Potty Training - Denver,CO

Have you tried sitting on the big potty while she's on the little potty, or tried rewards? Rewards can be many things, anything that she likes, and it doesn't necessarily have to be a food. Also you might try big girl panties instead of pull ups, if she doesn't like being wet in the pull up I can guarantee she won't like being wet in "big girl" panties. I don't have any children myself, but, was a nanny for two 2 year old boys (trained them) and a 4 year old girl and also witnessed my girlfriend train her daughter. She did the reward thing, number 1 was pretty easy for her number 2 was a little more challenging. If these things don't help I guess just be patient and it will happen when the time is right for her. =o)

Hi H.!
I have a 5 year old that was the same way during potty training. It helped to sit her on the potty whenever I needed to go. That way she thought of it as "our potty time" and didn't feel pressured. I would bring books in the bathroom with us and she started to enjoy it. Hope that helps!

Try using a potty chair. It isn't as scary as the big potty

Patience, patience, patience....especially since you interrupted potty training, to no fault of your own. My daughter has just regressed a bit so it kind of feels like we are starting all over.

Put her on the potty, give her something to drink, and read to her, preferraby a book about going potty. This worked wonders for Madison as she would naturally have to pee after drinking, and then we would get all excited that she peed in the potty like a big girl. Then we would wipe, flush, wash and get a treat. She get 1 M&M for peeing, and 2 for pooping. Within one day, she ws able to go sit on the potty when she needed to go. She was naked for about 2 days at home. We have been working on trying to remember now that when she has her panties on while we are home. She'll just sit on the potty and go so that has kind of backfired for us after all the peole I know totally suggested it! She just sits on the potty but doesn't take her panties off. When we are out though, she tells me she has to go potty so I'm to the point where I might just take the little potty away....anyway, sorry I tend to ramble.

I hope some of those ideas help. Good luck!

Hi H.,
My kids are now 8 and 6 and I initially tried to train them "early". It was a lot of work for all of us and stressful. So I gave it up and thought when they are ready, they will want to go and sure enough, they did. Literally it was overnight and neither of the kids needed diapers again nor did they ever wet their beds. And they were around 3. I think kids have their own time clock and when they are ready they will one day do it very easily. I of course talked about big girl underware and big boy underware when they were ready and encouraged them but I let go of the stress and "training". Just like the bottle and pacifier, they won't go to college in diapers. LOL. And remember each child will be different. Hope that helps.

Pullups bad....Training pants good. If she wets pull-ups it is totally different than underwear. It could get messy. But works wonders. Good luck.

I'd get her a little potty chair and jus kind of let her play and sit when she wants. She sounds ready but it can be scary. My daughter trained fast but I take the pull ups away at home and she wore panties and my daughter hates to be wet so she went right away. Every kid is different cause my son is older and he was extremely hard!

Hi H.,

My potty training experience with my girls was several years ago; however, the thing that seemed to work really well for them was sitting them on their potty...not a real toilet*....and letting the sink tap dribble a little for the sound effect. Once they went potty, we would make a VERY big deal of complimenting them, telling them what big girls they were, how brave they were and would give them a special treat...not food...sometimes it was a penny, sometimes it was a special outing to the park, sometimes it was having a friend over for a little longer than usual**. I hope this helps.

*I have read in the past, some children have problems learning to potty on a real toilet because they watch something be washed away, and to them, their potty/poop is part of them and it scares them. So I made sure my girls had little potty chairs.

**I have found from friends' experience, bribing and treating young children with food/candy hurts the child later in life, they associate all good things with food and end up using food as a crutch when they are older.

It would be great to hear back from you about your experience and what eventually worked for you.

Hi H., don't worry, my daughter is going to be 3yrs.old on the 15th of Feb and she still doesn't want to be potty train, she doesn't mind being wet or poop, i am ambarass to say that, but her doctor told me not to worry that they will come around on their own and it will only take you 3 days instead of 1/2 year. i am a stay home mom too and believe me it's furtrated seeing that they are gettting old and we can't do it. So i am giving her time and telling her that she is a big girl and not a baby so she is suppose to go potty in the toilet and that is all i can do.. Good luck!!!

My daughter was a little over 2 when she finally was "fully" potty trained. We tried alot of different things such as: pull ups, thick and vinyl panties over them, she also liked to have big girl panties on, so we went to the store and she got to pick out a couple packs of panties that she liked. (Princess and Dora) She actually would wear all 3. (Vinyl, thick and Princess) I think you have to figure out on your own what works for you. I know that pull ups kinda confused her a bit, but there sure worked for us when we went out. It's all about consistency! If you put her the pull ups on when you are out, don't Forget to take her to the potty. Cause if she is never wet then she won't know that it's like a diaper. But if you put it on her just cause you are being lazy, then for sure she will be confused! I think that you are doing everything right, cause every little person is completly different!!! Good Luck and Don't worry cause when she is ready it will happen.

My daughter also did that around two, I Bought some stickers and small toys and told her if she went potty that she would get one! I also sat with her sometimes showing her the small toys and stickers and she would go! It worked great!!!