my daughter is 2 and half and is a real pro at potty training, so long as i keep her naked. If sh had big girl panties on ((tinker bell her favorite)) or pull ups... she uses the bathroom in them. its driving me insane! ill ask her when she has the panties on do you have to go potty, shell say no... ill check 5 minutes later and shes peed in her panties. I dont get it though... shell tell me she has to go potty when i let her run around bare butt!! i dont know what to do next. i get excited... i give her treats... i know shes beyond ready.. any tips?
Just because she's physically ready doesn't mean that she's emotionally ready. I'd back off for a couple of months and revisit. She'll do it when she's ready.
This is a common problem. My friend's daughter did that so what she did was take a period of time (it was about a month) and make sure she NEVER went in her pants during that time. She tried to stick around the house a lot and if she had to go out she'd either put a dress on her and make sure she didn't flash people or make sure she went potty right before they went out so that she didn't have to go while out. Good luck!
My dd age 3 went through the same thing. It took her a while to be able to get to the potty and pull down the panties. At home, we put a dress with no underwear on for a while. Make sure she can pull the panties up and down. She may not be able to let you know she has to go quickly enough yet. Give her a small reward for using the potty (we gave her one chocolate chip). We have her practice using the potty if she has an accident. I agree that disposable training pants are useless. Even the washable training pants did not work for her. Good luck!
Get rid of the pullups. Kids confuse them for diapers. Have her stay wet for awhile after she pees her underware. When she realizes she is wet and it is not comfortable then she will stop. Sometimes I have to remind my son but for the most part he is doing well. Remember there will be occassional accidents but that is to be expected. Keep praising her and she will figure out the rest. You are both doing well, do not be discouraged.
Hi H.,
Just a suggestion: when you put the panties on her, don't ask her if she has to go or not, just set her on the potty very regularly and tell her, "We don't want to get any pee on Tinkerbell!" until she gets it.
T
I just started potty training my 2 year old and I am thinking that panties are going to have to wait a while. She does pretty good when naked but my 7 year old stepson will be staying with us for a month and I don't want her naked all the time while he is here. So I am trying pants without panties. Mostly loose fitting shorts so if she pees it runs down her leg. This she hates and it keeps her from peeing a lot and she will then finish on the potty. We have only been really potty training for a few days so I don't know if this will ultimately work but she is more successful without the panties. Good luck!
