Where to Go from Here-potty Training May Be Long

Good for her. I would just put her in undies. Get rid of the diapers and take her to the bathroom whenever she wakes up, after each meal, whenever she asks to go AND whenever you notice it's been 1-1/2 to 2 hours since she went. You tell her it's time to go, rather than ask her if she needs to go. I wouldn't make a big deal (positive or negative about it) - it's just part of growing up and you don't want her to think it can be used as any sort of power play.

I've potty trained dozens of children. It's completely normal for her to run hot and cold about using the potty right now. You are absolutely right not to push her.

As for going out of town - I think it will be easier on you just to use pull ups. Potty training and traveling do not go well together! So if you're training her on the road, consider whether you want to be dealing with the public restrooms.

Personally, I think public restrooms are icky. I always held my children up in a sitting position over the toilet so they didn't touch anything. One arm behind their back, one under their knees. Trying to back away as much as possible so nothing splashed on my clothes! Then trying to get the toilet paper for them! OMgosh, it makes me laugh remembering that!

I never gave treats to my children for using the potty. (But then I never trained really trained them, they trained themselves) I just told them how proud I was. But the other children I've trained, (because their parents did give them treats) I would just give one - yes, ONE - M&M to them, each time they used the potty. And it would only be if they used it, not when they just sat on it. Some parents would give them a treat every time they even sat on the darn thing, so they'd say they had to go every 2 minutes!

Good luck!

I really wish kids came with an instruction booklet. I have a 5 year old and a 3 year old. What we did when both children started showing an interest in potty training was to setup a schedule. We would put them on the toilet when we woke up, before and after lunch/nap/dinner and then before bed. Sometimes they would go and we would make a HUGE deal out of how proud we were of them and sometimes they wouldn't which we would just try again later. It took my oldest (boy) a little longer to start telling us when he had to go then my daughter (3 yo). She picked it up in about 3 weeks with no accidents since. My son took months.

One big mistake we made with our daughter was we took her to a public restroom with the automatic flushes. She wasn't big enough to block the sensor and the toilet flushed while she was still sitting on it. She freaked out when the noise and water hit her butt. It took a while before she would go to the bathroom anywhere, but in someone's house. She knew the difference between house bathrooms and ones with many people and toilets in them. She has been potty trained for well over a year and will still ask when we are in the public restroom for me to hold her so she doesn't get flushed away down the toilet. I also discovered if you put a piece of toilet paper over the sensor, it will not work. Then take the toilet paper off and trip the sensor and it will flush then.

I would not ask every 30 minutes. I tried that approach and both of my kids started to get upset because it always interrupted something that was going on and I did not want them to have a negative view of using the toilet. You will figure out what works best for you and your child. But I do think it would be so much easier if they each came with their own instruction manual. :)

It might be a phase...don't push or rush her...you can ask her if she needs to go - but overall - let her tell you when she's ready....usually 2 is good..

however, my daughter - URGH!!! didn't get fully potty trained until she was 4...she fought it every step of the way until her cousin who was younger than her by one year was going around without pull-ups, diapers, etc. and that changed it for her!! :)

I would just keep asking if she needs to go - make a huge hoopla when she does and reward her with stickers...

you do what works for you and your daughter...if a reward chart works for her - great!! if not - do what does work for you!!

My son thinks the stickers he gets for his potty chart ARE his treat. We made him a huge chart and when h filled up the whole thing, we took him to a movie. We bought a wide array of stickers at the dollar store (a whole book of 100 stickers was only $1) and he loves seeing which sticker he's going to get for going potty. Just a suggestion! :)

Hmmm...potty training as been a real struggle for me as well but I found this potty training guide to be pretty helpful so I think you should check it out for some reference tips: http://www.skinnyscoop.com/list/eden/tips-for-potty-training