I know this question has probably been asked many times over, but I was needing some help. My daughter is about to turn 3, and she isn't yet potty trained. My oldest child was 3 1/2 before she was diaper-free, and my son was diaper-free a few months before he turned 3. My youngest is so completely different in the process than the other two, and is more resistant to actually doing it. She hates the idea of a potty chair. She has never used it, and actually prefers putting it on her head and running around. (That's going to be good leverage when she's older and doesn't want me embarrassing her!) She doesn't mind sitting on the potty, and she is capable of holding it. A lot of times, she will take her diaper off herself. She has only actually peed on the potty a handful of times (and only when my husband takes her, or at daycare I might add). She has never had a BM on the potty. When she takes off her own diaper, or when I sit her on the potty, she will hold it until she has a diaper back on. She hates having a dirty diaper on and immediately brings a clean diaper to me when she's dirty, but wet diapers don't have that effect on her. The past couple of weeks she has had accidents because she has started taking her diaper off at night and waking up in a wet bed. I have tried putting her in big girl panties, and she has accidents in those also. We have made a big deal over it when she uses the potty, and she loves that attention. But she isn't yet consistent. I won't push her because I don't want her resenting the concept of it. On the other hand, I don't want to try to little and have her thinking it's okay to be in diapers for quite some time to come. Does anyone have any suggestions of things that have worked for your kids, or just some reassurance that she's not the only 3 year old who hasn't shown much of an interest in using the potty yet? Thanks in advance for any thoughts!
Jenn not sure what all to tell you just only it will happen when she's ready and she's not the only one.Just keep working with her I'm sure she will come around.Have you tried talking to her doc. maybe and see if he or she has any advice? I wish I had better advice for you good luck
J.
Jenn,
You are not the only one. My oldest son is 3 1/2 and still wont go as often in the potty as he should. He doesnt tell me if he has to go. I just take him and tell him to go pee pee so the potty can have a drink. He thinks its pretty funny that the potty drinks his pee pee. But to go #2, he will not do, he does not like the water to hit his butt. So I have tried putting toilet paper in the water, so when he does go poo poo, it will not splash on his butt. You might try that.
Good luck.
N.
Hi Jenn,
Here is what I would do and what I have done...
Use up the rest of your diapers and don't buy anymore, When need to buy more buy pullups this signifies there is a difference now give her like 1 month to get adjusted to the idea of pullups and only call them "pullups" tell her diapers are for babies and she is not a baby.
After she has been in pullups for 1 month use up what you have and tell her you are only wearing pullups at night now and we wear panties during the day. I always start potty training on Mondays and in steps seems to work better. So when the month has past put her in panties tell her we don't pee on whoever is on the panties we pee and poop in the potty. Ask her if she needs to go if it has been 30 minutes or longer take her there yourself and if she says she has to go get her there. But don't be mad if she has an accident just tell her ok get new panties and lets try harder next time. The last thing would be pullups at night and this has alot to do with what she has to drink before bed and wether she takes a sippy cup to bed.
When you do make the switch from diapers to pullups have her go to the bathroom when she wakes up in the morning and before she goes to bed and before she gets in the bath tub. Have your daycare provider have her go before and after nap. and then add in after all meals.
Also I would get rid of the potty if you are going to call her a big girl let her be a big girl. With my 2 middle kids it has worked out better that I haven't used a potty chair. The exact advice I just gave you is what I have used with all my daycare kids that I have potty trained and my 3rd child and will use it with my 4th.
With my 3rd we started with panties and in the 1st week we had about 5 accidents but by the begining of the next week we were accident free.
My daughter turned 3 in may and was potty trained in march, we have been sippy cup free for a month and this is our 2nd week with no pullups at night and we havnen't had an accident yet. I wish you goodluck in this sometimes long/short process, W.
Potty training is very frustrating. I my daughter will be 3 in september and my sons are 16 months and 5 months. My daughter is obsessed with money. She loves it and when I first started working with her, my brother told her go potty and I will give you money. She took all of our change, but it took up 2 weeks to have her out of diapers/pull ups and into panties. That is how he is potty training his daugher now and going pretty well. She would get a dollar bill when she had a bm, otherwise just one coin if we asked her and 2 if she told us. She was completely pottied trained by 19 months. She has now surprised up and potty trained herself at night, we dont even put a pull up on her at night. Some people may think its crazy, but we didnt leave her potty chair in the bathroom, it was in the living room because I didnt want her to feel like she had leave everything to go potty and that she wasnt in troble. Try to make it fun for her, give her a reward she really likes. Soon I will be working with my middle child on this and he has taking a liking to money so we will give it a shot with him. Good luck!!!
