We started Potty Training 3 days ago. The first day we had no successes, the second day 3/5 were successes, today we are back to no successes. I did not change my method or anything we do. Is this how the first few days/weeks are?

Our method:

- Big Boy Pants
- Big Boy Toilet
- Cookie after Potty
- High Fives After Potty
- Sticker Chart After Potty
- Pull Ups At Night Only, Not During Naps or The Day… they are "Night Pants"


It is defeinetly a roller coaster! You just gotta be encouraging, asking him if he has to go every no wnad then. When he says no say "But Mommy will be reeaaallllyy happy! And you’ll get a cookie…" If he is trying to go and wont, always ask him to try for just one more minute…but dont keep going if he get supset. Good lUck!

My daughter is 2.5 and I have had one to many potty training messes to clean up, the really bad ones. We have been working on training for about 6 months and I have been careful not to push her. I am super positive about it and give her tons of praise when she is successful. We have tried treats and a potty chart as well praise. Special big girl panties…all of it. We are using pull ups and are totally stuck in this in between stage. We have tried panties and when she wets them it doesn’t seem to bother her.

Sometimes she wants to go and other times she refuses. It is so frustrating! Today, she went number 2 in her pull up and tried to go to the potty after. I’ve told her many times to tell me she had an accident before she takes her poopy diaper off but she doesn’t always listen. The worst part today was that she ran and jumped in my bed with her pants off. She makes such a mess! I don’t know if she was embarrassed, thought she was getting in trouble or was just being naughty.

I am at the end of my rope, sooooooooo tired of cleaning up poop!

What can I do?
We have taken breaks before but then she initiates going to the potty so we think she must be ready. She uses a regular toilet so we can’t really put that away. We have tried the small potty too, doesn’t seem to like it.

I agree with most on here, take a break. Ditch the pull-up diapers and go back to regular diapers. Using tape on diapers you wont have to worry about the potty for a while. Nothing wrong with taking a break and using diapers again. You sound very frustrated so do yourself and her a favor and tape that diaper back on……..

My 2 & half year old son stated potty training 6 weeks ago and he will quite happily sit on the potty, although he’s never actually done anything on it! He’s has some special story’s he gets to look through when he’s sat on it & he has a reward chart too…..yet he still won’t do anything on it! Does anyone have any tips on how to get him to do something!?

Most people begin training when their child is about two, but some kids may not be ready until well into their fourth year. Watch for the right signs, such as imitating others’ bathroom habits, and don’t pressure your child to start before they are ready. It’s worth running through a basic checklist to see if they are ready.
First and foremost, this means investing in a child-sized potty or a special seat to attach to your regular toilet. Whichever you choose, make sure your child can stabilise themselves with their feet so he can push when they are having a bowel movement. You may also want to pick up an explanatory picture book or video for your child to help them get interested in training.
Sit your child fully clothed on the potty seat once a day — after breakfast, before their bath, or whenever else they are likely to have a bowel movement . This allows them to get used to the potty and accept it as part of their routine. If they do not want to sit on it, that’s okay. Never restrain your toddler or physically force them to sit there. And especially don’t push the issue if they seems scared. In both cases, it’s better to put the potty away, or at least aside, for a few weeks or a month and then try again. If they are willing to sit there, fine. But at this stage, don’t even try to explain why they should use it; you just want them to get used to the thing. Make sure it’s always in a convenient place — since it’s portable, your child’s potty can be used in the garden or the playroom.
Sit your child on the potty seat without a nappy. Again, let them get used to what it feels like to sit there this way. At this point you can start explaining that this is what Mummy and Daddy (and any older siblings) do every day. That is, undressing before you sit down to go to the bathroom is the grownup thing to do. If they get the idea and produce something, that’s fine. But don’t push them to perform. Again, wait until they are ready and demonstrates a clear interest in using the toilet on their own.
It may help to show your child where their bowel movements go. The next time they go in their nappy, take them to their potty, sit them down, and empty the nappy beneath them into the bowl. This will help them make the connection between sitting and producing. After you’ve emptied their potty into the big toilet, let them flush it if they want to (but don’t make them do it if they are scared) so they can see where it goes. Teach them to dress theirselves and wash their hands when they are done.


Encourage your child to use their potty whenever they feel the urge to go. But make sure they know that they can tell you, too, and that you’ll take them to the bathroom whenever they want you to. If you can, let them run around sometimes without a nappy (or any clothing below the waist), with the potty nearby. Tell them they can use it whenever they want to and remind them occasionally that it’s there if they needs it.
You may like to try using training pants whilst potty training. Some children like them and they help, others just think of them as a slightly different type of nappy and they defeat the object of the exercise. Some children are encouraged by having real underwear instead.
Virtually every child will have several accidents during potty training before being completely trained during the day and at night. Don’t get angry or punish your child; after all, it’s only recently that their muscles have developed sufficiently to allow them to hold their bladder and rectum closed at all. Mastering the process will take time. When they have an accident, calmly clean it up and suggest that next time he try using his potty instead.
Even when your child is consistently clean and dry all day, it may take him several more months or years to master night potty training, so don’t throw away his nappies just yet. At this age, their body is still too immature to reliably wake him up in the middle of the night just to go to the bathroom. You can help cut down on wet nights by not letting your toddler drink too much before bedtime and telling them that if they do wake up in the middle of the night they can call to you to help them get to the potty. You can also try leaving their potty near the bed in case they want to use it.
Believe it or not, when your child is ready to learn this new grown-up skill, they will. And if you wait until they are really ready to start, the process shouldn’t be too painful for either of you. They will eventually be trained, and you won’t have to think about it again

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I am looking for a potty training tracker that my son and I can follow on the internet instead of buying a potty chart from the store. I have been looking and I can`t find anything…I can find many site to track eating or exercise, but that doesnt help me!! Does anyone know of website where i can find what I need.

I found them at http://www.pottytrainingconcepts.com/CTGY/FREE-Potty-Training-Charts.html and http://www.freeprintablebehaviorcharts.com/toilettrainingcharts.htm and http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=potty+training+chart&FORM=IGRE&qpvt=potty+training+chart#. Good luck!! A very stressful time, but the chart helps tremendously! My daughter loved putting her stickers on the chart b/c it showed her how far she’d come. We were trained in four days.

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My daughter turned 2 in April, and so I have decided to start potty training her. I had originally bought her a potty when she expressed interest in learning to potty train when she was about 15 months old. She used it about 3 times, and then never did again. I have bought her princess Pull Ups and have bought her real big girl panties, but nothing seems to be working. I have a potty chart with stickers, and she loves stickers, but shows no interest in the chart, or getting a sticker on it. I have now bought her a surprise for after she uses the potty 5 times, and told her she has a surprise, my question is, 1. what else can I try to encourage her, because I really need some more tips and 2. should I show her the surprise or is that just torture, or will it help her? Thanks!!!

Try taking her every hour like on the dot. If she does go make a HUGE deal of it. Sing dance whatever. Then give her a sticker. However I would not show her the toy yet that may open a can of worms.
She is just 2 so be patient she will get it.

I am having the most difficult time potty training my 2 year old. Anytime I ask or tell her to use the potty she screams and throws a fit comparable to a hurricane. And also to throw even in more chaos she throws the same fit when i try to change her diaper. She doesn’t want her diaper changed nor does she want to use the potty. I have tried several things to bribe/reward her with if she uses it and that wont even do it. I created a potty chart and well… that hasnt gotten very far.. Any tips and techniques would be wonderful! Thanks a bunch yahooligans

My daughter didn’t like to use the potty and would throw fits as well and didn’t like to change her diaper. I would leave her be with urine. poop I’d have to literally hold her down no fun but I wasn’t going to smell poop all day either.
I tried all those wonderful things rewards, charts, potty movies sent to me by huggies and pampers, websites it worked oh maybe a few tries but honestly she just didn’t want to. I decided to stop trying for a few months. Although I did talk to her about big girls using the potty etc Then about oh 3 months before she turned three we went and bought one last pack of diapers and one pack of pull-ups and underroos (I had to change the name because she wasn’t going to where chonies). I explained that these were the last ones I was going to buy and that she had to be a big girl and the that the pull-ups were to be used at night only. I month later potty trained (after we used the pack of diapers)no rewards just a lot of praise and I didn’t get upset if there was an accident we just cleaned her up and moved on and reminded her to go when she first to felt it etc.
Now going on her own is another story she can but rather I go with her. Lately I have been trying to pretend I can’t hear and she will go on her own. good luck just remember patience and praise bribes only create monsters if used too often.

Another thing since your daughters seems to be just as adamant as mine. Don’t ask if she has to go at least not in the beginning. Just say it’s time to go and take her even if she wines, cries etc. I had to explain that that’s what people do mommy, daddy etc. I found that when my nieces came over she was more willing to use the potty like a big girl so hang out with other potty trained children if possible.

This is George on day 23 of her training. Training is going very well. She is still having a few “accidents” but they are far and few between.

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