Potty training question?
We are trying to potty train my daughter. She is almost 2 and is showing all signs of being ready (ie: taking off her diaper and handing it to me when she goes potty, sitting on the toilet ect ect.) The problem is that she refuses to go on the potty, she hasnt gone once! I think she somehow potty trained herself to go inside her pull-ups! Let me explain…. I can’t keep clothes on her, no matter what i do, she strips herself and runs around butt naked, no diaper and all, I honestly kinda gave up, I figured it wont hurt her, what the hell! When she has to go potty though, she will actually walk over to her pull-ups, grab one, put it on herself, pee, then take it off and hand it to me. So I thought, “well then, i will just put her on the potty when she goes for the diaper.” She refuses to go on the potty! She will only go in her diapers, what do i do? I have tried now for a few weeks and nothing is happening.
i’ve been reading up on this the last few days and i read an article about how daycares handle training and they said put them in underwear. pull ups are too similar to diapers and in underwear the sensation of feeling wet will be stronger.
put the pull ups away and tell her they’re gone. maybe take a bunch out and hide them and then let her use the *last* one out of the package to pee in and tell her they’re all gone and it’s time for undies (cool ones with princesses or dora or whatever she likes)
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She is on the young side for potty training and she may just be in a phase of it where she has all the awareness but still wants the diaper. I’d back off for awhile and not mention it. Tell her when she decides to use the potty you’ll help her. Say this to her occassionally during the week and talk matter of factly about how people use the potty. Have some books around about using the potty. Just don’t try to put her on it and she may surprise you.