Hi IM's
I have a 2.5year old girl who I have been trying to potty train. She is a very bright switched on girl, talkative and knows all about it.
My problem is she went on the potty by herself without saying anything to her 4 times about 3 months ago. Now she will sit on the potty but not do anything.
I am constantly asking her if she needs to go and putting her on it.
When she wants to do something she asks me to put a nappy on. If I don't she stands there holds herself and crosses her legs or just does it on the floor.
I don't push her, yell at her or make her scared of using the potty. She does sit on it on her own free will but freaks out when she has to go for me to put a nappy on.
I either let her go with nothing on or she puts undies on and just wets them.
I've tried stickers, bribery, and training pants but nothing is working.
Does anyone have any tips on how I can get her to do it in the potty again as I just don't know what else to do?
Thanks
2 Replies
She's not ready yet. Some kids go through stages of trying it out, then will regress again. My daughter (who's now 3y8m) went through a year of doing it sometimes on the loo, then back to nappies for months. One day (just after age 3) she asked to wear undies and that was it!
A lot of people said my son wasn't ready, I actually asked on this page for some advice and got slammed for it.
my son was 2 1/2 and all I did was told him he was starting to become a big boy and that he should be wearing big boy undies, that day he threw his nappies in the bin (a full bag) and has been going to the toilet day and night ever since. I also bought him a new bathroom set, thomas toilet seat, thomas toilet step and bath mat. He loved toilet training. He had a few accidents when he got distracted but never a night time accident and only one poo accident. He just turned three and he is great with the toilet but he always refused potties.. which I'm kind of glad because it would have been hard to switch him to the toilet after that. You could try maybe taking her to the toilet with you, showing her how fun it is to wipe, and when she is on the toilet give her a magazine or something to keep her mind going. Also if you stand there watching her she may get a bit stage fright, my son at 2 and 1/2 told me to "go" out of the room and now at three he goes to the bathroom shuts the door and does his business.
good luck IM, if you think she is ready don't let anyone tell you differently. If I had of listened to a lot of women on this page just over 6 months ago, my son wouldn't be toilet trained yet. Believe in yourself and your girl, she will get there x