Hi, I'm looking for ideas on how to change my daughter's habit/muscle memory for peeing and pooing standing up.
We're potty training and she can tell me that she needs to pee and poo but once she's on the potty, apart from a couple of exceptions, she just sits and sits and nothing happens. Then, when she stands up she goes within a minute, sometimes straight away. I'm trying to find a way of helping her to relax and pee on the potty. I've tried using Bubbles but she just finds that too exciting and she just ignores the running water if I run a tap.
She has good control and can hold her pee to get to the bathroom. So I'm just trying to work out how to change her muscle memory. Any ideas? Do I just persevere and assume that, as it does happen occasionally already, eventually it will get easier for her with time? Or are there any other ways to help her muscles to relax while she's sitting on the potty?