Potty Training - Canton,OH

Hi D.! Hang in there, she will get it. Waking up dry is usually the last thing to accomplish, so you're already ahead there. A few things that worked for us...
1 - There are a set of twins who are a year older than my daughter and they took my daughter to the bathroom with them whenever they played together. When they were finished they always asked my daughter if she had to go and they would wait for her before they went back to playing. They were so cute and clap for her and tell her "you're a big girl like us" and my daughter just thought that was the greatest thing ever.
2 - I took her shopping for big girl underwear without my husband or son. It was just her and I. I told her if we buy underwear then she can't wear pull ups anymore. We used the last few pull ups on her dolls and I had her teach them to go potty. It was funny to listen to the things she told them.
3 - We tried the stickers and potty dances and charts but none of them held her interest. Then we started the M&M rewards. She got 1 for pee pee and 2 for poo poo. Not handfuls, just 1 or 2. That worked really well for her. Still some accidents here and there...you know, just enough wetness in her underwear to have to change them.
4 - But about a week after her 3rd birthday it just fully clicked. This is when we phased out the M&Ms and I didn't even have to bug her all day about whether or not she had to go potty. Going to pre-school helped too because she didn't dare have an accident in front of her school friends.
Hope this helps some.

Hi D.! I would just get her into the routine at first of getting up right away, and sitting on the potty. If she bathes every night, have her sit on it before she gets in the tub. Even if she doesn't go, she will get used to it. I did that with my boys for a little over a year before they actually used it. My 13 month old daughter is loving to sit on the potty. She's never done anything while on it, but at least she's getting used to how it feels. I praise her for making the effort, and she tries to get right back up on it! Just keep it a positive activity, don't scold her for not going. Stay strong!!

I was in your shoes not too long ago. We have a very strong willed little girl who just turned 4 she potty trained over night but it was only a few months before she turned 4. We tried everything and the only thing that worked was concentrating on her younger sister and giving her potty prizes (little junk toys I got from the dollar tree). The first time she saw her sister get a toy she went in and pottied so she could have a toy too. She never turned back and when the toys were gone they were fine with that. She used pullups for awhile as a security thing but we just told her when the pack was gone that was it and she was ok. Long story short, she will when she is ready. Dont worry she wont start kindergarten in diapers. But I know how you feel trust me I was the same way.

I did a couple things with my son. I let him pick out his own big boy underwear (he loves Thomas so he thought that was great) and I would remind him that he didn't want to get Thomas dirty. I also did a sticker chart he got to put a sticker on every time he went peepee in the potty and he got to put a SPECIAL shiny star sticker on when he went shoo shoo in the potty. I had special small prizes on hand to give him. At first he would get a prize if he got 3 sticker, then 5, then a whole row (i0) and in the beginning he got a small prize everytime he got a shiny star. After 3 weeks or so I had to remind him to go put his sticker on (We left the chart on the refrigerator). Once we got to that point I knew he was ready to be done with the chart and I quit reminding him to put stickers on. Once a few days went by I filled up the last row with stickers and gave him his last prize.

I had the same problem with my son at that age. My doctor suggested that I make a "Potty Chart." To get David interested in using the potty, I would give him a sticker for his chart each time he used it. At the end of the week, he would get a small, inexpensive treat. Once I explained how it worked to him, he was trained in less than a week and the chart was soon forgotten.I hope this helps. Good luck!

hi D.,
My son is 3,He dont have the desire to use the potty eather, My husband just tells me to hang in there,He is the baby he will learn when he is ready. Is you 3 yr old the youngest? If so,then that might be why,she wants to be the baby. I know my son dont want to get out of diapers,he has told me he dont. So just give her time she will come around. Kids all learn in there own way. They dont learn things as fast as other siblings. She will get the potty traing down. Just keep your head up,and dont get discoraged. She will get it.
A.

It is time to be putting your daughter on the potty on a consistent schedule.....after meals, before and after sleep times etc.
It doesn't make any difference if she is interested....it is a fact of life and something that need to be accomplished.
If and when she pees, give her a star on a chart....if she poops she gets a sticker of her choosing.
Set up a special reward for a certain number of stars and/or stickers.
You just have to keep it up until she gets the idea that this is how it is done, that people don't wear diapers after they can walk and talk.
It works...you can do it!

Our daughters (almost three year old twins) have been potty trained since August, a time that I thought we'd never get to. Some things we did to catch their interest:
1) bought new pink potties, wrapped them and gave them as presents;
2) bought Huggies Clean Team soap - the hippo (pump) flashes while they wash hands, my girls were so into this;
3) bought a kitchen timer - set it for 30 minutes. My girls called it the potty clock, and when it would ring we'd get excited and sing "its potty time" and that is really when they started to want to go - every time the clock rang they'd head for the bathroom;
4) M&M's for when they went potty;
5) Huggies Clean team wipes - we call them the poopy wipes, and they can only use them if they poop on the potty.

We've now evolved (threw out the pink potties) and use a Dora potty seat that fits in the big toilet seat. They use the stool and get right up there and go all by themselves. What a relief.

They still use pull-ups at nap and bed time, but what a differnce it makes in not using them during the day.

Good luck :-)

My oldest was three when she had her well check at the Dr's. He just told her plain as day, you are too old to be in diapers. Within 2 weeks we were completely done. It took the doctor to tell her that. It didn't work with the other 2, but it's worth a try! Next time your at the dr's have them explain it to your daughter and see if the 'authority figure' has any luck.

Hi D.,

Does she have a cousin, neighbor, friend, etc about her age who uses the potty? See if you can have your daughter observe that that child goes to the bathroom like a big girl (not sure if it would have the same effect if it was a boy...maybe). Perhaps seeing a peer doing it might make it more attractive. My Mom said that's how I trained. Just a thought. Good luck!

K. Z.

D. -
OUr daughter will be 3 in January and she was very afraid to use the potty at first. So we bought a piece of tag board and put it beside her potty chair and just let her sit there each morning when she got up and play stickers. After what seemed like a million dollars in stickers we now have a girl that loves to use her potty! And she has no need for stickers any longer. Just an idea, good luck!
J.

Give her a book to read while sitting on the potty. Start a good doobie chart, every time she uses the potty give her a star on the chart. After 10 stars give her a small prize.
It's worth a try. Be patient. Good luck.

M. from indiana

I would recommend putting her in thick training pants with a cover. That way, when she wets, she will stay wet. Not very comfortable feeling. I also used the m&m's thing for attempts to use the potty. More m&m's for actually doing something in the potty.