Potty training problems w lil one

We did the commando routine and it worked pretty well but bribing my recently turned 3 yr old with a ring pop for every deuce in the toilet worked great. She still wears a diaper overnight so thats the next step. She's fine during the day now. She still asks for a ring pop but we just told her that she ate them all because she's a big girl now.

 

Wow...This is quite the thread...Sorry I can't suggest anything, I was lucky with my son and he was pretty much doing well just after 2 yrs. old...It is just the way some kids are so hang in there....

 

I had two kids, been 20+ years since the potty training thing though. Maybe the dog training thing might help.
This does sound weird but you never know. When you train puppies to go outdoors to do their business you
continually bring them to the door they exit the house and bring them outdoors, if they pee/poop or not.
The routine they learn will eventually sink in and they will walk to the door and stand there to go out.

 

WW, look at the bright side of it. If she never gets "trained", you won't have to worry about any unsavory boys showing up to date her.....

 

Never did rewards, guilt nor shame.
Positive reinforcement all the way.
With encouragement and patience they get there.

 

Fun isnt t it? trying going through it with 2 at once!


We had tried the cold Turkey put them in underwear and train in a weekend approach all the books claim works. Bunk. All that got us was pee stained rugs all over hte hosue.

We got them trained but ended up doing it the slow way with pull ups (while out of house) and undies at home. Now just turned 4 and they are mostly trained in daytime. My son will go on his own. My daughter often asks for help (with wiping) and we are pushing her to be more independent on that. Neither of them yet gets how to wipe their backside from a #2. They will go on their own then yell for us from the bathroom to help clean up. If anyone has ideas on that......

They are also still in pull ups for overnight. We make them go potty at bedtime but they still wake up wet. I was told that you know they are ready to try overnight when they wake dry but we are not there yet.

 

Why did you teach them to do that ?
They're doing exactly what they were taught to do.
You going to spend the rest of your life doing the hard things for them because it is easier for you ?
Help them learn to do it themselves.
and yeah, they might make a few messes getting there. You clean up ( or if you want real harsh tough love make them clean up nay messes they make) , pat them on the head, try again and move on to the next hard thing.
(better half was doing the same thing, asked me to do it for her one time and I decided then and there this was dumb. Not because I wasn't willing to do it, just envisioned still doing this ten years on. Killed that vision with a butt wiping lesson right there and then)
"Daddy taught me to wipe my own azz" said the little one proudly.
Oops.

The lessons on appropriate word use began then.

 

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Did you wake up on the wrong side of the bed today?

 

Working with my 2 1/2 yr old on this as well... we have to remind him all the time to go use the potty, but for the most part he stays dry all day... and knock on wood he has went all week without a #2 accident. The ladies at day care have been great, like someone else said monkey see monkey do-do. We found at home positive reinforcement and keeping a timer on to remind us to get him to the potty every 15-20 minutes.

Don't force it, and let them do there thing... but on the same note my niece is 4 and still in pull ups... maybe a little to much letting her do her thing there.

~Nathan

 

... glad things are a little better WW.

 

IIRC she is 3ish right. That is not off track for the potty training. Like others said positive reinforcement can go a long way.

 

Wanting to go to school helped the oldest girl want to get it done more. The little one is 22 months and just started to go sit on the little potty without a diaper. Hopefully soon she will decide to start actually using it. The preschool closest to us requires them to be potty trained before sending them. We hope that will get the little one motivated to be completely good by 3 on that so she can go 2 years. She loves being around other kids.

 

If she insists on wearing the diaper, and then soils it......................take her OUTSIDE in the cold to clean her up and reinstall a new diaper!!

 

We did start making her clean herself up for an accident.