How do I get my almost 3 year old to potty train she will be 3 in November diapers aren’t fitting her anymore and 5t-6t pull-ups are hard to find in store without ordering them online first. I put her in underwear and she uses them like a diaper she just pees when she has to pee she will only poo on the potty.
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I’m a Accountability parent - so “3” is making me blink hard…
Don’t ask if she needs to go to the bathroom -
Tell her it’s time to bathroom, every two hours until she gets it down. (Works GREAT for boys especially)
PRAISE when she does right -
Hold her ACCOUNTABLE when she pees in her pants “on purpose.”
**if she has a medical condition, this isn’t going to work.
But if she has pooping down correctly - it doesn’t sound Medical. So hold her accountable.
No treats or good things if she messes in her pants.
you still get your treats tho - yes in front of her - and if she’s mad state it kindly that you go in the potty so you get to treat.
Places of fun:
No park.
No nothing she considers awesome.
*Reinforce this by stating kindly you wish “we could” but until you pee in the potty every time we can’t do that. Look a little sad bc you’re missing out on fun too.
Some of the parents might feel offended on this - but my kid was potty trained by 1 year and they get straight A’s AND they don’t hate me. Weird right? 
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I used to give my kids some kind of treat. When they would sit on the potty at first then they would get one when they used the potty. All my kids liked something different so it was something different for each of them. My oldest was cookies my second oldest was a lollipop my third was gummies and my last baby was gummies as well just a different kind. We started out every 15 mins then every 25 mins and and so on until we made it to 2 hours
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Every time you go to the restroom take her to the restroom even if you don’t have to go take her and sit her there she’ll eventually catch on
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Consistentcy! Take her about every 20-40 mins depending on when she last drank something. Take books in there or something she enjoys. Get super excited when she goes. Do a sticker on a chart and let her have a reward after a few stickers. But be consistent and even set a timer if you have to so u remind yourself.
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Bribes! I’ve potty trained many peoples kids including my own… it’s bribes!
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Oh Crap Potty Training book really helped my 2 youngest learn how to use the potty. Highly recommend and it works if you stick to it! Our library had the ebook version, check with your local library.
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Use cloth diapers, she’ll want to use the potty.
Take her to the potty every 15 minutes after drinking liquid
Even if she doesn’t have to go then reward her with something small first than go bigger with the prize from going potty
Huggies 360 goes up to a size 7
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I set a kitchen timer…when it goes off say it’s pottyyyy tine…(.in a fun voice)after doing this a couple of times with my granddaughter she would go ecstatic when it went off…saying it’s potty time…n away she’d go to the bathroom
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I used pretty pretty ruffly lacey panties. She picked them out. She never dirtied them. That and the M & M s. Tell her she’s a big girl now and let her pick out some panties ??
Stop using pull ups. Consistently is key. Put them in underwear and go from there. There will be accidents, but pull ups are still just diapers.
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The good night’s are bigger than regular Pull-Ups
We did a reward system, we picked two different kinds of candy, filled jars with them. We used m&ms and Hershey kisses. They got 1 piece for trying go, 2 pieces for #1 and then if they went #2 they got the two pieces and a Hershey kiss. I have 3 kids and I did this with them all, as soon as I started it with each, they constantly were trying to go to the bathroom. lol. Then just “forget” to give them candy, unless they remind you, and over time they forget too and you can do away with it.
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Consistency!!!
Take her to the bathroom every 30 minutes after she has liquids and treats are always a good system, you can buy little candy pieces or little toys from the dollar store , praise her when she goes
Im also looking for potty training help but the goodnites work well for bigger kids. Helpful info I feel compelled to share.
Read the book Oh Crap! Potty training. It helped a lot with my boys. And my daughter I potty trained with things I remembered from reading it many years later and watched some YouTube videos to fill in the gaps of knowledge to train her successfully. The things about kids is you can just slap on some underwear and expect them not to soil them. They definitely will because they have no knowledge of anything else. You got to let them be entirely bare bottomed for minimum 3 days and watch them like a hawk. Then when you notice they start to “go” you rush to put them on the potty and make a big deal about their successes. They will eventually get the point. Reading potty books with your kid also helps them understand the expectations of using a potty. It took me 2 weeks to fully train my daughter at age 2. And my boys took years of failing until I read that book I recommend and then they were finally trained at 4. Do your research first. Trying to potty train her without knowledge will only make it harder for both you and your daughter.