Someone tell me it gets easier š day 1 of potty training and I truly feel like this is the hardest thing as a mom yet! Had a couple accidents but she would refuse to sit on the potty except for after her nap. I started with a seat insert for the big potty and she hated it. So while she napped I set up a little pink potty, made her a potty sticker chart, and an āinstructionā sheet. (My little Type A personality girly lol). She was so excited for that and peed in the potty and I gave her soo much praise and she appreciated it. But her second accident happened from her holding it. She felt the pee and screamed āMAMAā crying. I rushed her to her potty and on the way there said āitās ok baby itās ok accidents happenā she was like ashamed she peed on the floor š Does it get easier??? Any tips??!
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The fact your kid is grasping the concept at all is amazing. Cause my kid šš„“ sits on the potty, somehow learned to wipe herself with a wet wipe and gets up and says āALL DONE!!!ā And refuses to understand you have to pee or poop to be all done šš

Mine wonāt even pee so youāre winning already in my book

yes we do 1 chocolate chip for pee on potty 2 for poop on potty. She hasnāt done poop yet but š« lol Iām gonna do pull ups for naptime and bedtime. Then maybe in unfamiliar places

lmao donāt worry my daughter also just loves to flush the little potty hahaha

she literally like fights me to sit on the potty. What did you do with this??

this isā¦.. Iām jealous š the dedication has to be there and I just donāt have it yet

My 25 months daughter took me 1 day .
But she always with me, even when I need to go, she had her little potty since 14 months.
So what I did.
After breakfast we putt all the diapers in a bag and left them outside, told a new baby needs them.
She had 2 accidents whole day.
A quick tip - two weeks before - I took her favorite toy ( bunny, doll) and put in the potty pretending they were popping, put tiny chocolate so she thought was a real poop .
Donāt give up!! Itās take at least 10 day .

did she ever fight going on the potty? What did you do?

yeah she definitely had to pee and I knew it (hence the accident) but Iām wondering once she understood not liking the peeing feeling then maybe sheāll stop fighting me?? Lol idk. She is a FIGHTER sheās stubborn and tough I was expecting the fight lol

no fight but she tells me No, No , but I take her anyway. Also I try to go to her world, I play with her on way to the bathroom, pretend she is an air plane . Another way to prepare them is with books. There is a good one called, letās go potty Elmo.

It took about a month for my son to really stop having daily accidents. It was 5+ for a day or two, then 3, then 2, and now we have about one a week, typically at daycare. It's a process, they are learning!
We used Big Little Feelings potty training course, cause I need rules and direction š«
But from day one, it's no more diapers, just "night time undies (pull ups)" since it's really too early for most toddlers to potty train overnight.
It does get easier. They pick up on your cues, so the more you want it, the more pressure they can feel. That works against you for some toddlers!
If kiddo doesn't want to sit on the potty, play it cool and say "ok, listen to your body" or whatever you typically say and don't push it. The consequence of not sitting on the potty is having pee pee run down their legs. No one likes that, but it's a fast teacher.

my kiddo preferred his potty in the bathroom. I think he used it maybe 2 times when it was somewhere else in the house š

lol, mine is May 2022 and weāre only sort of training. She sits when she wants to which is only a couple times a day most days. She mostly wants to play: sing songs and wipe herself with allllll the tp lol. Weāre heavily praise when she gets pee or poop in potty. She refuses to sit on potty at daycare. Really treat it like any other skill (her learning to walk and crawl, talk, etc) and try to watch her closely to learn her clues. Mine is a go hide/ in corner pooper and for pee sheāll start messing at her diaper in the front with hand. Then I just ask if sheād like to put it in potty.

Itās going to take time and a lot of patience. It will definitely get harder before it gets easier, because just when you think theyāre getting it they start to refuse and pee or poop all over the house in protest lol, so just stay the course and hang in there!

Dont push it. Put the potty in reach. Read a lot of potty books. Let them see you potty. When they are ready they will
Do it. If you fight them or force them it will just take longer
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