potty training

gurgle expert Thirza Ash says 'First of all, stop taking her to the potty so regularly! She is probably getting as fed up with it as you are but she is the one with the control here – you cannot make her use the potty, and she probably knows this! Turning toilet training into a battle ground is a complete non-starter, the adult never wins if the situation becomes confrontational and there is always the possibility of longer lasting repercussions.

Have you tried a star chart? You can buy these from the internet or just make your own – your daughter could even help you. Make the chart so that she doesn’t have to use the potty too many times in a day before she gets a small reward – even once is probably enough to begin with! You can buy stickers in most toy shops or the larger newsagents which she can stick on her chart and when she has reached the required number of the day she gets her reward. Tell her that you will keep the potty in the bathroom and when she feels she is a big enough girl to use it then she knows where it is and each time she uses it she can put a sticker on her chart. You can tell her that once she has reached 5 stars for example she can have a special treat but do keep these small – a packet of raisins or a little box of crayons and some paper is quite enough!

The other thing to try is a toilet seat and step rather than a potty. Ask your daughter if she thinks she is a big enough girl to use the big toilet and if so would she like to choose a special seat to use? Take her shopping and let her choose the seat – don’t forget the step as it is not very comfortable if your legs are dangling!'

My daughter is 2 years and 4 months and has been potty trained for a year. She was always very nosy and came to the toilet with me from a tiny baby she started looking inside the toilet and i sat her on it fully clothed, she started telling you when she had a wet or poo nappy so i got the potty out and bought some new potty box toys which as suggested was placed in a box and she could only play with these toy s when sitting on the potty, she therefore sat on it alot and was rewarded by lots of praise and singing pee pee in the potty, pee pee in the potty! the next week she took chicken pox and we spent a week in the house unable to go out she then returned to nursery fully potty trained wearing pants. She is now dry both day and night with a rare accident. Hope this helps.

my daughter is 2 years 6 months..i was given a fisher price potty,that drives u crazy as it as a sensor and sings an annoying song whenever its used !! ANYWAY its been in the livivg room since i was given it (aprox 12mths) so my daughter hasnt felt intimidated by it..i just got fed up one day of changing nappies (i also have a son who was 10 mth old at the time) so sat her on it roughly every hour and held her there whilst either reading to her or playin with her toys.Now she loves using it but i have found myself getting strange looks when im in the toilet roll section of the supermarket singing the anoying song...toilet paper,toilet paper, on a roll,next to me. i could use a few squares etc..

I've potty trained my son and I found that he'd get very fed up of the potty if I put him on too often and then wouldnt want to use it at all. Maybe you could put her on every hour, I did this and I found it worked really well. I also give my little boy a treat when he did sit on there and said he was very good for sitting down, it wasnt much, a mint or a sweet and that encouraged him to sit on the potty. I'd also put pants and trousurs on him so that when he refused to go and did wee himself, he'd realise how uncomfortable it is, i used to leave him in his wet trousurs for about 20 minutes, it sounds mean but he was uncomfortable and he started to wee in the potty all the time then because he found that he'd rather do that than feel wet.

yea weve tryed rewards and letting her run round bare bottom she doesnt like it!! will keep trying her and ive left potty out so she knows its there

yea weve tryed rewards and letting her run round bare bottom she doesnt like it!! will keep trying her and ive left potty out so she knows its there

my daughters the exact same..ive tried EVERYTHING...bribeing her the lot lol i give up

hey

dot know if it will help... but my mum had a book when she potty trained me and my sisiter and she did it in one day... blocked off a room and kept feeding us crisps and juice so we needed the loo all the time then kept putting us on the potty and praising us and big hugs when we did it right.. i never wet myself or the bed or anything... dr phil also does something like it on the telly... if your having trouble doing it the usual way you could maybe try it the short way and see if she catches on :)