Potty training thoughts ... need advice

In my opinion using a chart with stars for pee and a colorful big sticker for the other is the best way to go.

I never did the underwear thing, but when I was training my son I used the pull-ups. I also tried to make him go to the potty every couple of hours. I don't know if girl's do it, because I have just the one son, but he would hold him self and kind of jump about a little when he had to go. Hope it helps...:)

Have you tried rewarding her with something she likes, like a piece of candy?

The other kids at daycare get M&M's, so now she seems to think if she just sits on the potty, she should get one. LOL

my kids have been potty trained for years. i did see something on dr phil about this issue the other day check out his website for tips..

Main thing is don't worry about it and don't make a big deal of it. She sounds like she's doing fine. Let her do it her way in her time. If she's trying to copy the others then she doesn't even need the reward because success will be its own reward.

Just be pleased when she succeeds. :-)

it's been ions since i went through potty training. there were no pull ups when my girls were little, so i have no idea if the underwear under will work.

if you don't think the pull ups are absorbent enough, make sure you take her to the potty every hour.

sorry i can't be more help. good luck!! :)

Im not at that stage yet... omg it sounds hard though. lol
I hope she does good. I heard about those potty chairs you get that after they flush they get a sticker or candy but my cousins daughter would just go flush to take the candy so they dont work so well

I had 3 boys and they all learned differently. Let you own intuition tell you when she is ready. It sounds like she is very interested. I only had pull ups for my last one and they are very absorbent. I only allowed him to "use" them on outings and at night. If he stayed dry and pottied he got an M&M treat which turned him into a little chocaholic for a while! It was all worth it in the end - he is in college now! Good luck!

Maybe you could try pretty underwear under one of those "shower cap" type pull-ups for just-in-case. The "pretty" underwear aren't for going potty in - that's what the "potty chair" is for. :-)

Thanks, everyone! So far, I'm just letting her lead the way on this. I just know that with pull-ups, it's hard for kids to even tell when they are wet.

I don't have any (human) children, so I haven't had to go through this. I have heard, though, that children train faster if you've used cloth diapers; it does make sense, because cloth doesn't keep the moisture away from the skin as well as disposables tend to.

I owuld do the pull up,, and you and daycare work with her ,, it took my son yrs yet my daughter want to go swimming, I told her no daiper in pool,(before swimmers), and she was train with in a week. I did it every two hours till we hit the pot on time,,,

Okay, Jodie..... since she's shown interest; take away the pull ups. Do not make them an option! Why should she learn when she knows that pull ups are easier?
When you have at least three days to dedicate solely to her, start then. Explain to her that she's a big girl now and that pull ups are gone. Since she doesn't like diapers, tell her that she still have to wear them only when it's nap/bed time in case she has an accident.
Set a timer for every 15 minutes. Ask to her sit on the potty. When she does go, jump up and down, applaud, squeal.... anything to make her feel like she's number one and is awesome.
The next day, move the timer to 30 minutes, the next day 45 minutes...
I have successfully trained SEVERAL children with potty training. You cannot give up on her either.
Purchase a ton of panties; let her help you. Places like Babies R Us and Toys R Us and Sears have potty training panties too.
When she goes to bed at night, put her panties over the diaper to help her remember she's potty training too.
And, stay home during the initial process. She doesn't need any added stress.

Girl..I have bad memories of potty training! My daughter learned to pee in the potty at about three, but the other she was just determined she would not train for and wore the pull ups for like over a year!!!

My kids both learned differently. Pher was potty trained in less than a week. He got the chicken pox and only one accident in the pull up did it for him. It burned too bad. From then on, he used the potty. Boy was that easy.

My daughter was the difficult one. She was stubborn and things had to be done on her time. She wore the pull ups for a few months.

Both my kids were dry at night though.

Jacob just turned three and today was his first day ALL DAY in underwear. One accident but I did put a pull up at naptime and plan to do it at bedtime too. Charts and rewards are my only suggestion. He is still putting up a fight. No poop at all today so we shall see how that goes.

Good Luck!!!!!!!

I'm currently trying to potty train my son. I actually started out rewarding my son by giving him 3 mini M & Ms for sitting on the potty, praising him whether he goes or not, washes his hands and then dry his hands. I'm slowly trying to phase out the candy reward to a chart where he can see his progress and work towards a different kind of reward. You might try a potty training video like Elmo's Potty Time or Once Upon a Potty and get a kids book or two that talks about going potty as well. There are some parents who tell me that one technique that worked for their child was the pull-up over a pair of underwear, which some kids didn't like the wet feeling of the underwear and were more motivated to use the potty instead of going in the pants.

Keep the pull ups to use at night until she is completely trained..

Oh boy. Not a subject I am any good on. My kids were both LATE potty trainers. My daughter finally got the hang of it right around 3 1/2, but wouldn't poop on potty until she was four.
My son will go pee on the potty now, but sometimes he still has accidents.

Our parents potty-trained us without pull-pull ups! In my opinion, they are an unnecessary expense. I've potty-trained many, many kids while working in daycare for ten years. In my experience, pull-ups only prolonged the process. With my girls, I am planning on doing what my mom did. Put them in underwear, and put a pair of those rubber/plastic training pants over them. That way, they'll feel when they are wet, but it won't make a mess everywhere. Good luck!

other than super gluing your kid to the seat, and that's a joke, I have no ideal.

I'm not sure how I was trained--though I, obviously, got trained--but I do remember when my cousin, Denise, was in the process of being trained (She turned 47 this past July 2--hard to believe). We would come to visit her, and she would greet us at the door wearing only a top. This made it convenient for when she wanted to sit down on her potty. Of course, getting her to do this was another thing. Denise got trained when she was good and ready--which I think was around three years.

Nicholas and Megan I used cloth underpants. On Megan the pullups made it worse for her. James I am having one heck of a time.