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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.just perservere, my little one wouldnt go near a potty or toilet until 30 months and then one day she just picked it up, sat on it and used it and never wore a nappy again, never even an accident! she was using toilets 2 months later and potty was gone!
My advice is to try to encourage her by telling her what its for and asking her constantly ever 10 -20 mins if she needs to use it,
may not be the answer u need but dont rush her as she will do it in her own time! start to worry when she is getting close to 3 years old and seek advice from a health visitor or gp
There's a really good book called 'I Want my Potty!' I can't remember who it's by, but it kind of subliminally tells the kid they really do want to use it. I know it sounds bad, but it's not like it's telling them to kill someone or anything weird like that. It's a really fun book, and if you back that up with praise and encouragement when she does the deed - and patience when she doesn't - it will all work out.
At the end of the day, have you ever in real-life seen a 5 year old still in nappies simply because he/she refused to use a potty? When they get the idea of why they want to do it for themselves, they'll use it, and that's the start of growing up. Once they get to that stage, it all happens way too quickly for us parents!
Don't fret, they're all different and you will get there in the end, promise.
My daughter is 26 months old and she won't entertain using her potty yet. We keep it in view and talk about it - eventually she will want to use it.
I don't see the point of struggling for months with a child who is not ready to use the potty, if we wait until she is ready I know from experience that it will take a much shorter time and be much less stressful : )
My two elder daughters were aged between 2 1/2 and 3 when they were using the potty.
I think you have to expect lots and lots of accidents though, stay calm and tell her accidents don't matter and that next time she can try doing it on the potty or toilet. Get a reward chart if need be so she can have a sticker every time she does a wee or poo on the potty/loo. She needs to learn what the sensation of needing a wee is before she will know that she needs to sit on the potty to avoid getting wet!!
I am finding it incredibly frustating and my husband put her in a nappy on Saturday whilst I was at work much to my annoyance but the only way forward is to stick at it.
I shall now read the other replies with interest!
Have a look at this as you may find it useful:
http://www.babycentre.co.uk/toilettraining
My daughter (31 months) much prefers using the toilet (with her special "big girl" seat on it) like her mummy does cause she feels so grown up.