any radicalpotty training methods?

[knat]

My dd is 2,5 and we have been potty training for nearly 2months. She has great bladder control and in all this time we have had no accidents whilst out. We do get the occasional dry night. However although we have made progress and she will sit on the potty and toilet and occasionally does a wee in it or if she starts weeing you can put her on potty and she'll finish it off (before she would just refuse point blank to go on) she still will not go and wee or poo on potty or toilet - she knows what to do but she doesn't do it. I've tried stickers and chocolate buttons (she loves stickers and the chart and gets v excited but not enough to remember to go to potty or toilet when she needs to). I've tried saying nothing and just changing her, i've tried telling her ina firm voice that she knows not to do it on the floor/in pants and she should do it in potty - i don't know what else to try - anyone got any radical tips - at a last resort now!!!!

Try waiting till she's ready - radical enough for you?

thanks! I do think she's ready andunfortunately i think she will be like this if i do it now or at 3 or whenever and frankly i would rather go thru a couple of months and try and get it sorted now than leave it until she's 3 and have the same again!!!! She's not getting distressed by it and as is ay there are improvements so i'm loathe to leave it now! I know what you're saying but i know her and i do believe this is just "her way!. However Im just searching for that trigger that will make teh difference - so no not radical enough

knat, I think the fact you've been trying so long shows that she is not ready. It just needn't be this hard!

I would say potty training with my Ds took one day, not two months.....not because we did anything clever, just because he was ready! Why not make life easy for yourselves and wait a couple of months? If you leave it till three you are IMO very unlikely to get the same problems because she will do an awful lot of changing and developing before then - you will be surprised how much.

I agree with the advise you have already received. Give up now, you know she "understands" potty training now and so will be able to decide when she wants to stop wearing nappies.

Tbh the fact that you say you have tried different methods probably means that your daughter is either bored of the whole thing, or loving the attention and whichever she is, the best thing is to go back to nappies.

Erase the words "potty training" from your vocabulary. Put her back in nappies, give her opportunities when you are having a quiet afternoon to take her nappy off, and see how she goes, but do forget about training her and just wait until she really gets the hang of things and actually wants to do it. Then there won't be anymore stress.