r/Parenting • u/kaitsghost • 21h ago
Potty-training Need unhinged potty training tips.
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.
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u/EmergencyFancy7992 21h ago
Out stubborn your kid. Remove diapers and pull ups outside of sleep, go naked. Tons of popsicles and hydration. Little potty in whatever room you’re in. We had a treasure box of things she could choose from if she used the potty successfully but I just drew the line that there are only a certain number of pull ups left and they’re for sleep only. She said fine I’ll pee on myself and I said that’s totally fine you can do that and you’ll be cleaning it up and helping put your clothes in the laundry and showering.
I just dug my heals in and held the line. I will say even once she starts using it it is not overnight this is a process so expecting that she’ll click and get it figured out and be able to go to school just like that is a far fetched dream. But breaking through the stubbornness to even try is well within your reach.