My daughter turned 3 this past October. She has had ZERO interest in potty training at all. If I tried sitting her on the potty, she would just scream and scream until I took her off. When she turned 3, I finally said "enough is enough" and sat her on the potty chair. She will sit on it for long lenghts of time and will even do #1 if she sits there long enough. We make a huge deal of it whenever she does this, but the thing is - she doesn't CARE. She doesn't get overly excited and still won't tell us when she HAS to go so most of the time, her pull up is still wet. This week, I have devoted myself to putting her on the potty at least once an hour trying to teach her what it feels like when she has to go. It's really frustrating and sort of keeps me from getting ANYTHING done.

Does anyone have an tips that have worked for them? My son was potty trained the day after he turned 2 and it was SO easy with him. My daughter, who is smarter (not to play favorites, but she is just a brighter kid than he was at that age)seems like she will NEVER be potty trained.

Sounds like she loves the attention she is getting from all the potty hoopla. What does she say the reason is she doesn't want to use the potty? This is such a control thing. I've always heard they will use the potty when their ready. Maybe she isn't ready. They say the average for potty training is 3 years old. Which means some do it at 2 and some at 4 for the average to be 3. Be patient with her and hang in there. :)

Hi
When I trained my daughter I made her wear regular panties during the day so she would feel uncomfortable when she had an accident. My friends did the same thing.. We felt like the pullup works so well, that they don't feel the wetness. Plus, they are soooo expensive.!! Of course, this is difficult if you are not home a lot.
Also, I agree with the previous poster.. Both of my boys trained closer to 3/12, but I did it at their pace, and it was easy with no struggling. My daughter was really easy and was fully potty trained by 2 1/2. They are all so different.

Oh do I remember the problems we had potty training my 5 year old daughter.I finally came to the point where I was so frustrated I decided to take a different approach. We "CREATED", the "DIAPER FAIRY". My daughter got so into it. One day the diaper fairy came to our house and took the diapers away. The diaper fairy would leave a diaper for nap and a diaper for bed (secretly in my closet). We did this for about a month. The 1st couple weeks were rough, with lots of accidents...After a month the diaper fairy said she was a big enough girl to not need her anymore.And just like that the diaper fairy was gone. It worked like a charm...he never caught on and was fully potty trained in a month.


Good Luck and hope this helps!!!!!!


NikNak :wave:

I hate to be the one to say this, but I just finished potty training my 4th child and she would pee all over herself and still play in the wet clothes(i got to the point i left the wet clothes on her to teach her a lesson,....didnt work). My last resort was just a tiny pop on her bottom whenever she peed on herself. I hated that too. I would go in the other room and cry. It only hurt her feelings, but I only had to pop her one more time and she got the hang of it. I would remind her constantly throughout the day that if she pee peed in her panties then I would spank her. Every 30 Min I took her to the potty so I wouldnt have to pop her again. She only got 2 pops though and it worked. She still has an accident every now and then when we cant get there in time, but she doesnt get popped for trying. Now she goes to the potty and tells me she pee peed in the potty and moma didnt spank her. If its gets bad enough and you run out of options, try it.