I need help bad. I don't know what to do to make it easier for for my 2yr old daughter, but I have to get her potty trained. She is definetly ready. Is there anybody who can help me?
I try so hard, but it is frustrating when my daughter crys becauase she wants off the potty. What do I do?
Well she sits on the pottty alittle more, but I have other problems that slipped my mind before. My daughter has a major habit of taking off her diaper before she pottys & after she goes. The major time she takes it off is when she goes down for her nap or even for bed, but i can't take cleaning up pee & poopeveryday. I clean this stuff everyday off the walls, carpet, and her bed. How can I stop her from doing this? The worst time is when she does it after she goes potty. PLEASE HELP ME!!!!
My daughter does a similar thing. I try to make it fun for her on the potty by sining songs or reading books. Now she just kind of fusses when I put her on but will sit on it for a little bit, at least to go pee. In the summer we went diaper free and she did much better getting on the potty.
Hi R.!
I am a pediatric nurse and a mom to 3 children. My oldest is 10 and my youngest is 2-3/4, my only daughter. I think what you are experiencing with your daughter is very common. She is not totally ready yet, though, or else she would be on the potty more. Right after my daughter turned 2, she went on the potty for like 2 weeks, then stopped completely. She goes in spurts of a day or two of going on the potty and then she stops. This is very common. I know you may think she "needs" to train, she really cannot do it until her muscles and nerves are ready to do it, which normally varies from age 2-4.
Try to relax about it for now. Since she cries when she is wet, she will probably train easily when her body is ready. My daughter, on the other hand, could care less most days if she is soaked!!!
Good luck, R.!
M.
My son was an absolute terror and refused to be potty trained till he was well past three. What helped was blowing bubbles with him, reading books, and a little bribery while he was on the potty. We had him look through a toy magazine and pick out his favorite toy, we told him he could have it when he stayed dry all day and went on the potty. It eventually took a week's focus on vacation but it happened. Another thing, get overly excited when she just sits on the potty and cheer and make a huge fuss if she does anything while sitting on it. My son loved the attention and eventually loved sitting on the potty. I wouldn't give up, at her age its a good idea to start, but don't let her see your frustration.
It sounds like she's not really ready for the potty. It's a good start, she definitely knows what to do, and I'm sure she can tell when she's wet, etc, but just may not be ready to do it yet. I would give her a break and try again in a month. I actually didn't start my daughter until she was 2 1/2 and she wasn't ready then. We then took a month break and 3 months before she turned 3 she took to it and has been using the potty ever since. For me they also helped out a lot at daycare, not sure if your daughter stays home or not, but after we took our month break we did cold turkey. We took a ton of extra clothes to daycare and we put her in panties. The first few days there was a ton of laundry to do but she hated the wet clothes so she started using the potty all the time. Good luck, it's definitely a frustrating time
Sounds like she really isn't ready for the potty after all. Potty training is very stressful on a child. I know it sounds weird, but they don't want to give up their pee or poo b/c it's "theirs" and they want to have complete control over it. Just give her some time. Buy some books and definitely get the Bear in the Big Blue House DVD on potty training. I got mine at Babies R Us and my daughter loves it. My daughter didn't master the potty until she was 38 months old. She is almost 4 now and we haven't had any problems since. Give it time.
