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She can't tell you BECAUSE SHE'S TWO. I read all of the other thread but did not reply because others already said what needs to be said. She is not ready. YOU, as the adult, have to accept that fact. There is no set time table and if she's not ready until she's 3 1/2 or 4, that's just the way it is. You feel like a failure as a parent about this because you are pushing for something that is simply not going to happen yet.
Not ready until she's 4 wow I hope not. The reason I feel like such a failure is because everyone around me keeps telling me how their kids are already trained and they are YOUNGER then my daughter. My son was trained well before 3.
So you still think she's not ready even after I explained how she knows when she is peeing in her diaper and tells me after the fact. I was just looking for ways I could get her to realize BEFORE SHE GOES.
It isn't this hard to potty train a child. If you wait until she's ready, it won't be this stressful, life-consuming process. It'll be better for both of you. As for those other children who are trained before age two, in many of those cases, it's the parents who are trained and not the children. Think about it, if the child cannot go to the bathroom, undress, use the toilet, flush, and wash, the child is not trained. The parent who is telling the child when to go, undressing the child, standing over the child during the whole process is the "trained" one.
Not ready until she's 4 wow I hope not. The reason I feel like such a failure is because everyone around me keeps telling me how their kids are already trained and they are YOUNGER then my daughter. My son was trained well before 3.
So you still think she's not ready even after I explained how she knows when she is peeing in her diaper and tells me after the fact. I was just looking for ways I could get her to realize BEFORE SHE GOES.
Did you force her to walk at 8 months because some one else's child walked at 8 months?
Awareness of her body functions does not mean she's ready. It means she's aware, and that is ONLY the first step. You've heard it before, nobody graduates from High School in diapers, so just let the kids be for awhile. She'll get there, and she'll get there faster if you don't push her.
I didn't realize this. I mean I've been sitting her on the potty for 6 months now. She goes when I put her on. Sometimes she holds her croch when she is peeing on her diaper.
It's very possible that she's holding her crotch BEFORE she starts peeing in her diaper. Whenever you see her hold her crotch, put her on the potty.
It's very possible that she's holding her crotch BEFORE she starts peeing in her diaper. Whenever you see her hold her crotch, put her on the potty.
She has only done this once or twice. I think it was easier to train my son as I had only one child at the time. I can't watch this one like a hawk for signals and I think that is part of the problem. But maybe she just does not have control of her bladder and can't hold it in to make it to the potty.
I forgot to mention she is seeing a specialist as she is very constipated and we are trying to fix that. i was hoping to at least get her pee trained and hold off on the poo training for now.
She's just not ready.
A 1997 survey of 482 healthy toddlers reported that only 4% were potty trained by age two, while most weren't potty trained until between 3 and 3 1/2 years old.
According to the American Association of Pediatrics, a child may also resist potty training when there is stress in the home. A big stressor is a new baby
When I was a new mother, I recall reading a 'baby instruction manual', which was probably Dr. Spock's. The author stated that parents who proudly announced that their child was potty trained at a very early age had in actuality trained themselves to catch the toddler at just the right moment, and set her on the potty.
I had no trouble with my 2 eldest, but the 3rd just did not want to go on he potty. I tried everything available under the sun. I researched the problem thoroughly and nothing worked, he just wouldn't go till he felt like it.
One suggestion, try the wet, uncomfortable diaper angle. You might have to buy some cloth diapers and plastic pants, but it might be worth it, you won't know till you try. She might really hate the wet diapers and want to go on the potty just to avoid them. Later, the diapers will make the best cleaning and dusting cloths you ever used, but hold on to them in case the next one gets stubborn too.
Discomfort was what made my youngest finally give up and use the potty. It was just before his 4th birthday. His diaper/training pants had leaked onto the floor once too often, so I bought myself a small rug cleaner so I could get at any accident he might have on a rug. The next time he got the rug wet I grabbed the cleaner and started to work. Well, that little steamer made the loudest noise, and my little guy hated loud noises, he'd leave the room every time I ran the vacuum cleaner. He never wet his pants again after that afternoon. He never had an accident while asleep, either. He really hated that little rug cleaner.
Your daughter has to be emotionally and physically ready for potty training. Physically ready means that she wakes up dry from naps, can stay dry for more than 2 hours and wakes up dry in the morning. In other words, she has the body control necessary for toilet training. She also has to be able to be able to remove her clothing on her own.
Signs of emotional readiness are an interest in using the potty and telling you she has to go. Life has to relatively free from stress and she has to want to be a "big girl". With a baby in the house, it may take longer for her if she feels the baby gets more attention and thus resorts to acting like a baby herself. You might want to focus/praise "big girl" things that she does and how much you enjoy those things.
Pushing a child towards toilet training when they are not ready will in all likelihood fail and delay the process even longer. My son expressed an interest in the potty chair at 18 months, so I went out and bought one. He put the bowl on his head like a hat!
He started toilet training at 24 months, but then went off sailing with his dad, which set him back (the emotional part- being away from his mom). Once we were back together for a month, I started talking about big boy underpants (no pull-ups, please) that he could pick out all by himself when he thought he was ready. Within 2 weeks, at 2 1/2, he decided he was ready and was trained within a week with only one accident the whole time.
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