My 2 and a half year old is simply not interested in the toilet or the potty ?

Question

am i going to have trouble with her

Answer 1

just make her go to the potty dont bribe her cause she will expect to get things every time. but just tell her she has to go to the potty, like  a big girl now.

Answer 2

I agree with the answer - just give it some time.  At 2 1/2 kids need to feel some sense of control - you want her start the transition but she doesn't want to.  Don't focus on it, she'll just dig in her heels further. I promise she won't go to kindergarten wearing diapers.

Ha - I just looked for a quick reference and found this following:

A study put out by the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia states that the average age for a child to start potty training is 27 months. This being the average age, there are a lot of toddlers that won’t be completely potty trained till after their third birthday.

They ended the article saying -  "Eventually something in your child’s head will “click” and your child will be ready to potty train. After all, how many kindergarteners do you know who start school still in diapers?"

I didn't see that before I wrote my response  :  )

Answer 3

try giving her rewards - candy

Answer 4

That's okay, she will be ready when she is ready.  Does she stay dry through the night?  First sign to tell if she is ready.  Just keep talking to her about the potty, buy her some pretty undies,  She will be trained before you know it.

Answer 5

No - all kids are different.  I was soooo confident that mine was 100% toilet trained at the age of 2 that I gave away all her nappies (I made my own reusables).  Then we moved to a colder climate and forget it.  She's about 2 3/4 now and is only just taking an interest again.  It'll happen.... eventually, don't stress about it!

Answer 6

the thing with them being so young is some are ready before others and the child will be ready when their ready. real hard to push them and them actually go with it. my daughter was ready very young but because we were in and out of the hospital so much i didnt even attempt then when it came down to it it was really hard to get her to use it. i tried everything the only thing i got to progress anything was getting her to poopy in the potty.. poopy is so much easier to recognize when they need to then pottying.. once i seen the sign she had to poopy id rush her into the bathroom and stick her on the potty cause either way poopy will come when they got to they cant really hold that. eventually she got the idea and then the potty part came when she was ready but she had the idea of it down and knew just what to do.

Answer 7

i am having the same problem with my 2 1/2 yr old daughter. although my daughter is showing all the right signs in order to start but she will just not go on it. i just leave the potty in the living room coz thats where we mostly are and let her play with it and get used to it. they say it takes girls longer so dont rush it and dont stress. she will do it when she is ready. goodluck.

Answer 8

It is going to be fine. Some children just take longer to be potty trained. There is nothing necessarily wrong with that, it tells you nothing developmentally. She'll be fine just give it some time

Answer 9

a rolled up newspaper works nicely for motivation

just think of her as a punching bag