Potty training 2.9 year old, please help!

[Namechange285]

Hi all, I'm slightly despairing with potty training and need some advice! My DD 2.9 has always been very spirited and wants to do everything on her own terms. Also difficult to get to sleep/struggles to switch off. Currently naps at nursery but generally not at home unless she drops off in front of the tv after lunch.

Nursery advised us to push on with potty training this weekend as they think she's ready. She's had a potty/little toilet seat for ages, knows what it's for and has done many successful wees/poos at random times. However she absolutely will not take any direction on when to try on the potty. Eg I will encourage her, she'll say no, then wee on the floor 2 minutes later. She's better in the morning but if she hasn't napped she's very emotional/stroppy in the afternoon. This afternoon she became really upset, begged for a nappy and then went to find one herself! She seemed quite upset by it all and just exhausted from trying all morning.

I feel like the lack of nap/tiredness is the main barrier to the potty training but I can't force her to nap. Don't know whether to keep trying with potty training or just give up for a bit until she can manage better without the nap. Have tried sticker chart/bribery which works ok in the mornings. Any thoughts appreciated!

[Namechange285]

Bump...anyone?

[Tigger1895]

Have you tried a potty in front of the tv? It’s not ideal, but it worked for me

[ExcitingRicotta]

Star chart for rewarding efforts or similar?
take to shop and let choose own stickers for it and try to hype it all up. Really praise efforts.

take for a drive so she naps and has more energy for it?

[Pinklilly]

I think go for quiet time in the time she should be napping. She clearly still needs to wind down so I would suggest popping her in her room setting it up for a nap (sleep sack blinds etc) but saying she doesn’t have to sleep but she has to stay in the room. Leave a few books.
take out any stimulating toys.

it maybe that she falls asleep but if she doesn’t it’s not a big deal as hopefully she’s had time to wind down and be calmer and hopefully mentally rested. This might help with encouraging potty training.

[Absolutenonstop]

No advice but my dd of the same age is the same. I keep being told it’ll come in time.

[App13]

Sorry can I ask please, when you say 2.9
Do you mean 2 years 9 months or 2 years almost 11 months ?

I've always found this confusing on mumsnet

[Namechange285]

Hi everyone, sorry for the lack of reply and thanks for all your suggestions. A bit of an update...we decided to keep going and used a sticker chart as reward and did less active prompting/followed her lead. A few accidents but things started to improve a fair bit. I think going to nursery and practicing with other children helped too.

So all was going well until she picked up a chest infection on Thursday! She's been quite poorly since then and sleeping a lot, so things have regressed a bit, but I feel like we've made progress overall and am a bit more hopeful that we might crack it soon! Oh also, to clarify, she's 2 years, 9 months, sorry for the confusion!