just a ques about potty training

so my daughter rarely pees in her diaper at night- she knows what pee pee is  and even knows as soon as a put a diaper on her she can pee- yet she refuses to sit on the potty. we bought her a lil potty and a seat that fits on the reg potty and choc, mm's, stickers have all failed as rewards. i dont get it- my son is 5 months - does she want to be like  baby?

any suggestions or what did u do responses on ideas about this? should i force her on a toilet crying? refuse to let her wear a diaper- waist down naked? wait it out?

shes been afraid of the bath for months now- i am worried she is to stubborn to want to try?

what do u think?

How old is she? How long have you been trying?

Trust me, Every child is different even if they are a sibling.

I would not force her to use the potty. Do you have enrolled in preschool or daycare? I ask you this because if they witness their friends sitting on the potty nine times out of ten they will want to try it themselves. (When they are ready)

There are a number of reasons why she might be afraid to sit on the toilet. It is too high and nothing to hold on to, she might be afraid of being flushed down the potty, ect.

She is developing on the inside of her just like everything else. Her nervous system and the muscles that control her urine and feces are "learning to hold and release it." 

When I worked with children and they would have an accident sometimes I would lie because some parents would get so upset. They would dress them in bib overalls that are so hard for them to pull off of them. Then they would cry because they knew mom or dad would be disappointed with them. Just remember no child is happy when they have an accident.

she turned 2 in january- and used to like being on the potty then after baby  she wants to wear her diaper!

Im a SAHM so no daycare or preschool right now

i have a couple friends sometimes around her- i think i want to have her watch them - but bc we arent always around its hard-- we travel on the road so we arent really around her cousins either--:(

i try not to push her into it - i just wish she would want to try but if she is going to cry i am not going to force her- maybe in another month or 2 she will be ready

It sounds that you are on the right track with this. Is she your first child? Do you have her around children her own age that she can learn from? Sunday school or a play group?

I ask because you are the only one she can model after.

Be consistent if she is waking up with a dry diaper then she is starting to get ready. The summer is a great time of the year to start putting her in underwear.  You can be outside with her and going potty in her pants should start to make her uncomfortable. It takes alot patience ,remember that this a learning process. So sometimes when she toots she might have a blow out instead. LOL

Oh, I just thought of something.  I use to cut out a crown and everytime the child would use the potty I would add a jewel sticker to the crown. A crown for the throne!!

I have two boys, and I think it really depends on the child.  I also know that most children to go through a stage when they are interested in the potty (usually around 18-24 months) and then they don't want anything to do with it.  My first son did this.  I was so excited when he was about 20 months and he wanted to sit on the potty all the time.  I thought he would be trained quickly, but he never went pee or poop, he just sat there.  And then suddenly, he wouldn't even sit on it without crying.  Like you, I couldn't make him sit there crying.  Finally, about two months before he turned three (we had been trying on and off the whole year, using bribery with toys and candy too), I decided to just make the switch to underwear all the time (day and night).  He was completely done, no accidents in about 2 weeks.  I really think he just wasn't ready before then.  My second son, on the other hand is now 2 1/2, and he has been wearing underwear since before he turned 2.  I know most people say that is because he could see his brother doing it, which is partly the cause, but he is a much more laid back child.  I didn't do anything with him.  He just stopped going in his diaper.  So I said, well this is stupid to be putting diapers on you when clearly you don't need them.  I kept thinking he was too young, but I guess not.

Sorry this is so long, I guess my point is each child is different.  She'll let you know when she's really ready, and (in my experience), you can't make her get there any faster.  You can encourage and keep the potty available to her though.

I never waited till my children, I have 3, showed signs of readiness.  Basically my methods started with my first who b/c of my mum was in cloth(she bought a service).  With cloth a child is out of diapers much earlier then with disposable.  My first was bowel taught by age 16 months, took a bit longer for pee only b/c he is disabled.  He was in underwear by age 2 but used diapers for night until age 3.  After that used my method on my next 2 kids and on so far 6 day care kids as well.  Works best when starting young and establishing a routine.

I'm reading a book on toddlers, and I just finished the section on potty training.  It said that many seemingly potty trained toddlers will reject the potty and want to go back into diapers when a new baby is introduced into the household.  Other than that, I'm no help.  :)  My son isn't showing any signs of readiness, so I'm not actively trying to potty train right now.  He's learning to sit on the potty, and he likes to flush after me or Daddy has pottied, but that's about it.  I'm not going to push it since we'll be having another baby in about 3 months.  I just want to see how he reacts to the new situation first.  :)  Btw, I'm a SAHM too, so I'm hoping this won't be a huge deal when the time comes. :)

when my daughter was 17 months old, i bought her last pack of diapers.  i told her when i bought them that this was the end of diaper road. 

when the pack was gone, i took her to the store and had her pick out a pack of panties with whatever character she wanted.  i NEVER bought pull-ups.  NEVER even used them. 

she went from diaper to panties.  it took about 3 days and she was completely potty-trained.  she's never wet the bed in the middle of the night, and she even gets up and goes to the bathroom in the middle of the night. 

pull-ups only slow the process, because to kids, they're almost the same as diapers.  when they pee or poop in real underwear, it WILL NOT feel good, and after a few trials, they'll get the big idea. 

i don't think yo-yoing is a good idea.  i say, either do it and do it all the way, or just leave it alone.