I decided to do the cold turkey diaper free method. It was a crazy week, but she was potty trained in 7 days concerning night time and #1. Great job! I must give her kudos for that.
#2 is a different story. It is now 3 weeks out and she is still 0%. ZERO. I stopped counting when she was 0 for 27. It would be different if she had gone even once. That would give me hope, but she has yet to go #2 in the potty. She understands the urge, but will hold it if I sit her on the potty and go later. I've tried REALLY REALLY REALLY hard to avoid negative reinforcement. Here's what I've tried:
- She picked out a special treat at the store for when she does go.
- Showed her how friends her age could do it.
- She picked out special figurines if she went.
- Special Dora undies if she would go.
- I'd read to her or have her watch a show to feel comfortable spending time on the potty.
- She dislikes diapers now, but after 2 weeks I put them back on when I know she will go but apparently this isn't motivation enough to do it.
- She has an insert for the big potty as well as a little potty.
She is still young, but she is capable. That is what is driving me crazy. If I keep a pull-up on 24-7 she is less likely to go #1 in the potty, especially at night time which was A LOT of work to accomplish! I'm so frustrated. I am so frustrated. I am so frustrated.
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Ty did the same thing! I honestly don't know how it finally clicked but it did... we did all the same things you've done. (It took T months to get the scooter he REALLY wanted) I just about cried everyday as I cleaned his undies. And it IS really hard to not give negative attention, but keep it up. Stick with it, it's great when it does click. I'm sorry I know where you are at! Good luck!
Yeah, same thing with Quincey. He had it really good for awhile and then regressed back into the pooping pants stage. So now we are doing quarters for every time he goes #2 in the potty. And I have a chart of 4 weeks. At the end of the 4 weeks he is getting a transformers toy that he has been asking for. It seems to be working, it's been a week now, no accidents. It is so super frustrating, I agree. Q is 3 1/2 years old! We have been working on potty training for at least a year. Good luck! They get it eventually. Sounds like you are doing your part in teaching and encouraging.
I completely understand your frustration. You have no idea how much. And I know this isn't what you'll want to hear but.... My advice to you is that she's just not ready. If she had SOME success with #2 I would think otherwise, but with 0 success and with all the incentive you've given, that's what I think. When a child potty trains, they have to do most of the work to prove they're ready. And with how much work you're doing, it makes me think she's not ready for it. Good luck with whatever you do!! I've always said the hardest thing ever about motherhood was potty training. I'm 3 down and still have 2 to go. I feel sorry for myself ;)
My kid is afraid to poop and pee... even in a diaper. So she'll be in kindergarden and we'll just be starting to use the toilet... hopefully.
Jaden would go poop on the potty long before she would she would consistently pee on the potty. So when SHE finally decided to pee on the potty she went straight to underwear and hasn't had much of a problem since. I would say get the poop thing down before you do underwear at all. But that's just me, i'm not willing to clean that up. It was a month before her third birthday when it all finally clicked but i never forced. no fun, good luck.
Oh, girl..... potty training, sigh, done it 4 times... first time stunk....horrible... on all levels. Liza would poop EVERYTIME I took her to nursery! GRRR... Alex, he refused to poop at all until he had and explosion that covered my bathroom walls with urine, and that only happened after a day of Dr's appointments trying to figure out what was up with him? Good times I tell you! So Im not as "modern" as these lovely ladies that commented. I'm old school... I try to be nice and positive, for as long as I can, but eventually, when you know darn well that pooping in your panties is NOT okay... you get "mean mommy". After a few weeks of pooping her pants, I stuck Liza in the bathtub, and sprayed her down with the shower head (she hated spraying water)... and here's the really mean part.... I didn't let the water warm up first.... so she got sprayed with what ever came out till the hot water made it to the tub. Seemed to nip it in the bud. Alex pooped his pants once....... sprayer... never did it again... but then, he held it forever... so IDK... It's a crap shoot (for lack of a better expression) LOL!! My theory is, if they know their pooping, and can hold their poop to wait for a diaper, or pull up... then they CAN and SHOULD put it in the toilet.. the trouble with potty training is that it is the first time in your toddlers life, that she has had more control over something than you do! Don't think that she doesn't know that... So put her in control... tell her that if she poops in the potty, she gets "X" and if she chooses to poop in her pants then she LOOSES "Y" there needs to be a consequence for doing what is NOT acceptable, otherwise, why not do it.. right? Dr. Phil always says, we never do anything w/o a pay off, what's her pay off? Control. So, as mommy, you control her control w/ rewards and punishments. Does that make sense?
*stepping off soap box*
Love you erna... you'll be fine. As Shirley always told me... no one ever went to First Grade in a diaper. :-P
I love you Erna!! Hang in there! You are amazing! Muah...ah-ah-ah! Love you!
Every kid is different. I had two easy kids, and one difficult over-a-year-to-potty-train-kept-going-back-in-diapers kid. Maybe she's scared to flush that part of her down. I read the other comments for my own benefit, and I had to get the mean mommy out for my tough one and his poops, too. Finally decided poop in the underwear, and I throw it away. He didn't like that, but he was 3 1/2 by that time as well. Hope Sadie doesn't take much longer. It is very frustrating. *hugs* Also, there's a photo of a hot pregnant lady in a swimsuit in your other post. Go you! You look great.
I think you should still keep the statistics. She was 0-27, she's probably 0-33 by now. She could be 0-40 by the weekend! That might be some kind of record. Think about the Red Sox and how happy there were to break an 0-96 streak.
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