Potty Training - Middletown, NJ

Hi M., I don't claim to be an expert but in my experiece in Potty training it can be very dramatizing for some children. I would say if the Potty is attached to the toilet , get her a separate one of her own. Maybe put some Princess decals on it to make It her own thrown,lol. Make sure you sit there with her and assure her that she is mommy's big girl. Award with hugs & kisses (not candy)and really make a big stink about It (punn intended). Take the diapers out of site. Tell her there are no more and the store ran out.She will most likely tell you to go buy more. You pretty much know what time she goes. They are pretty regular just like you and me. An idea would be to get a book, Usborne Books has one for Potty's www.usborne.com , and sit with her & the book at the time you think she's ready. I hope I have helped.
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We just started really potty training our son and he's never gone #2 on the potty either. Some kids are just afraid. This is what I have read and it's kind of interesting. Do it in steps. Put a diaper on her, but she has to go in the diaper while she's in the bathroom. After a couple days make her sit on the potty with the diaper on to go. Then after a couple more days cut a hole in the diaper so that she has it on but the #2 drops into the potty. Then remove the diaper all together. Some kids see #2 as a part of themselves and it scares them to have to flush it and stuff. I know this process sounds weird and time consuming, but if it works why not. But the key is to not let her poop anywhere but in the bathroom.

Hi M., this might sound bad but when I was potty training my now 8 year old daughter it was hard at frist but one day I took her to the store and let her pick out her farvite potatoe chips and some candy I pick the same thing as she did. When we got back in the house I started to the eat the chips and when she asked for hers I told her she had to make boo-boo in her potty frist (she had a fit and started to cry) but after a while and she really wanted her stuff so I told her to make boo-boo and so she sat there for a while and afterwords she made boo-boo I did the same thing for like a week and she got use to makeing boo-boo in her potty, but every child is different so you may have to try different things. Let me now how it works out.

Later, A.

Hey M.,

I have a 2 1/2 year old son who will not even go close to the potty unless he has pants on. I have tried putting him on the potty and it is like someone just killed his dog. The screaming that comes out of that child is unbelievable.

How did you get her to do #1 on the potty??

From what I heard about potty training and #2 it is a whole issue with separation anxiety and letting go of a part of them. I wouldn't force her but she will do it on her own time and when she does then you can reward her with a treat of some sort.

H. - stay at home mom (31yrs old) of a 2 1/2 year old son - Antonio Thomas. :)

I had the same problem with my second daughter. When she was 3 years and 3 months we wanted to enroll her in ski school for a week. She wanted to go to ski school very badly. We explained that to go to ski school she had to be completely potty trained and could have no accidents in her snow suit because there was no one to bring her inside for cleanup. She wanted to ski so badly that she never had another accident (until kindergarten, but that's another story!).

HI M.,

My daughter will be three in July and she has been #1 trained for a few months, BUT we have the #2 issue big time, too!!! I cannot wait to see if anyone has something that will work. She went #2 on the potty one time and I think it was really an accident but she is almost terrified of going at all. She will only go in a pull up or panties, and still only 1 or 2 times a week - she is driving us crazy - we have no idea how to break this cycle - it has been a few months - so I am of no help but I know it helps to know you are not alone! We have tried fiber and mineral oil to see if that would help if it came out easy, but nothing works!

J.

i haven't gone through this yet (very soon though), but i've heard SOOOO many great suggestions on this subject over the yrs! i think the best thing that i've heard was taking her to the store and having her pick out her own panties, and that since SHE picked them out, she may be more aware of what she's doing, and may WANT to make sure she goes in the potty, not in her panties (that she chose on her own). i've also heard that when she goes in her panties, or diaper, you just nicely take her in the bathroom with the panties/diaper, and show her where the poop goes...then just empty (as best you can) into the toilet, and explain why poop goes in the toilet, and not in panties/diaper. then, let her flush, maybe if she flushes, she'll feel like a big girl, and not be afraid. who knows...most kids are so different, and many have very weird habits. GOOD LUCK, and definitely let us know what worked! there are so many of us either going through the same thing (or like me) going to be going through this soon! good luck again!