Why did you get your daughter potty trained? HELPPPPPPP!!!?

Question

I need some ideas.... I started the potty training business with my daughter when she was 2 1/2. She just turned 3 on the 16th of Nov. She wants no parts of it!! She will tell me SOMETIMES after she has already gone that she needs to go! I have tried giving her rewards for going, clapping, saying yea... I have tried food coloring, turning the toliet water a different color and then when she pees in it, it changes colors. I have tried stickers. I even stuck a new toy on top of the entertainment stand and let her know that it was there and told her she can have it if she can go all day without peeing in her pants! NOTHING has worked!! My son wasnt this hard to potty train, they say girls are suppose to be easier! (Not for me) I cut back on her drinks and only give her something with meals & keep a sippy filled in the refrigator & let her have a sip if she get thrusty between meals, instead of drink the whole cup! What else can I do!!! PLEASE HELP....

I know they say they will do it when they are ready, but I though since I started it at 2 1/2, she will be ready by now! What am I doing wrong? I have placed her on a timer and sit her on the potty when the timer goes off but that hasnt worked either!

Answer 1

My daughter has always wanted to do things on her own and all by herself. What worked for both my son and daughter is The Potty Stool http://www.thepottystool.com I started by just setting it at the toilet. This stool makes every toilet kid-sized. My kids immediately climbed up on this stool and discovered that they could safely and securely use the toilet. This got them very interested in using the toilet and they were potty trained very quickly.

Your daughter will be potty trained in a day with this stool. Kids just really respond to it. My kids like to use what they know mommy and daddy use. And it really is wonderful having your kids independently use the toilet on their own. The handles make all the difference! My son and daughter felt very secure and the sides makes them feel comfortable and closed in when they use the toilet. The best thing is that kids use it for years. I hope this helps you

Answer 2

My son is 3 1/2 and we tried everything! I even bought an Elmo video about going to the potty. This worked better than any of the other things we tried. Finally, I told him that we were not going back to pull ups and we started putting underware on him everyday no matter what. After a few days he started to go on his own. Maybe 1 or 2 accidents and it has been 2 months! It helped alot when I backed off of him. I didn't even remind him to go and I told him that it was his job to go when he needed to. I know it can really be stressful so hang in there! Maybe try to let her do it on her own. It will make her feel that she is more in control. Good Luck

Answer 3

Is your daughter ever around other little girls that are potty trained.Sometimes if they see other kids there age or around there age do somehting it will make then want to do it too.When she does go on the potty ,praise her.You can also try takeing her to the store and picking out some speacial panties with something she reallly likes on it ,like my litte pony etc.She may not want to wet in the because they are special. My grand daughter was potty trained from wetting by 2 and a half but the other took longer because when she went on the little potty she didn't want it close to her (sounds silly)because it was closer to her in her pullups.She sould see it in the potty.If she did it on the big pot the same way,she could see it and I think she was afraid it would splash up.She would go hide and go in her pullups.I would tell her that it would be okay if she went the other in the potty it wouldn't hurt her.My neighbor has a little girl who is 3 years older then my grand daughter and she played with her a lot.I told her she didn't stop go in her she may not want to play with her.Sometimes they would go in the bathroom together too.I think because she saw her older friend go potty that helped too.She kind of wanted to be like her .I would let her go in the bathroom with me and she could see that it was okay to go potty and nothing bad happened.When she was around 3 she stopped doing the other in her pants too. Maybe Santa could bring her some special panites and write a little not and you could read it to her about how shes such a big girl and how he would be proud of her for using the potty.

Answer 4

You didn't mention if you use pull-ups or underwear. In my experience, I had all three of my kids go "cold turkey" with the pull-ups and had them start cleaning up their own accidents (BM accidents trained them real quick). I rewarded them with stickers and small candy (M and M's work great!). You should also have her go to play groups with other potty trained children and she may feel more inspired to do it. Also, you have to be consistent and have her go every twenty minutes or so and chuck the potty chair and get a small seat for over the toliet seat (it gets them prepared for going out in public). And, always remember to take her to the bathroom at any new place (restaurants, friend's homes, etc.) right away to relieve anxiety and give her security in knowing where to go. Be consistent and she will do it!

Answer 5

I can't really help you or offer any suggestions. I just want to tell you I FEEL your pain. My daughter will be three at the end of January. She has been doing great with potty training for like three months. She'll go a couple days when I'm home with her and she won't pee or poop at all in her diaper or underwear. Well, now all the sudden she decides she doesn't want to go in the potty anymore... just every now and then. She poops in her underwear almost every time now. I cannot send her to daycare in her underwear because she refuses to use the potty at school unless she has a diaper on. Ohhhh Lord help me. I feel your pain. I hope it happens soon for us. lol. =)

Answer 6

this is much easier when the weather is warm but try cranking up the heat and taking off her pants and her diaper and just let her walk around like that. tell her if she pees on the floor, she wont get a treat. id she doesnt already have pretty panties, try getting her some with her favorite character on it or pretty lace ruffles or something she lieks, let her pick them. tell her if she wets them her fav character will be upset. also, try to find a potty chair with a strap (they used to make them with trays long time ago.) or somthing to keep her down and put the whole thing in front of the tv while her fav show is on.
good luck!! keep ur head up.

Answer 7

What helped with my youngest daughter was a vhs tape (she's 10 now) by duke university students. The name of the tape was "It's potty Time" i've seen it at toys'r us recently, and used it for my son that is now 4. The video plays songs that really are catchy and help me so much. When she didnt watch the movie there was a decline in her performance! GOOD LUCK I hope this helps.

Answer 8

mine did the same thing.when my daughter turned 3 i told her "since you won't go potty because you have trainning pants on so you are going to wear big girl panties" she whined and complained about it but i put panties on her anyways and after she peed and pooped in them a few times she didn't liked the way it feel to her so she had no choice but to use the potty.It took her 2 weeks for her to be potty trainned like that after i tried and tried to get her to use the potty ever since she turned 2 with her wearing trainning pants.but i kept trainning pants on her at night time until she was 3 and a half hoping she will go potty at night but she never owuld cause of those darn trainning pants then i just started putting panties on her at night too....now shes 4 and a half and she has only wet on her self 6 to 10 times cant remember the right number but it wasnt no more than 10 times since shes been in panties all the time since she was 3 and a half.
what i am trying to say just put her in panties and after she messes in them after a few times she will start using the potty cause she will not like the way they feel soiled on her.

Answer 9

I started my son at 2, and he wasn't trained until he was 3 1/2!!! I just put real underwear on him, and never put a diaper or pull up on him again! After a few accidents he was trained. We tried ALL of those methods you mentioned, but none of them worked. It'll happen when she is ready. It is important not to push her! Good Luck!

Answer 10

Hmmm, you have tried all the tricks I used. I also had my daughter pick out a package of underwear that she wanted to wear. At the time it was Dora. She couldn't wait to wear them. She didn't want to make a mess in them and was very careful to get to the potty in time. Maybe that will help.