Potty Training - Kent, WA

my oldest now 13 didnt pt till 4 (boy) my second now 11 didnt PT until 3 1/2 (girl) the 3rd not till 4 (boy), my 4th will be 3 july 6th just pt'd in the last 2 weeks and she is doing it when she wants and is ready, im not into the "training" eventually they will go when they are ready. she knows when she is going and thats the 1st step, give her another 6-9 months and she may very well have it down great!

The professional advices in such cases is to back off for a month and than try again. Put away everything and just stop talking about it or enforce it. This advice worked for us. My son started asking to go potty by him-self only two weeks after I did put away everything. Just one day I sad "It looks like you are not ready to use the potty. Let's forget about it and we will try again later.". Two weeks later he did show interest and asked me to put the potty out again and he just started using it. We didn't even needed the rewards or anything. "Good job!" was good enough. Good luck!

Reward charts never worked for me either. I use good old fashond treats for my 2 1/2 year old son. He is getting the hang of telling me when he is poping and we have to go rushig to the bathroom too. I also have 2 girls and they were both potty trained by 18 months. Every child is different and she may need the extra time. -Washington

My advise is to stop potty training, right now. Talk to her about what you are doing and let her know that you can start again in a couple of weeks if she is ready.

Then buy some big girl pretty panties to have on hand. Start on a weekend with a T-shirt and the cotton panties on her so that she can really feel it. Let her talk to you about going potty. She will not like the wet feel and will get the hang of it. If not, wait another 2 weeks.

Oh, and if you go out, put the big girl panties inside the pull-up... she will really get the feel for it.

Don't worry, she will get it. You are doing great!
M.

What worked for my daughter (she was the same age), was to have her not wear anything, just a shirt and socks. It was warm in the house and we weren't going anywhere. This worked like a charm. I put her in pull-ups for naps and at night. It took about 3 days and we were able to go full-time during the day with underwear. We still used pull-ups for naps & at night for a little while, and then just at night. It didn't take long though. Good luck.

Our little girl turned 2 1/2 today and she has been potty trained for one month and out of diapers for about 2 months. First I would say that when they're really ready, it happens pretty quickly (at least that was ours and our friends' experience). Otherwise, they still don't quite get the feeling of it all and you all will just be frustrated.

Here is what we did: I made her her own potty chart (which she helped pick the colors for) and she was excited about adding stickers to it. When she didn't feel like using the chart, so be it, it's hers. When we felt like it did it's part, I added the date on the back and laminated it so she has sometime to hold on to.

Our biggest break-through was ditching the diapers. When she was peeing on the potty more than once a day, I bought a bunch of toddler panties (the cotton kind with the extra layers of cotton in the middle). I made a big deal about them and let her pick out which style she wanted that day (which can lead to tantrums when the "hearts" are in the dirty hamper and that's all she wants). I bought some pull-ups for nap and bedtime and had to (reluctantly) use them sometimes during the day when she was really having a hard time adjusting to it all. It took about 3 days of her having a hard time not getting to wear diapers. Within a week of no more diapers, she was not using pull-ups during the day unless we were going to be away from the house. A week after that and we could start doing things (like going out to dinner) as long as we kept it within 2 hours (she's terrified of big toilets). Now we have a mini Baby Bjorn potty in the car so if we're out for many hours, she can have a place to go potty - she thinks it's funny because she gets to "go potty in car".

She did have a bunch of accidents (the most being about 3 changes of pants during the day) but was making it through most days dry. The accidents seemed to really do the trick. She hated wetting her pants, and really started to figure out what it felt like before she went.

She's not potty trained while sleeping and I don't expect that to happen for awhile. However, I do know some kids a bit older than her that are staying dry or getting up at night. Our biggest issue right now is that she still poops about 1/2 the time at nap time (even if she poops on the potty before bed). It's been her natural schedule for awhile so I'm not going to pressure her - that's why she has "daytime" (cloth) panties and "nap/bedtime" (pull-ups) panties. I hope this helps some. But don't worry if it takes a little while. I know our little girl wants to be a "big girl" one minute and plays being a "baby" the next. It's a lot of changes for them. Good luck! :-)

she may not be fully ready yet. this is not something you can control. the more you try to control the situation, the more she will resist. give it time and it will happen.

We used Dr. Phil's method of potty training and it was the perfect thing for us:

http://www.drphil.com/articles/article/264

The thing that really clicked for my son was training the doll how to do things first. They learn so much more when they are the ones teaching the doll how to do it right! Have your daughter teach the doll how important it is to tell her mom/dad that she has to go potty. "I have to go potty mommy" and then have her run the doll to the potty to go. Do this many times. Also - let your daughter have accidents if she needs to, then follow the steps of bringing her to the bathroom 10 times in a row, telling you "mommy, mommy I need to go potty" every time you run in there. My son loved this and made a big game out of it. He was potty trained by 2.5, which I understand is early for a boy.

I know each child is different and that there are many different methods of training out there. I was just astounded at how easy and effective this was. Good luck to you!

When my girls turned 2. I bought 2 kinds of underwear the thick white ones and pretty ones. I really played up the pretty panties so they started the day out with those. When they had and accident they had to wear the thick white (ugly)ones. It took about 2 weeks for me to get each of them trained. They were 2 years apart.

Hi S.,

What really helped us was getting rid of the diapers all together. We went back and forth with wearing pull-ups to wearing underwear and I think our son was just confused...he knew he *could* go to the bathroom in the pull-ups. One Saturday I told him we "ran out" of diapers and the only thing he could wear was underwear. He had a few accidents that week, but not very many - it went super quick once we did that. We would still put him in a pull-up for nap (but only did that for maybe another few weeks) and at night (still working on night-time potty training...getting close!). Good luck! Potty training is definitley frustrating on the parents! :)

I find it works best at that age when you make a potty schedule and stick to it. Start taking her into the bathroom at the same times everyday, and then they evenually develop a habit. It takes awhile for them to recognize that urge to go potty, you have to find their "potty pattern" and work with it. And remember these things take lots of time!! Good luck!

I also have a 2 1/2 yo girl. I have just recently come to grips with the realization that she's not ready yet for the responsibility of getting herself to the bathroom on time, let alone getting her pants down in time. She simple doesn't have all the sense and timing and coordination for that yet. Sometimes she does! And I praise her and reward her for that, and she seems to do it more and more by herself. But mostly I just make sure I put her on the pot every 1 1/2 to 2 hours. She is also a poop yeller: "Mom, I go POOOOOOO!" as she runs for the bathroom. I figure I have to be there to wipe her fanny anyway, so I might as well help her get there in first place. Like I said, more and more often, she takes herself. But she still needs help. If she accidently messes herself, I make sad faces and say "oh no! that's a bummer. you need to get her quicker, huh?" Give your daughter time.

Our daughter was potty trained right before she was 2 1/2. (and a son that is 9 months) I set the kitchen timer for every 15 minutes and took her. Every 2 days I increased the timer by 5 minutes. The first 6 days feels like all you are doing is going to the bathroom, but it really worked. In about 3 weeks we were not having any more accidents and she was telling me everytime. And we also had underwear on the entire time. It really worked well for us.

L.

I know how frustrating potty training can be... I have been a nanny for numerous children going through this phase. I agree with the standpoint that sometimes you have to just "back off" for awhile. Children can be quite stubborn and there is no point in having a power struggle over something like potty training. When you do feel like she is more "ready" I would suggest putting her on the potty at regular intervals. Also, a perfect time to get her to go poop is soon after a meal. When the upper digestive system is working... everything else is moving along too. Hope this helps & try not to get too stressed about it... how many teenagers or adults do you see that aren't potty trained? It will happen sooner or later :)

From a personal and professional (I work in Early childhood education/social work/parent training) stand point, she is appropriately potty training for her age, keep doing the positive encouragement, if she's not telling you yet it's probably because she doesn't really know yet, until she actually is going. It's always good to put her on the toilet to sit even if she has gone in her diaper, but I bet if you keep doing what you are doing and making it a positive experience she will catch on by age three.

Hi, All I can say is that she may not have been 100% ready to be potty trained. I have been told that 2.5 years old is still really early for potty training. You could also use the rule of 10. I read that a to get a toddler to understand it must be in 10's. So when you Talk to her about going on the potty and say 1. Mommy goes peepee on the potty 2. Daddy goes peepee on the potty 3. grandma goes peepee on the potty ......etc etc and the same for poopy. then go to each part of the house and make a game of.. "When you have to go PeePee what do you do?" Then you run to the bathroom, pull down undies and sit on the potty. a lot of work but 10 times for each room. She will eventually get it. :) Just stay positive and know, she will eventually be potty trainined, I have yet to meet an adult who still wears diapers :)

Hello S., I have potty trained 5 kids and one grandkid so I think I can speak with some credibillity. Here's the thing, sometimes they don't tell you they have to go, because they don't recognize the signs themselves yet. If the reward chart worked though that is probably not the case here. Once they get to the stage where they can recognize the urges a good reward system is panties, during the day to start with. Buy them, show her the big girl panties (just like Mommies) and then tell her that big girls do not wear diapers, they get to wear panties. If she wets them, back into diapers for that day. Then let her try again. She will want to earn her big girl panties and be like Mommy.

It sounds to me that she isn't yet fully aware of the feeling of needing to go in order to give you enough time to get her to the potty. And that pretty much can't be taught. give her some time she is still pretty young. With mine I asked them about every 15 minutes to make them aware of the feeling. good luck.

Hi. My son did the same thing and we had to have him go around naked. Literally spent 3 weeks naked at home. Pull up in the car and at bed. If he didn't have any clothes on, he'd run to the potty. I don't know why but it's worth a try. After about a week, I put clothes on him and he peed in them so off they went for another couple weeks. We did a sticker chart with CARS stickers and it helped transition him from one step to the next. Good luck.

Stop the training for a bit (a week or so - let her have a diaper back or pull ups - whatever helps you)...I have a 3 year old who I feared would never be trained and I realized I was pushing it and freaking her out. Kids bodies/brains are really not ready until they are around 2.5-3 years old. It just may be too soon. My daughter (as well as several of my friends kids) went from accidents and being stressed out to backing off and letting her let me know when she was ready and literally she trained herself in a weekend at 33 months and has had almost no accidents since...Good Luck!!

I am going through this same thing with my 2 1/2 year old, but as I learned with my oldest, just be patient. They will get it when they are ready. Some kids train at 18 months, others at 3 1/2. I have found the more I push, the more he resists. I just make sure never to get angry or punish him for accidents, otherwise he will stop trying. Don't know if any of this helps, but on the bright side, she will get it, I have never seen someone go off the college still in Diapers! :)

I didn't read all of the responses, but I am in agreement with Daniella. My younger daughter was just oblivious to the urge to pee and then had no discomfort with being drippy and wet. Finally, we just completely backed off and didn't even talk about it. After two weeks, she initiated going on the potty and that was it! No more diapers (except at night). By the way, she was not quite 2 1/2 when this happened, and we too, had been "training" for a couple of months.

J.

She needs some motivation to go in the potty. Think about it from her perspective. She is busy playing, and feels the need to go. Why stop playing if she can just go in her diaper? Once she is messy, she tells you, and you change her. You need to make going in her diaper more of a hassle then going in the potty.

My advice is to leave her naked. She obviously knows how to hold it, how to go, and how to recognise the urges. Now, you just need to motivation. I would let her play wearing just a shirt, and tell her not to potty on your floor. Explain to her that when she needs to go potty, she needs to go in the potty. You might even bring a potty chair into her playroom. Playing out back it another (less messy) alternative. She may mess once or twice. Just say "oh no, you went potty on the floor! Remember, potty goes in the toilet." Then have her help you clean up. Having to stop playing to take a shower was all the motivation my daughter needed. Plus, she was very eager to please, so when I told her not to go potty on my floor, she wanted to obey.

Another option is to put her in panties and when she goes in them, leave her for 10 minutes or so while you are "busy" doing something else.

I've never actually trained my kids @ all. I let them decide when they want to use the toilet and praise them like crazy when they do. Other than that I give it no attention @ all. I just insist that they wear diapers out until they begin consistently doing it on their own.

Once they are doing that I will ask them if they want to go when we are leaving some where first or if I notice they have not gone in a while.

My little girl who turned 2 in January started to do it on her own about 6 weeks ago and is doing well, but not perfect just yet. ( one accident yesterday and dry all night for last few nights)

My other girl was completely done learning @ 2 years and 8 months and my son @ 3 exactly. Every child is different, but I do think it needs to be their idea!

Also if you use disposable diapers it usually takes 6months to 1.5 yrs longer so if you do, you may want to see if she just needs more time.

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Hi S.,

We went through similar experiences with my son who is now 3. We tried the reward thing too...and he would go under his bed and go poop. So, two things that may help, as they did us: 1: My son sometimes gets gas before he goes poop - and it is usually about the same time per day. We sit him on the toilet - even when he says he does not have to go and let him look at a book of his choice. When he says he "tried but couldn't go", I say that is great, but to try again just a little longer. He usually will go within 10 minutes. If not, I congratulate him for trying and tell him he needs to tell me when he has to go or we will try to put him on the potty again later. 2: I have to give my supportive husband credit for this one - the reward chart worked for about 2 times - so my husband thought of something a little bigger, but that doesn't include candy -- he bought a 10 gallon fish tank. Every time he pooped in the potty we filled the tank with a gallon of water. At the end of the 10 gallons, we went to pick out frogs and fish of his choice. We now enjoy the fish and our family enjoys the tank and I have a 100% potty trained little boy!

Good luck to you....it will come for your daughter when she puts it all together....this may help get you there a bit quicker.

Try to not make a negative issue of it. Her body probably isn't telling her until right when she has to go. Give her complements for telling you and leave it alone. When she gets complements she will start paying attention to the signs and recognizing it a little earlier each day. When she gets reminders she will let you continue to be in charge of it and won't pay attention to what her body is telling her. It won't take long for more successes to show up when she is given the option of being in charge of it.
I've raised hundreds of children through potty-training raising my four, running a daycare for 22 years and now as a foster and grandparent. Patience and tolerance for making 'my own' decisions is always the best.

My children were easily grossed out so I made them help me clean up any mess they made. They did not want to do this so it did not take long before they were on the toilet every time. I also think they were "too busy" and interested in what they were doing to want to stop and go to the bathroom but then when they had to stop for longer and do the clean up it became less of an interruption to just go to the toilet.

S.

I have a son who is almost 2.5 - we potty trained just after his second birthday. He was simply ready - the first week, he wore underwear over a diaper, and I took him to the bathroom on an hourly basis (at first, then I spread it further and further apart through the week). By the end of the week, he was telling me that he DIDN'T have to go when I wanted to take him - that quickly transitioned into him telling me when he DID have to go - we have (in 3.5 months) only had 2 accidents (both times he told me he had to go, he just had to go so badly that he couldn't get to the bathroom).

I think that perhaps your daughter just isnt ready yet. She may be able to go on the toilet, but if she is not able to tell you (in enough time) then she probably isn't ready. The good news is, it can happen quickly!

Good luck

She just may not be ready yet, so I would stop and let her mature a little more and try again maybe in the next month or two. She will remember what you have already taught her so just say, "Let's try again"

Don't try to potty train. Show her what to do when she needs to go potty. ie: feel the urge, go to the potty, take off diaper, sit down, go potty, wipe, flush, wash hands.
Ask your pediatrician and I'm sure he'll agree that most (not ALL) kids at 2 1/2 don't have the physical ability to hold it when they get the urge, which is why sometimes people get frustrated after several months of training.
I have a 4 year old boy and an almost 3 year old girl. My son knew at 2 1/2 years old the whole process, but it was 3 months before his 4th birthday before he wanted anything to do with it. One day he woke up and decided today was the day he would use the potty. That was 6 months ago and I can count on one hand the number of accidents we've had.
My daughter will be 3 in June and she as well knows the process. She will go several times a day in the potty on her own, but each day she will go at least once or twice in her diaper. She clearly isn't ready to make that huge leap.
Don't push it and just keep encouraging her when she does it on her own and one day she'll decide that "today is the day"! good luck!

She might not be physically able to sense yet before she has to go. Our daughter was just like this, and then just after she turned 3, all of sudden she could tell us when she had to go. Before that, she would have accidents and not make it. We realized we just had to wait until she was physically ready, and then it happened so fast!

My aunt used to give my cousin an M&M each time she went. But, she hadn't been allowed to have candy and junk food and such before, so it was a really special thing for her.
Do you have her in pull-ups? Maybe if you put her in panties with a cover then it will be more unpleasant and make her want to get to the potty first.
My mom said she just let us run around in the backyard naked in summer with our little potty on the porch. That way, we were able to see it run down our leg so that it really "clicked" as to what we were supposed to be doing. ha ha ha

One simple thing should fix your problem.
NO MORE DIAPERS OR PULL UPS!! They use this as security and WILL use it if it is there. And although it may be an inconvience to you for a few days she will learn that it sucks being wet and stinky. Be consistant, once you start do not stop, it will just confuse the poor thing!

I also had a calender in our bathroom and would put stickers on the days with no accidents. It was a good reward and encouraged her to use the toilet.

Hi S.,
I remember a little of this with my kids. I think it's to early. This has to be 100% her choice and decision. I would say in a very unattached/non-emotional way "Meghan, I am going to keep you in diapers until you can tell me you need to go to the bathroom...then you can wear big girl panties with (and then huge selling point here and lots of excitement) cinderella, and Arial on them. I have two boys, one very stubborn and I just let it go..they will be potty trained in one weekend v.s. 1 year.
Maybe that helps. GOod luck..it can be maddening.
They are smart little cookies and if they realize "YOU" would like them to be potty trained, there is a good chance it will backfire somewhere along the way.
Good Luck
L. R.

Our daughter started the potty training on her own but had a harder time with pooping because of constipation what we did to coax her into going poop in the toilet was bought a jelly belly little at home dispenser (where you put the coins in) and filled it with yogo balls (the little yogurt balls)or you can use the jelly beans and every time she went poppy in the toilet she got to crank the machine and get her snack/treat. We explained that this would only happen if she went in the potty and not in her diaper and it worked great. Oh and our daughter started potty training at 22 months and now at 31 months is a pro during the day! And she only gets her snack/treat at night if she has done well through the whole day! Hope this helps

Here are some things that worked for me. We still have accidents occasionally (my daughter is also 2.5).
- Get a "poo-poo" box. Every time she goes poo-poo in the potty she gets to pick a prize out of the box. Once all the prizes are gone from the box, have a larger prize to signify that she is "trained".
- Have a song/chant that you sing when she is going potty. Ours went "Poo-poo in the potty. Poo-poo in the potty."
- Use stickers or other incentives at the end of the day if she has been dry all day. We used a calendar and stickers.
- We also used a timer for a while as other suggested.
Good luck!

If you can possibly handle a puppy, you can potty train together. We told my grand-daughter that if she learned part (the part she either has down pat already or that she almost had) we would get her a puppy and she could help name it. It worked like a charm since she got to be the BIG girl and help train the puppy to go "wee walkie" outside where he needs to go and she went in side where she needs to go. We had very few accidents for either.
Good luck,
JkS
PS Crate train the puppy.

all I did with my son was about 20 minutes after he ate I would say let's go potty. Then through out the day I would ask him Do you have to go potty? If he told me no I would wait another 30 mins or so and ask again..if he said no again about 15 mins after that I would say "Boy it's sure been a long time since you've gone potty let's go potty so you don't mess up your big boy pants." He would then go and if he went great if he didn't I would keep reminding him but at shorter intervals. I think it was easier to potty train him because we would use the "sink the target" game. By letting him toss a Cheerio into the toilet and try to sink it when he went potty. LOL
Another thing we did was read him a book while he tried to go potty or even let him read one to us which helped alot because it took his mind off of what he was there for and before he knew it he would go potty if he was going #2 he would give us the book and say "you read" and he would grab the toilet and then came the faces and Plop! LOL
I also Like the jelly bean idea someone suggested. Just come up with some creative ways to make these suggestions work like if she goes with out telling you she has to call you in to see and then she can come and pick out a special treat from the special candy jar or something? Or if the book thing works keep a chart and tell her that at the end of a specified time like a week or a few days that you will take her to the store and she can pick out a brand new book?

I would try watching her cues and having a routine. If you feed her bkfst, I would wait about 15-30 min afterwards and have her go. I had my son go on routine...I.E. before we left the house, when he first got up in the AM/nap, before he went to bed, shortly after a meal...etc. I also eliminated the reward system. To me, a child needs praise, routine, and love. You aren't going to be there to reward them when they get older and are going to the potty are you? I wanted to teach my son that going to the potty was something that you HAD to do. In turn, when he went, I made sure to praise him for him. (Hugs, kisses, clapping, and lots of dancing around. ;)) Hope this helps!

Take her to the store and let her pick out her own "big girl" panties. She will be less likely to mess her panties that she picked out herself. My daughter would always say, mommy I dont want to poop on the princesses. Sounds funny but it worked. Good Luck!!!!

S.,

This isn't so much advice, as it is empathy. I have twins who will turn three in June. We started actively potty training about six months ago, and had the same issue. They would go just fine when we brought them to the toilet, but would often not tell us when they had to go in time to get there. All I can say is that over and over we would say, if you need to go, please tell mommy and daddy before you need to go so we can get to the potty. We would also tell them at random times during the day, to reinforce it. Finally, we started asking them every hour, "do you have to go potty, let's try." One day it just clicked. In about a two week span, the girls just started telling us, and now they do it every time. I think sometimes you just have to wait it out.

S. M.

I used the method in the book Toilet Training in Less Than a Day, and it worked on my 27 month old.

I have a five year old daughter and this is my advice. Plan to stay home for a whole week. Don't go anywhere but outside to play. Inside wear a shirt, socks(optional), but no pants or pull ups. Have a potty chair in a close proximity of where the two of you we be. Maybe have two potty chairs. Do the reward system. When she potties 3 or 5 times in the chair you take her out to play(or play a game in the house,etc..) Clothes on when you are outside of course. You may have an accident but keep going. after a few days remove the potty chair and start on the real toilet. I did this with my daughter and it worked. Then she got to wear a diaper or pull up during naps and night time. One day she said she didn't want to wear one for her nap and it worked. Eventually the night time diaper went away soon afterwards. It might take two different sessions of naked week, but it could work. Good luck.

I have found great success in using big girl panties. It calls for a lot of work, but the child gets that instant uncomfortable feeling, and the panties don't absorb like a diaper/pull up. Try using big girl panties only for a few weeks (hide the pull ups if you are using them) and see if that helps. You might also try having bubbles in the bathroom...we blew bubbles along with cheered and sang songs after my girls went potty and poopy. This made it fun and encouraged them.

Oh, I also made it fun for both my girls (ages 4 and 2) to cheer for eachother. My 4 year old got rewarded for helping little sis, and my 2 year old got rewarded for going potty. They helped eachother and my 2 year old was trained in no time.

Good luck!

My experience with toilet training (both boy and girl) was they did it when they wanted to. My girl (emmie, age 2) decided to toilet train herself when my girl friend, her son (age 4) and my self, and my son (age 4) on a 4 day trip to victoria, bc and then vancouver, bc. We took a ship up to victoria, and then a ferry to vancouver, and a train back to seattle. We went to expensive hotels and restaurants. She would not wear diapers any more. She made the decision the day we left. I had no underwear for her. Emmie would not go to the bathroom before eating. Midway through the meal she had to go. By the time we got to the bathroom she didn't have to go any more. When we got back and she she started eating she had to go again. Etc, and etc. On our various modes of transportations and tours we visited every bathroom available because the jiggling made her have to go. My girl friend was so good to me by helping me out. And I was lucky that my son was even tempered and kind. He never made demands and was big enough to follow me without complaint.

So my suggestion is to wait until she wants to do it and don't take any long trips until then. W.

Hi S.. I have a 5 yr. old, 4 yr. old and 2 yr old, all girls. I've been through and am going through the potty training years. What you are experiencing is perfectly normal. Every child develops at their own pace, and potty training is one of those areas where there are a lot of pressures and expectations, but also the most flexibilty for what is "normal" and "healthy".

At this age, she is probably just not able to detect that feeling of having to go until right before she does, which is normal and will eventually pass. (no pun intended). The best you can do is to keep supporting her with love, affection and praise when she makes it. (We used a sticker chart, and we have a potty song... "Yeah Bella, Yeah Bella, You went pee pee, in the potty, yeah Bella.") When they didn't make it, it was no big deal.

She'll outgrow this stage, it'll just take time. If it's causing a huge crisis for you and your carpets, try resorting to pull ups with the wetness sensor so she can "feel" that she's gone. It might help during the transition. Good luck!

My granddaughter, now age 11, came to live with me shortly after she turned two. What worked for her was to keep a small bag of jelly beans in a kitchen drawer that she could reach, and every time she went on the potty she could go get one jelly bean. She seldom was given any sweets so this was a real treat for her. She got so she would run to the potty frequently and try to go so she could get a jelly bean. I always checked the potty, of course, before she could get one.

I say take a break from the potty training. Don't put any pressure on her. Tell her that you are going back to diapers because she's not ready. Or better don't tell her. I have found that most moms mistake early potty training signs for being ready. Give it some time and try again in a month or two. Then try training for 3 days. If it doesn't take, go back to diapers. I tried to potty train my daughter at 2 because I had another on the way. It didn't work. Six months later my son came and one month after that my daughter told me that she didn't want to wear diapers anymore.

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I'm a stay at home mother of 3 (1 girl Sydney (8 1/2, 2 boys Paden (6) & Eldon (3 1/2)).

There is a book that is called "Toilet training in less than a day" by Nathan H. Azrin, PH.D. and Richard M. Foxx, Ph.D. I highly reccomend it for toilet training.