Potty training- help
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No advice but we are going through the same! Completely refuses to use the potty! We haven't moved but had another baby in October X
Have you tried getting a toilet seat? My daughter has literally just been toilet trained over the past month and she also refused a potty but would go on the actual toilet. She said she wanted to be like us. I then gave her a snack shelf in the bathroom so once she’d used the toilet and washed her hands she could pick whatever she wants. It was a long process to get her to stick to but it finally clicked! X
I'm now trying again, we tried cold turkey a few months back, it didn't work. I've spent the past few months talking about the & regularly taking him to the toilet. He has used it & is comfortable enough to (occasionally) do a wee there. Today I've decided to take his nappy off & I'm trying again, he keeps saying no, but has sat on the toilet despite not doing a wee. I did take a really long gradual route before going cold turkey this time, can only pray it pays off! Don't want nursery to think I'm lazy either 🫠🫠
Same boat here, flat out refusal and crying if we try and get him on the toilet or the potty. If it helps I know three families whose littles didn't train till they were three and a bit (one was nearly 4) and they're completely fine at going now with no problems. Maybe take the pressure off yourself for a few weeks? They'll get there in their own time!
The only thing that worked for us was treat incentives - chocolates like buttons or Mini-Eggs. 1 for a wee, 2 for a poo.
I would slowly introduce language like mummy’s going to the toilet, oh I just had a wee, show so much excitement and fun. She may take to toilet seat instead of a potty. Make it fun as a family. That’s what we did. Was very open of when we needed to go and what we did etc