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Mommies- Question for you
Abby is 2 yrs. and 4 months old- She is nearing the time where I think she should be beginning to be potty trained. I've tried to put her in just panties, however she will barely sit on the potty, and then will pee in her panties. I am asking her to make sure she tells me when she needs to go, or asking her if she needs to go and it's always no..But a lot of times, I'll set her on the potty to try and then as soon as we get up and she goes somewhere else she'll be a lot.
Any suggestions ??? Things that worked for you-
Re: Mommies- Question for you
I can tell you what worked for my SIL with my niece. Lollipops when she did go...you could use something that Abby likes....my niece just really likes lollipops...it's a type of reward system.
Also my SIL consistently made her go when she got up from bed or naptime...and just continued asking if she had to go throughout the day...and had her baby sitter do it as well. It's all about consistency I think.
Also (which you may not want to do this but it worked for her) my SIL bought this training potty that played music when my niece went. Macy really liked hearing the music and she knew that if she wanted to hear it she had to go in the potty. Of course she had to learn that the big potty didn't play music but the flushing was exciting for her lol.
Oh and Macy is a huge Dora fan and so some of her big girl panties were Dora panties and she didn't want to mess up her big girl Dora panties. They put a lot of emphasis on big girl talk and she really wanted to be a big girl.
Okay sorry I know that's a lot. Good luck!
Candi- thanks for the input....
I have been doing M&M's for Abby because she likes those as a reward for going. She knows she gets to wipe with toilet paper, flush, and use soap and water to wash her hands if she pees in the potty.
Abby also has the potty that plays music when she pees or poops, but she actually didn't like it---
Yeah, Dora is her life too, so we have 3 pairs of Dora panties and I figured it'd be bad when she messed them up b/c she'd pee or poo and that'd help however, it didn't seem to matter a whole terribly lot
!! Thanks for the help candi!
Ahh I am sorry that none of my suggestions will work...I tried
Good luck though! I know that it would be awesome for you to get her trained soon since little Sydney will be here before you know it
We tried off and on with Hannah- I would put her in her "big girl panties" and we'd make a BIG deal out of going potty. ?She just didn't care. ?Finally on the 3rd (or 4th!) try, she finally seemed interested in her "big girl panties" (Princesses!) She had a couple of accidents but after that she would always tell us "i have to tee tee!" and when she'd go we'd just drown her in praises. ?:) ?*knock on wood* she has been trained ever since. (except pullups at night)
?Maybe give it another couple of months and she'll surprise you!!?
She might not be ready yet. I tried with Ava when she was around that age but it wasn't really working so I waited a month or so before I tried again. For Ava, pull ups didn't work and I read not to use panties until they were fully trained so I let her go bare for a day and that worked for her. It was a pain, but it was a quick way to help her realize what was going on. I also usd m&m's at first but that didn't really motivate her so I switched to a starburst, not so good for the teeth but it worked well for potty training: )
obviously not there yet but I heard the same thing that candi suggested about the panties. Question, did abby pick out those panties? maybe if you made a really big deal of buying her new big girl panties that she picks out, she might care more if she messes in them?
good luck!