my 2 yr. old daughter has no interest in learning how to use the potty... any tips?

Question

i want to potty train my daughter. nothing is working!

Answer 1

Ulch...all I have to offer from one Mom to another, is have patience!
My youngest is currently the same way. You can try all kinds of tricks, if one works, keep it up!
But, if your daughter is anything like my son...all the candy, surprises and rewards won't change her mind.
In time, she will just go, and do it. And you will be so happy!
Good luck Hon!

Answer 2

You may want to potty train your daughter but if she's not ready - she's not ready. Two years old is really on the young side of things as far as potty training goes. My daughter is 3 years, 3 months old and she is still not fully potty trained. We started around 2 years old trying to potty train her and it just DOESN'T WORK if the child is not ready.

You can try lots of things.... offering bribes of candy, toys, stickers. You can make reward charts. You can buy her special "big girl" underwear and make a big deal out of it....

But if she's not ready... you're just putting unnecessary stress on yourself and your child. She'll tell you in some way when she's ready - unti then - try to take comfort in knowing that she probably won't be going to Kindergarten wearing diapers. :)

Best of luck!

Answer 3

well first of all i hope u reported that jerk with the finger answer nice guy huh.u have to be persistant.no child likes being potty trained i had to go through it three times and boy was it FUN.make a game out of it say positive things,put her on there every half hour on the hour no matter what she does or thinks she will get use to it one way or the other.who in the lords name wants to have a child in a diaper past the age of 2 and 1/2 well i know i didnt.clap for her when she sits on the potty,give her a favorite treat,there are so many things u can do you just need to find the right one for her good luck and happy training.

Answer 4

Have you tried taking her to the bathroom with you. Leading by example. "mommy's going potty, why don't you try to go potty too" and putting her on her potty (if she will let you). If she protests pretend it's no big deal, "ok, maybe next time".
A big motivator for my daughter (23 months) is the big girl panties I bought for her. I told her, when she goes potty in the potty chair all the time, she can wear the "big girl panties"
Also, if you aren't already, try the training pants. They feel wet when they pee in them and many kids don't like that.
And when she finally does go a bit on the potty, or even tries, offer her lots and lots of praise! Yay, you did it, what a BIG girl!
Hope that helps!

Answer 5

It sounds like she is not ready yet......my advice to you..is not to put to much emphasis on this issue.. a lot of people put pressure on children to go to the potty at this age and some are simply not ready yet ..each child is different and do things at different times.....if great emphasis is put on this issue this can stress a child out..which can make for a very trying experience for both the parent and child.....just start taking her to the bathroom with you when you go.....and after a bit she will want to do what the big people are doing......talk to her about how all the big girls use the pot..and that when she is ready and wants to be like the big girls you will help her to learn how..........

mother of two......

Answer 6

My youngest didn't potty train until she was three. I tried every reward system, stickers, musical pottys, blah, blah, blah...
Finally, we were at the dr.'s office for an immunization and told the dr. about our little habit (wink, wink)... He was very sweet and told her that going potty is what helps you stay healthy and if she doesn't go like the big girls do, she can't go to school with the older kids; she'll have to stay behind with the babies.
Same thing with getting into a more routine habit of brushing teeth without having to nag all the time... Once the dentist explained to them why they needed to brush at least twice a day and showed them picures of how ugly and painful cavities could be, they got the picture. (They didn't get scared but sometimes kids need guidance in seeing the pros/cons of a situation. Natural consequences.)
Who says you can't reason with a three-year-old! LOL

Hope this helps,
Mon :-)

Answer 7

When ya gotta go, ya gotta go.
Some go early, some go late. Relax, be patient, make a game of it. Show her her pretty grown up panties. Pull ups helped with my daughters. Make the goal the pretty pink ( or what ever) panties. If she wants to wear them she has to go potty in da potty. Take her when you go. ( mom). Then she can go in the baby potty while you go on the big potty, kind of a bonding thing. Most of all if shes 2, and had her check ups by the MD, just be patient.

Answer 8

Be there, be there, and be there......

Letting the day care center potty train your daughter is not fair to your daughter.

You need to be there for her and keep asking her if she needs to go potty (almost every hour.) Keep doing it, and even offer rewards, like snacks to her, for sharing that she needs to go potty, then take her to the toilet and make her sit there until she does.

It takes a lot of work, I babysat a 3 yr old who wasn't potty trained, and those techniques worked for that little boy, even though I didn't get much help from my friend (his mother.)

Answer 9

Just keep talking about it and have her sit with you when you go. She just isn't ready yet. Not all kids potty train at the same age. My son's were close to 3 and 3 years old before they finally started using the pot. Just don't punish her for it. That can work against you. If you force the issue, it will take longer, as she may become frightened of it and the whole process. Give her time, she will get there.

Answer 10

Maybe she's not ready yet. You can always try putting on a video about going potty, reading a book to her, showing her how you go potty. But, until then you can't really force her to go.

Answer 11

My son was the same way. I just had to accept the fact that he was simply not ready. He wasn't potty trained until he was well past three. You'll know when she's ready. Sorry I do not have any other advice. Good Luck!