Should I be worried?

[LatieKee]

My dd is 2 years and 8 months and is absolutely adamant that she will only wee and poo in her nappy, doesn't want to try sitting on the potty and despite me buying a selection of big girl pants won't entertain the idea of wearing them. I don't want to push the issue and turn it into a big deal but should I be worried that she isn't even interested? Most of her friends are out of nappies and she has seen them all on the potty. Don't know what to do??

What to do is not worry about it :) she will be ready in her own time. FWIW my youngest daughter was 3years and 2 months before she trained...absolutely refused point blank to use the potty. I used to take her through to the toilet with me to "chat" about stuff. I used to ask her all the time if she needed a wee or a poo, and if she wanted to use the toilet.

One day we were at a friends house and she saw friends son using the potty. Later that day,she asked to go to the toilet and we never lode back, 2 weeks later she was dry at night.

My advice is to not push it, she is still young and she will come round when she is ready. Also, if possible, just go straight from nappies to toilet, a lot easier :) HTH

Thank you, I'll hang in there and wait. You've put my mind at ease! Just feel like she's the only one not progressing, but I need to trust that she'll let me know when she's ready. Now I just need to convince my mum that we shouldn't worry!! X

god, no need to worry at all. DS1 was over 3 by the time he was potty trained and now at nearly 6 is only just dry at night! I have a feeling DS2 will be equally as lazy. It's not a race, and don't let anyone tell you otherwise.

They all get there in the end, don't sweat it. It's a lot easier if they do it when they're older- they have more control and less accidents!

mine was 3 and 1 month -massive battles about potties then we went on a long car journey and I jokingly told her no stinky poos in the car -and hour away from our destination she started complaining of tummy ache

literally within minutes of arriving she disappeared behind the sofa and filled her nappy! -figured out she had been holding it in and then I felt really bad so I told her that if she could do that then she didn't need nappies, but she still insisted no potty. Asked her if she wanted wet knickers -no! so what are you going to do then?

she told me she would use the toilet, she had one accident on the 2nd day, and my day 3 refused a nappy at bedtime and was dry day and night from then on

I can remember friends who's children were 'potty trained' not long after 2 and they spent months carrying around spare clothes and cleaning up 'accidents'

sometimes it pays to wait

Am glad I clicked on this thread as I am having the exact same problem with my DS2 (he is 3 next week!) Despite bribes, new Fireman Sam underpants etc he is just not interested in sitting on the potty or toilet.

In fact, he seems to be treating it as a game and saying he needs a wee, so I sit him on the toilet, he says he can't do anything and then wees about a minute later and then laughs as he tells me he has weed on the floor/sofa etc.

Not sure how to break the cycle other than going cold turkey on the nappies but otoh, I feel I am rushing him as I have worked out that I have been changing nappies now for nearly 5 and a half years and I have had enough - not really his fault is it??

talk talk talk about it to her, make it fun and interesting! i have spent hours singing silly songs about poo in the potty, poo in the loo, the potty's the place (from the little princess book).

i always tip poo out the nappy and into the loo (we use cloth but i would do it if he was in disposables) and say that's where the poo goes then get him to flush it. there was a thread on MN a while ago about a poo goes to poo land?

my ds loves washing his hands so i tell him he has to try/do something on the toilet/potty then he gets to wash his hands.