Potty training - aversion

My 2.4 yr old will not sit on a potty or toilet. We've got different kinds, ones she has chosen and tried different methods through play however as soon as we suggest her sitting on it, even with clothes still on she screams and runs away. It then takes her ages to calm down and trust us again. We've left her without nappies on other than for sleep since Thursday and we don't seem to be getting anywhere. This morning she screamed and ran away just because I was trying to change her trousers. Do we keep trying with it and hope she gets over it or do we give it a break and try again another time? Any advice greatly appreciated!

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I feel like I would take a break and try again another time! We tried a couple of months ago and it was a disaster so we’ve put it on hold just now

She's probably not ready. My little girl only just decided she was ready to take the nappies off. She wasn't interested. Follow there lead.

My son is the exact same. If I sit him on the toilet he’s terrified of it even with a smaller seat attached. A potty, he refuses. He knows what a poo and wee is yet will not attempt potty training

We went through this around a month ago ago, my little girl was absolutely terrified of the potty, we had a break for a week and then started rewarding her for sitting on it with her clothes on, then in her nappy and then went to taking her nappy off for a couple of days and that seemed to help! We also let her decorate her potty with stickers so it felt like hers. Also, there are some songs about sitting on the potty/toilet that we showed her. We’re now a week without a nappy other than sleeping ☺️

My daughter did the same and we took a break for awhile. I would always ask if she wanted nappies on or off when at home, no mention of potty etc. , and one day she just started using the potty as we left one on each level.

Just not ready yet I’d have a break if she’s feeling negative about it. Try keep every experience positive. Offer but if they don’t want to leave it.

Omg we are the same. He was super excited to sit on his potty at first (no idea why, maybe because he sees kids at daycare doing that) but he didn’t do anything on it. When he finally seemed to recognise a pee he wants nothing to do with it. Without clothes, he goes to a corner of the room and pees there instead, I say what about going on your potty and he says no. My son is strong willed, so if I was to carry him on put him on the potty he would be annoyed and it would go worse. I therefore don’t want to push it but completely stuck.

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