Tips on how to potty train a 2 and a half year old? She knows when she pees and poops. And will come to us and asked to get changed. I’ve tried sitting her on the potty every 15 minutes but will still pee in her pull up when she gets off. Tried rewards. Need some advice! We are gonna try this weekend to get her potty trained
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I’m having the same problem with my son it’s so fustrating.
I’ve heard put them in underwear, you will have a lot of accidents but they will slowly understand they need to go in the toilet and not in their pants
Straight to undies or commando.
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I did the commando method and it worked for us. My daughter will be 4 and is completely potty trained during the daytime. She is not yet ready for night time training. Every baby is different
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Just got consistent. Try moving potty seat in living room let her run around in underwear. Do sticker chart or reward. Just stay at 15minutes for now. Just takes alot time and patience. Dont punish or fuss when she has accidents. My granddaughter is 4yrs still has accidents. She did better just going to panties when stopped pull ups all together except at night for little while
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I planned about 3 days when we would not be leaving the house. I put panties on my daughter and kept lots of towels nearby. We had the potty in the living room and she sat on it every 30 minutes. It was messy, but it worked. She quickly learned that she didn’t like being messy and figured out when she needed to go to the potty. She will be 3 next month and other than a slight regression for about a month during a transition, she has been fully potty trained for over 6 months. We also started with a sticker chart that she loved! Once she got 10 stickers for going to the potty, she got to pick out a toy. We also NEVER reprimanded her for any accidents, always told her it was okay (and that accidents happen!). Best of luck! <3
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Naked time. The dress without undies. Then dress with undies. Then easy to pull down pants.
Get rid of the pull ups during the day. Get undies as a pull up is just a different kind of diaper. She won’t like the wet feeling of the undies and with my daughter I did undies and leggings. She was completely potty trained by 2 and when she was 2 yrs 3 months we did disney with absolutely no accidents . Me personally I wouldn’t do the commando because they can’t run around naked when you’re not at home
She may not be ready yet. My oldest is 3 and it took 3 different times. The last time, she took to it. I put her in pull ups, let her run around in pull ups and a shirt,she got a sucker as a reward, i bought her favorite underwear. After a week i told her she was going to big girl underwear and if she had an accident it was back to pull ups. B
Get rid of the pull ups. Underwear only
I had the same problem with my daughter she wasnt potty trained til she was almost 3. We did pull ups for almost a year. I took her to the store let her pick out her own big girl panties. She peed in them once and screamed bloody murder cuz she didnt like the feeling of the pee running down her legs. She went to the potty every time after that with no problem
Dry erase markers and turn them backwards so they can color on the lid and it will distract them while they go. Wipe off when done…
My daughter loves stickers. I used those. And put her into underwear. Now that her sister is here, she started back Tracking a bit. But by a year and a half she was potty trained. She has accidents. But she normally waits until the last minute to let me know when she has to pee.
Put her in underwear not pull ups it’ll be messy but works better. Try to take 3 days in underwear not going anywhere get her a little potty and put it where you spend most of the time put her on it every 20 mins
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I swear by the old farmer’s almanac
My youngest did that, I actually didn’t get her potty trained until a few weeks before she started kindergarten. She was able to hold it through the night and not wet her diaper but would not use the potty. I finally bought her underwear stopped buying diapers/pull ups and she wore only underwear. Once she realized that we weren’t putting diapers on her anymore she started using the potty. I realized that she thought she was going to miss something if she had to go potty so she didn’t want to use the potty. But once she realized that it took longer for her to get cleaned up after she peed all over herself she started using the potty. My oldest potty trained herself with a singing potty, she was so excited to make it sing that every time she had to pee she wanted to use her potty. Just be patient, all little ones are different. Based on the fact that she waits until you put the pull up on to go shows she knows the difference. Good luck!
I never used pull ups went straight to undies. My daughter was never interested in the potty so we went straight to toilet. We made s sticker chart and made a big deal when she used toilet.
Straight to undies with my 2 and a half year old got her some stickers or her favorite character and a potty chart and taped it up right next to the potty. Every time she went she got to pick a sticker and put it on the chart herself she loves it.
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Stop !
You just have to continue changing until she is ready
She is clearly saying, not yet.
Just get rid of the pull-ups or nappies let her have a few accidents she will catch on
Oh crap potty training book! Best thing I ever did
2 1/2 may be too young. At this point she knows when she pees but maybe not recognize the need to go in advance. I’m in favor of not rushing them into potty training. Don’t let others shame you into thinking you should be doing it
My daughter is 3 and we are potty training. Stayed home for 4 days straight, panties only. Added in pulllups for bedtime and when she goes to school. Only has issues with poop right now which I hear is normal. Your child may not be ready or needs more time in just panties to feel “gross” would also get a different potty. My daughter likes to pee on her little Minnie Mouse potty but try to poop on the big potty with s seat. Good luck!
Take away her pull ups
My daughter put a potty chair in the middle of the living room and my granddaughter wore a dress all day with no undies. She would run to the potty and sit and tinkle when the urge hit her. She was trained in about 3 days and even at night had no accidents. We had a few near misses but no major accidents. She even sat on the potty and pooped while watching a movie. Pull-ups or diapers are not good because it gives them a safety net. Buy some of the thick training pants. They will absorb without letting her feel dry. One thing I know for sure is that ladies both young and old don’t like tee-tee running down your leg. Good luck.
Put her in underwear It’s okay if she pee herself just bring her to potty she will get it. I used had pull up for my daughter but she doing in her pull up instead of the potty so i change her in underwear and she did it in her potty.
Get rid of the pull up. Put her in undies.
My daughtef started off like this just recently lol i had tk stop buyiny pull ups and justed used panties i got her character panties (minnie mouse is her favorite) and tell her dont potty on minni and if she pooped in them i made her throw them away she was pee pee trained in 3 days and pooped trained in about a week
Turn her on toilet backwards. Give her a dry erase marker so she can draw on the toilet lid. Easy wipe off. Shes entertained and relaxed. She will be so proud of her drawing she wont realize she went potty
Keep her on the potty chair. If that don’t work put big girl undies on her and if she pees or poop’s on them put a plastic bag on the floor and have her sit in them for five to ten minutes. That’s what my doctor had me do with my boys and it worked great.
No pull ups! Let her wear underwear or nothing at all if you want to avoid all that laundry. Every 15-20 minutes sit on the potty. Just keep going mama, you’re doing great.