to be at the end of my tether with potty training?!

[lalalemon]

DD is 28 months, we are on day 6 of potty training.
She refuses the toilet and is obviously scared of it. Fair enough.
So we've been using the potty.
Except we've not really. She has finished maybe 12 wees on it since we started.
She knows when she is going to wee, She tells us she is going to wee and she runs to the potty and wees next to it!
We know she can do it as my Dad had her for 3 hours on Friday morning and she did 2 wees and 2 poos in the potty for him.
She also will sit on the potty to 'try' if we ask her.
We've tried everything, rewards, telling her off, telling her its ok, leaving her to do it herself and not prompting, reading stories whilst she sits, letting her watch tv, eat snacks etc whilst she's sat.
I can't take it any more and neither can my carpets.
But she is also refusing to have a nappy back on, and I don't want to put one on her as she obviously knows what to do, she just won't do it!
She's got to go back to nursery tomorrow and I just don't know what to do!

My daughter is almost 3. We had a trial day about a month ago where she was in knickers. She used the potty but also had accidents and didn't seem aware of needing a wee, so she was back in nappies the next day.

Since then she would tell me when she was doing a wee. On Sunday put her in knickers again, no accidents. Monday, no accidents. Tuesday she had an accident at nursery. No accidents since then. Was expecting more of a training period, but she just got it straight away. And she's really proud of herself each time!

I know that if I'd persevered the first time that it would've been more difficult. Lots of accidents, and I imagine she would've got demoralised about it

I think knowing what to do, and the child choosing to do it can be 2 different stages. If she's not doing it then she's not ready. I'd be putting her back in nappies, although that will be tricky if she's refusing!

Jeez. My daughter is 6 in may and today she’s wet herself twice, pooed herself once and wee ed deliberately in her bed. All despite being reminded to go every hour. Driving me utterly mental. So depressing . Hate it.

6 days? Ffs, chill out

If she recognises she needs a wee and does it in the vicinity of thd potty I'd push on. Maybe keep her trousers off so she only has knickers to deal with, she probably is just hanging on too long, she'll get there. It's hard but do not tell her off, will cause loads of anxiety and won't get her there any quicker. Just lots of praise for success and an oh well, better luck next time if she misses. Probably won't be a popular recommendation but choc Buttons are good bribes to celebrate with

No wise words here, just sympathy.

I thought DD would be easy to potty train as she's been telling us when she's done a wee or a poo since before she was 2.

She's scared of the potty and scared of the Pippa pig toilet seat and only interested in the stickers in her polly potty training book. The only thing she DOES like is the little set of steps for washing her hands. Argh!!