Tried and true potty training ideas anyone?
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Hi Everyone-
Well first off, I was a member in the past and have found myself busy with work and a toddler and just not getting on the computer. Now I am home with a new 5 week old and my 2 1/2 year old little girls. Besides being sleep deprived, I am trying to get DD potty trained. She was doing quite well with potty training a few months ago, and then decided that she did not want to go on the potty and refused. (before DD #2 arrived.) So I did not push the issue and create a power struggle. She goes occasionally and I praise her when she does. But now she is telling me she wants to go in her diaper. Today I put her in underwear hoping that would be incentive enough to want to stay dry. But we peed through them twice after going to the potty. I am afraid that I will turn her off completely to the idea that way, so back to the diapers/pull-ups. She does go to daycare a few days a week, so it is hard to have a schedule for her and some days I am so tired that I don’t have the patience to argue. Any ideas out there? TIA
-Angela
The same thing happened with my two year old after my last one was born 4 months ago. She wanted to go, but as soon as the baby was here she didn't anymore. She went to grandmas for about 3 days a few weeks ago and went fine so when she came home I just continued it. It seems that she needed to not have the competition of the baby around.
It's not a good idea to try and train when there are big changes or adjustments goin on. It's also not a good idea to train when the child is resistant or creating a power struggle.
I have experienced both of these  . Your best bet is to let her have the diaper for a little while and totally drop it.
In a week or two, start all over again with a sticker chart or some kind of incentive. With my son it was Thomas trains. My daughter loves My Little Pony stickers.
I kept it very neutral. A sticker just for sitting on the potty (instant gratification), another sticker if she did something.
It is so common for little ones to see a new baby and want to be "babied" the way they were when they were tiny.
Don't lose heart. It will just take a little time.
Ame
Ditto Ame on everything. Let things settle down a bit more with the new baby if possible and don't push it. Seeing her peers go on the big potty at daycare will likely help her also. Best of luck!
Little update since Thursday...
Well I have discovered that my DD likes to take off her own diaper and put on a new one. She ended up staying dry the rest of the day just because she likes to change herself. I just reminded her to go and she did most of the dressing herself. She did not want the pull-ups. And today she went into the bathroom herself without my asking and went!! Next thing I know she is walking through the house bare bottom asking for a new diaper and I found the old one dry! hopefully we are getting close to being trained. Thank you everyone for thoughts and suggestions. -Angela
Sounds like she is on the right track!
That's terrific! Sometimes you just never know what will make them tick. My friend's son who just turned 3 and has been completely uninterested in potty training, is now beginning to do very well simply because they aren't going in the bathroom with him. It's all about him going by himself now. Now that it's independent, he's into it.
Hope everything keeps going in the right direction!
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