I need help potty training

Janet_2011Janet_2011
edited July 2011 in Parenting
My daughter is 2 years old, I have tried every trick and hint to help her go potty :( , and she just doesnt seem to get it, I have gone from panties to no panties, and she still goes all over the floor, sometimes when she has a diaper on she lets me know when shes about to do number 2, i take her diaper off and tell her to go in the potty, she sits down and does nothing and as soon as i put the diaper back on her.. she does it.
I wanted to get rid of her pampers before the baby is born but it seems impossible, any hints??
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  • sissylalasissylala
    Honestly, I tried everything with mine, and they just don't get it until they are ready... the only suggestion I have is take her every 20-30 mins whether she needs to or not. She will eventually get sick of all the unnecessary trips and start going when she needs to.
  • Janet_2011Janet_2011
    @sissylala I tried that, til i my self got tired of walking back and forth, i think im going to just take her everytime i go
  • laura536laura536
    They won't train until they are good and ready. My daughter was almost 3 before she was trained and she still has trouble staying dry at night. We tried panties, wearing no diaper, a timer, a sticker chart, nothing worked until she was ready to go on her own.
  • Janet_2011Janet_2011
    @laura536 thanks for letting me know, now i wont stress over it, Ill just let her be then :D
  • sissylalasissylala
    My daughter will be 2 in august and she's been trying for a couple of months.. but my 3 yr old boy is JUST NOW GETTING IT. Some kids require more time. You can also keep a kiddie potty in the living room or wherever she's at so she can "make it"...
  • Janet_2011Janet_2011
    @sissylala thanks for the tip :D
  • jcmommyjcmommy
    edited July 2011
    Take her every hour and cut down on her liquids. You have to be consistent. Especially cause I know you do not want to buy diapers for 2 kids. Potty in the living room is a great idea, some kids are just too scared to go by themselves.
  • Janet_2011Janet_2011
    @jcmommy Thats exactly what im trying to avoid
  • sissylalasissylala
    De nada... potty trainings a biyatch, so don't stress too much. It WILL happen, just might not be on YOUR schedule.. lol
  • sissylalasissylala
    Shoooot... I was buying diapers for two and pullups for one for a while there... talk about a sh* tty situation!
  • Janet_2011Janet_2011
    @sissylala :( yeah i need to start thinking positive and hoping that it will happen soon, Been a first time mom is hard enough, i dont imagine how is going to be with a newborn and a toddler.
  • BigBellyBigBelly
    I agree with everyone else! She will do it when she is ready. My daughter wanted nothing to do with it til she was just about 3. And you can also keep telling her that diapers are for babies. Mine hated that!
  • littlenat86littlenat86
    I would say she doesn't sound ready too and maybe give her a bit of time. Still keep the potty close at hand so she gets used to it but don't stress about it, when you change her nappy sit her on it and if she asks but I would leave the pants for a while!
  • laura536laura536
    Stress and environment changes can make potty training harder too. I know we were doing much better about staying dry overnight before we moved and my hubby took a job where he was gone two weeks at a time.

    A lot of toddlers regress and go back to accidents once the new baby arrives anyway, so if she isn't ready yet, take a break and go back to it later.
  • sissylalasissylala
    @bigbelly.. lol that backfired on me! My very freshly potty trained 3 yr old told me YES he was a baby, put a diaper on him, and that he wants his bottle back, too! Lmao!
  • Janet_2011Janet_2011
    @BigBelly Thanks for the tip , ill try telling her , i hope it bothers her to the point where she doesnt want them any more, it worked with her pacifier, I kept telling her how nasty it was and that only babies use it and she threw in the trash and never asked for another one.
  • BigBellyBigBelly
    Oh and I didn't buy pull ups cause they are just like diapers! Try buying the thick undies or the ones with plastic on the outside. I think that pull ups just confused her more cause they pretty much are still a diaper!
  • Janet_2011Janet_2011
    @littlenat86 thanks for the tip :x
  • Janet_2011Janet_2011
    @bigbelly yeah thats why i didnt bother buying pull ups, they feel and look alot like diapers
  • rubi1989rubi1989
    I bought pull-ups for my 2 year girl as soon as she turned 2 on april, I took her to buy wich ever potty she wanted and took her to the bathroom with me for a week. (some of you wont agree of going to take a piss with your daughter together but this is me) she got the hang of it the second day, then after the week going together I moved her potty to the living room, and to my surprise she didnt want her pullup on and started going potty by herself!!! One week after her birthday! So now a month ago I spend a week at my moms, and took her potty with us and when we came back home I realize I have forgotten her potty, I was so upset to myself so I just to her to the toilet and showed her where she needs to peepee and poopoo and she just started going on the toilet by herself!! So she doesnt wear diapers anymore only at night but most of the time she wakes up dry, she yells at me when shes done so I can wipe her, and in stores she asks to go peepee as soon as she walks in one lol even if she doesnt feel like it but I still take her! It was that easy for me!
  • vayannavayanna
    There are signs you have to watch for like can she stay dry for more than 2 hours does she wake up dry and does she change her own diaper my daughter dies this I bought some pull UPS and downloaded the I potty app and it will play music while she's going she loves it
  • txmoorekattxmoorekat
    Have you tried a musical potty chair? It worked when I potty trained my daughter, and also for my girlfriend when she potty trained her daughter.
  • beaded_bunnybeaded_bunny
    My son uses the potty as an excuse to get naked. . . I have no idea why but he WILL NOT sit on the potty if he is wearing a stitch then he will sit, tuck himself in, then try to stand up while closing the lid so I can't see that he didn't do anything. When I try to lift the lid to make sure he again didn't do anything he will try to sit on the lid while yelling 'icky or eww' as loud as he can so I will give up. I leave the potty in the bathroom but I'm again giving it a month or two before I try again. Lol I've been giving it a month or two for almost a year now. He'll be 26m in a few days
  • txmoorekattxmoorekat
    @beaded_bunny - my son has been a challenge to potty train. I am hoping to have him potty trained before I return to work from maternity leave. He will be 3 in September. The musical potty doesn't work with him. He likes to pee on the big potty when we are in public places (stores, eating out, etc) but not at home. I've tried the fruit loops in the toilet, rewards, cool big boy underwear.... The only thing I haven't done yet is let him run naked. That'll be next. Ugh... Hope that works.
  • BensMamaBensMama
    With my son, consistency was the biggest thing. We started his training a little before he turned 2. The first week was awful and I didn't think it would work, but we stuck with it and he was doing good within a week of starting. We cut daytime diapers out altogether, so he had to learn that he didn't have another option. He did have many accidents and battles that first week, but I just didn't let him off the hook and then when he'd pee in the potty I cheered for him like he'd won a championship. I always had my eye on him and when he did the 'potty dance' I'd say, time to go potty, and then plop him on the toilet whether he agreed or not. He didn't always go, but once he got the hang of it, after about a week, he would be excited to go and would cheer for himself as he peed. Poop... has definitely been more of a challenge for us, but I expected that am ok with it. Also, since he's just 2 now and both me and hubby work full time, we haven't even attempted overnight training. So my son holds his poop til he goes to bed in his pull up and then he poops. Sigh. He doesn't really ever have pee accidents, so I'm kind of just riding it out for a while. I figure when he's comfortable going poop on the potty he will... and I'm sticking with that theory for at least another few months. ;)
  • leslowleslow
    I have trained 3 kids and I have found you can't go back and forth with panties and diapers you have to just put them in panties no matter where your going and be willing to clean up the mess going back and forth they won't catch on
  • urmomwasrighturmomwasright
    Im having same trouble with my daughter
    she turns 3 next month
    she acts likes she wants to use potty
    got her panties , pullups etc
    she even stays dry through the night
    but she screams & crys bloody murder when you put her on the actually potty
    I take her with me to potty
    she watches (i know yuck but i figure less scary)
    she wants to shut toliet and flush it for me (even her brothers)but just wont do it herself
    Im just wanting to get her trained before she starts her little church pre school in september otherwise i wouldnt feel under so much pressure
    i think i too will have to just do what @leslow says as much as i hate to
    put the panties on and not look back
    if she messes enough of her beloved panties and princess dresses she may want to use potty ;0)
  • leslowleslow
    If you stick with it and be patient it work all 3 of my children were pottytrained by2
  • Surprise_Due8_28Surprise_Due8_28
    My pediatrician said to not try to potty train until after the baby has been here for a while. It can be too much stress and you dont want to snap if your little one has an accident. It is supposed to be a positive experience.
  • Mallory27Mallory27
    Im a 2 year old teacher Potty training is what i do. It is true that when they are ready they will do it if they aren't it just makes it worse and takes them longer. I take my students every hour and try and take them with students that already go on the potty (hard to do at home though i know) but when I do this I make a big deal about the child that did go and give them a sticker or something special. SO maybe if you do take her when you go you can make a big deal that you went potty! Yay mommy!! and give your self a candy?
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