How do you potty train when your child is afraid of the potty?

Question

My child is two, she shows signs of wanting to learn but is afraid of the potty. I even bought her a small one but still she will not go near it. My 1st child was no as hard.

Answer 1

Make a game out of it.

If she hasn't gone in the small one yet, you could decorate it and call it her princess seat.

You can tell her that that's where all the pretty princesses sit

when they have to go.

You can give her one of those little play princess crowns to wear for when she sits on her princess chair.

Then when she goes potty in it, make a really big deal out of it, and give her one of those huge plastic rings to wear.

She'll be happy.

I potty trained 6 children in a day school.

Some of them were terrified of the potty, but when I made it fun and exciting. they forgot how afraid they were and they got trained.

Also, I put up a brightly colored calendar, and let the kids choose a sticker and put it in "today's square" for each time they went pee-pee or poo-poo in the potty.

At the end of the day, I would bring them to the calendar, and we would count how many stickers they earned for the day, and celebrate and make a big deal of it. Then they would get to choose a small toy from the special box.

Most of the children I potty trained, were trained in 2 days!

It's all about creating excitement. Don't even give her a chance to feel afraid. Make the whole thing as much fun as you can, and she'll be trained in no time.

I really had fun (I have no kids and I liked playing mama.)

Answer 2

Well with my boy I bought a couple of 5 packs of Hot Wheels and told him when he was ready to go potty like a big boy he could pick which Hot Wheel he got.  One day out of the blue he told me he had to pee pee and so I put him on toilet and he went.  He picked his car and was so happy. The rest of the cars were awarded to him within a couple of days.   After that we never had another accident again except for a couple of poppy diapers. As for my girl, I will use the same tactic,but with a different kind of toy, unless she wants Hot Wheels too.  Good Luck.  

Answer 3

the best think is to show her by going to the bathroom...when you go show her step by step to do starting off by letting her knew when you feel the need to got to the bathroom

Answer 4

if you little girl seems scared to use to potty you could buy a stall and toilet seat.my third child was scared of the potty.after successfully potty training my other two the next step was to let them use the toilet.so i had a stall and toilet seat.my third child went straight on the toilet ok when i had sat him on it as he had seen his brothers already use it.i used to clap my hands and cheer he used to love it.you could always put your toilet seat down sit her on your lap and sing songs or play,you could also sit her on the toilet with the seat down on her own and sing etc.then when you sit her on the toilet with the seat you could sing again, she wont be scared of the toilet.that's what worked for me.it is good to clap your hands and cheer as well as children do love to be clever for mummy don't they.  

Answer 5

i am in the process of potty training also :) try putting the potty in the living room or her room.. from what i have read you are supposed to let the child play with the potty and get comfortable with it before you start the training process... if she has an older sister or brother let them show her how to use it.... good luck...  

Answer 6

sit on your potty and maybe she'll sit on hers bring a book they like that, but she'll come around

Answer 7

YOu wait until she ISN'T afraid.  If she's scared to try, she isn't ready.

Answer 8

You could try going to the library or a book store and getting her a kids book about potty training. You could read it to her everyday and maybe she will want to use the potty. You could also try distracting her by reading her the book as she sits on the potty. She will go when she is ready. Two is still a good age and young yet as well. My daughter wasn't completely potty trained until 3.

Answer 9

Let her observe you using the toilet.  Perhaps you could put stickers or something familiar to her on the little toilet to put her at ease a little.