Potty training help

[nim85]

My dd1 is 3 in April. This is the second time of trying to potty train her. She will sit on the potty when bribed but doesn't do anything. She will hold her wee in often until she has a nappy for nap. At times she will dance around and say she needs a wee but when I take her to the potty she says she doesn't need to go. We have tried everything from telling her she will get treats to watching television while she sits on the potty. We also have a toilet seat but she hates the toilet. When she can't hold it anymore she will have an accident. It's been 3 weeks and we have had two wees in the potty. Don't want to put her back in nappies as she has the control. She has chosen her potty and we now have 3 potties in the house. Don't think she has a uti as she's not in pain when she does go. Anyone been in this situation and progressed ?
Many thanks

Yes I've been in the same situation and completely understand how frustrating it is. We had 4 attempts, the first 3 were similar to your's, with small improvements each time, but she just wasn't ready. We went back to nappies each time, left it another month or so and tried again. On the 4th attempt (a few months after she turned 3), she just got it straight away, all pees and poo's in the potty or toilet and no accidents.

There's lots of people out there who tell you not to give in and not to go back to nappies, but my experience was that waiting until she was ready was much less stressful for everyone.

Ok thanks let's hope we get there in the end. The problem we have is even when she has had a nappy on she will still hold her wee 😬

I am also in a similar situation, my DD2 is 3 in April & potty training is just not working. She'll go on the potty or toilet say she's wee'd when she hasn't & then have an accident. She's never yet wee'd on the potty or toilet. I didn't have this with DD1 as she was much easier to potty train.

If she holds it even with a nappy on then the potty is not the issue. Speak to your Health Visitor.

She also refuses to where Knickers she just takes them off when Ive tried & she doesn't hold her wee in with a nappy on. When I try & leave her without a nappy on she'll ask for one. Maybe I need to leave it for now.

I think we just wait for too long. Our son was 3 when I started training him. He was nearly 5 when he finally got fully dry. We went thru hell.
My mother had 3 babies in three years. We were all potty trained by 14 months.
She said she used a little cool water between our legs while sitting in the potty. She didn't have any issues. I wish I had listed to her and do it early.

Hi all my eldest DS was 3.5yro before he was toilet trained for wees (had tried a couple of times before but he obviously wasn't ready... and poos took longer too) only used the potty for a short period of time he preferred the toilet. I think it will just happen for your DD she might just not be quite ready yet. Have you tried pull ups to help?

Thanks for everyone's help. I tried saying this morning that she would go back in nappies for now but she got upset saying she wants knickers. If no success today going to try and get her to wear pull ups. Totally agree about waiting to long, DD used to wee on the potty then we went on holiday so didn't do anything and now she is at this point.