Potty Training - Bloomington,IN

It's almost too late, if you ask me. The ideal window for most kids is between 18-24 months. I know I am weird for thinking this, but kids all over the world are fully trained by 2, just not in America. In any case....

So, she likes sitting on the potty. That's great! Now you need to give her lots of opportunities after you have loaded her with with fluids. It takes 10-15 successful hits before they master the muscles. Then they have to master the timing. I'd try a few times a day, as long as she is willing. Maybe read a book, play a game, just take her in with you when you need to go...Also, get her a dolly toilet. I had one for both of my kids, and they loved to take their favorite friends in too....

I'd give her naked time. Then, once she starts going and understands the muscles, put her in gerber trainers when you are at home.

I would let her keep doing this and praise her when she is successful. She's learning, just not doing. To be honest, my DD has diaper problems and could only wear Pampers and I never bothered with pull ups. It's training pants/panties or diapers (at night). So just keep going with the Luvs. Put them on her a little less snug and she can pull them down. My DD took a long time to connect the dots between what she understood and what her body was ready to do. Your DD will get there. Wanting to imitate you and sit on the potty is a good start.

I only started putting my daughter on the potty when she started telling me "stinky" (our word for BM) but didn't have anything in her diaper. I tried putting her on the potty one time and she had a BM!

I'm not a mom to push anything on her (like potty training or eating or whatnot - I take her lead - but not things like please and thank you, putting things away, etc.). I noticed after a while that she was going long stretches without a wet/dirty diaper and then suddenly she'd be leaking! I figured that, combined with telling me "stinky" before she had one were signs that she's recognizing those feelings and being physically capable of holding it.

If your daughter isn't showing those physical signs of being ready, then just keep doing what you're doing. It won't do any good to push her if her body isn't ready.

BTW - my daughter is about 20-21 months and we still have a LONG way to go.

Store brand training pants or those training pants that look like underwear

I never had luck with Pull-ups. My kids just used them the same as a diaper. So I used training underwear in the day and diapers at night. Every child is different for how long it takes to potty train. I started with my first at 18 months and she was not potty trained during the day until 2 1/2 years and she was not trained at night until about 3. I decided not to try with my second until she was 2. By the time she was 2 1/2 she was potty trained day and night. Of corse she has since decided to start wetting the bed again at the age of 3. I noticed that she figured it out faster and I think it was because I did not use pull-ups in her at all. I am about to potty train my last but he is a boy so I am not sure how it is going to go.

There are a number of different training approaches/ages, any of which may be more appropriate for different mothers and different children. And both physical and emotional readiness is essential for the most common approach used today in this culture. My daughter, and her son, essentially trained themselves when they were ready (at 2.5 years, and just a little older for my grandson). Both were successful, in a couple of days, after they showed real readiness, interest and willlingness. (If necessary, I would have happily waited a few more months to achieve such an quick and painless win.)

Read about just about any potty training question in helpful detail at http://www.parentingscience.com/potty-training-tips.html. It's a really thorough educational resource.

Your daughter may not be making the connection yet between sensation and "outcome." You might be able to help her get it by running a noisy trickle of water in the sink, or letter her splash fingers in a bowl of warm water.

My girl just got potty trainined (2.5 years old). I would always let her come in the bathroom with me and one day she said she wanted to go potty (about a month ago) so we sat her on our potty ... of course nothing happened, but that was the start. We didn't buy a little potty for her, I had heard once that they get use to the little potty and then have to transition to a big potty, plus no stores/restaurants have little potties, so we purchased a toilet seat that has the little potty in the lid and we just fold it down when she uses it - I love it!! (think I got it at home depot, on-line???) Now, that's not to say little potties don't work, cause I know many parents who did use them, we just decided not to. We also decided not to go with pull-ups. Daycare told us they are a waste of money and when we were ready, just to put her in panties and let her go every hour. Yes, we have had accidents, but she is doing great. So, I wasn't ready for panties (we even bought training ones from Target) but I was tired of putting a diaper on and off.... it took me about 2 weeks of the diaper to say I was ready (I, not her -LOL).... we took her every hour the first couple weeks and then slowly started making it every 2 hours... At first to get her to go, I tried dropping water between her legs as she sat on the potty.... I would also run water, or give her a large drink and then sit her on the potty. Then when she does go - make a HUGE deal out of it - cheer, scream, give her a special treat. We did a potty treat jar that sat on the sink, whenever she went, she was able to get a treat. I think it was a visual thing and so she would want to go.... That lasted a month and now the treat jar is gone...we only give out special treats for poopy now! It sounds like your lil one could be ready but doesn't know how it feels. (does she wake up from bedtime dry?, that is a sign she is ready) if she wants to sit on the potty, then let her and she will get it... sounds like you are doing everything right, just keep it up =) good luck! - OH - another friend of mine said to get special panties, like Dora or princesses, that they told their girl, "you don't want to get Dora wet, we need to sit on the potty" it totally worked!

You might try turning on the faucet whenever she is sitting on her potty, assuming she has her pants pulled down.....then she might "accidentally" go, and you can praise her up one side and down the other.
Right away, make a "potty chart" for her and put a star on it for peeing, and have stickers ready in case she poops in the potty........