Suggestions for Toilet Training

I had the same problem with my youngest and I had to finally had to tell her I would reward her for going potty on the potty. She had to go for so long (I think it was like 2 weeks) and then she got her polly pocket that she wanted and that took care of it. Hope this will help you.

I have two daughters, 4 and 2. What worked for them were:
1) Musical Potty (you can get it from Target)
2) Reward chart and stickers to put on the chart
3) Bare bottom (you can do it in the yard so it's less messy to clean up)
4) Eating a juice pop while sitting on the potty (if you sit her down on the potty at the right time, she will probably go before she finishes the juice pop)

They usually go between 2 to 2 1/2 hours, so make sure you sit her down on the potty at the right time.

Letting them dump the peep or poop can make them interested in using the potty, too.

Good luck

i helped potty train my nephew and the way we did it was kind of a reward system. my nephew loves his candy of course what kid doesnt. We told him that if he went potty in the toilet that he could have a piece of candy. we had to stand outside the door ofcourse because he would tend to say that he went when he had not went. but we had him potty trained in no time. and we did stop giving him candy after so long.

I have 7 kids, 15, two 14 year olds, 13,5,3,and 8 months. All have been pottey trained before the age of 2(this is an area I'm good at just don't ask me to take their bottles away :) ) at about a year and a half I put the potty chair in the bathroom and when we are in there they sit on it and play so it is comfortable to them, within the next month when either my husband or myself are using the potty we would remove there diaper to "join" us, eventually you'll notice them usung it, but here is the key to this just like you I let them run naked, I move the potty to what ever room we are using, kitchen, beedroom ect, and there is going to be accidents after it happens take them to the potty, sit them down and explain this is were the pee-pee goes.I find it takes about three days and you really do need to plan it so you are home for most of those three days, stay away from pull up they are the kiss of death the only good theyu do is make sure that the parents don't have accidents to clean up, once they are doing it put underware on and understand there is going to still be accidents because you've just added a barrier ( keep moving the potty around with you) I have found with in a couple of days they have accomplished this new goal, know to quit moving the potty around and thats acctually the easy part just start moving it closer and closer to the bathroom, one more tid bit I live out in the country and trips into town can be long so I carry a potty with me, we pull over and they go just carry bags. I never resort to Pull -ups they are just glorified diapers I hope this helps, The actuall potty training can take a couple of weeks but start the introdution to the potty early and it goes easy......Lot of luck.

well, as they always say, you never have a kindergardener go in a diaper, so she will eventually learn. You cant push the issue, it wont help, but encouragement does. I also have a 3 yr old as of Aug too. She hasnt had a real desire until recently to even look at the potty. She only just started to want to try because she is going to preschool on Monday and is very excited about being such a big girl ;). In my situation, I have a baby at home, well she just turned 1, and it has made the diaper/potty very hard. Also what has worked for us is giving her a treat when ever she tries, at first, and now when ever she goes. I had some Valentine hearts left over, so I would give her just one for trying and 2 for going. If you dont want to use candies, then try another type of reward. Getting big sister to help doesnt hurt either. So your 3 yr old how much fun big sister has and reward big sister for using the potty. A lot of times the younger ones want to be like the older ones. Good Luck!

At 3, she's old enough to understand the concept of going in the potty. Mark a day on the calendar and tell her that is the day
there will be no more diapers in the house. Then have no more diapers in the house after that day. It may be rough for a while, but after a few days of being wet and poopy on herself,
she'll probably opt for the toilet. :-) Just reinforce to her
that diapers are no longer an option any more!

Hi H.,

For me, this would be simple. I would find something fun to do...for example, going to the "big girl park" or the "big girl movie" or "big girl shopping" and then while your little one is in earshot, ask your other daughter if she would like to go to one. Tell your other daughter that only big girls can go. When the little one asks, tell her only big girls can go...no diapers allowed. Be very matter-of-fact about it. Then go.

Pretty soon, she will want to get out of her diapers and wear big girl panties so that she can do the fun things. You can also go to "Big Girl Days at Toy's R Us." There may be tears for awhile, but she will concede. Some may disagree with this, but it is a "tried and true" method at my house. I had girls giving up pacifiers, wearing big girl panties, all kinds of things in a very short time. Let us know how you are doing.

C.

I have potty trained two and each was very different. I stay at home and would let them run around naked and keep a close eye on them, you get to know the "uh-oh" face pretty well, I keep the chair in my family room so that it's right there if they need it. Also I bought party favors such as hats and horns so that everytime they went it would be a mini party. They get used to not wearing diapers pretty quick and soon they won't want to wear them anymore.

I swore my son's wife would be changing his diapers. He didn't care when he was wet, would never tell us he had to go or that he had already gone, hated using the potty. We'd just occassionally happen to catch him at the right time and he'd go on the toilet. So... we put him in Cool Alert Pull-Ups which obviously helped him figure out when he was going. Then when it seemed like he "got it", I put him in underwear. He wet his pants once, screamed and cried about it (fortunately he hated being all wet!), and only had two accidents after that.

H. - I agree with ANnie, you must be consistent. Once you go to panties, be done with the diapers period. Also, at almost 3, I would make her wash them out by hand in the sink herself when she has an accident - I guarantee you she will grow tired of that very quickly! Good luck to you! K.

Get the book "Potty Training in a Day". It has helped train most of the children in my mom's group. I have potty trained my 2 and 4 year old using some of the principles. I just followed what worked for us. And don't get discouraged, some day she will be out of diapers.

Hi H.,
My son, 3 has gone through this stage. I was able to help him through the transition by setting him aside, but first do this. Go on your computer and make a chart for each day of the week, you can put for example (Anne's) Potty Chart and have a box where you can put stickers in for each time she goes to the bathroom 1 for peeing 2 for pooping. Next find inexpensive toys that you know she likes and a small bag of mixed candy, my son likes hotwheels cars and I only bought 5 to start with. Put them in a fun bag and sit down with her. Tell her that we are going to start something fun and new. Show her the potty chart and the stickers, explain that every time she goes to the bathroom that she will earn a sticker to put on her chart 1 for peeing 2 for pooping. Then show her the surprise bag, tell her that if she pees in the potty chair she can pick out 1 piece of candy and if she poops she can have 1 candy and a surprise toy. It will take some time but don't be discouraged praise and give a piece of candy if she makes an attempt to go to the bathroom even a toy if she made an attempt to go poop. Within a month my son was able to use the bathroom, with occasional accidents and we don't use the surprise bag anymore, but we do use the potty chart still so he can track the progress he is making. I hope this works for you, Good Luck. S. A. PS. Have her help you with the clean up of any dirty underwear or pull ups. They can not stand touching there own poop. It can be messy but they need to know that you don't want to touch it either.