Ok so my daughter just turned 2 on December 22. She can tell me her babies need changed and went poop, and pretends to change her dolls but she doesn't want to go on the potty. She cries, says no, and might even be holding it because she won't go while she's sitting there.
She seems like she's ready to start, but she won't cooperate. She runs when I try to get her to go into the bathroom with me, and it's just not a pretty picture. The doctor said she's not ready and to let her decide.
What should I do? Force her to try or let her be?
Joy
This is the method I recommend: http://www.cafemom.com/journals/read/1182517/3_Day_Potty_Training. It's the journal of how I trained my son when he was 23 months old.
I can guarantee you that if I had told most pediatricians that I was going to potty train my SON at 23 months, most of them would have discouraged me. In this day and age, it's very common for doctors to tell parents to wait until the child is older (closer to 3) before trying to train. And honestly, it's more of a disservice than anything.
If your child can go more than a few hours between wet diapers, your child can be potty trained. The main problem at lot of moms have is if they do the set interval/adult determining when the child should go sit type training. The link I posted is a method where you only take the child to the toilet when they actually start peeing/pooping. This method works extremely well for most kids, if the parent is 110% consistant with it.
Let me know what questions you may have. I'm here to support you as much as I possibly can. :-)
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Potty training gone wrong!
- jtrudics
on Dec. 29, 2010 at 11:25 AM