Potty Training Trouble - McKinney,TX

When I potty trained my now 3 year old, she was 2 at the time. Her Dr. told me to give her a "reward" everytime she used the potty, and celebrate like a "fool"! We used a sticker chart and left it in the potty! We started a "potty" dance everytime she used. There will be regressions, it's hard growing up. Both for you and for your child. My daughter took several weeks for the poo poo part, she is still every shy about it! She actally kicks me out of the bathroom to poo. If we are out, I turn around to give her privacy. I would ask her every 30-45 min if she had to potty. Someties, I would even just put her on the potty and read a short story! it takes awhile but in the end it's worth it! Patiene is definety a virtue in this situation.
Good luck!

Hi, not sure about girls, but when my son went potty for the first time he just did it on his own, then went back to wanting to wear pullups, my aunt suggested (since she has a son about a year older) to take him to the store and let him pick out his own undies whatever kind he wanted and he will want to wear them and not mess them up, just explain to him/her that when they go potty in them they make them ugly. and when he would go potty to dance around the room yelling/singing "name" went potty in the potty big boy/girl mommy love it. then let them choose a small treat if you are not big on candy or that sort of thing to do a chart and put up a sticker (let her do it) and at the end of the week if she goes so many times take her to get ice cream or pick out a small toy or whatever your daughter likes. Hope this helps it helped me, and didnt take him too long after i did that for him to get the hang of it. Good Luck!

Sometimes they have regressions and you end up back in pull ups for a while. My son would tell me (after a month of none) that he wanted a pull up. I'd just respect his wishes and not push it. He'd get tired of them quickly and want to go back into his underwear.

I wouldn't sweat it. She's really young and doing great. I think when she decides she wants out of the pull ups, she'll be done with it. I think the key is not to get mad and not to push it. It really needs to be they're idea and not yours.

My daughter has been the same way too. She just turned 3 and we can finally go out in panties! We decided on a reward for her when she is officially potty trained instead of something for everytime she goes. She is in pre-school and they do not do rewards there. Also, I don't agree with rewarding children for expected behaviors. We do simple verbal praises when she potties during the day. The reward that she chose is to get her ears pierced. I made her a calendar on the computer and changed the month to say "Rori's Potty Training Chart". At bedtime, if she has not had any accidents the entire day, she gets to put a sticker on that day. When she gets 7 in a row she gets her reward. We started the calendar on Dec. first, and she has only had about 1 accident a week. No earings yet, but she is getting close. Since we started the chart and she can see visuals of her accomplishments, she is doing much better. She was having an accident almost every day before the chart. Hope this gives you an idea. Kids don't have a good concept of time, so yours may not realize that going in the potty is an everyday thing unless she can visualize it.