Does she have a potty? Have you tried sitting her on the toilet and giving her a cup of water to play with?

She will do it when she is ready. Don’t force her

My daughter was the same…there were signs and she could talk like an old lady, sing, read letters and numbers at 2.5 but toilet just didn’t happen. We waited till she was 3mths shy of her 3rd birthday and she got it in 3 days for wees (poo took till she was 3).

Why don’t you try a potty? You can make it a fun place for her to sit when she wants to, regardless of whether she is going to urinate or not. Eventually she will try weeing in there. Training with the toilet as the first offering is asking for several big jumps at once and isn’t really a secure and comfortable way for her to start. Playfulness goes a long way towards engaging children happily with learning something new… Once she “takes ownership” of the process you won’t look back- it becomes a joyful and fun thing for all of you and you won’t mind when she doesn’t make it or doesn’t want to. She will enjoy “trying” and will do it of her own accord. Good luck! Ps a seat type potty (which converts into a little chair) like the Roger Armstrong 3 in one makes this approach easier and more comfortable- the potty is a friendly chair, just for her and a potty when she wants it to be. It is best to do it when they want to and are excited and keen and initiating things but you can make the option available- she’ll decide. We are pretty much nappy free at home so he can go whenever he wants to. He initiates- wearing a nappy he will mostly take it off and jump on his potty. He will go and sit there now and then until he does something- he has entirely initiated and led the process, we just support!

Personally, I think that I would wait. She seems to be not ready by what you are saying. Save yourself some angst and try again later.

They say girls toilet train quicker & easier than boys … it worked the opposite in our house! My son was out of nappies day & night by two, but my daughter was another story! She didn’t get out of nappies til 3.5 yrs. I felt like I was under so much pressure but in the end I just waited til she was ready, she still wore night time nappies til she was 4. Each child is different. Read your own child & don’t listen to anyone else!

My daughter did the same thing, u just have to persist, your daughter will eventually just get it

Ask several times a day if she has to go. U will notice when she has to pee just bring her en reward her. If she wets herself explain that she has to say it or else she will make a mess get dirty etc. It takes time, u have to clean a lot and accidents happen. But no it is not to early u will have to guide them (not push)

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I would suggest taking her shopping for pretty undies of her choice for when shes a big girl and uses the toilet.
Buy a load of fancy stickers of her choice and these are for her toilet chart. When she goes on the toilet then she gets a sticker…do not allow her to have the underwear at all and do not give her some stickers to play with. They are special and can only be used for the toilet goal.
make up a chart and pin it to the outside of the toilet door and anytime she just stand there and wets dont make a fuss. Simply clean up and say “oh what a shame…but thats ok…maybe next time you will get a sticker”…..
Tell your partner that he is not so say anything negative at all…when he gets home from work he can go look at the chart and say “Any stickers yet?…oh not yet…thats ok…maybe tomorrow”
And then all of a sudden a sticker will appear and make a fuss but dont over do it…Tell her how pretty the chart looks with a sticker and how proud you are of her. Once she has a row of stickers then you can allow her to have one pair of the special big girl underwear. Just be aware that she could be so proud of her underwear that she will happily want to show people at the supermarket…lol

Also….I found that the toilet seats with the handles and the step up were wonderful and made it easier for the kids to do it themselves.

Good luck.

I put my daughter on the potty as soon as she was able to sit on her own, every morning after her milk she would sit on it for about 10 mins infront of the tv, it became a routine and she was fully toilet trained before the age of 2. Be very strict.

Relax they won’t be in nappies at 21. Day time is easy but she is a bit young for night time.

I knew My 2.5 year old was ready when she took her nappy off climbed onto the toilet and pooped all by her self, I put knickers on her straight away that was 2 weeks ago, we’ve only had 1 accident that afternoon, and 1 night time accident, other then that she sleeps 13 hours dry, naps dry, and runs herself straight to the toilet when she wakes up,

Wait a few weeks and start again. It will save a lot of frustration. Little girls at that age can be very stubborn. Believe me, ours has just gone through it. After nearly 10 months we have it completely mastered, day and night training but it wasn’t easy. If I had it over I would let her lead it more and wait another few months before starting. All the best.

Not ready! It’s no use you deciding, it’s when she’s ready! Not a fight you will win especially if she’s happily wetting herself, wait a few months, my girls were 3-3 1/2 and my boys were 2 1/2 depends on the child. Once they decided though we had one accident ever! (When her cousin was on the toilet and she couldn’t get on it in time) so it really works best when they are really ready!

My 2.5yo didn’t want to sit on the toilet either, but was more than happy to have a potty. At first we kept it within easy reach and then slowly moved it further away until it was in the toilet. Maybe take her shopping with you so she can choose it. Good luck!

My son is about that age and we got toilet seats and he was a bit uncomfortable and scared so I bought him a pooh bear potty from big w like $15 and he has so much fun sitting on it and we had potty success within a week of trying it 🙂 still patchy progress as we’ve moved house but it’s a way more positive response than sitting on the toilet. I think the instant positive reinforcement from the success spurred him on too 🙂

Only advice I can offer is just stick with it, no matter how many accidents or wherever you go keep her in her nikkaz because changing back and forth to nappies all the time just confuses the poor little things… keep being persistant and dont get upset when she has an accident. It will happen persistence is the key! Good luck! 🙂

And please try to avoid manipulative language like, ‘big girls don’t do wees in knickers.’ Its quite damaging! You’re better off making little fuss over accidents and a huge fuss over successes! Think about the advice given along the lines of, ‘once you start, dont stop’ or ‘never go back to nappies once you start.’ This is a child thats been on the planet only 2.5 years! Thats a massive demand and forceful, be loving and supportive and work WITH her, not against her! Good luck!

I put my ds on the potty while I run the bath & we sing if ur happy & u know it do a wee & when we r out side if he is wearing his swimmers & wees we tell him that he is weeing ya. He is 23 mths but I’m not going to commit fully until after Christmas, so far this week he has done 4 wees in the potty & 1 at the local pools toilets.
There is no rules maybe stop with the undies for now & start just putting her on the potty or loo before bath time or when ever u change her nappy