Toddler toilet training: my daughter is 2.5 years old and we are late with toilet training with her. Any tips for toilet training? She just sits on the potty and doesn’t do anything. But as soon as we put on the diaper, she lets everything go. We have bought 3 different potty seats, no luck. Both of us are working professionals and a bit frustrated. Any ideas would be so welcome! Thanks

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2.5 is definitely not late. 2 is very early. if she is actually interested and aware i.e. she tells you when she needs to go, she tells you after she hass gone, and she will sit for a bit, then do the weekend method. Find a four-day weekend, even if it means taking two days off work, plan to be home all day with her pantsless/bare ass. Plan to scrub a few floors, and maybe the couch, but she’ll get the hang of it.

Also, “working professionals”? Really? Nah bro, you’re parents. That’s your real job

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Agreed, thank you!

Take diaper off and have her walk around the house with nothing. No underwear. No pants. No diaper. She will not pee/poop on herself and will look for the appropriate place to relieve herself. Trust me. You will have to prompt her quite often for about 2 days and she should be potty trained in a weekend. Worked for both of my kids.

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Also recommmend running around pant-less. We did this for our 3.5 year old who just didn’t get it and seemed to help (although not the drastic results that happen for some). It can take time and all kids are different, but they all figure it out in due course.

My 3 year old son wants nothing to do with the potty. His older sister was done with diapers at 2.5, zero accidents ever. It’s almost like they’re unrelated...but they all do it on their own clock...

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This worked for us.... no potty, she goes on a regular toilet (we had a small toddler seat for it). No diapers, we made a big show of her putting them in the trash and talking a lot about it. We got a toilet sticker rewards book from Amazon and each time she went gave her a sticker and an m&m. #2 was 3 m&ms :) she will go at some point, just be patient. Bribing with chocolate helps, we don’t make that a habit but for toilet training well worth it.

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Will try that, thank you!

2.5 is not late in the potty training front. If it is stressful kick the can down the road for a while and revisit. Others have offered good tips, some variety of them will inevitably work. The reality is that she will potty train, we all do, in good time. Don’t get worked up about some imaginary “potty perfection” timeline. It will happen when it is needed!

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Put her diaper on over underwear. Worked a miracle for us

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Yes, tried that too. She still doesn’t go 😐

I have been running around pantless, bare bottom but he still wouldn't tell us if he wants to pee or not ;) 🤦🤸🤣

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Read "Oh crap, potty training"

A lot of what people suggested is in that book but with steps to guide you. It's about a 6 he listen in audible. You'd probably only need to get through 3 hours for the understanding you need

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Warm water before potty time may help.

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