Toilet training.

My daughter is three years old. She knows how to pee in the bathroom (in the toilet bowl), and she even knows how to put back her panties. The problem is when she will poof...she asks me to put diapers on her. She doesn't want to do poof either in the potty or in the bathroom. When I was teaching her to go to bathroom to pee, I showed her how big people do it. When she wants to pee, I also go to the bathroom and sit on the bowl. I get her potty and let her imitate me. Soon, she doesn't want to use the potty anymore and uses the toilet bowl instead. I see to it that an adult is watching her everytime she goes to the bathroom to avoid any accidents.

I am a single mother with 2 boys and 1 girl. My daughter was easy to potty train but the 2 boys took longer. I made a game out of it I put cheerios in the toilet and told them to shoot the cheerios. They loved doing it and after that toilet training was a breeze. I am currently pregnant with my last child that I have just found is a boy also and I will use this same trick on him.

I know how you feel! I am now begininngin training with my youngest. He is not interested. My older son I think was almost 5 when he got there properly but still had accidents at school. The first piece of advice I will give you is don't worry! Some children take a lot longer than others (I know it's frustrating). I did the reward thing and it worked eventually. The child must be ready though. Even at 4 he may simply not be. Although if you think he doesn't know he needs to go then there are clinics and things where you can get advice. What I did with my first child was a reward chart. I had the biggest problem with bedwetting so every time he had a dry bed in the morning, he would put a star on his chart until he had enough for a reward which was usually just sweets or a small toy but then he would get a bigger star for a full week and a bigger reward for having 7 big stars. I don't know if that would work for your son but you could try. He might find it fun to count up his stars and strive towards getting more by going to the toilet. Even if you say he gets a star for going so many times and if you can not buy him things, treat him by letting him choose what he wants for dinner, etc. Some kids prefer that kind of reward anyway! And also, a promise to a child doesn't mean anything until it's delivered so he needs to know you will keep your end of the bargain too! I hope that helps. I'm trying with a 2 year old who doesn't want to go because I don't want another one in nappies at 4 or 5!