At my wits end!!!!!!!! warning gross (punishing, baby, support, parents)
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I have a 2 yr 4mth old dd and she isn't ready my oldest dd was 100% trained before her 2nd birthday. It's no big deal just wait a while and try again.
I can't believe the make kids start school so young in Canada. I would hate that for the little ones to be in school and still only be 3. Is that like a preschool thing or do they HAVE to go that young.
So I'm still trying to potty train my 2 1/2 year old girl. She is actually almost 2 yrs and 8 months. She is not getting it. I keep a potty in the living room. She took off her diaper and proceeded to poop on my hardwood floor. The potty was a foot away from her. Now she has started taking off her diaper whenever she poos and throws the diaper on the ground. I know gross!!!!
I also have an 8 month old and a 7 year old. I don't know what to do anymore. She pees IF I put her on the potty if not she pees on the floor/diaper. I have tried big girl underwear stickers you name it. She does NOT recognize the urge to go. Now this new thing of taking off her dirty diaper has really thrown me for a loop.
Please don't judge me just help please.
Thanks in advance
If you think about it - this might be the only thing she really can control, and she's not going to give up control so readily if she thinks she's got you over a barrel. Some kids get passive aggressive when pushed in toilet training.
Also some are perfectly happy with the idea of staying a baby.
You might need to back off, but start witholding some things she likes and tell her that those are for big girls and she's not a big girl yet. Make it less desireable to stay a baby and tell her big girls don't wear diapers. Babies are good too but they can't have what big girls have.
So I'm still trying to potty train my 2 1/2 year old girl. She is actually almost 2 yrs and 8 months. She is not getting it.
It's not her who doesn't get it, it's YOU who doesn't get it. She's not ready to train. Leave her alone. Some kids don't train until 3 or even 4 years old. The more you force her, the less she's going to want to do it.
I thought about giving her a little spank on the behind but I know I'm going to feel bad if I do it. I'm just hoping this going #2 in the diaper and then taking it off stops soon. My son was so easy to potty train. I just don't get why she's not getting it at all. I'm nervous because she will be 3 ys and 10 months when she goes to kindergarten and they won't take her if she's in diapers. I am worrying that there is something wrong with her.
She will be THREE and going to kindergarten? Most kids are FIVE when they go to kindergarten. Children not yet three years old do not belong in kindergarden.
Shen will get it when she gets it. You can't rush her. My son was over 3 before he toilet trained. He is an honors student now. Don't worry about it.
If you think about it - this might be the only thing she really can control, and she's not going to give up control so readily if she thinks she's got you over a barrel. Some kids get passive aggressive when pushed in toilet training.
Also some are perfectly happy with the idea of staying a baby.
You might need to back off, but start witholding some things she likes and tell her that those are for big girls and she's not a big girl yet. Make it less desireable to stay a baby and tell her big girls don't wear diapers. Babies are good too but they can't have what big girls have.
I agree with malamute.
Your daughter knows EXACTLY what she's doing. I'm sure she has been 'ready' for quite some time. It just isn't convenient for her. Is she one who doesn't take well to change? She's rebelling because she's stubborn. I wouldn't give up at all, and would punish her for going in her diaper and especially on the floor.
I'd stay on her case constantly for a couple days and not give her the opportunity to go anywhere but the potty. Put the potty in the bathroom, put a pair of panties on her and watch her like a hawk.
She's 2 1/2 now and you're worried because she'll start school at 3y 10 mo. You do realize that's more than 1 full year away? Why the big push now?
Why put either one of you through all of this? Who cares if it takes a little while longer? What difference will it make? None. She'll be ready when she's ready. With my oldest (DD) I stressed so much it was ridiculous...I finally decided it wasn't doing either of us any good. So I changed tack on that....when they were about 2 1/2 I took them to the store to buy "big girl/boy" pants. They got to choose them. Every now and then I would ask - do you want to try the big girl/boy pants today?" For awhile the answer was no....I let them be in control of that (no matter how much you might want to control you child, you cannot control another person's bowels and bladder - they need to learn how to do it themselves). When they finally said yes we hardly had any accidents. They were ready. They were allowed to be in control over when it happened. My DD was not quite 3 and my DS was about 3 1/2. My DD decided this about 1 month before DS was born. Everyone told me to expect regression...none at all. In fact, about the time he was born, she decided she didn't want nighttime diapers either...she brought it up to me I didn't ask her. Eh, so they were 3ish...They weren't stunted in any way or higher achieving or better behaved than kids who were potty trained 6 months earlier...MUCH easier on everyone IMO.
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Is that like a preschool thing or do they HAVE to go that young.
