Been training for 6 weeks and dd still not asking for potty/toilet!

[minxofmancunia]

She's mostly dry at home and nursery, will go every 1.5 hours or so on the toilet/potty when we take her but no joy with poos or only v occassional successes.

She still never asks though, and does tend to have accidents whilst out, she's 2.6.

I'm beginning to despair of us ever cracking itand am wondering what is "potty trained"? Lots of friend class their dcs as trained but it's because they offer them the potty/toilet regularly they don't seem to ask. IMO I thought it was when they instigated toileting themselves.

Any tips on how to encourage this? it seems to be going on forever.

I had tremendous trouble potty/toilet training dd (now aged 7). We started trying at around age 2, and, as you say, she would 'go' if we took her, but eventually we had to accept that she just didn't have the sensation that she was going to pee, only that she was peeing. It just takes longer in some kids.

We did have her completely dry in the day by the time she turned three, but overnight took a lot longer.

Unfortunately perseverance (and pullups when we went out) was the only solution

I potty trained DS at 2.6 months and he took 2 months to start asking for the toilet, some just take a little bit longer. Before that I was just getting him to go on the toilet every 1h 45m. Once he got it though, we didn't have any accidents and I'm even thinking of taking off his nappy at night as its always dry in the morning. (He's 3 in 6 weeks).
Probably the most successful thing i did initially was the "if you have a wee/poo on the potty I'll give you a chocolate button". Good luck

I think it's insanity to expect a 2yo to take responsibility for toileting. They are toddlers, easily distracted, and their whole life is focused on learning new things. We are the adults and keeping them clean and dry is our responsibility.

DD is 2.6 weeks and we have been potty training for 4 weeks now. We started by putting her on the potty regularly and until last week we were having lots of accidents in between.

She reached a turning point (I hope) last week when she got the hang of pulling up and down her own trousers and knickers and now she toddles off and goes herself.

She still doesn't "ask" to go, and going out is a pain, just need to make sure I get her on the toilet regularly.