Sararose - When she sits on the potty, we disappear. There's a wall that juts out in the bathroom and I can see her feet but she can't see me.
Mummabee - When we first started, we were putting her on the potty every 15 to 30 minutes. But I haven't tried it in a long time and I'm a bit spooked that it will put her off completely. I ran taps when we did the 3 day method, especially on the day she held on for hours. Had no impact. I tried putting warm water down the front of her when she sat on the potty but that didn't work either (I read that they feel the warm water trickling down, think that they've gone and then relax and actually do wee at that point)
HotI - That's where I sit. She knows what to do. She just won't do it. And I can't figure out if it's a power thing or not. She's normally very eager to please, so it doesn't make sense.
Tinks - Oh man. 4?? She has to go to kinder next year and she'll turn 4 in March! EEP! What was it that finally clicked with your DD? I'm wondering if when this baby arrives, she'll see the nappies on a newborn and decide that it's for babies.....hoping....hoping....
Yes, 4! I was so worried, I'd toilet trained 2 kids before her with no problems and I had no idea what I was doing wrong or why she wouldn't TT. She was about to start kinder and I was pretty stressed about her still wearing nappies. I had a meeting with the teachers about her wearing nappies, they were really really good about it.
She finally toilet trained because we were going swimming and she wanted to put her bathers on earlier that day. I told her that if she was going to wear her bathers alll day she'd have to use the toilet and she just did! She even came running to me while we were at the pool to go to the toilet. She had her 1st poo on the toilet at the swimming pool! She didn't have one single accident since that day.
It will click with your DD suddenly, just don't push it. She won't still be in nappies at her 21st birthday party
How is she going with the impending move and new bub? They don't recommend TT while huge changes are underway or upcoming, so perhaps putting her in nappies until the move is over and bub is here, and life becomes constant again? They are two big changes for a three year old. And as hard as it is, she WILL get it at some stage, and it doesn't sound like you are doing anything wrong .
Maruschke - She seems pretty excited about the move when we talk about it. She loves the idea that we will live at Nonna's house and we explain it a lot. We slept there on the weekend and she cried because she didn't want to leave so she's very comfortable there (and mum's away so staying with Nonna wasn't the drawcard). She talks about the baby all the time too, so it all seems very positive, but who knows.
Dd2 was very headstrong and sounds like your dd. I eventually removed all potty related items and said that they were going away until she told me she was ready and I put her back in nappies. She trained when sh went o play next door and the little girl next door who is 6 weeks older than her got her to use the potty and from that day she was tt.
Maybe remove all the potty related stuff and don't talk about it at all. When you move maybe your mum might have more success with getting her to use the potty once you are living with her?
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