Potty Training - Colorado Springs,CO

My Sister in law is potty training her little girl and i have noticed that the reward system is working great so maybe you could try doing that. also try asking her if she has to go potty.

My little girl (now 37) didn't like the potty. I got a cute stepstool and let her climb up and sit backwards on the toilet. I put toys on the top of the toilet tank to entertain her while she was going (large in case they fell in the toilet). Of course I stayed right there to supervise the process. This worked great with my sons too. Good Luck, Aunt Maddie

She may in fact not be ready for the big girl potty yet. I know after 2 1/2 years of daipers you are tired of them. I would just keep her in her daiper or pull ups and canstantly ask her if she needs to go potty. I used to do daycare and I had 6 two year olds at one time. I know it is hard. Maybe your older daughter can help out a little. I know little kids like to do what they see the big kids do. I wish you much luck!!

You really need to back off for a while. At this age potty training frequently becomes a battle of wills. At 2 1/2 there is no need to really hurry. Take a few weeks off then try again, this time with incentives, a sticker chart or a special treat for each success. Another thing that worked for us was having a naked weekend. You just eliminate all diapers etc and let them be naked for several days with the only option being the potty. We did it with my son when he was three and he was trained in 5 days. prior to that we just showed him the potty and made it available. He would pee on occasion but not poop. The naked thing did the trick. Good luck!

I had an early childhood education teacher explain to me that some children upon seeing their bm in the toilet think they have lost part of themselves! When my son was 14 months old he was very exctied about going potty and poo like his daddy-until he had a bm...when he stood up all excited and saw his bm he screamed hysterically and would not sit on the potty chair again. I had to could not get him near the toilet again for over a year...he would always say "don't want too!" I found that by not bringing it up at all for several months in a row, then having him just be w/ daddy when he went potty-not asking him if he wanted to go potty-just being there, began to take the fear away-when he decided he was ready, we used the regular toilet and he did fine. A wise older woman told me that the potty battle is one you can not win by force-you have to be patient and creative in discovering what will create a desire in your own unique child to let go of being a baby and become a big boy/girl.

i have had the same problem with my little girl put her on the big toilet if you are trying to make her sit on the kid toilet, do this every 15 minutes make it seem like a big deal when she has gone in the toilet...my little one didnt like sitting on the little toilet we got her on the big one and the war stopped to a small battle. another thing show no more pull ups.

I have 4 children, all who are now potty trained. I think the most important thing to remember is that they will glady do it when they feel ready. I pushed my first daughter and her doctor told me to leave her alone that she would let me know when she was ready and she did. Let her feel like she has some control in the matter and I think she will potty train easily. Good luck!

My daughter, now 8 hates the potty. She is afraid of the flush still to this day. I would set out, with your daughter and have you start all over in picking out a special potty for her. I would buy stickers of her choice or cling stuff for windows and decorate HER potty. I would then move forward at home in putting it in a different room or another bathroom. And rewards in that room if she goes potty. Once she removes the fear of the old way and looks forward to the new technique, she may do great. Give it a month and then transition her to the bathroom with that potty and then eventually to the big one again.
Good luck.

I am starting the process with my 19 month old girl and what totally helped with my 3 year old was putting them in clothe training pants. They don't like to be wet or messy. My 3 year old wasn't completely trained until 21/2, and she started at 18 months. Don't rush her and create a routine. Like first thing in the am, sit her on the toilet and have her put on her underpants. Then wait a hour and try again. It may create a mess for awhile, but we have made our children lazy with the diapers. Pull-ups are a cruch I don't like to use. Also, take time to teach her to pull up her pants and take them down. I have a little chant I am using too..."where do we go pee pee poo poo? Pee Pee Poo Poo in the potty" Good luck.

Hi! I;m having lots of problems getting my son (who's almost 3 yrs) to use the potty also. He started it on his own and we followed his lead and now he wants nothing to do with it. He'll cry whenever any part of potty training is brought up. I've been reading a lot of different techniques and one I think might help you is to put a diaper in the potty and let her do her business in there while sitting on the potty. Some say just put the diaper over the opening of the potty and others say cut a hole in the diaper before you put it on there so it goes right through. After a while of letting her do this, you're gradually supposed to take the diaper away. I don't know if that will work or not. Right now I think we're going to pack up all the potty stuff and wait for several months to try again. We're going to have another baby in about 3 1/2 months and they say he'll regress after that anyways, so maybe we'll start again after things calm down with the new baby! One of the books that I just started reading is The No-Cry Potty Training Solution by Elizabeth Pantley. I don't know how great it is because I just got a chance yesterday to sit down and read the beginning, but my friend swears by this author. She also wrote The No-Cry Sleep Solution which really helped my friend who lent me the book. Good luck and I hope this helps! I feel your pain!

J.- Sierra Vista, AZ I am a married SAHM. I have one wonderful and very intelligent son that's almost 3yrs and another boy on the way! My family is everything to me!

I have been potty training our 2 1/2 year old for three weeks now as well. She is great at going pee pee on the little potty and has even gone in public bathrooms. It has been great since she learned the concept and has had very few pee accidents. However, we have not mastered poo. She is freaked out to poo on the potty. Anyway, I was meeting with some mom's and one of them suggested that I tape a diaper to the potty. This way they still "feel" the diaper and it's not as scary. Haven't tried it yet but probably will this week. Maybe it's worth a shot for you as well! Good Luck!

I am potty training my fourth girl. I take a lot of books with me to the bathroom and we sing a lot of silly songs together. With this one, she was afraid and would kick and scream. I finally got a bowl of warm water and let her play in it. Pretty soon she peed. I had to do that several times. Now she doesn't need the water but sometimes she will ask for it.

Also, take her first thing in the morning when she wakes up. Everyone has to go potty the very first thing in the morning. It may take up to five or ten minutes, but she will pee.

Hope it helps.
K.

Maybe the potty would be less scary if she decorated it herself with some fun stickers, etc. She'll own it now. She could add a new sticker each time she goes on the potty. Could be a lot of stickers, but it might work!

Take her into the potty with you. Show her that mommy uses the big girl potty! My sister did this and now she is potty trained.