3 Year Old Girl Potty Training Advice

RE: 3 Year Old Girl Potty Training Advice Post by Rob J (1) | (05/04/2008) Contact i am not sure if this is where i post this but i have a 3 year old girl that does not care if she has wet the bed her self or had a BM i am at a loss on this.. i want to take her to the DR just incause there is osmething wrong but i am not sure on how to do this.... she hates going potty at times, in public she will push you over to get to the bathroom before its to late.. so i am not sure whats going on or what i am doing wrong... HELP!!! Report Spam or Abuse RE: 3 Year Old Girl Potty Training Advice Post by danielle252 (1) | (09/20/2007) Contact i am a mother of 6 3 boys and 3 girls with my first 2 boys potty training was so easy there was no problem. matter of fact they trained themselves. When it got to my baby boy I caught it he didn't start using until he was 4 or 5. Then here comes my oldest daughter she was no problem, then here comes my twins and I am catching it again. I try so hard to keep them out of pull ups but I just can't keep taking the wetting of the bed. It kills me to let them go to bed with out a pull up on but it's hard and I need help. Report Spam or Abuse RE: 3 Year Old Girl Potty Training Advice Post By oldmom (Guest Post) (06/05/2007) Put her in her underpants, not pampers trainers, etc. Do not resort to diapers even at night. Do not make a big deal when she goes, just quickly have her remove her own wet pants, and put on clean ones. She will wet the bed the first few nights, but she should call you to help - giving her the sense that being dry feels good. If at the end of a week she is still not trained, she is not ready. Be prepared to stay home with her for the week. Anytime you put her back in diapers for ANYTHING you are back at square one. The thing to remember is you do not get mad if she wets herself, you also at this point do not reward her for going in the potty, you certainly do not give a different reward for BM's (making them more important). Give lots of praise when she succeeds- even give praise when she removes the wet clothes herself. If you want to give her incentive try this. Buy a big present, it doesn't have to be expensive, but big helps. Wrap it elaborately and tell her that after one week of dry panties, she can have the gift. And then stick to it - you will not help if you cave. Report Spam or Abuse RE: 3 Year Old Girl Potty Training Advice Post By Sherri Keppley (Guest Post) (05/15/2007) I too, have an almost 3 year old girl, who is learning to potty train. She has made remarkable progress in the last two weeks, however she refuses to have a bm on the potty. In fact she holds it in so long that it is hard and uncomfortable, and sometimes she needs help. I haven't spoken to her docotr yet, I was wondering if anyone had any ideas... Report Spam or Abuse RE: 3 Year Old Girl Potty Training Advice Post By Margie Minard (Guest Post) (04/30/2007) By all means, rule out any physical problems with infection, etc. I remember having problems with our last child...she would hold it until nap time or bed time when we put her in a diaper, and let loose!! When she was about 3 1/2, I finally told her that she could wet and BM in her pants all she wanted, but she had to change herself. She never wore another diaper, even to bed. Of course it was way past time for her to be trained, which was my fault. The point is...sooner or later, your daughter WILL be trained, don't worry. Now, her little son is being trained, and for a BM (his main problem, now) he gets 4 or 5 green olives. If he has an accident, he looks so disappointed in himself and says, "No Olliss" On the other hand, he takes his teddy bear to the potty, and Teddy is fully trained. He gets pretend olives. Report Spam or Abuse RE: 3 Year Old Girl Potty Training Advice Post By Pat (Guest Post) (04/30/2007) Take one of her dolls that can take a bottle and pee. talk to the doll as if your talking to your daughter, ask her if she has to go to the potty, put her on the let her pee in the potty, clap your hands shout good girl, your so glad the doll has went pee on the potty. it may take a few times and maybe some ingenuity spelling. if you don't have one of those dolls use a cloth or something behind the doll. make sure your girl doesn't see the cloth. WORKS!! Report Spam or Abuse RE: 3 Year Old Girl Potty Training Advice Post by momo5 (3) | (04/30/2007) Blog! | Contact Hi, I have 5 kids each trained differently. Have you tried a rubber pant over undies? the thick trainers work best. It just keeps things safe for you while they learn. Some will make a lot more mistakes than others. You have to be patient. Report Spam or Abuse RE: 3 Year Old Girl Potty Training Advice Post By Bobbi (Guest Post) (04/30/2007) When my dd was potty training, all the other incentives didn't work, I finally resorted to money. LOL I had to give her pennies and nickels if she went potty, it finally worked. Hope this helps. Bobbi Report Spam or Abuse RE: 3 Year Old Girl Potty Training Advice Post by tismom (55) | (04/29/2007) Profile | Contact Before anything else, I'd take her to a Dr. to rule out any physical health causes, i.e. bladder infection, or weak bladder. In some children, their bladder muscles take longer to strengthen, boys especially. But it's not uncommon for little girls to get bladder infections, making it hard to control their urine output. My niece was prone to this, but there are certain measures to take to lessen the infections from recurring, one of which is to shorten bathtime, and refrain from using bubblebath, but the Dr. can advise better, IF this is the cause. If no physical cause is found, at least the visit would ease your mind. I totally disagree with the previous poster's idea about making your daughter wear wet pants all day. In my opinion, it is an unhealthy and cruel way to "teach a lesson." After ruling out any physical causes, maybe you could switch to "pull-ups" or another brand of absorbent underwear, and purchase some absorbent pads to put inside them. This would allow her to use the toilet, but when she urinates, changing the pad would cut down on the cost of the pull-ups, and protect your furniture, also. My last suggestion is to switch your award system. I agree that an award system is good to use, but your daughter may need more incentive. Maybe make a colorful chart listing the days of the week in a column, lines across with spaces for her to fill the line in with bright smiley face stickers and let her place the stickers on after every time she goes potty on the toilet, whether it's a BM or a void. When she goes in her pants, she gets a sad face sticker. At the end of the day, if she has more "happys" than "sads", she gets an award (doesn't have to be a sugar treat or food)... maybe an extra bed time story or a sugar free snack, an inexpensive dollar store prize drawn from a bag, i.e. small book, tablet, crayons, whatever. Even a special activity, like "Play-doh" night, or baking cookies together, or a special movie or activity of her choice. (Homemade recipe for play-doh is under one of my posts on this site). This method offers both short term and long term goals for her, and one which I used for my own kids and my daycare kids years ago. Good luck! Report Spam or Abuse