Potty Training HELP!!!!

Why dont you make a big deal about getting "big girl panties" & let her go pick out her own panties. The day i started potty training my son i just threw out all the diapers, even at night, & kept him in underwear. It only took a few days & we had no accidents. I also used a treat jar that i filled w/cheap stuff from the dollar store & everytime he went he got a treat, but if he had an accident he had to put the treat back. It worked so well & he loved getting the treats & he understood that he had to use the potty or he'd have to put the treat back. At the end of an accident free week he got to pick any activity he wanted to do....we went to the movies.

Your on the right course but you should have started a long time ago. When ever she goes potty tell her what a great job she is doing. If you haven't already done it buy some special panties that she can only have after she is traied. Put them up on the dresser or somewhere that she sees them every day. Show them to her and remind her she gets them when she quits messing her pants. Ask her to tell you when she has to go and let her know it is ok to go and get on the potty without you. My Sister-In-Law sit a potty in the living room and kept one in the bathroom. I know it sounds bad but if you keep it dumped whats the big deal if it helps your daughter to train faster. My neice was trained in full in four days. My first daughter trained herself. The second one I had to take to the potty, but her sister also was a big help with that. Good Luck!

I wish I could remember and credit the author of this book, something along the lines of Potty Training in Three Days. In essence, the trick is to get the child to take responsibility. So you stay home a few days, and stick to the easily cleaned parts of the home. You put on easy to remove clothing. You give the child fluids, fluids, and more fluids (even 'treats' like juice and soda). Your goal is to have the child get lots of practice. But you don't praise her for 'using the potty'. You talk about 'staying clean and dry', although you can, if necessary, suggest using the potty as a way to do that. Think about it. In a way, you don't care if she never uses the potty- what you care about is that she stay clean without you having to change her diapers. (Of course, you also care that she is healthy and hydrated enough to urinate and excrete, but that's not a problem right now!) If she's clean and dry after two hours, great! Reward her (maybe even with something to drink.) When you see that she isn't, make sure she participates in the cleaning up (ideally she does it all, but I understand that you may need to go behind her a little to keep your home sanitary. When she deals with the mess either way, and the easy way is readily available - she'll use the potty, or even graduate very quickly to the convenience of a flush toilet!

E.

We used m&m's as a helpter (Trent's day card teacher suggested it) and we had Trent potty trained within 2-weeks. He got 2 for going pee and 3 for going poop in the potty.

I have raised 2 girls, and sometimes they fight potty traing, then sometime it justs clicks one day after weeks of trying!! I have heard the best method (if you can stay at home and have tile floors) is to let them run naked (or just a shirt)for a couple of days. They hate wetting themselves and will learn to ask for the potty when they need to go. Two hours might be a long stretch. We trained our daughter with trips before each activity such as waking up, before we eat breakfast, before we play blocks, before we go outside, before we watch "Barney", etc. No matter what we do it's always "Potty First, then Play."

Are you still using pull-up's? If so, loose them completely. Except for overnight for awhile. When my daughter started at 2 we actually had her go completely naked on the bottom for a couple days at home. This worked really well, she was mostly potty trained in a few days. Of course it meant that she peed on the floor a few times but it made an impact. She never pooped on the floor, she started saving that for the potty a few months prior. Of course we never scolded her for the accidents we just excitedly took her to the potty and told her in expressive 2 yr. old language that pee & poop goes in the potty, not on the floor! And uh-oh, we have no more pull-up's so all the pee and poop has to go in the potty now. You get the idea! I'm not sure if the bottomless approach would work for a 3 yr. old. If it's embarrasing at all for her don't try it. But going with just panties around the house should be fine. You really have to go cold turkey on the pull-up's. Even when you go out. Just bring a change of clothes, plenty of wipes and a plastic bag. It is very normal for kids to get busy with what they are doing and not want to stop to go to the potty. Even though my daughter has been potty trained for over a year now she still has her moments when whe waits too long and leaks a little bit on the way. Good luck!

Both my kids (boy & girl) both were potty trained in 2 wkends (working mom). Cleared the weekend where we were to stay home & there were no visitors. Started Friday night & took off all the clothes. Told them no more pee-pee or poo-poo in the pants. They he/she had to go in the potty. Friday night I moved the kids potty into the living room (tile floors) had him sit on it while he watched 2 of his fav movies. Bedtime was PJ & diaper. Saturday morning the PJ's & diaper came off all day 1st thing! Brought out the potty in living room again & said this is were you potty. Bedtime: PJ's & Diaper. Repeated on Sunday. Same thing next weekend, but on Sunday moved potty into bathroom & said this is now where you potty. At the end of the 2nd weekend of going naked, they were both potty trained.

This is normal. She'll be fine in school, infact it's even easier there as they are extreemly regimented and the kids want to do everything the others do. My son was in training while he started school. He was perfect at school and at home was like your experience. It gets better and better with their experience. My son's final click of understanding came when I found the underwear that he just couldn't mess up! I went through a few brands before I found these special spiderman briefs! You could try that too as a reward!