No body told me it would be this much hard work...

[Marne]

Potty training dd1 is a nightmare

She knows when she needs to go but does'nt mind having wet pants or sitting in it.

Ive just spent 2 hours with her sat on the potty with her crying and moaning because she wanted a wee.

I have spent all morning cleaning up puddles and scrubbing the carpet.

We only started yesterday and we have had 4 wee's on the potty and about 10 on the floor (no poo's yet)

How long will it take?
What am i doing wrong?

Hi there I am new here this is my first post.
My DD is exactly the same and I have had to give up for a few days as it was just stressing us out so much.

Good luck and if you find a magic formula let me know

it takes time and patience! good luck

This afternoon has been alot better, dd has even managed to poo in her potty and now has 7 stickers on her chart, she did wee on the floor when dh got home from work though.

Lets hope we've cracked it

First week was hard. After that, we've never looked back. Suddenly what I thought was a lot of hardwork is a tiny blip in the grand scheme of things. Hope this also happens to you. Good luck.

How old is DD Marne? My DD was juts over 2 - she told me she didn't want to wear a nappy and after 1 or 2 accidents that was it -we were dry. Would it be worth leaving it for a little while? Just a suggestion, hope I don't offend

She's 2.4, we have tried before and she got realy worked up about it, i think the sticker chart is working now she understands what she has to do to get one and we have bought her a potty chair as she did'nt like the other potty.

I think she is doing great, but please don't keep her sitting on the potty against her will, much less for two hours... other wise she would associate toileting with something stressful leading to a multitude of other problems.

Better to wait a bit longer...