Potty Training question?

Nothing is going to work if she's not cooperating. Unfortunately your MIL can't force a child to potty train. So if you really think she' not ready, wait. But sometimes it's not that the toddler is stubborn, it's just hard for her to catch on. Think about it. Would it be easy for you to go to the bathroom in a completely unfamiliar way? Like if you all of the sudden had to start going outside every time? It may be physically harder to go because your body is not in a relaxed state because everything would be different.

I think it's the same with toddlers. My youngest really wanted to start using the potty. He loved the idea of sitting on the toilet, but he didn't know how to get anything out on purpose. So what I ended up having to do was take him frequently (giving him lots to drink), and then just keeping him on the potty. I'd read to him, tease with him, tickle him, etc, whatever it took to keep him there. He'd sit happy for a while, but I noticed that when he really insisted on getting off the potty was usually when he was about to go. He just didn't know how to go on the potty. After being able to gently coax him to stay on the potty and having him successfully go pee and poop made it much easier for him. He became more accustomed to the feel of going on the toilet rather than in his diaper. And we started having much better success after that. Everyone is different though, and if he had really fought me on potty training rather than being excited about it, I would not have began training him. It's much easier when a kid can sit on a potty and pee and poop on purpose to start with!

Good luck! I'm leaving one webpage on how to tell when your toddler is ready to be potty trained, one on potty training methods and one on potty training motivation!

It may be a little to early for her but I think you should throw away the diapers. Actually she throws the diapers away. Its just a method I used when I potty trained my daughter. Its called www.3daypottytraining.com It worked for me. Its an e book and you do have to follow all the steps and be committed. Hope it helps.

I agree with you, give her another month. I'm no expert on this kinda stuff, but what I've noticed is you can't push little kids. What they do is at first they refuse to do it, then after a little more time they start doing it out of nowhere, sometimes even want to if your not trying to tell them to. And that's not just potty training. Hope this helps!