I have a 2 1/2 year old and i cant get her to use the potty regularly help?

Question

the first time she used it she was 15 months old and she has used it a few time since then. but now she freaks when i tell her she needs to go use it.

Answer 1

We potty trained 2 months ago.  hes 2 1/2 now. Be consistent, that's the trick.We stayed home all weekend and put my son in just underwear, that way we knew right away if he went.  Also,

we empowered him to tell us if he has to go.  tell daddy if you need

to use the potty.  Not "do you have to use the potty?" that made him

understand the signs when he has to go.  we also rewarded him with 2-3 M&M's .Well 2 months into it . After the 3 days he was pretty good, and now hes really good.  He tells use when he has to go and will even hold it if were driving. p**p too....

Just be consistent, good luck

Answer 2

You have to do this:

Go somewhere and have her pick out some underwear she likes.

When she ends up going in her new underwear and gets upset you tell her that she needs to go to the bathroom if she doesnt want to ruin her underwear.

She will immediately go to the bathroom and never need diapers or anything.

My parents did this with me and they said it worked instantly but you will have to clean her up when she goes in the underwear.

But at night use diapers until she gets used to the idea.

Answer 3

don't push her the more you push the longer it will take.  if you have any friends that are her same age and potty trained see if that will help by their encouragement.  try rewards.  but wait till she's ready.  my second and third children weren't trained until age 3 i used an alarm on my second.  never never do that it is cruel!

Answer 4

Try to use ALOT of encouragement. What i did was everynight before she went to bed id put her on the toilet, then every morning first thing id have her use the toilet she got use to it and does it on her own most of the time

Answer 5

You need to go a) cold turkey so that she understands the concept of being wet.

b) reward and praise every time she goes on a potty (stickers is an exellent reward and is inexpensive)

c) read books and show videos about potty.

d) take her to the restroom when you are going and literraly show her how you pee, suggest that she pees/poops with you on her potty right next to you.

e) give her books with pictures to look over while she is sitting on the potty so that she enjoys it more

f) tell her that only big girls go on the potty, and babies go in the diaper.

g)if there are siblings/cousins who use potty, it would be great that she sees them using the potty and them telling her that they don't use diapers because they are big kids.

Good Luck

EDIT: I also put a potty in the living room next to her play table and toys. This way if she wants to go she doesn't have to hold it,  come and ask me, but she can just go and then come and tell me that she went if I didn't see.

Answer 6

Ok stop the training for about two - three weeks. When you start up keep away from diaper or Pull ups. They completely slow down the whole process.  

Answer 7

Praise her each time she uses the potty and give her a little treat.  Never give out to her if she has accidents just clean her up and say try use the potty.  She probably just needs time as every child is different, but if you have family or friends with a little girl around the same age that is potty trained let her see that child use the potty, it may encourage your daughter to start.  Best of luck.

Answer 8

My daughter will be 3 in oct. and wont use it either. She was really good at first and then just stopped. Here's what we tried, maybe it will work for you...

Potty Prizes-candy and then when that no longer worked we gave her pennies because she liked to put them in her piggy bank.

Also we had a fancy toddler potty that made noise and all kinds of stuff but that made her want to just play instead of go so  we switched to just a basic seat that fits on top of the toilet. She'll go pee but wont do #2 at all. Shes in daycare and sees the other kids using the big potty but still doesnt have the desire to go.

I think she'll just come into it when she's ready. My friends son was 3 1/2 and one day just went by himself and has been ever since. Its their decision, not ours.

Answer 9

My daughter was curious and excited about the real toilet and I wanted to build on that.  I found a very safe and very sturdy stool with sides for the toilet so she could hold on the entire time.  http://www.amazon.com/Elite-Child-Corpor...

The first time she saw it she did not hesitate and sat on the toilet like she had done it a million times.  She loved using what big kids and adults use and was very proud she could do it herself.  This stool made all the difference and was well worth it.  Hope this helps.

Answer 10

My 3 year old daughter does the same thing.  At day care they always say she has no problems using the potty and hardly ever has accidents but when we get home its a totally different story.  The first thing we do when we walk in the door is potty, and she will however about 15 min. later she has an accident!  The mornings are the worst as I have to wake her up early for daycare and the last thing she wants to do is sit on the potty..  I even ask her every hr or so if she needs to go which sometimes works.  What I did find that works a little bit more is the potty with the characters on it, like Dora- that she knows is her "special potty seat"...when she feels like using it anyway ! LOL