Any tips on potty training?

Potty training is a hard one! I am about to start my daughter who turned 2 in November. I usually make a big deal out of dry pants and actually going potty in the toilet. I fold a piece of construction paper in half and write "Sarah's potty sticker book" on one side. Each time they go potty they can put one of my special stickers in their "book". They get really excited about that. The only real trick I know is wearing pull ups over regular panties. That way the pull up is not actually touching their body and if they stay dry all night it can be used again. Those things are expensive! Some kids do better with pull ups and others do better with those thick panties with a plastic cover. I tell my daycare parents who have children this age to dress them in clothing that has no snaps or zippers. That way the child can learn how to get their own pants up and down by themselves which minimizes accidents if you can't jump up and help them right away. Good luck and don't feel alone in this, I am right there with you!

Sometimes they just aren't ready at 2. If you make it a power struggle, she will resist and it will become a long, horrible task. The thing that worked with my girls was making them "want" to go potty and be "a big girl". There are books you can read with your toddler about it. Try to make it a fun thing, lay on the praise like she just discovered the cure to cancer everytime she does go. And when she doesn't make it, don't make a big deal, just show some disappointment. Just don't let it become a battle of wills.

You need to potty train when your child shows you signs. Not because you want him to be or when someone else wnats him to be. I have a 2 year old that is showing signs (wants to be changed, knows how to use the potty, can take clothes on and off, etc...) of wanting to be potty trained. He is very stubbern though! We have put him in pullups during the day and diapers at night. Encouraged him to go and tell us when he has to go. He refuses to take the lead! I have even tried puttin ghim in regular underwear so he can really feel the wetness - doesn't bother him. If we tell him to go sit on the potty he will go - and has even number 2 in there twice! You just have to keep trying and "plugging away" Unfortunately I have found there is nothing you can do to force a child to become trained. My daughter was in pull ups for over a year. Then one day she just decided it was time to move to the potty and panties. Hopefully this helps - I know it's not answers that you were probably looking for - but no one has those answers. If they did all the kids would be trained at birth!:) At least I hope this helps you feel better and to know you are doing the right things.

My daughter is now 18 mths and she is potty trained. The way that I potty trained her :1. I took her to the bathroom everytime I did and told her what I was doing. She likes to mimic me,so she sat on her potty and marked me. 2. I took her to the bathroom first thing when she woke up and every 45 minutes. When she sat on the tolit, I would run the water and that would make her pee. Everytime she used the bathroom I made such a big deal out of it. I claped my hands and jumped up and down and she use to laugh at me. That made her want to go.

It seems as though you have received a lot of great info, there is absolutely nothing left that I could contribute other than always be patient. My grandson is 3, he knows his alphabet and numbers up to 20, he knows his colors and shapes. But he still has accidents, or he forget to tell someone [or he doesn't want to ] that he needs to potty. It's just a waiting game, when she's ready, it will just happen...SS

all i can say is patience. lol. i have two older girls and they were slower to train than my son. its much easier to train a boy.just try rewards,stars for being dry. dont putn any pressure about bveing dry at night. leave the night thing til later and put on a nappy or pullups. it will come by itself. during the day is difficult. when i was at home it was easy to watch but when i went out i put on pullups. this left it a bit slower but it saved my sanity. i thought it was nicer to the child to be able to go out and enjoy themselves and not worry about finding a toilet. the minute i got home again i whipped off the pullups and back to potty.

I don'tknow if you've had any success with this yet? I have boys, though I was told that girls are easier to potty train. Mine were all two and three quarters when I started - circumstances led to that - grandparents always in hospital, etc. My first trained within a week - but he still needed a night nappy (diaper) until he was 6! He always wet the bed (until we gave him incentive to work towards - a toy he really lusted after). And the twins also took about a week - the older twin was dry from when he was day trained - the older twin took another three months or so to lose the night nappy. We had a chart drawn up and would put a smiley face or sticker then they used the potty ot toilet - and reward them with a sweet (Smarties - like M&Ms - small ones). And if they had an accident we'd draw an unhappy face and of course no sweet. They hated the unhappy face and tried for the smileys :) Also, we'd put them on the potty every half an hour for a couple of minutes just so they got the knack of it. If they used the potty they'dget their smiley face, a sweet and lots of praise. If they wet their pants, we just said never mind but put up the unhappy face.

My baby also turned 2 in September and i have had her successfully potty trained for over a month now luckily! I guess it all depends on the child they all have their own minds and ultimately make this type of descision themselves in the end! My oldest was another story she was three when i was finally successfuul with her!!