Mom Learning to Potty Train

Hello T. G. Never fear it will get better. Just be consistant and dont scold too harsh or she will think that it is a bad thing to go potty. I learned to take mine every time I went. You could even try her on the big potty to see if you get better results. Be patient, it will click one day with her.

The good news is that your little angel is just 26 months. Meaning that there is still PLENTY of time to be potty trained and it will happen at her own pace. I totally trained my daughter a month before her 3rd birthday. I thought it would take forever. I think we expect it to happen right then and they are on their own time. When my daughter was seriously ready, she was totally trained in two weeks. Just give her time and it will definitely happen.

i have a daughter that is 2 1/2 and what worked for us was putting her on the "big girl" toilet. on the potty chair, she would get up and run around and never do her business but it's not that easy to get off the toilet. you can get the seat that sits on top of the toilet that has handles so she won't fall. another thing is that we used pull-ups and made a big deal about her keeping her stars or music notes or whatever happened to be on the pullups...they go away when she wets. and constant asking if she had to go...i still have to play mind games with my daughter...telling her that it's MY turn to go...and then automatically she wants to go. consistency and patience is the best advice...she still has a few accidents but she wears real big girl panties all day and pullups at night...and the pullups have been being dry in the morning and then she wants to go potty.
i also see you have an issue on the toddler bed...we bought our daughter a full sized bed because i realized that she slept much better in our bed than hers (she has NEVER slept with us even as a baby) and it dawned on me that the mattress on the toddler bed is next to nothing...she's not comfortable. after we got the full bed she hardly ever gets up in the night...except maybe to go potty!!

i know this has been long but i hope it helps!! good luck!!

Honestly, she will use it when she's ready. I know boys are usually later than girls, but my son wasn't potty trained until last Thanksgiving and he turned 3 in July. It drove me crazy, but he cried or played or just sat there (or ran away) and did nothing. He didn't care at all about being a "big boy". I switched to using pull-ups to make it easier and he used those for a couple of months and finally, during Thanksgiving Break (I teach middle school), I'd had enough. We were going to visit my mother-in-law for Christmas and Ididn't want to hear how she couldn't believe that he wasn't trained yet. I made a poster and put little pictures I printed out from the Internet of "Chick fil a" and a bingo marker. Every time he went he got a circle, and after Anyway 10 he got to go there for lunch or dinner. so now he is, mostly. PS Daycare was trying to help, too. I wish you luck and patience...M.

Ok I've had three kids and figured out this potty training business with the first one.
First of all, explain to her what you want her to do in her potty, possibly even getting a doll that wets so she can see it.
Second, get her some regular panties, no more diapers or pullups.
It'll take about 3 days or so but you must stay on top of it. Leave her in nothing but her shirt and panties and try not to leave the house if you can help it. Take her every 20-30 minutes the first day, take her every hour or so to the bathroom the 2nd day and remind her every hour the third day.
I made the mistake of using pullups with my 2nd one and he refused to be potty trained until I finally threw them away and put on his regular big boy underpants.
It also helps if you have a regular potty chair and one that sits on the toilet. My third child had a problem with using potty chairs until we got one that sat on the toilet seat. Let her help you pick one out and she'll be more likely to use it. Give her a piece of gum or small candy like a hershey's kiss to reward her or whatever you use to reward her.
You may have to clean up a mess or two but it's better to do it for a couple days then it is to clean her up from a diaper or pullup for another year.
Best of luck to you both.

My son is 15 months old and is almost completely potty trained, we are still working on number two, but as far as pee pee we haven't had an accident in two weeks. What I did: bought a potty seat that fits onto the big toilet they have them for ten bucks at walmart and they have a guard on them that keeps the pee in the toilet, I would superglue it into place though, I then took my son to the store and let him pick out his own "big boy pants", I then found a reward that he liked, that he gets only whenhe goes potty, you can use candy, cookies, stickers, I ended up useing cheese. Every time I took him to the potty and he went he gets a small piece of cheese, and every time he stays dry between bathroom visits he gets another piece of cheese. I just stayed consistant with him and it worked.

I have a smart, stubborn little girl like you do (she's 3 now), and I had to make potty training HER idea. I would read books about it, talk about how big kids use the potty (and that she would some day), and always have the potty available. When we went to the store I would show her the underwear and tell her that some day she would get to wear them, but only when she's ready.
At around 30 months, she asked to wear underwear, so I gave her a countdown chart (5-4-3-2-1 days to bye-bye underwear!), and we made it a big deal. We used stamps on a chart, stickers, and small toys as rewards. This worked for her.
I know how frustrated you are because sometimes it can't be HER idea all of the time! But potty training may be one of those things - she has total control of it.
Good luck to you!!

I was in the same boat as you when my daughter was around 2 years old. When she finally got to 2 1/2, I bought big girl panties with her fav. caracters on it and let her wear them for 2 days. She still pee'ed and other in them. I took them off of her and told her that she had to wear the pull-up. She cried and said that she didn't want to wear the pull-up and wanted her panties. I then told her that if she wore the panties that she would have to pee and poop in the potty (i really stressed this to her). She agreed and from then on my daughter was potty trained. I couldn't believe that worked but it did. She still had accidents that ranged from 1 every 2 weeks but I was fine with that I just kept pointing to her paintes and say " no no no" and remindered her she had to use the potty and today she will be turning 3 in March and she is fully potty trained in all areas and takes herself without my assistance. Also, she doesn't wet her panites at nigth either. I hope this is helpful!!

Hugs to you T.! and don't worry. She will do it. I would recommend positive reinforcement, even when nothing happens, and if she has an accident, don't yell, just explain that it would be better to potty. It really is a control issue, and if she's smart, which it sounds like, she's just vying for a little attention. (I am in the same place too, and we give her 2 m&m's every time she tries...) Best of luck, and patience! Anne

yes, it is very frustrating, but like the previous posts, I did not have luck with the pull ups, I just put her in regular panties. I tried the reward thing too and it didn't work. No matter what the reward she would just say 'no thanks' and would not use the potty. Your little girl will do it when she's ready. I quit talking to my daughter about it and then all of the sudden she was going on her own.

I have helped potty train a little girl I use to nanny.
What I found to work for her may not work for your but here are some ideas.
I went and got a white board I made a big calander with lots of room. then I got her a big book of stickers and every time she used the potty she got to put on a sticker for what ever day it was. Then we had a jar. with every sticker (at 1st) she got to put in a quarter. The end of the week she got to decide what she spent her money on. Ice cream, book, toy. just where we were going that day she got something. If there was something she wanted and didn't have enough money I would tell her how many more pottys she had to get to get the item. As the first 2weeks passed we went smaller with a dime and only going every two weeks. by this time she was getting over it so I would put food color in the potty and with her pee-pee it would change colors. by this time she had learned to potty and was learning her colors and what two colors mixed together could do.
I hope this helps and if not don't give up. be creative use what she likes to motivate her. good luck and let me know what works for you. T.

My daughter turned 3 today and just today is finally trained ;-) She was adament about not going on the potty for months; to the point of wailing. She wanted to go in her diaper and would cry for it. SUDDENLY two weeks ago, she asked to go on the potty and now it's perfect! For the last week I haven't put ANY underwear or diaper on her...just her clothes. It has really forced her to realize when to go. Take some of your diapers away and hide them and tell her they are all gone, maybe that would work.

SO....they know when they want to go and when they are ready for it. You can prod and urge her, but just be patient and praise her. Don't use any negative behavior. We also told her if she went she could flush, wipe herself, and then go shopping for Dora underwear.

My daughter wouldn't use the little potty- she HAD to do it like a big girl. Also, we did m&m's and slowly tapered it down. At first she would get 1 for #1, 2 for #2. Then we changed it to just 1 for any potty then none at all. She will do it when she's ready. Try setting a timer for every 1/2 hour and tell her matter of factly that it's time for her to go sit on the potty. And let her go by herself if she's really independent. Tell her to call you when she's ready. I think sometimes we put pressure on kids just by being there. Performance anxiety and all. :-) This may not work for your daughter, but since she's strong-willed like my daughter, it just might.

Good luck and this too shall pass. Kids don't go to elementary school in diapers/pull-ups. They would get laughed out of the school. LOL!!!!

J.

I tried the diapers and I tried the pullups, neither of those worked for me. I put my kids in panties during the day and a pull up at nite until they stopped peeing during the nite. I just don't think that those pullups really help, but some people have used them and have had good results. My kids just responded better to the feeling they got when they wet their pants, and I didn't use a little potty either, we just used the big potty but used an adapter thing to make the hole smaller.

Good luck to you, I know how frustrating it is.

All kids are different. Don't stress about it. My 2 year old was about 2 1/2. He still has accidents at night, but he did it when he was ready not when I was ready. My 19 month old wants to sit on the potty and we hit or miss with her. When she does go we give her treats. My oldest daughter was potty trained around 3 by the daycare. She wore pullups at night though, until 5. It all depends on the kid and I think it was hard with my first because I was a single working mother. (also Another idea while she is on the potyy besides reading and playing--paint her toenails. My baby girl loves showing her daddy her toes when he gets home from work.