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Is your child ready for potty training at nursery? Here's the place for all your toilet training questions.

Help please!!!!!

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BlankSpace1 · 02/08/2017 10:05

My daughter is 2 years and 7 months.
We did try potty training before, but she just had a total fit as soon as you got her on It, so we decided she wasn't ready and left it for a while.
So here I am trying again, we had the same problem but we managed to get her sitting on potty for quite a while with a chocolate button for a reward.(this was to get started and she gets them if she does a wee now)
I've been now having her in pants and then trying to get her to sit on potty but she just cries and has a fit. She has pee'd in her pants and told me she did it, so I put her on potty but she just cries, I tried to 're assure her that it's okay she had an accident and that she just had to try to potty. She doesn't talk very much other than basic words so I can't have a proper talk to her but I do explain as best I can.
I honestly feel like it's never going to happen!
She is ready, I googled it and she shows all the signs of being ready, anyone else have any advice?

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BlankSpace1 · 02/08/2017 16:52

Training, but I will read learning also. Thank you

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Zebrasinpyjamas · 02/08/2017 19:31

You've definitely not done anything wrong imo. My ds was very interested in picking his own pants in the shop too (although now I get tantrums when his favourite pair is dirty Hmm) so that helps build their interest. Also we read the book pirate pete's potty a lot. It all got him used to the idea.

pinkblink · 02/08/2017 19:45

We just potty trained our 2yr old, with a sticker chart, drew 7 boxes on a sheet, coloured/drew on it together and put it low on the fridge, a wee on the potty a day for a sticker, end of the week he picked a treat, then changed to a sticker for days all his wees went on the potty, we have been really lucky he really took to collecting stickers

pinkblink · 02/08/2017 19:47

Found it more effective than a sweet and lots of praise like we did with our 5 year old, as the chart meant he had a physical reminder of his achievements and could see how close he was to a treat

BlankSpace1 · 02/08/2017 20:39

I was thinking to get a story that was around potty Training, that way even if we don't do it for a while longer it's all familiarizing her for when the time comes.
I'd like to get her to pick some nice pants too!

And I do have stickers that I got ready for this and thought of a chart too, so I will probably try and introduce that too, I like the collecting them and getting a treat st the end idea! Thanks :)

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Scrumptiousbears · 02/08/2017 20:46

I'm with you OP. My DD who is just 3 gets so frustrated when she sits on the potty and nothing happens she also throws a fit and refuses to try again. No amount of bribery seems to work. I really wanted her out of nappies before nursery but I really don't think I can do it.

TittyGolightly · 02/08/2017 21:15

No amount of bribery seems to work.

That's good. extrinsic motivation might fix something short term but it can have dramatic impact later on. (Lots of research into reward centres in the brain. Stickers may seem harmless but it does the same thing in the brain as heroin in addicts. Sad)

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