Any advice for potty training for 3 year old ?

Need some advice on potty training and helping my child understand it better

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I don’t have any advice but I’m ready to start my 2yo so we can collaborate lol

That would be a nice and fun adventure for us both lol xx

unfortunately we regressed a few times, daycare put her in pull ups for their convenience.

I have a girl,
We switched seats a few times and the ladder helped A LOT,
it kinda just shifted to hmmm she drank something, baby let's go potty

🫣🙃 Commando went well until she thought she had it under control without wiping that was a terrible couple weeks but seems to have been helpful after the fact

This is the second time trying she's done better than the first time, the problem is she doesn't know when she needs to go but she tells me when she has had a wee, I'm trying to find a potty that she enjoys sitting on she uses the ladder every morning, nappy comes straight off after waking up

Really is, never heard of the 2 piece before

Bare bum it for atleast 3 days. No pants, nothing. They will wee quite a bit on the first day but always take them to sit on the potty straight after. Keep them at home for the week and just be consistent with it. I made the mistake of resorting to pull ups whenever my son went out and it just made everything so long. Looking back I should have put my foot down and said he needs to be at home until he gets the hang of recognising when he needs to wee.

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I sometimes make them for my 3 YO for a quick dinner and would be easier to not have to do something else for the baby!