Potty Training ........HELP!?

Question

I am a mother of three and my two boys were easy to train. My daughter will be 3 in September. We are are having some problems with potty training her. I have tried to take her every 30 min., she will sit there on the potty for 10 to 15 min. and do nothing. Then she will stand in the floor and pee everywhere. Today she went to MMO and did not wet her pants nor did she pee in the potty. I bring her home put her on the potty and she sits there, we sing the pee pee song, I ran the water I did everything I could think of and she would not pee. I go in the kitchen and start fixing her lunch and she tells me "look mommy I pee I pee", and there is a large puddle of pee around her. She is not bothered with having wet panties at all. I have bought every type of panties with all types of designs hoping that this will help. I do not know what to do. Does anyone have any answers?

Answer 1

Daughters are funny.  My daughter wanted to use the real thing or nothing.  I wanted her to be able to use the toilet on her own and be completely safe.  I researched and found a very sturdy stool with sides for the toilet so she could hold on the whole time and not touch the toilet with her hands.  http://www.amazon.com/Elite-Child-Corpor...

This stool made all the difference for her and she potty trained right away.  Well worth it.  Hope this helps.

Answer 2

I have 3 kids too. My girl was the easiest. I know I have the best success when I stay out of the way. I heard Dr Phil on Opera a few years back make the suggestion of giving the child a doll...  have the child show the doll how to go. You might check Dr Phil's website to see if he outlines his method. Good luck

Answer 3

If she pees again and realizes it without going in the potty chair, tell her that next time she goes in the potty chair, she's going to get a reward of some sort, such as a cookie, piece of candy, etc.  Even a page with stars on it, and when she goes 20 times and each time gets a star, she gets to go to Chucky Cheeses, etc.  Good luck, and girls are harder to potty train than boys.

Answer 4

I did not have the exact same problems, but I did have difficulty potty-training my daughter too.   I actually had to go to the library for a book on it.   You already know that she will potty train when she is good and ready.  You are stressing over this too much and she is picking up on it.  She is in control of this.   Does she get a big reaction out of you when she pees on the floor?  If so, stop it.   When I left my daughter on the potty by herself, she seemed to do better.  CASUALLY, leave the bathroom.  Say, I have to go get something but stay here until I get back.  Then come back after 1 or 2 minutes.  Do that each time, even if it doesn't seem to work.  You can't try something a few times and give up.  Also, when I thought my daughter would never get interested in the potty, when she turned 3 she got a WHOLE lot more interested.  Good luck.

Answer 5

She is certainly old enough to know what she's doing when it comes to peeing on the floor/in her clothes. Get a child gate and gate her into the bathroom. Tell her the doctor says she has to put pee in the potty, and after she does that she can come out of the bathroom and play, etc. You have to think of these as on-purposes, not as accidents. After she pees in the potty, set a timer for 1-2 hours, at which point you tell her it's time to go potty again. If she balks, back into the gated bathroom she goes until she puts pee into the potty. It is not cruel to put her in the bathroom. You are just setting her up for success AND you are showing her that when Mom says it's time to pee in the potty, she  means business.