
Parenting Toddlers (1-3) Support Group
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The way I knew my son was ready was when he started telling me he needed to change. I bought him underwear and it only took about 4 days.
I would back off completely. Your daughter is still young and there's a wide range for kids and potty training "readiness." While some kids may train at 2 years old , others may not be ready until they are 3 and 3 1/2.
I believe that you really have to wait until your child is ready. There are only a few things in life that you can not force your child to do and potty training is one of them.
This is what I did with my children and it worked like a charm: When they were about 2 or 2 1/2, I bought them a potty chair and I stuck it in their bathroom. When they asked about it, I said, "Oh that's your potty chair. When you're ready to use the potty, that will be your special chair." I didn't say another word about it.
When they showed an interest in the chair and occasionally peed in the potty, I took them to Target and let them pick out their own underwear. Whatever they wanted. I went home, stuck it in their dreser drawer and said, "Whenever you're ready, you can try wearing your underwear." My son was ready that night and never looked back. He had maybe 1 or 2 accidents.
My daughter wasn't ready for a few months and then one day she pulled out her underwear and said, "I'm ready." She had a few accidents but was determined in a just a few short days, she basically trained herself.
I don't think kids work well under pressure. Children know that they hold the cards on the potty issue and the more you pressure them, the more likely they are to back-off and maybe even regress.
Good Luck! "
I agree with the previous post about not pushing it and kids not working well under pressure. I'll let her get more used to the potty before I try sitting her on it on a regular basis. And the holidays are coming up, we're going to be traveling and we're going to have company and her schedule is going to be turned upside down several times. So I figure this is probably not the greatest time to try and master a new skill.
Good luck!
sounds like she might not be quite ready yet,.. we stated training around 26 months