my kid is still on diapers

Put the potty chair in front of the TV during her favorite TV show and put her on the pot. Sit on the floor next to her and wait it out. When it happens, cheer and make a fool out of youself and so should anyone else who is at home at the time. Patience, it will happen!

I let my son run around naked. We had hard wood floors threw the entire house so if he had an accident I just cleaned it with bleach right away. And we had a potty chair in his room and in the living room and in the bath room. It really worked for me. But maybe she's just not ready yet. Give yourself a break for a month or so then try it again. There's no right or wrong when it comes to your kid. You know them and their temperment so don't worry if she's not potty trianed by the "right" age. Don't lose heart. It will happen soon enough.

Yes, put the potty chair someplace where she's comfortable...it doesn't have to be the bathroom. Let her sit on the potty with her diaper on just so she can get used to it. Then try when you change her diaper putting the dirty diaper in the potty to show her thats where the poopy and pee-pee goes. Also try switching to training pants. I'm sure she can use those. Try the type with the re-attachable sides. Those are really helpful. Also, let her see you use the potty. Ultimately, she'll go when she's ready. If you try to rush it too much its not going to happen. Just keep being consistent with things and hopefully she'll learn. Some kids just take a while.

I'm not too sure how to help as my son is 18 months old and i am trying to potty train him, but he doesn't understand what the potty is for. He sits on it smiles, then runs off and pees on the floor. I think we will both probably just have to be persistant and keep trying aswel as keep telling them why they need the potty. I'm not sure how else to do it unless anyone has any suggestions. ~Joeys wife

It sounds to me that your child is just not ready yet. My son wasn't ready until about 3 1/2 and you know how people say "it happened overnight!" WELL.... that's what happened for us. One weekend it was like he just understood it all of a sudden. One trick we used is since it was summertime my husband had bought our son his first bike. He alreay had a tricycle, but this was a "big-boy" bike with training wheels. We put a picture on it that had a diaper on it with the red "NO" symbol thru it. We taped it to the front of the bike and he understood that if he wanted to play with the big boy bike he had to put on underwear. 15 minutes of it eventually turned into a couple hours.... and of course there were accidents, but every time he went on the potty it was like our house erupted in a party. We were all cheering and screaming! We even made up our own family "potty dance" and we all did it each time he went. You just have to make it fun, otherwise why would they want to even bother.

If she is scared, you are going to make it harder if you try to push. Let her sit on the potty with her clothes on, just to get used to it. Let her look at a book while she sits there. Read books with her on the subject. Let her go at her own pace. It is ok for her to be 3 and still in diapers. She is not the only one. Let her come into the bathroom with you while you go. Help her become independent in other ways, like getting herself dressed. She will do it when she is ready.

Diapers at 3 is perfectly normal. Most kids start using the potty around the time they turn 3 years old (I think 34-36 months for girls and 36-39 months for boys). Some where along the lines people got it into their heads that kids should be potty trained when they are 2 but the average age is still 3. My older 2 girls were 3 years, 2 months and 3 years, 8 months when they started using the potty. My youngest daughter is almost 21 months and I'm no where near starting potty training with her. My son was like 2 years, 5 months or so when he started using the potty--he was the easiest of my 3 older kids to potty train. They will do it when they are ready and the more pressure you put on them the more they will stop trying.

We have 3 daughters. The oldest was the hardest to train but we finally got there. She was about 3 1/2 before I got her trained and she wet the bed until she was 14. It was alot of work for me but again, she finally got there. She is a normal and very successful business woman today. Don't worry, it will happen in time. Our grandson will be 3 the end of January. He will use the toilet to pee only. When the time comes that he's uncomfortable wearing stinky traning pants, he will stop it and go on his own. It takes time and tons and tons of patience but it will all happen. Our little guy loves to listen and watch the toilet flush but he is instructed that can't happen until he goes in the toilet. I recall, since our kids are older now, sitting in the bathroom with our girls reading a book to them as they were learning. Good luck to you and happy holidays.

Take the diapers off and don't use them again Dress her in cotton panties and when she wets, leave them on so she can feel the cold, and wet and be uncomfortable. Don't scold her for wetting her panties. Let her play with her potty, let her see its a fun thing. Show her how to pee in it. Make a game of of it but stay relaxed. Things will work out. They always do!

First make sure she is ready for potty training. Does she understand what is going on? If she doesn't then you need to wait until she is ready. Try this method: pick a quiet day with just you and her. keep her and the potty chair in the same room. Use a doll that wets to demonstrate with. If she manages to use the potty chair give her a treat. Make it something you don't normally give her. I used gum. Let her feel herself dry and wet. Don't scold, just encourage. Be patient.