
2007-03-05 01:33:24 · answer #8 · answered by starlight_940 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I bought my daughter big girl panties. I let her pick them out so I would know that she would love them. The first 2 days were hard but she learned that she didn't like to get wet and I was not putting her pull ups back on her. She started telling me and has not had a boo-boo in like a week. And I started last Friday. And I know that you didn't want rewards but I give her 1 m&m when she pee-pees and 2 for number 2. It works for me!! Good luck
2007-03-05 01:26:22 · answer #9 · answered by kristin h 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋