What I did personally was let her walk around without her pamper, it was just her and I at the time, and I’d take her to the bathroom every 10 to 15 minutes depending on if she drank anything or not. She caught on quick and it was pretty much easy from there. I hope you find something that fits you both.
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She just may not be ready , every kid is different
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I used the potty watch I bought off of Amazon and we made a sticker chart .
We did a sticker sheet and a piece of candy for every go on the potty, it took 3 days and she was good to go.
Honestly didn’t find any difference. Both got sat on the toilet at changing time from around 8 months…not to train but if they performed they got the praise and appropriate words. By the time they were ready to train it was fairly easy…they knew what it was about…just a matter of control after that.
Ignore accidents…praise success. They all catch on eventually
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Potty watch on Amazon makes it super fun
I did the commando option. We bought a potty that looks exactly like a regular toilet. We had it in the living room since that was where we were most of the time. First time she did pee on herself. I believe she was a little embarrassed. But after that she began using the potty. Same for #2. 1 accident and then the potty. We did this inside for several weeks. Then began learning about panties. Same happened, she peed in them. Then realized it wasn’t like a diaper. So she began telling me so I could help her pull them down. Eventually she was able to pull them down herself and go. Just needed help pulling them back up. We would only wear pull ups when we went places. But then she began telling us while we were out she had to go. Soon as she did that we dropped the pulls ups for panties while out. I always bring extra clothes though just in case. So far no accidents out in public and none at home anymore. So we slowly built up to it. She now has a booster on the regular toilet with a step stool.
I didnt want to but we ultimately ended up pulling the potty out of the bathroom:woman_facepalming:t4:
dad thought it was a good idea, I did not.
It worked.
Bc otherwise we were living in the bathroom and she was defiant and would go to sleep sitting there 
Wait until she is ready. No matter what you do, if she’s not ready she will not train. And pushing her to do it will make her not want to. Relax and let her do this at her own pace. Ask her if she wants to use the potty, if she does, great. If not don’t make a big deal about it.
She may not be ready but I suggest the book
Oh Crap! Potty Training: Everything Modern Parents Need to Know to Do It Once and Do It Right.
I went to my son’s 2.5 yr check up and the doctor was like “is he showing any readiness to potty train?” and I was able to say “he is already trained.”’
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My daughter has just turned two (yesterday) I try and put her on the potty but she screams yet most of the time she says wee wee and poop.
Maybe try signing it? She may not be able to express it so if she signs you will know when she needs to go.
So following for advise also xx
I just kept putting her on the toilet if she had to go or not… do that for a few days. Also get really excited when she does do it. It will make her want to do it again.
Every child is different. I used to take them to the bathroom all the time and clap and say “yay” when they’d use it. That was over 20 years ago. My granddaughter used a toddler potty to learn how.
My son was the hard one for us, but the only thing that ended up working was candy lol. He had a #1 bucket (filled with Hershey kisses) and a #2 bucket, filled with gummy pizzas and Reese cups. The most important part of it, he got a single kiss, no matter if he didn’t go or not, if he tried he got one. If he went pee he got two, if he went poop, he got something out of the #2 bucket. Literally a month later he was golden after years of fighting. And then slowly “forget” the snacks, if he remembers gave him one, if he didn’t, we just moved on.
Put her in underpants not diapers it worked for me many years ago put her in pants also they don’t like being wet
When she shows Readiness or when she’s ready can’t force it on her not saying you are but when she’s ready or showing signs she will let you know I’m going without a diaper that’s a hitter mess most of my kids it was a mess and didn’t work
The heck are these “signs” y’all say that shows you they are ready to potty train v
She has to be ready . My 3 and a half year old just decided 2 weeks ago she was ready . Her pediatrician encouraged me not to rush her because that can cause her to hold it and cause issues .
If she isn’t ready it will make it a lot harder and longer. Patients is the key. Wait till she can tell u she is ready
Go with her. You sit and go
Tell her to listen then after you go, praise yourself and say “you turn” and yes keep doing it every 30 minutes. It worked with all 3 of mine
I had girl /boy twins and she was so easy.
Following for my 2.5 year old girl
My 4 year old decided she wanted to go just before her birthday she use the potty , and at kinder she uses the toilet 
No bottoms. Sticker chart. Move potty to room occupied by her. Harassment. Over excitement when she goes in potty.
I put the potty where ever my daughter was, let her run naked so it was easier for her and 3 days she was potty trained.
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My son was a late boomer aswell! I pretty much did what nichole recommended to be honest! Or what u could do alongside is time in between is time the toilet or take her every hour to sit onit eventually she will get the hint that’s what you expect? Does your child go day care? As they helped a lot, my son mainly learnt from watching others! No real miracle just gotta be honest but just gotta give it a go! X
Bribery is the only way. (Not as bad as it sounds lol)
Take her out to choose her own big girl knickers. And even her own potty if she really won’t use the toilet yet.
Reward chart, tell her if she gets 10 stars for 10 toilets (show her the space on the chart) she gets something small.
If she does 20 then it’s something big.
Don’t take stars away for not going on potty, just don’t add one.
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I toilet trained my daughter at 3 and resorted to buying mini gifts (lip balms, bows, ‘pretties’) and wrapped them individually, she had to go to the potty and do a 1 or 2 and then she got to pick a present. That worked like a charm and she was toilet trained. Im now trying the same thing with my son who is now 3 and a half he knows how to go to the toilet but is a bit slack however loves presents so I bought the little paw patrol mashems and mini toys and wrapped them up so he try’s to go to the toilet constantly. It really does work but they have to do something on the toilet in order to pick a gift and once the gift bag is empty hopefully they’ve worked out the toileting part. Goodluck! Its honestly one of the hardest parts of parenting well for me anyway
My daughter is 3.5. She was stubborn. No diapers or pull ups. Regular undies. And have her sit on the potty every 15-20 minutes. Eventually she will get the idea of having to go potty. I’ve been doing this with mine and she’s down to maximum of 3 accidents through out the whole day. Sometimes no accidents
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My 3rd kiddo was the same way, she is whip smart and it was clear she understood what and how to do it and knew when she needed to go, but she just WOULD. NOT. DO. IT. I finally decided to relieve all of us from the stress it was causing, and just wait for her to decide she was ready and a few months after she turned 4 she finally decided she was ready and I couldn’t believe how easy it was, and how few accidents she had (pretty much all at nighttime). My older two pretty much potty trained themselves with no accidents by the time they were 2, so it was hard for me to not try and force the issue with the other one because I felt like she should have been done with it, but they’re each their own person and do things at very different rates and we just have to be willing to understand and support them.
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I saw on fb somewhere that someone told their child that the “potty monster” was hungry and they needed to feed it. I used it with my daughter and it worked. She’s been potty trained for a yr now and tell her little sister to feed the potty monster now. It may work for you too.
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Let her go without diapers in underwear for 3 days have her drink a lot of juice and make her sit on the potty every 15 minutes. Don’t ask her if she needs to go have her sit down the potty
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My daughter just refused to use the potty until about 4. She had a full understanding of it and knew she was supposed to. We tried all the tricks, training panties, rewards, taking her every hour. The pediatrician told me to leave her alone. He said she was highly intelligent and would do it when she was ready, so we backed off and she started going on her own around 4 and asked for panties.
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I potty trained all my kids at the age of 2. All children are different. They cooperate more when they feel ready. I tried to make things fun. I’d use the potty with them. Accidents will happen. I encouraged them & kind of hyped them up. 
They know when they are ready 
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My in-laws pushed and pushed for me to have my daughter potty trained by 2, so man I tried! Toilet time every 20 minutes, potty in front of the tv during naked time, treats, charts, you name it! It wasn’t until I threw in the towel and let her decide when she was ready that she started using the toilet. She was close to four and once she went in the potty she never turned back.
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Make it fun. Take her to store and have her pick out big girl undies. Get a jar of skittles and use it as a reward system when she goes. Get a jar for change and when she goes potty she can put money in a jar for a special toy for her.
I was lucky both of my girls were potty trained at at 18 months no help from me. I was a working mom and my dad worked a month on a month off and would keep my girls in his month off. He got fed up with men’s restrooms not having an area to change them so he potty trained them for me. This was 25 years ago and sadly male restrooms have still not caught up.
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Kids are all different and are ready for this at different times. When I worked pediatrics, I’d say they most commonly mastered this between ages four and five, but some were earlier and some considerable older. I’d say keep being encouraging, lots of praise when she does start getting it right, and rewards. Encouragement and reassurance when she doesn’t. If they feel embarrassed or ashamed it can delay the process further.
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I think if she’s not ready don’t force her. Then it will take longer. Wait till pull ups are dry for a few days (unless you don’t mind doing the laundry) then go from there.
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Daniel Tiger’s potty song saved us. It helped my daughter to remember all the steps to do like flush and wash. Another mom recommended it to us and I swear it worked so fast.
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I started to potty train my daughter when she was around 3 and it took me up until recently (she’s 5 now) to get her completely potty trained and in big girl panties. The only thing I can say is be patient and kind and understanding. The first step was peeing in the potty, then pooping was a bit harder but it got done but she wanted to stay in pull ups until about 2 months ago. So it was a process but I never forced her just encouraged and rewarded. She’s very proud of herself now.
Patients and a potty book my nephew was the same way. We read it to him everytime he went to potty he thought the little boy in the story was him.
Oh crap! potty book. My friends swear by it. Me personally, I followed my kid’s lead. When she was ready, she went with no accidents.
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Best advice my neighbor gave me when my kids were little “they won’t go to kindergarten in diapers.” She had raised 8 of her own kids and fostered over 30. I didn’t stress about it and when the kids decided they were ready, they did it in a weekend. Just relax, she’ll get there.
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My daughters obsessed with paw patrol… she was about 18 months when she was fully potty trained. I bought her some paw patrol panties and told her she couldn’t pee on the pups or they’d be super sad… worked like a charm. She’s almost 3 now and since being potty trained she may have had a total of 3 bedtime accidents… I was very impressed how easily she caught on. I took her to the bathroom every hour and sat her on the potty whether she said she needed to go or not. She got a little snack (couple smarties) each time she peed.
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I agree with the let her lead comments. My daughter was the exact same. A few months before she turned 4 she just decided it was time and she’s been amazing. She’s only wet the bed once too because I forgot to have her go to the bathroom before bed.
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With my oldest it only took us one weekend for her to be potty trained, and she got to pick out the underwear she liked. Maybe doing that will entice her to actually use the toilet?
As for my youngest, it’s the fight of my life. This kid is going to kindergarten in diapers, I swear.
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Just quit asking and every 30 minutes to an hour put her on the potty. When she uses it make a huge deal about how amazing she is. Repeat.
Good luck!
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I’ve been a mother for 25 years. I have 5 children ranging from 25 to 12.
It isn’t about you feeling they should be potty trained or if you think they are ready.
It’s about if they are ready.
None of my children potty trained before the age 4. I never pushed. They decided when.
As result none of my children wet the bed.
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My daughter was almost fully potty trained at 2.5. Then she got a stomach bug and had diarrhea for 4 days and regressed back to not using the potty. She is 3.5 now and wasn’t using the potty and then she got a UTI and started using the potty on her own because it hurt and we told her we had to clean it better after she potty’s. She wont poop in the potty… but at least she is peeing in it… I’m a patient hunter…lol… I’ll wait for the poop lol
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With my little girl i always just let her follow me into the bathroom so it was just what she always knew everyone else did. And when we gave her the chance to do it to she was excited! She did still have poop accidents for a couple weeks into potty training but after awhile those stopped too. She never used training pottys but instead prefered to use the toilet w the kids seat added and a step stool.
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If you beleive she’s ready but just refusing to go I would always always say come on darling time to go toilet, we come back to this in just a second, and take her regularly also offer a sticker chart or incentive.
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Either stay at home and do nakey butt for a few days, or keep her in diapers until she decides she’s ready (since she knows where she is supposed to go)
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My daughter was potty trained at 6 months and even showed ME some tips and tricks!
(LOL for THOSE moms)
Anyhow don’t fret mom, they really will do it when they’re ready. You just keep encouraging her, teach her where the towels are for her to clean up the pee and poo. Wash the panties with her. Really anything gross or “work” becomes too much and pushes her to WANT to go in the potty
You’re doing better than you give yourself credit for. Hugs
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Okay, one thing is, if she’s not ready she WILL NOT do it. You can go 5 steps forward and regress in a matter of hours if not minutes. Research the signs of being ready, start taking her with you to the bathroom and let her just hang out with you while you go, so that she can start associating “potty” with the toilet. While you go, ask her if she wants to try. When she does go in the potty give her a treat, yell, clap, jump around and make a huuuuuge deal of it make her feel like the mini queen she is. Sticker charts. Make it fun but she’s not gonna do this if she’s not ready. Every child is different so I don’t understand why there is this “generalized age” that they HAVE to get it down by. My son is a copy cat. He was fully potty trained at 2 and 1/2. My niece was 4 when she started showing signs of being interested, I pounced on it and had it done in a week.
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Buy her “pretty panties” that only big girls can wear. She might keep them dry
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I remember putting my daughter on the potty(many years ago) and waiting till I heard the pee hit the water. I would act so excited and give her a big round of applause.Tell her how proud you are of your " big" girl when she “goes”.
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Honestly…with our daughter…we followed her lead she turned 4 in March …if shes not ready shes not ready…she is now almost fully potty trained (still working on night time potty training)
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Let her run around the house completely naked with no pull ups or diaper on. Then you’ll see how fast she decides to use the potty. She’s using the pull ups as her safety net. But the moment she doesn’t have anything as a safety net and pees all over herself she will not be happy and will start going to the potty willingly lol. Worked with my son anyhow!
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My 5 year old was like that, and will still hold it so long that she can barely make it to the toilet. I would take her into the bathroom and have her sit down every 30 ish minutes when she was small, even if she said she didn’t need to go. 99% of the time she ended up peeing.
My first was potty trained at 2 years 3 months in 3 days. My second is 3 and has literally no interest. She knows what she is supposed to do and where but just will not do it. She will do it when she is ready.
I started with getting my daughter to come to the toilet with me when I needed to pee & she sit on the potty next to me at the same time. She was wearing pull ups and sometimes she would pee in the potty, and sometimes she wouldn’t 
But she got the hang of how to do it! She then started taking me to the toilet with her every time she needed to pee and started telling me to sit on the toilet lol so I did. She’s 3 now & as of about 2 weeks ago she’s in undies full time besides sleep times and uses the big toilet on her own, no more accidents
I tried many strategies prior to this and would probably say this was the most effective one for me! Good luck
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I’m a mom of two boys and one girl and honestly, my daughter was more difficult to potty train. She literally just started on her own after months of me trying and helping. I say just take her with you when you go, she’ll go when she’s ready. Don’t let others tell you what your child should be doing,they all learn on their own
my daughter didn’t want to due to being too busy playing or watching a movie so i just put the potty in the living room and let her sit on it the whole time with a blanket covering her while her movies played or she had toys to play with (sometimes for an hour, most of the time 20-30 mins) while sitting there and when she went she got excited and i also used stickers, 1 for pee 2 for poop, if she did good the majority of the day she would get double for each. it worked great
Put a couple of her favourite books in the toilet, read to her while she is on the toilet.
Just make it a nice and relaxing thing. Before and after meals, before you go out and when you get home. When ever you think she might need to pee. Often enough and the pee will end upp in the toilet eventually.
You high five and compliment on a good try or a great sucsess. Every time she is on the toilet or potty is a succes no mather where she dose her business.
I had the same issue with my boys . . actually.im.currently potty training my boy .he turns 4 end of this month. I have been a bit aggressive with the potty training now… I started this week… I make him.go potty ever 30 mins all week… daycare its less.often she doesn’t have the time to do that. but he had 2 accidents all week…I’ve doubled.him up on the potty training underwear
it catching the mess so it doesn’t leak out down his leg or threw his pants onto my floor .it’s been fantastic. during this weekend I’ve been taking him.every hour…he’s been doing well… if he tells me.no I tell.him he’s not getting (certain item/food reward if he doesn’t pee) . I also tell.him.babys wear diapers .and he cannot go to school.with his bro if he wears diapers . he does not like being called a baby .(I had to do something drastic.and its working)
Every kid is different. We did a potty watch (Amazon) and set it for every 20 minutes at first. It was Minnie Mouse and she loves Minnie, so Minnie would tell her it was time to potty and she would go. LOTSSSSSS of praise. Let her pick out her own panties. I did put panty liners in them to keep from ruining furniture. Eventually, we moved to 40min, then 60min to no watch at all. I also carried a small potty in my car because it has to be confusing to have to potty at home, but use a pull-up in public. That helped a lot.
My daughter just trained at 2. The earliest of my three kids. I kept her naked for a whole weekend, introduced panties on the third day, she only peed in them once and was grossed out. No accidents since. She is probably night trained too, but I haven’t took away the diaper for bedtime yet. She wakes up dry 99% of the time.
Try a reward system, make a chart, and give her a sticker to put on it every time she uses the potty. Once she has x amount of stickers, she gets a prize. What I did with my boys was keeping the potty in the living room, or wherever they played so that it would be easily accessible. Once they got the hang of it, I moved the potty to the bathroom.
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Take the cues from HER. She may be scared of the potty. She may not be ready. Somt force her. Dont punish her. But whatever you do be consistent!
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This will probably disgust you but it worked for me… If you suspect she’s about to pee, take her to the bathroom (or even the outdoors, best if it’s dark, or a place you will be able to clean easily) and do the peeing yourself. Chances of her copying whatever you are doing are high. When she finally gets it that she’s supposed to pull down her pants to pee, you can give her the potty
Working on my daughter now the first time we tried starting it i started with mini marshmellows every time she peed on the potty and make a huge ordeal out of it then pooping on the potty was something more like a cookie or something then she kinda stopped trying but now she runs 95 percebt of her waking hours with no diaper or anything and she uses her potty we have onky had a couple accidents (which will happen) but dont be afraid to let her run half naked and get her a potty chair use something she really loves as a reward
3 days stay at home bare bottom with no pants on. Chocolate milk and apple juice all day long. Keep a training potty in the livingroom, one in the bathroom and one in the hallway by her bedroom. You might have a few messes but once she starts to pee direct her to he closest potty. 3 days. That’s all it takes
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I was lucky enough to have wood floors so I just let her go bottomless all day & if she had an accident, oh well, I could easily clean it up. I kept her training potty in the living room too. I also used M&Ms everytime she used one of the potties.
I started at 2.5 years old… left the mini toilet in the kitchen… where she can see it… then, rewarded her with mini m&ms
We learned and choose her colors she picked out. 3 for pee 5 for poop…
if she pottied in her pants
( on purpose)
I took her electronics from her. She messed up twice… thats all.
Stop asking and take her to sit on the potty every 2 hours continually, she will figure it out. Some times the urge to go really doesn’t register for them until it becomes routine to just do it, my son had the same problem and I literally put the potty chair and him in whatever room I was in and sat an alarm for every hour to start then moved to every two hours within a few weeks he hardly ever even had night accidents. The doctor said it was just training his brain to know when it was time to go and it worked! Also they have awesome videos for potty training and potty songs at the library 
good luck dear
I have 4 kids, for two of them just not having them wear bottoms was enough. My son peed up unto his mouth and all of a sudden “knew” where the potty was and how to use it. My youngest was the most stubborn and not wearing pants didn’t work. Sitting in his “ewwww” made him aware that there is no “ewww” when you sit on the potty. I think it took 3 or 4 ewwws before he gave in and used the potty. My kids were between the ages of 3&4.
I would just put panties on her and let her pee and poop in them I did with my 4 year old grandson took him 2 weeks he didn’t like the feel of poop and pee on his underwear
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Try taking a weekend just for potty training.
Lots of encouragement and rewards are always helpful and invite the other family members to join the potty party!
She will feel like a potty princess and will be more willing to get it right every time.
Also try to avoid any sudden changes in routine for a few weeks after she is fully trained!
Good luck on your potty journey!
My girls trained themselves pretty much… My boys, different story! Most important thing to remember is, they won’t go off to college in diapers! What worked for me… A bathroom chart with stickers and everytime they used the potty…they got to put a sticker on the chart. When they filled a row, ( i used rows of 5 but, make yours how you want!!), they got to pick a treat… I used simple little candies or little toys like what you would use in a goodie bag.
Also, while they’re up, have them sit on the potty every hour or half hour… Just to “try”
Remember that they need to be able to relax so they can go, so YOU need to be relaxed too! It can be stressful but it WILL happen
Best wishes!
My son started going potty when he seen his cousin going potty. And I got him a reward sticker thing. He likes stickers so it’s a big deal when he gets it 
Give her some dry erase markers and turn her around backwards on the commode and let her color on the toilet lid. My middle son was really hard to potty train and this is the only thing that worked.
I layed out candy, she would have to tell me the color she wanted after using the potty, she learned her colors and to use the potty at the same time. And I locked the candy in a jar so she couldn’t get them. In panties before she was 2.
Have you.tried bribery? I had a grandson who would bring you his diaper and wipes but when you asked him when he was going to go potty in the toilet like a big boy,would smile and say,“I not gonna.” His momma bought him a toy he really wanted and told him he couldn’t have it until he used the toilet. The toy sat for a couple days and his momma said ,since he didn’t want to use the potty ,he didn’t want the toy so she was going to.take ot back to the store. That night he was potty trained
Training pants never worked for my kids. Both boy and girl. I bought them regular kid underwear/panties and this did the trick. I let them pick them out! Every child is different. Best of luck!
Try giving her a small book (little golden ones)
then set her on the toilet backwards
you sit on tub and ask her to tell you the story doesn’t matter if she can read just ask about the pictures do this every time and be for yo know it she will be doing it herself
but i suggest you keep some of her books on the wall close to toilet
I was potty training my 2 year old for monthssss! Literally my daughter sounds like yours I would offer rewards to whenever she actually peed on the toilet ex: 1 gummy bear pee 2 for poo then out of no where she just started going on her own and didn’t need me to remind her at all it was like a switch it her head that she no longer wanted pull ups or reminders.
Take her and let her pick out pretty panties. Explain to her that she can only wear them when she uses to big girl potty. Put a pair on her and tell her that she’s gotta be careful not to pee in them or she’ll have to wear the others
My daughter loves dancing and stuff like that so I just started telling her she can go to dance classes and have fun with other kids once she uses the potty. She turned 3 in April and gas been peeing in the potty for about 5 months but would refuse to poop til just last week she was finally ready and now she can wait for me to find a dance class for her to go to
They do it when they are ready and not a day or minute before. Went through this 4x. My youngest is the same age and had the same issues. Literally woke up one day and decided to go sit on the potty and has went on it ever since. I repeat, they will not do it until the moment they’re ready. No worries, mama, there’s no certain timeline, she’ll do it.
Following. Also does anyone have any tips for a toddler with chronic constipation? Our daughter has to have miralax regularly, her doctor said it’s really common for toddlers to get constipated for no reason and it makes it hard to potty train because sometimes she gets scared that it’ll hurt to use the bathroom.
With my oldest he was 3.5 just had interest so I hid the pull ups and put him in jeans with no undies he didn’t like thr feel of it when he had an accident so it was quick learn… that was also my third attempt at it…some kids are ready sooner than others tho.
Start showing her you do it and tell her big girls use the potty do stickers,or a favorite snack,or a potty chart I also high five my lil girl she will be 3 in October and she will high five me back and say big girls use the potty mama and I tell her yes they sure do then she gets a sticker or a fake tattoo or something else rewarding is the key good luck🥰
I put my daughter in underwear and panty hose and if she peed in them she had to stay in them for 10 minutes. The panty hose make the urine cling to them and it feels so gross.
I was stilly except about 2.5. My parents kept asking me. Eventually they gave up for a little bit and I went on my own. I hated being asked. It was embarrassing to me I guess.
I feel your pain. My daughter was 3 1/4 before I got her to potty train. She knew how to use the potty, where to use the potty, etc but just flat out refused. I couldn’t sit her on the potty every 20 minutes unless I wanted to hold her down, kicking and screaming, which wouldn’t have helped anything.
I decided to try underwear again one morning and after she peed in her underwear and on the floor (right beside the potty) for the third time I just broke down sobbing (I blame pregnancy hormones) and went and laid in her bed and cried. 5 minutes later she came upstairs and said- Mommy, I pooped in the potty! I go downstairs and sure as shit she had, for the first time ever, pooped in the potty. She asked me- Mommy, are you happy now?
And that was it- she’s only had a few accidents, day or night, since then. Not sure if you can engineer an emotional breakdown or if it would work for you, but it sure did for me!
My son wouldn’t potty train either! He wore a pull up every day till he went to kinder. First day of kinder, he wore underwear and never had an accident from that day forward 
I took mine to the doc and they put her on medicine that helped with urine retention because she wasn’t physically ready to hold it for so long.