Help! My little girl has just started potty training but she has no interest whatsoever! She doesn’t seem to mind that she wets the floor with nothing in at the start, she still doesn’t bother that she’s wet her pants now that we’ve tried her in pants. We’ve tried lessening the ‘pressure’ and not mention ‘do you need a wee’ all the time etc but NOTHING is working. Any help or anyone in the same boat? Thanks
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I’d highly recommend the oh crap method.. loose the pants they’re too much like a nappy

Oh crap can stress children out if they’re not ready, my friend’s child freaked out and started withholding her wee. We took it slow, gave stickers and as our child took interest started with pants and it’s working now

Go back to nappies for a bit and introduce a wee at bedtime then when she has that down so first thing in the morning. We did this with my boy and it helped him grasp it

I told my daughter she'd get a pack of stickers everytime she does wee wee on the potty. After a week she wanted to use the toilet. Then she told me she didn't want to wear a nappy at night. It took about 1 week of stickers for her to actively chose to use the potty. But if she wanted a nappy on, she could wear a nappy. She just got no stickers for it. 3 months in and we don't use nappies and we are completely dry at night.
Don't stress too much though mama, she may not be ready for potty training. Or she might be scared. Have you tried reading her potty books for encouragement? xx

I let my daughter do it naturally. Now she’ll wee in her pants by accident but will take them off and rush to the toilet to finish. I still use nappies on her and I do ask her every 15 minutes.
I keep her nappy off around the house all the time.
I give her a choice of using the big toilet or the nice seated potty in the living room and I leave wipes by the side for her to wipe if she’s had a wee.
It took a while even now but I introduced stickers, high fives and being really proud of her even if it was the tiniest she ever did.
She’s almost 3 now.
Kids go in their own time x