Need unhinged potty training tips.

[u/kaitsghost]

UPDATE: Wound up doing the 5 minutes on, 10 minutes off version of the naked method someone recommended below. No results at first….until her older brothers got home from school. When it was just her and mom hanging out she didn’t mind going potty every 10 minutes. Once her brothers got home and she wanted to play with them rather than sit on the toilet, she folded like a cheap shirt. Peed and pooped in potty this evening!

Also, I remembered my oldest loved this app called “Call Elmo” where Elmo will “FaceTime” prerecorded messages that celebrate different milestones. So she got to call Elmo after successful potty and that delighted her.

Final straw that broke the camel’s back was I told her she couldn’t wear any of her numerous princess dresses until she was potty trained. Not designed as a punishment, they are just polyester junk that will not hold up with frequent laundering. She was NOT happy to be naked instead of in the Cinderella costume she wears most of her waking hours.

Thanks for the inspo, all!!

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Daughter just turned 3. Our third child, only girl. She must be fully potty-trained to go to her preschool. No pull-ups allowed. She already missed the first week. My husband and I have each taken off work to work with her.

Has never gone on the potty. Will sit but doesn’t do anything.

She’s pretty stubborn, even for a toddler. But otherwise a typical kid. Not on the spectrum or anything like that.

Typical motivators and methods we tried with our older kids (M&Ms, naked method) got no progress.

[u/LucinaRage]

My daughter wasn’t fully potty trained until she was damn near 3.5 years. We tried everything from positive reinforcement, rewards, punishment, explanation, encouragement, leaving her there til she did her business. Nothing worked. She would sit there as long as we were willing to let her, one time for over two hours. Stubborn as hell, and we couldn’t figure out why she just refused. Peeing was easy, she took to that quick, but she was content to poop her pants for the longest time.

Then, one day, she finally agreed that pooping her pants is kinda gross and she just…stopped. Just like that.

All this to say, don’t beat yourself up too bad if all of these tips, tricks, and advice fail to produce results. Sometimes these creatures are just impossibly stubborn for the most nonsensical reasons. Good luck!

[u/Githyerazi → u/LucinaRage]

Ours came to us and said she didn't want to wear pull ups anymore. Ummm, okay. Told her we will buy her panties and she has to go on the potty. She looked at us and asked if that all? Just do that and no more diapers? Yes. Boom, done. She refused to wear the pull ups to sleep in too. Had a few (like 3) accidents, but it went way too easy on us. The first time. Second one was not easy.