Hello! I need some advice on Potty Training! My daughter is 21 months old. I know kids that are 2 and is potty trained. This is my first child so I am a little blinded as to going into potty training stage? Is it to early? When is a good age? Any advice would be wonderful. My daugher loves to wear "Big Girl Panties" and a good PLUS is she will sit on the potty and isn't scared of it. I just can't get her to use the potty. after she gets up she will have the accident. Please Help! Thanks!
Thanks Everyone for your wonderful advice I really appreciate it.
My son is 2 and not fully potty trained yet.
He LOVES Elmo so we bought him the Elmo Potty Time DVD. It really got him interested in going on the potty. Also we reward him, when he goes, with a hershey's kiss. Sometimes he just goes when he wants one, but it's something. I ask him constantly, "Do you have to go pee pee" and while we're not al the way there, it's coming!
In my opinion kids let you know when they are ready - my three kids were so different on when they would potty train. One was close to three and a half before they did it - the other was just two and the last started taking and interest before he was two. My advice would be don't push them or rush them because my peditrician said that will back fire on you and then more issues will come up. Kids are all different and maybe she will be 2 1/2 before she is completely trained. Who knows. If she shows interest that's great. If she has consistent accidents maybe wait til she can recognize her body signs better. Good luck.
Hi S.! My daughter is 2 1/2 and is pretty well potty trained. Honestly, if you just put her in big girl panties all the time at home and be patient with the accidents that she has..she won't want to be peeing in her big girl panties for long. Take her to potty about every 1 1/2 hours and first and then maybe every 2 and it will get her bladder trained. Also..a sticker chart worked really well for natalie and for my son as well. Good luck! Everything looks so cute without a diaper butt and the checkbook looks nicer too without buying diapers and pull ups!! :o) H.
Another method you could look into is from a book, "Toilet
Training in Less than a Day." We used a modified version of this, and our son was completely trained (without accidents) by the time he was 2 1/2.
The book is written by some doctors who were trying to develop a method to train adult handicapped people. It worked so well with the handicapped, they modified it for children. It was written in the 70s, and shows, but it has good ideas that can be modified for today. If you go to Amazon, you can find the book, and read lots of reviews. They give a pretty acurate picture of the book. As with any method, it will work great for some and not at all for others.
The first time we set aside a day, my husband spent about 4 or 5 hours with him, and he basically said he didn't care about using the potty, so we put it off for about two months, and tried again. That time, all I had to do was put him in undies, remind him to use the potty, and praise him a lot. There were a few accidents the first few days, but I could count on one hand the number of accidents he has had since then (almost a year ago). BMs were a little more difficult, but we overcame that within a couple weeks.
Every child is different. My children didn't potty train until they were 3. I think you have to let her get the potty in the potty the first time. Give her a lot to drink and have her sit on the potty until she goes. You can read books to her and keep her occupied. Make a big deal when she finally goes. Once you catch her, I think the process will be faster. If she keeps having accidents after this, give her some more time. Try again in a couple months. I think children will let you know when they're ready. You have to let her know about it, but let her go at her own speed. I have a daughter who is almost 3 and she refuses to potty train. It's frustrating, but I know it will come with time.
Good luck,
J.
S. S,
My oldest daughter had the same issues of potty into the toilet as well. I watched this movie doctor Phil came out with potty training which I think was the year 2002. It told me to take a baby doll that can potty in the potty chair by giving it water and showing your daughter the baby doll potting in the big girl toilet. Once the baby doll pottied like a big girl to clap like giving it a little party for doing it! She instantly thought wow I am going to get the same reaction as my baby doll did. Sure enough in 2 weeks she was fully pottied trained and did not have no accidents during the day. It took me about a month with the night time but I always put a big girl pull-up on her so she new when she pottied in it the butterflies disappeared. Then from their she was going like a pro and telling me when she went and never pottied herself again. So I would say it took me a whole 2 months to do the potty training. Well I hope this was of some help to you and goodluck potty training. T.
P.S. I read your profile about you and the family and the funniest thing is my 6 year old daughter her b-day is July 22nd too! She will be 7 this year... :)
It's not too early. Check out books on "Elimination Communication" and "Baby Potty Training" for ideas.
Good Luck!
i think you are well on your way to getting her potty trained. if she likes wearing panties and is at least interested in her potty chair then you are on the right track. just give some time and lots of encouragement, she'll get there. just don't push her too hard or it will scare her and make her more determined not to use the potty. just be patient...it can be a 1 step forward, 2 steps back process. good luck.
