Potty training tips!!

Hey everyone we have been working on potty training our 2.5 year old, and we have tried everything!!! She constantly has accidents, some days she is dry all day but mostly not. Any advice is much appreciated!!
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My advice as a mom of 6 is she’s not ready and dont push her or she will regress. She will go when she’s ready, the average child is not potty trained until 4 usually around 3

Currently potty training too! For us pushing it just made the process more stressful (and more drawn out) for the both of us since we got a lot of resistance from her wanting to learn. I decided it wasn't a battle I was winning and so I started treating it as a "she'll go when she's ready" things and she's actually been more receptive to it and we've been making progress.

When you decided to let her go when she’s ready did you put her back in diapers, or use pull ups? We have been doing a combination of pull-ups and underwear but she just doesn’t tell us if she has to go, and when she has an accident she doesn’t seem to care.

@Jessica right now we're sticking with pull-ups and on days I don't have classes/am home more I set her on her potty in the morning and periodically throughout the day and am slowly increasing how often we use the potty. This summer I plan to try the method where you just let em go no pants/underwear and plop em on their toilet every 15 min/30 min/hour on the 1st/2nd/3rd day 🤣 Though, of course, that comes with accident risks but accidents happen anyways with potty training 🤷🏼‍♀️

We just potty trained our 2 and a half year old - switched to underwear only- and we make her try every couple of hours even if she says she doesn’t have to go. She loves wearing underwear and looks forward to a little treat after she goes potty. I think it’s important to find an incentive that’s important to them. And don’t try during sleep times at first. We still put on a diaper for nap and nighttime.

Little squatty potties are helpful because you can put them anywhere your child is playing. In the beginning, they don't have much control so if you shorten the distance they have to go to get to the potty, it helps cut down on accidents. As their control gets better, you can put the potty closer to the bathroom and then begin leaving it in the bathroom. Bare-bottomed methods also really help your child gain awareness since the accidents feel very different than going in a diaper or underwear. I found Oh Crap Potty Training was a great method! If you have a long weekend to get it started, it really does work! I trained both my girls this way just after they turned 2 and they were using the potty on their own with minor accidents within a few days. Accidents are part of the learning process, though. You will have some good days and some bad days but you have to be patient and consistent for it to work. Good luck!

My daughter is 2.5 and fully potty trained and even has no diapers at night time. What I did was read her potty training books for toddlers, and her favorite book was big girl panties. I got her cute princess panties, and she loved wearing them so much that she refused diapers. After only a few accidents, she learned very fast that she didn't like wetting herself. Also, in the beginning, I would give her little m&ms every time she used the potty to make it a fun experience. I never pressured her or anything bc that could backfire. And I never got upset with her if she had an accident.

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