my 27 month old daughter, knows about the potty, how to control when to go, and where to go etc. i'm absolutely confident that she has it sussed. however, she has decided to use it as a control battle, and won't use it. i make sure that she sits on in it regularly, but instead of going, she holds it in... and then 5 minutes later she lets rip, even if it isn't a desperate need to go!
i need to make her realise that actually going potty is a better idea than weeing and pooing in her pants. any suggestions. and no, explaining it to her doesn't work. she isn't interested... if mummy wants her to wee in the potty she controls the situation by not going in the potty.
thx for you help!
2007-11-28 22:54:01 · 9 answers · asked by sofiarose 4 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Toddler & Preschooler
actually i'm not pushing her really, she sits as long as she is comfortable, she doesn't have to sit if she doesn't want to. at the moment i say her, that i'm just trying to help her, i might encourage her by saying that it would be better in the potty than having dirty nickers etc. but at the end it is her choice. but none of this seems to be having effect. and being wet for five minutes doesn't seem to bother her!! yes she is that stubborn!!!!
2007-11-28 23:23:07 · update #1
my son was exactly the same we used a sticker chart and got him pants with a character on them he liked and told him if he got 3 stickers he would get a prize.I also kept him shut in the same room as he used to hide to pee. it took a lot of patience and moping but as soon as he decided to do it he never had another accident
2007-11-29 04:04:15 · answer #1 · answered by arl b 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Personally I would keep her in her wet pants if there's any more accidents. If you're confident she knows the workings of the potty process I'd try to stop making a big deal about her using it and leave her to get on with it and see what happens. Hopefully this way she'll learn herself that using it keeps her nice and dry!
Also, letting her watch other young children would really help. Good luck!
2007-11-29 07:32:55 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think you should remove the problem, take the potty away and put her back into training pants, make out that you're not bothered when she wees and poo's in them.
Then every now and then when you see a small child, mke a comment about them using a potty. "oh I bet that big boy can use a potty" "that little girl isnt in training pants, she can use a potty... wow" Dont do it directly at your child, but in general conversation.
If she feels theres no pressure, she may be more eager to please you.
2007-11-29 07:13:15 · answer #3 · answered by julie g 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My little girl would never use the potty, she would sit on it and sit on it and never even told us when she wanted to go... So i started to take her to the toilet with me every time i went and she soon wanted to sit on the toilet too. So I bought a child's toilet seat and that was it, she would ask to go and wee or poo and when we got the potty out she would point upstairs until we just took her to the toilet every time. It was the easiest way as then we missed the changing form potty to toilet saga
2007-11-29 11:15:46 · answer #4 · answered by theharrisons04 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
one if you know shes gotta go when you put her on the potty drip really warm not hot water down on her parts the warmth will make her pee.
2. put her in panties and pants
let her pee her pants a few times she will hate it very quickly
3 act like the parent get consistent same routine every day even when out though i would skip panties when out til shes staying dry in a pull up. put her on the toilet not a potty chair once an hour every hour all day
2007-11-29 08:35:34 · answer #5 · answered by kleighs mommy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When she does this, as hard as it seems. Leave her in the pants that she did it in. She will soon realise that it is not a nice feeling. It will be harder for you than for her, but it is better to do it now than later when other children are old enough to give her a cruel nickname.
2007-11-29 07:09:24 · answer #6 · answered by yangargo 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
my children would never use the potty they thought it was a toy, I thought i would never get my children toilet or potty trained, it was just that they didn't like the potty but preferred the toilet so i bought a child's seat that went over the toilet seat and never looked back
2007-11-29 07:17:02 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
hi I'm a mum of 4 gran of 6 so right it sound to me if your pushing a bit to hard or making her sit on it to long that's what i get reading your letter its better for you to sit just for a few seconds at a time believe me when i say that she will realise that sh--ty pants ant nice to where or wet knickers so if she do wet to dirty herself leave them on for 5mins for her to think well better not do this again but it sounds if your being or getting stressed
2007-11-29 07:13:19 · answer #8 · answered by qasarasara 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
She will prob be shamed into it by another child. My nephew wouldn't do it and on his second week of nursery a little girl jeered at him for wearing a nappy. He then turned around and said I saw your peeing behind a tree. Nevertheless despite it being hysterically funny it actually worked!
2007-11-29 07:02:03 · answer #9 · answered by Charlene 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋