potty training - getting her to tell me

• 09-16-2009 1:51 PM

  GretchensMama Joined on 09-25-2006 Gretchen Adelaide 5/4/07 Due 12/29/09 Posts 9,256

  potty training - getting her to tell me Reply Contact  We have had huge success with potty training in the past 2 weeks.  Gretchen hasn't worn a diaper in the entire time, naps and bedtime too.  But it is because we are taking her to the bathroom every 2 hours.  She has yet to tell me that she needs to go.  Twice she has told me her belly hurts and I have responded that the feeling means she needs to go potty but she is not making the connection yet.  So, my question is, does mean that she truly isn't ready yet?  Should she be back in diapers until she can tell me?  Any suggestions on teaching her the sensation?

• 09-16-2009 2:57 PM

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  ~~Seth n Cassi'smommy~~ Joined on 06-04-2004 Jenessa Faith born 04/09 **Cali** Posts 4,010	Re: potty training - getting her to tell me Reply Contact If you are the one always taking her, then she more than likely is just not ready. Once Jenessa was ready she was able to take herself unassisted. I did try when she was younger, but she just could not make the connection. Once she was ready she was done in only a matter of days.

• 09-16-2009 6:45 PM

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  NewMommaNiki Joined on 08-16-2006 Lilah 4.12.07 Posts 1,311

  Re: potty training - getting her to tell me Reply Contact Lilah didn't tell us she had to go when we first started either.  It took a good month of her being in underwear exclusively, and having some accidents, for her to make the connection of what having to go potty "felt" like. I say stick with it, she will learn that that feeling means she has to go.  To me, if you are having success, even by having to take her every two hours, she is learning-especially since she is holding it between trips to the potty. Lilah is now fully potty trained and tells us when she has to go, and is accident free.  She actually woke up out of a dead sleep last night about 11pm, came out of her room doing the potty dance, and told us she had to go. If you don't mind the occational accident, then it sounds to me like Gretchen is on the road to potty success! Great job Gretchen and momma!

• 09-16-2009 8:40 PM

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  Erika-n-Baby1 Joined on 08-15-2006 ~Keilah 2/24/07 *8wks early* ~ SW FL Posts 2,314

  Re: potty training - getting her to tell me Reply Contact keep going and dont look back!!! putting her back in diapers will just confuse her and will delay the process.  with K we did the same took her every hr or so and then we would let her go a few more hours in between and eventually she made the connection.  to this day she will still sometimes pee a tiny bit on her panties and then say momma pee pee potty and run! LOL it's hard for them to stop what they are doing and take a potty break.  see what times she usually goes and try to stretch it for 15 min or so even if she has an accident it will be good for her to make the connection and if she pees a lil and is able to 'hold' it then she is ready! JMO

• 09-17-2009 8:39 PM

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  alxmom6 Joined on 09-11-2006 ~ Dylan 4/21/2007 ~ Surprise, AZ Posts 4,860	Re: potty training - getting her to tell me Reply Contact Dylan has been out of diapers completely for almost 3 weeks now.  He will tell us on occasion he needs to go but mostly we ask him every couple hours. The only thing we are having problems with is pooing.  He still hasn't made the connection but we are getting through it.

• 09-18-2009 6:45 PM

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  NewMommaNiki Joined on 08-16-2006 Lilah 4.12.07 Posts 1,311	Re: potty training - getting her to tell me Reply Contact   I agree. Like Dylan, Lilah had a tougher time with pooping in the toilet. I think she was scared. She told me once she didn't want to get splashed But, eventually she did it, we made a huge deal out of it, and now she goes fine in the toilet.

• 09-20-2009 5:46 PM

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  CDStange Joined on 08-08-2006 *Jakob-December 12, 2002* ~Kadence-April 1, 2007~ Posts 3,090

  Re: potty training - getting her to tell me Reply Contact Kadence has been potty trained for about 3 weeks. I just put her in underwear one day and she told me when she had to pee. She tells me she has to pee even when she has to poop. I can usually tell when "pee" means poop when she says "Oh mommy, it's a big one!" lmao But she's just always told me. Kadence is diaper free all day (including naps), but I put her in pull ups at night because I'm afraid she'll have an accident. Everyone on her dad's side has had major accidents at night, and I'm afraid Kadence will take after them. I guess you could keep doing what you're doing, but make sure you're not the one being "trained." I hope that made sense.

• 09-26-2009 8:01 PM

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  TashaNicole Joined on 03-21-2006 KY *Regan 4-12-07* *Eden 5-14-09* Posts 2,273

  Re: potty training - getting her to tell me Reply Contact  Regan has been potty trained for about 3 months now. She doesn't usually tell us when she has to go. She just goes in the bathroom on her own and does it all by herself. She always has. She pees and poops in the potty at her own will and hardly ever has accidents. We even went shopping today and she is scared off using a toilet out in public so she held it for 6 hours!!!! She never went until we got home! That is my problem. I don't know how to get her to overcome the fear of using the potty out in public...... I know it's not good for her to hold her pee and poop for that long but if I even mention anything about going potty out in public she freaks out! :(

• 09-28-2009 12:11 PM

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  Stacie1747808 Joined on 11-17-2006 Arizona Posts 7

  Re: potty training - getting her to tell me Reply Contact I have a daughter who is 2 and I am having the opposite problem as some of the ladies. See, she tells me when she has to poop, but she waits to tell me she needs to pee until after she has gone!! I take her every hour and a half to 2 hours and she does fine, but I am expecting another little one in just a few weeks (this will be number 3) so it has been exhausting these last few weeks to take her. I am sleeping all the time!! lol And my second daughter is going to be 15 months in a couple of weeks, and she is a huge handful! always getting into this and that. Needless to say, I really could use some pointers on how to get my daughter to tell me she needs to pee too. She will do good for a few days then its like starting all over again after church on Sunday. Any suggestions?

• 09-29-2009 8:46 PM

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  mommy_shauna Joined on 07-24-2007 Klamath Falls, Oregon Posts 980

  Re: potty training - getting her to tell me Reply Contact We ran into the same problem with Lena...she will go into the bathroom on her own sometimes and do it but she wont tell me or Dh when she needs to go, i think she is already embarrased by it??? BUT she is very emotionally attached to her diaper...we are going to try pull ups to see if she will still feel like she is wearing a diaper, she will literally throw a fit if I dont put a diaper on her and she wont wear undies by themselves...only OVER the diaper. I have GOT to get her potty trained before the new baby comes in April...or im DOOMED lol

• 10-02-2009 5:30 PM

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  GretchensMama Joined on 09-25-2006 Gretchen Adelaide 5/4/07 Due 12/29/09 Posts 9,256

  Re: potty training - getting her to tell me Reply Contact  well Gretchen has been officially diaper free for about 1 month.  She has started to tell me when she has to go, but she connects it to feeling like her tummy hurts.  Whatever, as long as she is making the connection.  I don't have any advice on the pooping in the toilet; she hasn't had trouble with that.  She doesn't seem to like going in a public toilet either, but I take her in with me and hope that she will get over the discomfort eventually.

• 10-19-2009 4:16 PM

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  Bella Italia Joined on 04-12-2005 Finley Andrew (4/25/07) Kieran Avery (4/26/08) Posts 10,822	Re: potty training - getting her to tell me Reply Contact So proud of all of the big boys and girls. Are they all in big girl and boy beds now? I was just curious because if still in a crib, how do they tell you they have to go at night? Do they have access to the bathroom at night or do they hold it all night?

• 10-19-2009 8:20 PM

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  ~~Seth n Cassi'smommy~~ Joined on 06-04-2004 Jenessa Faith born 04/09 **Cali** Posts 4,010	Re: potty training - getting her to tell me Reply Contact Jenessa is in a big girl bed now, and she either gets me in the middle of the night or just holds it. Sometimes she will not wake up though.When se was still in the crib she would call for me or just climb out herself.

• 10-20-2009 5:51 PM

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  GretchensMama Joined on 09-25-2006 Gretchen Adelaide 5/4/07 Due 12/29/09 Posts 9,256

  Re: potty training - getting her to tell me Reply Contact Bella Italia: So proud of all of the big boys and girls. Are they all in big girl and boy beds now? I was just curious because if still in a crib, how do they tell you they have to go at night? Do they have access to the bathroom at night or do they hold it all night?   Gretchen is in a twin bed with a safety bar across, so she really can't get out on her own.  She has been holding it through the night for a long time.  Maybe the beginning of the year?  Long before we began potty training, she was waking in the morning with a dry diaper.