Started potty training today and my daughter won’t sit on the potty.

We used stickers as a reward, they are all over my house but it worked for my son. 1 for a wee, 2 for poo 😂. And gave him lots of water to help with bladder irritation and frequency x

My mum just bought her stickers :) so I’m guessing just practise? Xx

Do you have her naked from the waist down? My son was somehow refusing when wearing clothes but when naked he was fine. Also make sure to not push too hard and play it cool. I took a course from big little feelings that was against rewards, as it can end up being a power game, so I didn’t really use them. I know they have worked for others though. Good luck. x

Take the pressure off, just keep reminding ’if you need a wee, here’s the potty’ when she starts to go, move her to the potty really quickly so even if you get a few drops on the potty she starts to get the idea- this is much easier if she’s naked from the waist down

I really liked the oh crap method. The book said to not put much pressure on and just simply say we aren’t using nappies anymore and will be using the potty. Naked from waist down and then just focus on the fact you will spend the next few days playing at home with mummy and daddy. Then if start to wee pick them up to the potty say well done and back to playing. If they wee on the floor say wee should go in the potty and take them to potty. The fact that you are playing with them constantly is fun for them (when you are watching them like a hawk for signs of needing the loo). My little one wasn’t showing any “signs” of being ready so I was resistant but as we had some time off in January we did it then. Now she’s fully night and day potty trained. Good luck!

@Jo well done! How did you go about night training and what was the experience? We potty trained my son in October but as he usually wakes up with a wet nappy we haven’t night trained. Thanks for any insights in advance.

Another vote for the oh crap method! I think those first few days you really have to watch them like a hawk and have them naked from the waist down. @Elsa at night time I would just wait for them to naturally have dry nappies. Apparently it’s reliant on them producing a hormone which helps them stay dry at night. My daughter is now dry at night but there was no ‘training’ as such

Agree with Lou, she was dry at night most nights and she really hated having pull ups on - it confused her why she was wearying nappies at night even though we changed the brand and called them nighttime knickers. So we said ok no more nighttime knickers but you have to call for us in the night if you need a wee - so she does that but mostly can hold it all the night through to the morning! The oh crap book does suggest night training straight away which basically means walking them up for a wee in the night. My sister did this with her little one and it worked so if you are interested in that could try that method but is a lot more effort I think

@Lou @Jo thanks both! Appreciate it. xx

Thanks everyone for commenting. We not had much success today but will perceiver. Naked from the waist down is so much easier though xx