Potty training

[BsMommy]

I'm  in the process of training my 2 year old! She knows what she is doing when she pees or poops and tells me. She will randomly take her diaper off sometimes and say she has to pee and run to her potty chair and sit for...EVER but never do anything. She just won't go!! I try letting her wear panties and tell her that if she messes in them, she will be in trouble but it seems like she is afraid of the potty or something. Any suggestions?! I've tried bribing her with candy or ice cream or the park. Nothing works. I just need good ideas for potty training, I guess!

[isabeesmomma]

honestly if she knows what to do you just have to be consistent. This is what I did to finally get my 3 year old to potty train. I modified the three day potty training. I put her in panties except at bed times and when we went somewhere. Every time she had an accident I would run her to the potty and say yucky and tell her pee and poop goes in the potty and we would sit there for a few minutes. I would take her to the potty every 30 minutes. She was a VERY VERY VERY stubborn child about potty training and it took her 9 days and over 30 pairs of underwear before it stuck. It started getting better after 4 days. At first she would just sit there and scream but I stuck with it (she was 3 1/2 and I knew it had just turned into a power struggle). If you are consistent and she is physically and mentally ready then I would say go for it. look for the potty training support group on here they have really good info as well as support on how to get it done.  

[mommyloveskyle]

There is a potty training group on cafemom, look into it. They have a 3 day method that is outstanding, well it was for us. I can say that potty training takes patience and that you shouldn't tell her she's gonna get into trouble, that is gonna scare her to put on panties, scared that she will have an accident. We told our 2.5 yo boy that he needed to keep his cool big boy underwear dry and clean or he would have to take them off and wash them before he could wear them again. With the 3 day method, it took a week total to completely day train our son..pee and poo. It has been about 2 months now and half of the time he just goes by himself and will empty his own potty into the big potty. The best advice I can give is to let it be a process and not a struggle. We offered our son toys as reward (he got $1 hot wheel) and we don't do it anymore and he no longer has asked for the toy. We have even gone on 2.5 hour trips and he will not pee in his pants. We do not get onto him for accidents, I have accidents all the time, maybe not pee in my pants but other things in life, accidents are a part of learning and when he would have an accident we would just tell him that his pee and poo go into the potty and he's no longer a baby and that we know he is big and smart enough to do it, cause he's been doing it. Be laid back with the situation and if you are getting frustrated by it, then go in a room and put a pillow over your head and scream or just beat the pillow up. Best of luck!