Potty Training Help! - Port Richey,FL

My Mom had me try pretty panties and it worked. We took my daughter to town and let her pick out some pretty panties.
Then when we got home they were put on her dresser where she would see them every day but she was told she couldn't wear them until she quit wetting her panties. She never wet her panties again after that day. She loved wearing her pretty panites.
And she stopped wetting the bed after her Grandpa told her she couldn't go camping with him if she wet the bed.
She may not like the potty that you use at home. Is she using the toilet at day care and a potty chair at home? You need to look into this. Also at a lot of day cares they have potty time. They don't wait for them to ask they just take them.
Good Luck

A new baby in the house is a huge change for everybody, especially a 3 year old who is used to not sharing you. Until the baby is the new normal at your house, I would just go with the flow. When she's ready, she'll be potty trained at home. We moved to a new house and I had to wait a solid month before I even tried to continue our potty training efforts. I would recommend the book Once Upon A Potty. They have it for boys and girls. It seemed to bridge the gap and got him interested again.

The only thing that has been working with my 3 year old is rewards and treats.

Hello. Rewards and treats worked great for my first kid. The second, however, was much more stubborn. He would go pee in the potty just after he turned two and I was thrilled. Then he stopped and refused to use the potty at all until he turned three, talk about frustrating. Finally, after upping the rewards with no luck, I kept him in a t-shirt with no bottoms on at home for a few days when I had no outings. I only put a pull-up on him at night. Then, when I finally did have to go somewhere I put big boy undies on him and explained that he was now a big boy. He did great. Just remember to ask if he has to go potty VERY often. He never even had a wet pull-up at night so he came off of those two weeks later. Good Luck:)

K., Congratulations on the baby. I know it is very difficult especially with a newborn. I'm sure part of this is because of the baby and that your daughter wants some attention. Try to keep her involved with the baby and have some alone time with you so she feels special too. Is she wearing underwear all the time? Keep her in the underwear because she won't like the feeling of wet or dirty pants after awhile. Put her on the potty at the same time every day even if she doesn't go. Praise her for just sitting there and trying. Keep doing the rewards. Try giving her a small reward if she goes once and a bigger reward if she goes all week. Let her help to pick out what prize she will get. That way she thinks she has a say in all this. They may just be a transition time because of the new baby so be patient. Hang in there.
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Well, let's see...is she getting a diaper or pull-up at home? I definitely wouldn't give her an easy out once you leave daycare. Keep up the rewards and treats. A brightly colored stickerboard (that she decorates) giving her a sticker each time she goes, and maybe 3-5 times gets a new toy? We did the dollar store, then gradually increase the required number of times needed to get that toy. Rewardboards worked really well with both of mine. We made a huge deal of it and the kids got to pick a sticker of their choice and put it in it's space for "I went potty!" good luck!

WOW - can I relate....Last summer my son was almost 3 - his birthday is Oct. He was using the potty at daycare and sometimes at home but not regularly. I also gave birth to a daughter in Sept. I think some of it for him was the idea that he could get attention like the baby b/c I would have to change his diapers also. However, what actually worked for us was that when he turned 3 he was to move to the next room at daycare where he couldn't go until he was completely potty-trained. I had one of the teachers give him a tour of the new room. We kept talking about how much fun it would be and all the neat things that were in this "big" room compared to the 2's. He was very excited to move up. I would also remind him at home that he was a big boy now and I really needed his help with the baby. I praised a lot and reminded him of being a big boy whenever he had success. In the end, he wanted to move to the 3 year old room so badly he was potty trained in 3 weeks - even at night. One other thing that helped was that the teacher at school did not go for pullups - she said if they are using the potty at all to use regular underwear b/c the pullups allowed for laziness. My son did not like being wet and so would use the potty. At home I set a timer and had him go every 30 - 45 minutes regardless. After a while he just got in the habit. We didn't use rewards/treats/ stickers but I know people have and it has worked for them. One friend would buy the mini m&m's and when her daughter used the potty, she could have 2. No sweets any other time. Her daughter liked chocolate and so started to use the potty in order to have chocolate. After a while they did away with the m&m's but by then using the potty was a habit. Best of luck - having 2 little ones is wonderful but challenging at times. Hang in there and know you are not alone in anything you feel. I had a friend tell me that and it made ALL the difference on the days when I was at wits end and thought I was failing as a mom. As crazy as it is now - enjoy them - the time flies - my daughter is already 9 1/2 months old and ALL over the place - seems like yesterday she was just born :>)

I bought big girl underwear, planned for four days where I wasn't going anywhere and let her go only in a t-shirt and underwear around the house. I started putting her on the potty every half hour until I could figure out myself how long it took for her to need to go. She was completely potty trained in 3 days. Good luck!

I was in the same situation a couple of years ago. We decided instead of asking our son to go potty, we told him. One Monday I said "guess what? This Friday, instead of diapers, you are going to go on the potty and we are only going to have big boy/girl pants from now on." He said "OK mommy." Every day I told him several times how excited I was that he was finally going to be a big boy and go on the potty. By Friday, he was excited too! We used a sticker chart to show accomplishment. We did have a couple of accidents on Friday and Saturday but by Sunday, we were done with no looking back! I would not have done this if I did not think he was ready. Your daughter sounds like she is ready but take in to consideration that a lot of children regress when they have a new born sibling. Good Luck!