Hi! I really need some tips on potty training! My DD is 5 almost 5 1/2 years old. She has developemental delay, but it's getting a bit better. She probably has the mentality of a 3-4 year old, it varies in different areas. Anyways, my DH and I have been trying to potty train her since she was about 4. Lately we've been getting lucky and she's been using the potty when we put her on it, but she doesn't tell us when she needs to go. Most of the time, she'll tell me she needs her diaper changed after #2 though.
Does anyone have any tips? I've tried taking her every 30 minutes, every hour, just letting her run around in her panties, and I'm not remembering what else. Any help would really be appreciated!! Thank you!
Leslie
I know it's different for every kid, but for my oldest, we used rewards. He would get a hot wheel everytime he used the batheroom (#2). Then he got so good at it, that we changed it to him getting a sticker on a chart every time he went and when he got so many stickers, he got to go to the store and pick out a hot wheel he wanted. May sound like bribery, but it worked for us. Now my youngest is a little over two and we haven't started yet, but I think I'll try a marshmellow for his reward. He doesn't really care about trucks. All he cares about is candy!! I think maybe a sticker chart would be a good place to start with your daughter, or something inexpensive that would give her incentive.
Any cousins or other siblings around? My ds was almost 4 before he would. His cousin took the initiative and said this is what we do in here and how we do it. He went from there. My 2 yr old dd is doing it mostly herself. We are right where you are now. She is telling us after she does it in her diaper.
I know it's different for every kid, but for my oldest, we used rewards. He would get a hot wheel everytime he used the batheroom (#2). Then he got so good at it, that we changed it to him getting a sticker on a chart every time he went and when he got so many stickers, he got to go to the store and pick out a hot wheel he wanted. May sound like bribery, but it worked for us. Now my youngest is a little over two and we haven't started yet, but I think I'll try a marshmellow for his reward. He doesn't really care about trucks. All he cares about is candy!! I think maybe a sticker chart would be a good place to start with your daughter, or something inexpensive that would give her incentive.
We have used the sticker chart previously with no results. Also, just a couple of weeks ago, my DD went #1 and #2 in the potty so we got her a game and told her when she learned how to potty by herself she would get to pick out whatever kind of panties she wanted and something else she wanted. Since the day she got the game, she hasn't really been wanting to use the potty.
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