Potty training

My daughter is 3 also and I try to potty train her and I don’t try to force it because it’s gonna make her not want to use the potty and the daycare that she’s at also helps with potty training

I’m in the same boat with my son. I’m afraid I’ve missed his window of training 🤦‍♀️

Just here for the comments glad I’m not the only one with my 3yr old girl.. but i think it’s more reminding ourselves instead of them. And just being consistent with constantly putting them on the potty and with a lot of reinforcement when they go. I’m still working on it though like I said this isn’t for the weak 😩

@Tavai for your son try the three day method if you haven’t already; where you don’t leave the house for those three days and you let them run around naked, load them up with water and take them to the bathroom every 20 to 30 mins. We also kept reminding our son where we went to the bathroom and where it wasn’t okay to go to the bathroom. We did this a month before he started pre k and he goes to the bathroom by himself. He just needs help wiping when he poops.

@Ana excellent advice. I’ve tried that method a few times but I wasn’t consistent honestly. Always was busy doing other things. And I’m worried about all this carpet in my house. He is a busy body so I m worried I won’t catch him in time before he goes. Today he had so many accidents cuz I attempted to potty train him. This is so hard! And the daycare keep telling me that he needs to move to the older class but he can’t cuz he isn’t potty train. I don’t think they are helping him honestly.

@Tavai I have the same issue. My daughter can’t move up in her preschool unless she is potty trained 😩😩😩

What’s worse I have a 2 yr old too. She will have to wait I guess until I get him trained. He is a tall boy wearing pull ups. I feel like the worse mom. I have two older girls and I potty trained them just fine but I’m older now. My patience isn’t all that great. Lord help.

I’m about to buckle down and do this. My oldest kid told me to have some type of rewards. But does that work?

@Sacha I also tried to go to the potty with her every 2-3 hours but the one time I forget she won’t go, she is just too confortable in her pull-ups.

@Tavai some people use screen time as a reward.

Using underwear only (no pull-ups) and let them have accidents and remind them to go and ask them to tell you when they need to go help them recognize the signs they might need to go

@Ashley I believe you should try more than that about every hour 😩 that’s why it’s so hard

Yea I do 30 min increments. I noticed that he won’t go on the potty chair but will on the toilet. It’s getting him to stop what he is doing to go. It’s a struggle and I’m not consistent enough. We are working on it again today. Fingers crossed 🤞 for us all.

Yesss they never want to stop what they are doing 😩

A small toilet she could easily reach to foster independence

I agree. I’m thinking about getting one of those steps with the sit attached. Make it less scary. My daughter likes the potty chair but she really hasn’t used it 😂

I let my daughter run around with nothing on then she went to the bathroom on her own and was fully potty train in about a week my middle son is currently going through this process and wore under all day Saturday with no accidents and he used the potty on his own

We have a boy, we’ve tried everything! So far what’s worked best is not wearing underwear or pull-ups. He just wears his pants. Some reason he has no problem peeing/pooping in his underwear but doesn’t like it in his pants. But I’d say we’re about 75% potty trained. We have been working on this off and on for a year though! We’ve done mini m&ms as a reward for going on the toilet! But he still cant go to preschool since he’s not fully potty trained.

My son is the same way. We just started this week. I bought him some undies with his favorite character and small toys as gifts. He was very excited. The next day he woke up so excited and willing to try again. But today he wanted nothing to do with potty training. So celebrating small wins.

@Tavai maybe get your children to train at the same time, (as hard as it might sound) they might learn from each other