Potty Training a 2Yr 3Month Old

she is not ready.

stop - wait- in a month or 2 or whenever she will be ready and potty training will be easy.

my duaghter was afraid of potties.. she didnt like going in public bathrooms with me when I had to go. then one day she wasnt afraid anymore.

I would read books about potty training and watch videos.. she will get there when she is ready.

It seems to me that you have to figure out why she is scared to begin with, before you can do anything else. Then you can figure out what you need to do to get her to go.

My daughter, for instance, was scared of going poop on the potty. She would hide, etc. So I got the book "everybody poops" and started talking to her about "pooping," what's going on with our body, etc. After two weeks, she was "done,' and has since then just gone in the potty.

She is likely not ready to train. If you keep pushing and she isn't ready it will only make the process longer. Here's a readiness checklist.

http://www.babycenter.com/0_potty-training-readiness-chec...

She is very young, she may simply not be ready. If you're pulling down her pants and sitting her on it, she likely has no idea what is happening to her! You can just leave it out and let her sit on it with or without clothes as she likes, but she probably has no idea that she is expected to go to the bathroom on it and may not even be aware of what going to the bathroom is. Some people like to do an extended toilet teaching process, and that's fine for them. I never thought the process was cute or fun, and preferred to have toddlers in diapers and waited til around the third birthday to do toilet teaching and have a short process
Good luck

This might sound crazy, but I bought my daughter pink toilet paper (Scott brand from Stop & shop) and she loved it. It was her very own and we kept it near the potty just for her. She wasn't afraid of the potty but it definately motivated her to use it! Just an idea. Hope it helps.

Maybe try getting a doll that goes pee. Put it on the potty and clap when it goes. She might be interested or might not. She's probably not ready but that doesn't mean you can't introduce her to the concept. Take your time and have fun. :)

I'm not going to go with "She's not ready" answer. Going to the bathroom is just a natural process, it is only where we do it that differs. But if she is scared of the potty, don't force the issue.

I would have her sit with me while I'm going potty. Bring a book and read it too her while you are on the potty. Don't treat the potty issue as if it is a major thing, it's not. Take it slowly. I like the doll idea. Whenever she poos, put the poo in the toilet and flush it saying "bye bye" and just walk away.

have you tried any incentives?? Like my oldest daughter who is now 3 was afraid of her potty and the bathroom one but i started by playing with her and saying that if she sat on it she would get "candy". So, since i don't really give my kids much candy gummie bears were my option. She loved those sugar-free gummies and slowly started sitting down for longer periods of time until she ended up USING the potty rather than just sitting on it. Eventually she realized that if she used the potty she would get candy. If she had "accidents" she was not punished but neither was she rewarded. I am now working on my baby girl who is 22 months and is much harder. Nonetheless Good luck with the potty training.

the answer is already here. It's crazy that there are 18 month olds pooping on a potty and 3 year olds being persuaded to try, but luckily - it's all "normal"!
Back off. Talk about the potty, encourage her by allowing her to watch you go and make a big deal when you flush - "Bye, bye pee-pee!! Bye-bye poop-poo!" Point them out at stores and look at the boxes with the kids on them, get some books, and talk about it EVERY time you go. "Mama does not wear diapers!! haha - NO!! Mama goes pee-pee in the potty!!" Just keep talking it up and have it available. And when she is ready to sit on it - oh!! You do the happiest potty party in that bathroom!

SO, be a goof-ball. It's part of the job. kids love it and will want to be part of all that excitement.

good luck!

I agree with the other moms that the answer is already here: she's just not appearing to be ready for it yet - even though we, as parents, want them to be there for our sake.

We haven't started with our 23 month-old because she's showing absolutely no signs of recognizing that she is ready - she will still pee outside the bathtub waiting to get in only a few seconds after taking her diaper off. So, we're going to wait until the signs are there.

Here's what the American Academy of Pediatrics parenting website has to say about potty training:
http://www.healthychildren.org/english/ages-stages/toddle...

WAIT A WHILE LONGER!!! Leave the small potty next to the big one along with a few great books. When you head to the bathroom invite her along and then invite her to sit on the little toilet clothed! Let her explore and see you use the bathroom and just invite her into the "FUN" of washing her hands and flushing. She will get over it but she needs some time. A.

Get "The Potty Train" book which makes it light and funny. You should be able to find it at
www.toysofdiscovery.com

maybe she just isn't ready yet to make the switch yet. I wouldn't force the issue. Maybe just forget about it for a while and she will too and then revisit the whole idea later on after a few weeks or so. If you want to pursue it though maybe try Once Upon A Potty or other books/videos. Just keep talking positively and openly about going potty, let her see you do it and make no big deal. Let her control the situation. I feel like my son totally did potty training ONLY when he decided he wanted to and I let it go that way - I feel like it all went soooo smoothly and was not stressful AT ALL! (one of the ONLY things I say that about - hahahah!)

My daughter is 2 years 8 months and has the same problem. Don't forget, the avreage age of potty training is 3 years old. If they are ready at 2, great. That happans as often as not being ready until 4.

Anyway, I tried early and I think it was just too early. I pulled back completely for a while. About a month or so. Now, I sit her on it, pants off every night. She never goes, but she plays with a toy or I play a word game with her. Either way, she loves potty time because we only play with that toy or that game while she is on it. She will sit there for 15 minutes sometimes and I have to make her get off because she is having so much fun.

My plan is to do this until she is 3. At least the potty will be associated with fun when I am ready to "train" her again. Then I will try official potty training again.

My husband is more concerned than me, but the thing that always helps him is that i remind him that most kids aren't potty trained until 3. While I wish she was already potty trauined, there is nothing I can do about it. I will only make her fear it more if I push her too soon.