Beginning to despair of ever training Dd3

[SpookyMadMummy]

Dd3 is 2 1/2. Around the time she was 2 she started showing the signs of wanting to potty train so we bought a new pink potty (her choice) and some knickers (although I accept I won't need those immediately).
She was taking off her nappy when it was wet/dirty and handing it to me and even sat on the potty without me saying to her.
Now we seem to have gone right back she just cries and cries if I encourage her to sit on the potty. I even put the potty away for a few weeks in case she felt pressured etc. What am I doing wrong?

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I'd leave it until she is ready, to be honest.

My DS was 3.2YO when he was ready, but he went from being nappies to being dry in 48 hours.

My DD has been dry since her second birthday.

Honestly, they are just all different.

I wouldn't worry yourself tbh. My four have all done at at such different ages, from 19m to 3.1.

If you can bear to be mopping up for a few days let her run around with just some knickers on and she may well 'get it' in a couple of days. 2 of my DDs sussed it straight away, DD1 took a week and DS took a fortnight.

Personally I would avoid pull ups as it gives them (and your for that matter) a sense of security which kind of defeats the object. Reward her with whatever works for you after each time on the loo/pot or do a star chart and tell her when she's got to a certain number of dry days/times on pot with a result that she can choose something from the toy shop. I'm all for bribery and it still works with my 18 year old

If after a week or so things aren't clicking, leave it until after Christmas. Absolutely NO point her getting into a tizz and you stressing.

Thank you for the replies.
Well we are moving house soon so I think I will pack the potty and leave it till perhaps the new year then get it back out again.
I don't want to stress her about it as Dd1 (who is on the Autistic spectrum) still has toileting issues at age 9 and I can't go through that again.

Oh yes, absolutely leave it until after you have moved, there's enough stress in that without anything else to worry about.

Sorry to hear that you have troubles with your older DD, I hope that these can sort themselves out for you as well. In my experience, though, the less of an issue that's made of it, the easier it is.

Good luck with your move.

second the advice given here, esp with house move. Forget it for now and try again in a while. We just trained DD who is 2.9 - having done on/off for a bit (waste of time!), but she knew what to do. It took her 2 days to realise that this time we meant it. A few accidents, but basically she is more or less sorted. Agree about pull-ups - couldn't ever understand what they were for - DD just called them 'princess nappies' - and indeed, they are just less effective nappies :o