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potty training my 2 1/2 year old?

my daughter is 2 years 9 months old, will be 3 on December 9. She rarely uses the potty, no matter how much we encourage her. We have showed her the "big girl panties" that she can wear when she starts going on the potty all the time. One of the biggest issues is our bathroom is upstairs. I tried having it downstairs, but that seemed to discourage her more. She has only went poop on it like 3 or 4 times, and potty maybe 2-3 times a week.....I dont know how to encourage her to go on the potty! Beides from always changing her diapers, I have a 1 year old I have to change diapers on too, and they are getting expensive. Plus, my oldest is a "chunky" kid and when she was weighed last was 37 1/2 ponds and is in the biggest kid size diaper they make....a size 6. Any sugesstions please? she isnt scared of the potty, she just never tells me and has no clues as to when she is doing pee or poop that I can take to.

Update:

She isnt in a daycare or anything....my husband works full time and I am able to stay home full time to care for the kids. Also, if it makes any difference, her father(my husband) was diagnosed as a child with ADHD and has what I classify as a severe case of it. Our daughter shows all the EXACT same symptoms that he has regarding the ADHD. She hasn't been diagnosed yet but we and all close family members believe she has it.

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
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    You just have to keep encouraging her. She'll do it in her own time. Every kid is different, maybe she's not ready. My son is a bit big too. We buy him goodnights to wear all the time. They're not that expensive and they're like a pull up. When he was training, we used to let him wear his big boy underwear on top and we let him decorate his potty with stickers. We also bought him a potty book.

  • 1 decade ago

    Does she go to day care or a babysitter? If so they may be working against you. That happened to me they would just let her wet her 2 pairs of panties to put a diaper on her. I switched daycares, the new provider was great, big help. Also we used rewards if she didn't have more than say 2 accidents she got a treat at the end of the week.

  • 1 decade ago

    Try a schedule. A strict one. Figure out times that work best for her and take her to the potty regardless of her "needing" to go or not. Even if you are out. Every 2 hours to start and eventually reducing it to every 4 hours and so on. I hope this is helpful, I've heard this is a tried and true method... good luck.

  • 1 decade ago

    I agree with divine Mrs. P. Wake her up in the morning and bring her straight to the potty.. put it next to yours so she sees you doing it every morning. Go cold turkey. Use underwear and stop using diapers completely--then take her to the potty on a schedule. She will catch on. My friend did this with her nephew. He is turning 3 this week and is completely potty trained.

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  • 5 years ago

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    give her something to look forward to. my sister did that with my nephew. she told him that if he went potty everyday and no messes in his pants he could go to the amusement park with me at the end of the week. that was two months ago and he hasnt had any messes anymore not even at night. he gets up at night if he has to go potty. he's 3 years old. going to be four new years eve. so he's a bit older then your daughter.

    perhaps your daughter isnt ready to be potty trained yet

  • 1 decade ago

    there are books that you can get about potty time to read to her. if she can see pictures of other kids like her, it will be motivational. also, some parents set up temporary reward systems for motivation, such as a treat.

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