Potty Training - Wilton,NH

hello. my daughter just turned 3 and decided to do it all by her self,and help from daycare. i just would not pressure him kids do things in there on time. alot of encouragement and stickers worked for me. and she loved this movie i got at walmart it is by mommy and me . a potty traing video. pretty cute, but beware she still wants to watch it and 3 weeks no diapers. best of luck and dont get discouraged it will come

first of all thank you to the person who responded that 3 is the national average. that makes me feel so much better! my daughter won't be 3 until august but she has no interest in the potty what so ever. she'll sit, read a book once in great while but for the most part every couple of days i say "do you want to sit on the potty?" and she plainly says "no thank you!". well i guess i can be happy for the polite response. but i am pregnant with my second and am worried she be really late with it. but recently, i have come to terms with it and have heard more people i work with tell me that their kids were in their 3's before they wanted to do it. so i have decided to not freak out about it. just like all the other things i look back on like freaking about the pacifier or transitioning to a bed, or even way back transitioning from the breast to bottle. she'll eventually do it and i am okay with that! good luck.

I was going to ask the same thing! My daughter will be three this month too. I've been working with her for 7 months. I've tried stickers, rewards, punishment, pull-ups, reg panties all in the past 7 months. She does great if I put her on the toilet throughout the day. She even poops. My biggest hurdle is that she won't TELL ME that she has to go. How do you force that? I've been patient. I've been harsh. I've been at it for 7 months. Any new ideas... (Hope you don't mind me piggy-backing on your question J.! Let's join a club. LOL!) THX!

I say pull ups at night, and during the day, cold-turkey nothing but underpants!!!! You'll have to deal with a few weeks of cleaning up messes and washing underwear and staying close to home, but I found with my first it was the only way!!

Tell them now that they are turning 3, it is a must!!! You could involve rewards etc...etc... But I wouldnt flip-flop during the day between pullups and training pants. Just plain old underwear, and if they have a accident, dont be quick to change them, let them feel the discomfort and have them do most of the changing and cleaning up. After a while they wont like it. It may sound harsh, but it was the only thing that worked for us!!

Best of luck ladies....... my 2nd is turning 2 soon and I've had this on my mind!!!

Our ped. said 3 is the national average these days, which surprised me. My son will be 3 the beginning of April and he has sort of been potty training himself, which I didn't expect. However, not completely. Try a video. Potty Power is pretty good, actually. I got it on Amazon. Also, you really do have to let them run around with nothing on for most of the days you're home with him. It really helps them recognize the signals. When we began doing this with our son, and he'd ask for a diaper, we'd say "it's time to use your potty now! You don't need a diaper!" and we'd take him in the bathroom and sit him down.

Personally, I don't see the value of pull ups and think this was another way for the diaper companies to make more money. In a kid's mind, they are no different than diapers because they can go to the bathroom in them, so big deal? That whole pull them up like they're underwear? Why not just use underwear? And as for using them at night, again, what's the difference between that and a diaper except less absorbency and more mess for you to clean up? Save your money and just buy underwear. I've talked to moms who have actually thought pull ups hindered success and cause confusion. It's an extra step in an already multi-step process and who needs that??

Good luck! I know how hard it is!