Potty training a 3 year old.

Ben's not old enough yet...obviously, but I've been told that this works:

First thing in the morning, before anything else, sit them on the pot. My mom (this is embarrassing) said that I trained very early because she'd do this, and when I'd go she'd say..."listen to the pretty music!) lol *blush

Maybe??? I don't know. lol

Ben's not old enough yet...obviously, but I've been told that this works:

First thing in the morning, before anything else, sit them on the pot. My mom (this is embarrassing) said that I trained very early because she'd do this, and when I'd go she'd say..."listen to the pretty music!) lol *blush

Maybe??? I don't know. lol

Well she managed to pee and poo an hour ago. But I had her sitting on the potty chair in front of the TV for hours. I guess she finally couldn't hold it anymore and went. When she did I made a HUGE deal out of it and gave her a treat. I didn't like having to set her in front of the TV, this is what my mom suggested to me. But it seems to have worked. >.<

OH...I don't know. I wouldn't think sitting her in front of the TV would be a good idea. She might learn that the living room is the place to go when you gotta go...You might find her peeing on the couch!

I would think (and I'm guessing, cause I've not been there yet) that you should make it as much about being in the BATHROOM as possible. That way when you go out, visit, go to the store, she'll know that if she has to go, she can use a potty, and not have to wait for a TV. ;)

I know this sounds gross...but have you let her watch you? That way she can see what's supposed to happen when you sit on a toilet? (I'm gonna let my husband do that part with Ben) lol

That's what I was thinking! But when I take her to the bathroom she gets antsy and won't sit still. When she did go the two times I made a big deal about taking the poop and pee to the bathroom and let her flush it down the toilet.

I did try going while she was on the potty chair. She couldn't care less. lmao She watches me all the time anyways.

my daughter's 2 and is kinda getting there, we did a chart on the back of the bathroom door she could put stickers on when she'd done different things(like i sat on potty, did a wee, flushed etc) i printed the chart from here:

http://www.pottytrainingconcepts.com/CTGY/FREE-Potty-Training-Charts.html
(they're free)

also she didnt like the potty, she wanted to use the toilet as i'd show her when i was doing a wee on it and ask her if she wanted to do one. We got her a trainer seat for the toilet and a step so she can get on.
she's still in nappies but most of the time she'll tell me when she needs a wee now. next step in banishing the nappies for me!
might sound obvious too but loads of praise when she does it will encourage her too!

hope some of this has helpeda bit! x

She seems to like getting a few M&Ms as a reward. I also let her flush it down when I dump out the potty chair, which she thinks it awesome. We put her to bed in diapers, but I hope she's somewhat dry in the morning. I read that can indicate readiness.

I used to do charts with my kids but they didn't like them because they wanted to WEAR the sticker, not see it on a poster. lol They ended up ripping the old charts down and shredding them.

ahh lol. every kid's different...maybe you should let her cover herself in the stickers! ;) haha
well if she's managed it once then you might be on the road there now. hope today goes well for you with her.
x

I'm having the same problem. Like it's become a huge problem now. She's three and she starts nursery in January . And they won't take her on if she's in nappies still. I can sit her on the potty for a hell of a long time and she wont do anything. When we finally taker her off she decides to go finally either in her nappy or underwear =/ I don't know what to do.

http://www.pottytraining.co.uk/howtoguide#starting-out/how-to-begin

Well I have a doc appointment for her in a few minutes so I'm going to ask for advice from the doc.

what i am doing right now is just letting my kid run around with just a shirt on and i set a timer for every 20 minutes. then i put them on the pot- so far haven't had much luck. sometimes they just sit there for a little while. if they want to get down or if they say all done even if they haven't done anything, i let them down. i don't want it to stress them out because then they won't even want to sit on it. my friend did the "train your kid to potty train in one day" method and she said it worked like a charm. i'm kinda at the end of my rope over here as well let me know if you find something that works!

We let her take the day off today potty training. She had a hard time at the doc because they gave her the flu mist AND the shot. She cried when they put the mist up her nose and screamed the loudest I've ever heard her scream when they gave her the shot. Poor thing was very unhappy and I didn't want to make it worse.

I started with pull ups right after my daughters 2nd b-day.. I told her they were special big girl princess panties (because disney princesses on them). It made her want to wear them. I treated these as panties..they were a great help training her to pull the pants up and down.
I have a bubblegum type of machine that when you turn his nose, candy comes out. I put jellybeans in insted. If she had a pee, she got to turn his nose and 3 jelly beans came out, and for a poo she got to pick a hersheys kiss out of the candy jar. She really looked forward to using the potty, and after not too long she got grossed out by having poop in ger pants. And if I could see that she wasn't trying, I said oh well, guess your still a baby, lets get the diapers out.. she didnt like that at all.
I was afraid that she would want candy every time she used the toilet for years to come.. but she stopped asking after a while (thank god!!) she still asks once and a while, and I will if she has been good that day.
She is really excited to go to school so that is a big help too, I tell her that she has to wipe her own bum after because there is noone at school who will help her with that hahaha.