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I wouldn’t worry, once she’s ready, she’ll pick it up really quickly! One thing that helped with mine is to go shopping for knickers and let her pick them herself. Good luck!
My son isn't anywhere close either, try not to let it worry you it was unprofessional and it's absolutely not unusual for a 3 year old to not be trained yet! X
My girl doesn't go and is not interested at all, and also my 2 boys started only after 3yo and on the day started to use potty and no nappy at night, so I'm chilled this time. But the rude nurse is next level, so sorry she said that, you haven't done anything wrong 🥰
The person shouldn’t have said what they did, also you can test from a nappy that has a lining you add to it. A little like a sanitary pad we would use. My little boy isn’t there yet either, what I have done as some prep work is introduce pull up nappies and potty’s and placed one in bathroom and the other with the toys. Just so that it becomes part of the furniture. I have also made sure that I leave the toilet door open when I go and my partner so that he sees what we do. Again sees that we pull up and down trousers etc perhaps you could try something like this to help prep for nursery. See how she is bit by bit, then before you know it she will be sitting on it fine. My little boy has sat himself down fully clothed and I have given him a clap and well done to show that’s a good thing he is doing.
@Andrea hi lovely! She’s been on pull ups the best part of a year! We have a potty sitting around and tbh initially she was using it to stand on! Then she’d kinda sit on it but with the lid down! She comes to the toilet with us a lot to the point she’ll now when going upstairs with her dad say to me ‘2 mins just going for a pee’ because I sometimes say that to her! She showed an interest in us using toilet at first but now not so much! She knows when she’s done a poo and did for a little bit tell me but then stopped! I don’t think she understands the peeing quite yet! I’ve got a sticker book and reward chart! I’m just really waiting on her fully showing signs! I thought as she was pulling at her nappies this was another sign but then realised think she has a uti! X
Ah bless her, well it sounds like you are doing all you can. It’s as you say, it’s waiting for her. My son still at times try’s to stand on his. Also my friends little boy was doing amazing with it all and would sit and do things, then all of a sudden my friend said he would have a massive panic/melt down at even seeing a potty or toilet and had to go back to nappies. 🤷♀️ kids, I would love to know what goes on in their little minds.
You're definitely correct with not forcing.. pointless and causes stress for them. My son was similar, I simply said there are no more nappies left so we will wear pants or not underwear. And then I got a special pot which he liked the look of and put minstrels in there and told him everytime he does a wee he can have one from HIS special box. Every 45 I said it's time for the potty, which book shall I read to you? It helped him with me reading or playing something. He learnt to wee on demand after a couple days. We haven't nailed the poos yet but on our way! Give it a couple months if she really isn't ready, no judging, every kid is different!
My one knows what to do on the potty, however she still bring me nappies to put 🤣
Iv just potty trained my boy, I tried a couple of months ago but he just kept peeing all over and not even trying to use potty so I left it and when we tried again recently about 4 weeks ago he started using the potty and he’s done really well. He always says I’m pooing even if he just needs a wee lol but that’s just stuck now and that’s him telling us he needs the potty as he’s going to it. When u start u just have to go all in , no nappy and plenty of drinks so she gets use to the feeling of needing to wee and she will soon get the hang of it. But like u say if she’s not ready then it will take longer and she will just have a lot of accidents. I gave us a few days of going nowhere and just left him with nothing on his bottom half and then after a few days I started putting pants on so he got use to the feeling and wearing them instead and pulling them up n down. My first son didn’t potty train till just after turning 3 as his speech just wasn’t there and was showing any signs. X
Sorry you’ve had such a shitty experience! That’s not on at all. My little girl wasn’t really showing signs either but we decided to give potty training a go while we had a few of weeks off work. Luckily she did really well x
That's really unprofessional! I haven't even started with my boy yet as he's just showing no signs of being ready. I'm going to try and start when he turns 3. Every child is different so I really wouldn't worry xx