How Much Time to Allow for Potty Training

As a mother of six and daycare owner, i have found that you need a solid week of cold turkey. Remember, you are the parent and are in charge of teaching this new thing to your child. Follow her and reward her. Make her feel that she has accomplished the act of going to the potty and she will see how pleased you are. This is a simple basic thing children need to learn. we all did it. don't draw it out into months, that leads to failure and don't buy pull-ups. they just reinforce that it is OK to pee in them. Coild turkey always works, but there will be more laundry for that week.

I believe it's all about timing. I have 6 kids, four girls and 2 boys.Believe me, I have had my share of potty training. I found the girls were easier to train than boys. All my girls were fully potty trained by 17 months and it took maybe six weeks of being consistant. Whenever you give her something to eat or drink, maybe 5-10 minutes later take her to her potty and let her sit with her toys, books, etc. for about 20 minutes this should work. This is how I trained all my kids. Their digestive tracts are rather fast and it doesn't take too much time for their food to pass through them. My youngest girl who is now 16 didn't want to use the potty at all, she was fascinated with the toilet we used. She always wanted to be big as everyone else so she would sit on it backwards and hold onto the lid of the toilet seat. This worked for both of us. Why don't you try that? Remember to always reward and praise her each time she does something in the potty. It makes them feel like they have really accomplished something and they will be willing to keep doing it. Good Luck!

It is different with every child. This is what I did with my youngest son. Buy her some underwear (with designs she will like) (princess, dora). Have her wear them and repeat that when she feels the urge to use the bathroom to let you know. She will have accidents but she will feel very uncomfortable and accidents will happen less frequent. Be PATIENT, don't yell at her whenever she has an accident. And of course when she uses the potty make sure you make a big deal clapping hands and telling her she is a big girl now. Something else that worked was the fact that whenever we went to use the toilet we told him exactly what we were doing. I wish you the best. It shouldn't take too long.

Just to give you an idea - my daughter became totally "PEE" potty trained the week of her 3rd B/D. We had been training and working on this for over a YEAR - I think a "switch" just goes off in their head whenever they feel like they are ready to make that transition completely.

And she still poops in a diaper at 38 mths old - she asks for the diaper - we put it on - she poops and then we change her. Soooo - we still have a way to go on that tip as well.

I would talk to the school about your sitch about a mth before she starts going....wait to see where she is then. You might be surprised and she'll just "get it" by Sept.

I would start now. Try letting her run around naked from the waist down. This worked for us. Also, I put my child directly onto the toilet with a seat adapter so that she got used to the toilet from the start. GL!