Daughter refusing to be potty trained
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I would say she is not ready yet. My son also turns 3 Oct 1st and the same. He doesn’t seem interested at all. We never actually even tried because we believe when he is ready it will come smoothly and natural. I heard those stories where one day to another they just feel ready and it happens ! So we want that for us. We don’t want to push him or pressure him but we always “suggest” him to use when he poops or wants to go pee.
Same over here
My little boy will be 3 on 19th October and he refuses to have anything to do with the potty, he’s just been assessed for speech delay and I’ve been advised he isn’t ready for potty training yet so I’m just going to wait it out x
We had the little potties out for months, read books, and would let her know when we had a wee wee or poo poo feeling and announce we’d go sit on the potty and try. We never pushed it with our LO bc she is very much an in-her-own-time gal. To our surprise one day she said she wanted to wear underwear, had a little accident but after that she made it onto her potty and hasn’t looked back since. We did nappies out for a couple weeks, potty at home, and then we braved it one day and she had no accidents. I think just have the option there and they’ll let you know when they are ready! You’re doing a great job!
My daughter is the same. She hates me putting knickers on her. I’m trying the commando route today 😂 I think there’s all this pressure to get them potty trained by 3 years xx
@Maria Rene this was definitely the case for us! 😄 my wee girl just announced august 1st that she wanted to wear pants and that was that after showing next to no interest up until that point! It clicked within a couple of days and we never had more than 2-3 accidents even on day one and I now would say it’s been 4 weeks plus since we had an accident.
@Maria Rene thanks for your feedback 🙏 I agree I'd really like to happen organically and without pressure too
@Jaime thanks Jaime for your input. I hope it can go smoothly for us too 😊
My lo potty trained early on however his cousin is only just potty training now and he’s 4 in December, so I wouldn’t force it if she isn’t ready, just perhaps keep subtly attempting until she does but don’t force it or get concerned by it, everyone learns at their own pace. Ultimately the only downside is just that you have to do more nappy changes and buy more nappy’s, for your LO it poses no emotional or physical or developmental issues so it isn’t the end of the world if they don’t pick it up until their 4, just ideally before school I imagine is when you’d need to pull out the big guns! :P
@Eloise amazing thanks for your feedback Eloise I appreciate it!
Wish I had some advice I'm in the same boat with my little boy. Following for any suggestions myself.