Can Someone Please Help Me How To Potty-Train My Child?

Question

My daughter is 3 years old. She already knows how to pee on the toilet bowl. The problem is, she doesn't want to p**p on the toilet bowl. So I bought her own personal toilet bowl. But she still doesn't want to p**p on it. She wants to p**p on her diapers. I am not letting her wear any diapers anymore so she'll be forced to p**p in the bathroom. But the problem is she holds her p**p and so what happens is she gets stomach cramps. I don't know what to do :'-( I want to cry! She's already 3 years old and soon I'll be sending her to school. What will I do? I take her with me whenever I go to the bathroom so she'll see how it's done. She only pees in the bathroom. When will she ever start to p**p in the bathroom?

Answer 1

Boy your daughter is stubborn. But she isn't ready. Maybe you should time her after she eats. Time when she goes p**p, and when you see her going, you need to keep an eye on her...rush her to the bathroom..or maybe this will work. Every time when she pees, even though she knows how to pee in the bathroom reward her with something maybe her favorite healthy fruit bars, etc..only when she pees. Then you tell her when she poops in the toilet you will reward her too...buy her favorite cartoons panties but tell her she can't wear them until she starts pooping in the toilet but leave the panties out so she can see them, tell her when she learns to p**p in the toilet she can wear them...I just waited for my two girls whenever they were ready. Maybe that is what is going to happen. Just relax...don't show her anger..My daughter's were 2 years old..they learned quickly.

Answer 2

To me it sounds like it's already become a power struggle with the two of you.  I would suggest giving her the diapers back until she is ready to p**p on the toilet on her own.  

There's two things you cannot make a child do...Eat and *hit.  So save your battles for other things!!

Answer 3

I give stickers for every successful potty deposit. When she pees she gets a small sticker,about the size of a finger tip. When she poops she gets to pick a sticker that's about the size of my hand. the small ones are boring and are an assortment of animals and the big ones have all the disney princesses on them. she has a collage of stickers on her dresser now but it's working.

GOODLUCK

Answer 4

take her diapers away and dont clean her, chances are she wont like being stinky and have p**p in her behind  

Answer 5

Witholding to resist toilet training - I've no experience of this not happening (as parent or child!).

As usual nowadays I'm going to give "cynical" advice.  You could try the old fashioned method where you make her sit on the potty and try to "do" and if she won't, put a suppository in her and make her sit there until it makes her do.  Eventually she should get the message that if she'd take responsibility for her bowel functions this wouldn't be necessary.

Answer 6

eventually she will.. my cousins son actually refused to wipe he made his mom do it until he was like 7..  

Answer 7

M&Ms

Seriously.. I know it sounds silly but it worked for my daughter. She was completely potty trained at 2. Give one M&M for peeing in the potty and two for pooping. Try it for a few days.

Answer 8

Try to get the book that aims at helping potty-train kids.  I can't remember the title but I used it to help my daughter and it worked.   Think of the wonderful moments that you have with her and you'll be less stressed out.

Answer 9

I had the same problem with my son...just take the p**p from her pull up and show her it goes in the potty and whenever you see her starting to go(if you can tell) hurry and put her on the potty....and be sure to stay in there with her so she knows everything is ok and eventually she will et it....it took my son about a week to get the hang of it...after daily routines of this!

Answer 10

smtn the book i think ur refering to is Everyone Poops