Potty Training - Huntington Station, NY

Have you tried letting her run around with nothing on. That is the only thing that really worked for my son. But she may also not be ready. Give her a month off and try again later.

I know she is three and you are probably ready but if she doesn't want to, she simply won't do it. You could take one of two roads here, 1)Back off and realise she will do it when she is ready or 2) Throw the diapers and pull ups away and don't make them an option...after a few accidents she may feel differently. Good Luck.

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What I did with both my girls now (18 & 12)was purchase a "potty" video. The little girl in the video was a little girl that "looked" like my daughters which allowed them to relate more and be more open to change and moving away from the pampers/pull ups. The tunes were so catchy that both could not wait to do what they saw in the video. I found myself singing the song and that helped encourage the girls to go when they needed to go. They both were trained by 20 months.
Understanding every child is different - be patient (as hard as it can be) and continue to encourage and don't fall victim to the comments from others. Kids learn @ different times and does not make one kid better or smarter than the other.....good luck.

Take the pull-ups away and go cold turkey with the underwear. No looking back. . .my daughter did so much better with her underwear b/c she was treating pull-ups like a diaper. I built it up before hand - I started about a week before hand saying things like~ soon no more pull-ups, we'll shop for underwear and then tomorrow no more pull-ups. I made a HUGE deal about how uncomfy the pull-ups were and how they were getting so small b/c she's a big girl and took EXTRA long changing her where when she went on the potty we were so quick she didn't miss anything. We also used potty stickers and had a celebration after each use. Good luck!

This always worked well for me and now for my grandson. When you have time, take all diapers and pants off. Put the potty seat near you, such as in the kitchen. Let your child be without any pants or diapers on, nothing just a naked bottom. Keep them playing near you. When they get the urge to go and it runs down their legs on to the floor be ready to sit them down to finish on the potty. Doing that will get them to run to the potty. Gently tell them that they can not wear any pants or diapers till they learn to go on the potty. It will work. I have 5 children and 5 grandchildren.

My only advice as I am a novice at this and have just started the toilet training process w/my daughter who is 2.5 yrs. old. If you can (don't know your situation work, does she go to preschool, etc.) I would try and do potty boot camp.. I suggested this to my girlfriend who was trying to toilet train her 3 yr. son. She stayed home for a week and put him in briefs and if he soiled, he soiled. Soon enough he got the picture. She was also using those pullups as well. For me personally I do not believe in them as I think you are sending the child a mixed message. Another words they wear those pullups which act as "pretend undies" and if they soil that is ok (which is what your trying NOT to do)...So basically you're still telling your child it's ok to soil your trousers. This is not what the ultimate goal is. So if they soil their trousers and feel how yucky and nasty for a bit (and if you can tolerate it)I bet you any child is going to be trained rather quickly. It's just the process of that week that you have to deal with and the patience.

I, myself will be doing the potty boot camp once the summer is here. That is when I heard it is the best time to do it. My daughter is already using the toilet in the AM immediatelya after she has woken and right before she goes to sleep. Initiated by her so I am hoping it will be an easy ride.. Fingers crossed.

Good luck to you.

It sounds like you've gotten a lot of good advice. I am currently in the process of potty training my third child, a girl. I don't know if girls are harder but in my experience my son was so much easier, he was finished with diapers at 2. I am of the opinion that potty training has to come when the child is ready. I've had my daughters potty in the bathroom for a 1 1/2 years now just so she could get used to it being there. I didn't force her to sit on it. In the begining she would come with me to the bathroom and just keep me company. I kept a potty book on her potty and eventually she would start to copy me and sit on her pot while I sat on mine. Her initial interest in using the potty lasted a few months then suddenly stopped after a few successful trips to the bathroom. I think it started to stress her out because she realised we were expecting her to go each time. So we let her take a little time out from the potty but it wasn't long before she found her way back. Now each time she go's shes extremely proud of herself. Whatever plan you go with I think it's important to be consisitant. Good luck!!