Potty Training My Daughter - Birmingham,AL

Depending on what she has eaten or drank and how long it's been, determines whether you should make her go potty. If you're leaving the house, it's a good idea to make her go potty even if she says no.

Stay persistance, give rewards for going potty and things will fall in place with time. At three, I put my little boy in regular underwear, we had a few accidents, don't criticize the accidents, just tell her "now the time you need to go potty... tell mommy"
Good Luck

Being consistant is the best thing I can tell you. I have always been told that pull-ups confuse a child. It gives them a security that they don't HAVE to get to the bathroom ASAP. I trained my daughters when they was just over 2 years old. I never used pull-ups except at night. I took the first week and let her go with BIG GIRL PANTIES only usually no other clothes and I took her to the potty about every 30 minutes even if she said no. We sang a song and I would make funny faces and be really excited at the sound of tinkle in the potty. She loved it and it seemed to make her want to go to the potty. I hope this helps! Good Luck!

My son who is now 14 got potty trained at 2. My aunt would keep him when I was working. I would buy the pull ups when I first started training him. I came in one day and my aunt told me to stop buying pull ups because that was money I could have for something else. She said told to put him on the pot as soon as he opened his eyes in the morning and run water to help him go. But this may sound crazy but this is the part that made it really work. She told me to buy him some underwear with some kind of creature on them. My son was big on Barney back then. I bought the underwear and told him that I had bought him some big boy underwear and that Barney didn't want him peeing all over him. This worked believe it or not but I would put pull ups on him at night before he would go to bed.

I have four children who potty trained at all ages; one was trained at 2 and another at age 4 1/2 and he had night time wetting until he was 13. I have concluded that if a child does not want to be trained, there isn't much you can do to make them - as frustrating as that is. I tried to use pull-ups only when I had to, like at church or on a long car ride, otherwise just use regular underware. Eventually, they get tired of being wet and dirty (especially if they are around other kids) and have the desire to stay clean and dry. Just try to be consistent, as you said, and try not to make it a really big deal. We have to resist the idea that if your kid isn't trained by age 1, isn't sleeping through the night at 4 months, etc, then you are a bad Mom. Not so. Every child is different and has their own time table. Be encouraged - it won't be forever!

Hey B., well you have been given great advice I see already the only thing I would want to say is by all means don't ask her just tell her lets go try to potty and then take her...she isn't ready to be given a choice because believe me she will say no to many times and the letting her help pick out big girl panties is perfect and yes get the rubber pants but no more pull ups..even if you have to put a towel under her until she has no more accidents but by putting panties on her then pull ups well it gives her mixed signals and that isn't what she needs right now. Is she going on the big potty or a baby potty? most girls like the big potty but you might try asking her which one she likes! Good Luck and if you have any more questions please feel free to send me a message because I would love to help.. I have potty trained my 3 girls, 2 boys, 3 neices and grandkids..so anytime just yell.... D.

My daughter will be 3 in May. We have been wearing Panties for about 3 week now and Pull-up's @ night. I have to just say lets go potty and not ask because if I ask her she says she does not need too, and I think this is how they do it at her school also. You may try rewarding her in some way with stickers or candy or something. And just really make a big deal about it when she does go. You also may try taking her to buy some panties with her favorite character and letting her pick them out. It helped my daughter. It is sad in a way that they are really growing up. But I also think when they are ready they will do it. It was actually her teacher that really got her going because she told her if she would wear big girl panties she could be her helper and she loves to do that. I hope I have helped. Let me know how it goes.

my youngest, turning 3 next month, will tell you no to the question about going potty. he was potty trained last year when his brother, 3 at the time, potty trained. but when trace would tell me no, i would make him go anyway. because after about 5 minutes after he told me no, he had used it all over himself. i would ask about 30 minutes after she drinks anything and if she says no, say, lets go try anyway. and encourage her to be a big girl like mommy and use the potty. good luck!! you just have to be consistent with them like you are doing.

Be prepared to stay home for a week or so when you decide to do it. My dgt trained a couple of months before her 3rd bday and my son a month after his 3rd bday. They both trained in about a week. Is she dry in the morning? That is always a good sign. Throw away the pull-ups and diapers completely and put her in big girl underwear. You might also want to get some of the vinyl training pants to go over the underwear. They help to protect your carpet and furniture a little by keeping the mess a little more contained. Have her go first thing in the morning and right before nap and betimes. Set other times when you will ask her to go such as before meals or whatever. If she is fidgeting like she has to go then ask her to go. Don't bug her too much though. My kids rebelled when I asked every few minutes if tthey needed to go. When she does go potty, give her a small treat such as a sticker or a small pice of candy. If she doesn't make poop or pee, no candy/treat. When she has an accident, make her help clean it up! This is key because she will quickly learn how messy and yucky it is. My kids put stickers on a chart. When the chart was full, they got to pick out a toy at the toy store. Good luck!

What my mother always did for my niece was at certain times always take her to the bathroom to try to use it. Those times would include maybe a half hour to an hour after eating, before going to bed, and after waking up in the morning. This always helped my niece. She would eventually figure out why she was going to the bathroom. She would also ask her and sometimes my niece said no and she had to but she didnt want to miss anything. My mom always used her gut in those reguards sometimes believing her and others saying well let try just in case. Relaxing helps. Im very nervous about getting to that stage myself. I just had a little boy and Im not sure about that area either but I thought I would tell you what my mothjer did and maybe that would help.

Hi B.,
I have identical twin boys, and they are finally potty trained, I still occasionally put them in a pull up at night, so I don't have as many messes in the morning, plus they may be potty trained but they still have that awful thing they call a "sippy cup" that they take to bed with them. How I did it was that I put the potty seat in plain site, this is going to sound bad, but it did work for me. (with 2 children at the same time) They would get up in the morning and I would put them in underwear and put the pullups where they couldn't get to them, and place their potty chair right on the kitchen floor. If know matter where shes at she sees it, maybe that will help her use it, also my two can't stand to where clothes, they are only dressed when we are not home, otherwise they run around in their underwear all day long.
It works for me.
Good Luck
R.

I have a two year old daughter that I am trying to potty train. I don't think three is too young to strongly encourage potty training. Because of the inconsistency in her training (she's at home with a nanny during the day), my daughter Abby has gone from telling you she has to go potty to not telling you and even telling you she doesn't when she actually does. She has become comfortable using her diaper/pull-up and has lost interest in potty training as a goal. I try to take her to the potty every two hours and about twenty minutes after having a drink. Also, first thing when she gets up in the morning and after naps (these are always successful). Things are looking up. Hope this sharing helps a little. Good luck to you.