We have started this week, tentatively since Sunday but this is day3 of wearing underwear.
We have some successes with pee but no poos and still around 6 accidents per day.
She seems to go to the potty to pee, does a small one but doesn't finish, then wets herself.
The problem I have is I work full time so she has been at nursery and at my mother in laws, so 2 different settings away from home. I don't have the option to take time off to stay at home currently.
I'm starting to think this isn't a success and to stop š how many days would you give it if you had continued accidents, or would you continue?
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3 days is still early, but I would agree that having multiple settings probably isn't going to help. Is there any time coming up when you might be able to spend a few days at home? August bank holiday for example? If so, might be worth pausing until then so she can build confidence in one setting first.

Don't give up. My son had multiple accidents every 45 min for 2 weeks. He hated the feeling of wet underwear, but then he clicked. We still used pull-ups at night and it took a month for him to stay dry overnight.

If she's still showing willingness I'd continue.
Tip for poos on the potty - when sat encourage blowing bubbles, blow out candles (your fingers). The blowing motion makes the body bear down and push. May help to encourage getting all the wee out too.
Someone mentioned overnight. That is completely separate and not something that can be trained. It's a hormonal change so don't worry if you crack it in the day but overnight doesn't happen yet.

One tip I have read is to put a pair of knickers on them then a nappy over the top to catch the accident but let them understand the discomfort of the accident if that makes sense!xx

Give up my ass lol . If i put in a day we seeing it through. The way I learned is while your at home do the nothing in rule (no undies,pullups, or shorts) when they have shorts and undies on they don't care to just it in the pot but will do it on themselves . Then she goes to daycare and to your mom's make them have her on a schedule. At nursery she will need to go more often due to playing with peers and not caring to go potty .. at your mom's house if she's able she can possibly help too

I suggest waiting until you have time off and can keep her home for a few days. It can be done in just 3 days if you can be basically hovering like a helicopter for those 3 days. If not it's going to take a lot longer and they may just be adapting to all the accidents.
We've had to stop and start again before and I don't think we lost the progress we'd made. If anything it just made the 2nd time around much quicker

It can take a while. My daughter at 18 months requested the potty and since then ive not pushed potty training just done it on her terms. Well this week she is now 26 months and asks doe the toilet. She still wets her nappy but theyre getting dryer and dryer for longer and longer. I didnt plan to fully go into potty training till August

My son didnāt have accidents. Only 1 total. He was trained in 5 days.
Naked method. Stay consistent

Took us around 4 days. Depends on their age too I guess. My little one was 2.5yo.
Naked from waist down. Used a toilet seat because he didnāt like the potty. I kept sitting him down every 20 mins at the start. Consistency is key so I say you stick to it!

Donāt stop, stopping and starting makes it worse

I think parents put too much pressure on kids (and parents put too much pressure on eachother) to potty train early and intensely. Your kid will figure it out when theyāre ready. My daughter trained herself by 3. I offered her access to the potty and training underwear. We went back and forth from pullups as we needed to. She figured it out in her own time. https://www.instagram.com/p/DZu06-yiJ45/?igsh=eWNxNGk3M2Z0ZWEw

Are you taking her to the bathroom every hour/2hrs throughout the day? Thats what I did and it worked really well for us. In the last 2 yrs ahe had 2 accidents. One in the middle of the night and 2 days ago from being tickledš¤£š

Definitely wait until they are ready. I made the mistake of trying to get my daughter to potty train when she was 1.5 and she was not having it. She finally started showing signs of being ready around 2.5 and was full trained by 3. The method that worked the best was wearing training panties under her pull up and having her go to the bathroom every hour to prevent accidents. I also got her a sticker pad and chart to make it fun. When she was fully trained she got a potty training gift set with panties, coloring books, markers, and a certificate

I star with my 2 kids at 1 and half years old my girl by 22 month was potty. And my boy by 25 month, need to be consistent

I wouldnāt give up either. Youāre already this deep in, and I feel like itās better to keep on track as accidents are of course going to happen but thatās part of the game. Staying on track will keep them knowing what to do
30 days makes a habit for anyone even little ones

I wouldn't give up, I'm one of these where if I start something I have to finish it, I started at 2 years old and she cracked it when at home with no underwear then when we would go out or even at home with underwear on she would have lots of accidents. My partner was ready to throw the towel in, but I told him no, we have to carry on. It's hard, but she will eventually pick it up. Honestly, it can take months for them to eventually stop having an accident, and the more you teach and stick to it and be consistently, the fewer accidents she will have. Make it fun, keep praising, get a sticker chart but be consistent. How old is your child? When you say she might not be ready yet, maybe you're the one that's not ready you have to give it 100% without my comment sounding rude but it's the truth

Never

3 days is literally nothing? Youre expecting your child to learn an entirely new physical and mental skill in 3 days with zero mistakes. Thats completely unreasonable. If you stop you're just telling your child you dont believe theyre capable.

I was completely calm writing it. Ready has literally nothing to do with it and it's a message pushed for decades by literally pampers. If you don't think shes ready you don't think she's capable of learning.

Youre welcome to read into tone via text however you want. I replied with my opinion. You obviously thought your child was "ready" otherwise you wouldnt have started potty training. Maybe go back to basics and try again to find the source of the accidents.

I completely understand this frustration! My son was delayed in walking so it took longer for us to start potty training after a lot of meetings with the health visitor she told me when to start, my son wouldnāt even sit on the potty, if he did he was scream holy hell, even if he did something weād over celebrate in hopes heād use that as his motivation, unfortunately it didnāt work. At 2.5 years he still hadnāt grasped it, I rung the health visitor so stressed and upset because he āwasnāt getting itā she told me you cannot force him to do it, he will only do it when heās ready, and around 3 years one day he eventually just got it and that was that. I understand itās so frustrating and hard when you havenāt got the time to stay at home for days on end like they recommend. She will get it when sheās ready š©· x
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