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Q&A: My daughter is 3 and is to start preschool soon, but how can I get her to use the potty reguarly?
Question by lamenting: My daughter is 3 and is to start preschool soon, but how can I get her to use the potty reguarly?
We've been trying for so long now. She can dress herself. She knows what going to the bathroom is. She's perfectly capable of following instruction and is otherwise compleatly compitant. She hits every mark of readiness and we've tried tons of methods from candy and stickers to little toys. We even tried a movie about potty training. We've taken her compleatly out of diapers durring the day. We've told her that in order to start school (something she's very excited about) she must go all the time. It worked for awhile, everything works for a little while. She goes to the potty when the mood strikes her, so we know she knows how. She just wont. I'm at my wits end and the start of preschool is fast approaching.
The problem with these is that we haven't foung a vegitable she doesn't like (including brussle sprouts and spinnach) We've tried a sticker chart for all her "chores" including using the potty and we leave her in her wet underwear, but she will go and change them herself. If she's smart enough to change her own underpants in an effort not to get caught she should be able to go potty, she just wont. I know she's smart enough to go. The preschool testing administrator thinks it's behavioral because she's above average intellegence. Her apptitude test actually tested her out of preschool, but I chose to send her anyway.
Best answer:
Answer by koolgurl94
You can take several methods:
threaten her (wouldn't do that)
reward her (would try again)
tell her she will have to eat a yucky vegetable if she doesn't use the potty
thats all i have, i've never had to potty-train someone
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You could try a star chart so that every time she goes without a fuss she gets a star and then when she has 5 or something she gets a little reward
we were lucky with our daughter, she took right to it so I cant really help, but just wanted to say Good Luck…
She will get it, on her own terms. Really, she has to just decide it is important enough to do on a regular basis. Let her sit in soggy pants for a while. She will get the message. At least the weather is nice and she won’t get a chill!
tell her that big girls use the potty and babies wet their pants. kids always want to be bigger and older and wiser, maybe that’ll work
IT USUALLY IS EASIER TRAINING A GIRL BUT REWARD HER GET HER FAVORITE TREAT AND MAKE UP A SONG 4 HER EVERYTIME SHE GOES SOUNDS STUPID BUT MY SON WILL BE THREE NEXT MONTH AND HE IS FULLY POTTY TRAINED SO SOMETIMES IT WORKS TO BE CREATIVE
First of all, don’t insult her, scold her, make her feel ashamed, or punish her. This is a learning process and she needs time to figure it out. Both my girls were potty trained by 2 1/2. I just told them they were big girls now and it was time to get rid of the diapers and put them in panties. Not the disposable training pants, they are just like diapers and can cause a lot of confusion for little ones. With panties she will know when she goes every time she goes and she needs to mentally be aware of that to learn her body’s signals. Don’t scold her. It’s ok to show disappointment as long as she is not feeling guilty about it. Be sure you are taking her to the bathroom at least every 2 hours, if not more often. Also have her sit on the potty after she wakes up and after every meal. Give her every opportunity to go where she is suppose to. Keep on rewarding her every time she goes on the potty (smarties worked for my youngest). Give her time. Once you give her the chance to figure it out she will have no more accidents. Good luck!
I dont have an answer because im having the exact same problem! if someone does end up giving you some good advice please contact me because i could definatley use the help to…lol…
Take her to the bathroom every 15 minutes and do not force her to go you will scare her. Go to your local library and check out a book. PATIENCE is a must.
Good luck
I took her shopping and let her older brother pick out new undies, and she saw some she wanted (my little pony). I told her she would have to start using the potty. About a month later she was back at walmart picking out her new panties. BTW she was 3 yrs old. She still has a few accidents, but we try not to discourage her. good luck! It’ll happen before you know it.
I had the same problem. I put a toy that she really wanted on top of the kitchen cabinets so that it was in plain view and she could see it. I told her if she used the potty 5 times she could get the toy. Next time, I put another toy/dress in plain view and said she could get it only after using the potty 10 times and so on. we used stickers to keep track. telling them they will get something is not as powerful as actually seeing what they want just out of arms reach. We had tried every other method!!!!! With this type of reward, she was potty trained in 3 weeks.
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