💗 Potty Training Tips for Toddlers - Support Group

So I bought the oyster 4-in-1 potty and I’m so glad I did because my daughter isn’t terrified of it like the others and will actually sit on it!! For entire minutes at a time!! (Others she would sit for 0.5 seconds but once a month-ish) She even says ‘sit on potty again’ and goes back! There’s often a bit of an issue when I pull her nappy down before she sits, she’ll say no, push me away, and once it’s down she says ‘all done’ and wants it back on but most times she’s quickly accepted it and sat with no nappy. The problem comes when she actually needs a wee because she really refuses to take the nappy off and seriously panics once it’s off 😭 she gets upset telling me ‘all done’ and ‘nappy on’ over and over. I stay calm and reassuring, gently encouraging her to sit on the potty and she will but eventually she’ll get up and won’t go back, then wee while standing. I’ve tried encouraging her to come sit on the potty in that moment but she just stands there frozen. Every time she’s sat we talk about how wee wees go in the potty not nappy etc and she does understand to some extent but in the moment she panics so much that I can’t get through to her! Anything I can try? She likes doing deep breaths so we did lots of that on the potty tonight even though she didn’t need a wee, so I might try that in the morning? She’s dry overnight so the morning wee is my best bet because I know she needs to go! Sorry this was so long lol

My 2.5y/o old struggles with the simplest of changes, like recently the weather has started to get warmer so i’ve tried putting her in a short sleeve top, but it’s been soo long since she’s worn on that she now immediately starts to freak out (in a sad way not bad behaviour way) if I put a short sleeve top on her, she’ll take it off and demand long sleeve.

Basically, she struggles with changes a lot. In knowing this, we’ve had a potty in the house for almost a year now, we’ve read books, played our scenarios with toys etc. all of it. She is really great at talking and listening and fully fully understands the point of a potty / toilet. There’s no confusion.

But with it being a change to routine / what she is used to, I can’t get her to even sit on the potty. She just immediately starts to cry and hyperventilate. She’s genuinely scared or something and i’ve tried 3 times to potty train her. I’m at a loss and i’m so worried about it.

Please can anyone offer any advice at all?? I feel like we’ve tried everything. We have 3 potty options as well in the house (one being a seat to go on the toilet with steps) so she has options.

Some part of me says to just wait for her to be ready, but then I feel like i’m failing as a Mum if I don’t step up and help her learn this skill, like i’m leaving her to deal with it alone, that feels so wrong :/

My little one will be 3 in May and I have enrolled her to start preschool in August. They have a hard rule to be potty trained and independent by school. Is this possible? My girl will go occasionally on the toilet when I ask her. And we cheer and reward for doing it. But it’s like she knows it’s a “grown up” thing to do and she wants to stay a “baby”. I know she will love preschool so she can play with other kids and make new friends, so I would hate to see her not ready by then. Has anyone gone through that stage where your baby wants to just stay baby? Not sure how to phrase that.

I potty trained my son almost a year ago he has no accidents and happily asks to go to the toilet for a wee but still refuses to poo in the toilet, I thought eventually he’d do it on his own but it’s been ages now and he’s showing no signs at all of going on the toilet he just waits until he has a nappy for bed and does it then and because he’s saved it until the evening his nappy most of the time leaks because he’s pooing so much I don’t know what to do I’m tired of having to clean up exploding nappies almost every night he’s not getting a good nights sleep because he’s waking up when I need to clean him Tbh I think a lot of it is stubbornness and because we’ve gone so long without intervening because I thought he’d pick it up on his own he’s just become used to it

Hi Moms! I'm potty training a 23 months old girl. Based on the oh crap potty training book (O haven't finished the book yet) but the thing is that she's doing awesome when she's naked but as soon as I put undies or pants she will go in it. Any of you went through this? How can I transition from being naked to wearing her undies and not having accidents but tell me as she does when she's naked