Potty training

So I've just started potty training. I've got a few days of just being at home so we can focus and we've just gone straight to knickers.

Yesterday every wee would start on the floor and end in the potty. Which was fine I thought it was a good start. Today she did 4 big wees all in the potty from me just sitting her on and asking her to try. I was really impressed! This evening my partners friend popped round and then she did two wees on the floor. No attempt to get to the potty. Is that normal? I tried to get her to go before but she was distracted by her dad being home. Thing is I don't know if she was shy about there being someone else there, or just distracted, or maybe just too tired to try by that point? But is that normal? Any tips? I also felt really bad because she wanted a sticker after the wee but she onlys gets sticker when there's wee in the potty, even if it's just the last few drops. So I didn't give her one, but I didn't want to feel like she was being punished for having an accident. I'm finding this a real mindfield tbh. I did say that it's okay and next time we'll get it in the potty and you can have a sticker etc.

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Yeah thats all normal! I dread potty training my youngest so keep putting it off 😂
Not getting her sticker isn't a punishment, it's just not getting her reward x

Absolutely normal- do not stress! Continue using the stickers as a reward, I assume when she doesn’t get to the potty you aren’t telling her off… so just make sure she knows that it’s not that your cross or annoyed about not getting to the potty but you want to make the potty really special… special wees on the potty get stickers but if we don’t get to the potty mummy’s still proud cos no nappies!

Agree with the above. My daughter has been potty trained for about a year now and she still has accidents if she is at the park or around a lot of family. When we first started I would set her on the potty and read her books. I didn't ask if she needed to go. I would say "let's try and take a pee break!" And that seemed to really help us. If you ask, they will start to always say no lol

We have a unicorn chart and it says like telling me u need a wee, weding on toilet flushing wiping n washing hands so if she dosent make it to the loo she still kinda gets a reward it’s been really helpful as then she knows she gets one for saying one for trying one for doing kinda thing 🥹

Thank you all for the replies. I think I got my hopes up when she had 4 wees on the potty and thought it would be super easy haha!
But tbh today she's gone back to weeing on the potty and so far no accidents. I'm popping out this evening though so I'll see how she goes with just dad!

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