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Name-poll poll Does anyone have any advice on this potty training issue: my daughter just turned three and clearly exhibits all the markers for being ready for the potty but when I try to give it a go with her (were panties, no diaper ect..) she gets very upset and doesn`t want to do it. Should I push her kicking and screaming into this final phase or leave the timing entirely up to her?
(Name poll by mumsy, 1251 days ago)
Leave the timing up to her
Yes, give her that final push even if she gets upset


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Comments: 5

lajm5 (1246.9 days ago)
try again ever 2 weeks or so let her get used to the idea if she still won`t give it a try then she is not ready. People that try to train a child when they are not ready have them selves trained not the child. They make the child sit every little while, wake them up in the middle of the night etc. They only have themselves trained. The child has to be ready to do it themselves just try to get her used to the idea just in case it`s the change that is scaring her. Good Luck.

StellaBellasMommy (1249.6 days ago)
I work at a daycare and I always suggest that the mommy take the child shopping for big girl/boy undies!! Let her pick out the ones she likes and then maybe she will want to wear them. Don`t force her or she will regress and its WAYY harder to get her potty trained the 2nd time!!

mewithbaby (1249.6 days ago)
If she doesn`t like the underwear then let her go naked...she still gets the horrible feeling of it going down her leg and that`s what coming out of the diaper is really all about. My sister-in-law had a great idea too...she went away for the weekend and said that they don`t have diapers here...so she was forced, out of her comfort zone, in a new place to deal...and just was consistent when she got home. Good luck!

kathleen (1249.9 days ago)
try to make it fun tell her they are big girl pants like u wear

kimmarie (1250.6 days ago)
My niece was exactly the same way. I remember being on the phone with my cousin and Nicole was only two and she only wanted to be in a diaper. My cousin said enough is enough....she got the diaper off and put her cutesy panties on...she cried and screamed as loud as everfor a bit and that was it...she never went back to diapers since. And, she never had an accident.



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