My daughter will be 2 1/2 next month and still isnt even close to being potty trained. We thought that she was showing signs of rediness at 18 months because she would always tell us that she had to poop and then run to a closet LOL or a quiet concealed corner and do her business so we went out and bought her a Princess potty but nope. She has pooped on the potty maybe 3-4 times and peed maybe 2 times since buying it last year but thats it. She seemed really ready again over the last few weeks so I went and bought her princess big girl panties the other day and she loved them but still no go. We have been trying to stick close to the house so that accidents can happen which they have and we by no means get upset with her when she has an accident but it seems like she is not in the mood for it or something. I keep asking her if she has to go potty to try to remind her that she cant go in her panties otherwise it will go everywhere but she will literally say No! and then walk away and pee somewhere 2 seconds after asking her. So I change her and start again and the same thing happens. This morning after having an accident I put her on the potty as per her request to finish her pee and while I was cleaning up the mess I asked her to stay on her potty and I would be right back. She started screaming to get up and that she wanted a diaper put on. I know you can only make matters worse by pushing a child to potty train when they are not ready so I am trying to go with the flow but am I reading her wrong? Should I just forget it for a while until she asks for the big girl panties again or keep trying and possibly forcing it on her
Thanks in advance
Some can train that young but many can't.
There was no way my son was ready at 2 1/2.
He was trained by 3 1/2.
I'd wait a few months before trying again.
I got lucky and my girl was trained at 2.5 but totally by accident. She had a bad diaper rash and I was told to leave her with out diaper for as much/long as possible to let things clear up. Not wanting to clean up messes I set the alarm on my phone for every 20 min. the first day. We made a game out of it and raced to the potty every time she heard the timer go off. We always sat on the potty for 1 min. even if she didn't have to go. 20 min was frustrating for both of us so the next day I moved it to 40 minutes and the next day an hour and by the forth day we were at every 2 hours. It has been over 6 months and only 3 accidents! We have some special potty books (the princess and the potty and a few others that are only in the potty for the #2 process) She got so used to the timer I would just show her my phone and she would drop everything and yell "time to go potty" and race off to the bathroom. Now she is at the point were she just goes when she needs to. My daughter is super competitive already so this really worked for her. It also helped to have her around her cousins that were potty trained because she wanted to imitate them. All I know is that my friends who have rushed it have had to clean up so many accidents and are still struggling. It will happen, eventually! Good luck!!!
my daughter does the same thing she just pooped on the floor today. She just turned two. But i remember with my the preschool really potty trained him because he saw the other kids going. The teachers also told me to take his underwear off at home so he wouldn't feel he could pee in his pants.m Good luck!
It is better to back off than fight a battle you won't win.
But I am a lazy mommy and waited until my kids were more than ready and they trained on the later side. My not quite 3.5 year old is started but far from fully trained. My older one went to underwear between 3.5 and 4. I showed them both the basics around 2 to 2.5 and it took a while.
