How to get them interested in potty training

My girls have absolutely no interest in potty training. Lily will sit on the potty when I ask if she wants to, but she never actually pee's. Mia refuses to even sit on it. I don't want to push or force them in any way, but I REALLY want to get them started! I bought dora potty charts with stickers that they LOVE and i've tried offering potty treats (m&m's) but NOTHING seems to motivate them!

Anyone have any ideas??

They both often wake up in the AM bone dry, so I know they have some bladder control, then shortly after waking they'll come over and ask to be changed and the diaper will be FULL.

 

QUOTE(kajulie @ Apr 3 2009, 07:24 AM) [snapback]1257503[/snapback]
My girls have absolutely no interest in potty training. Lily will sit on the potty when I ask if she wants to, but she never actually pee's. Mia refuses to even sit on it. I don't want to push or force them in any way, but I REALLY want to get them started! I bought dora potty charts with stickers that they LOVE and i've tried offering potty treats (m&m's) but NOTHING seems to motivate them!

Anyone have any ideas??

They both often wake up in the AM bone dry, so I know they have some bladder control, then shortly after waking they'll come over and ask to be changed and the diaper will be FULL.

PT is not about us, it is 100% about them and we need to let it happen when they want.
Being physically ready is different than emotionally ready.
It sounds like they are being clear that they are not ready emotionally.

My dd would not even sit on the potty. She always had bone dry diapers since about 2.5 years. I just had the potty out as an option and would offer for her to sit on it once a month.

at 3y 3m she literally asked for big girl undies and has never gone back (even overnight). She has had ONE accident! IT's was the easiest trianing ever!!

I forced my older two to train earlier and it was SO much more work and stressful for all.

 

Wait until they are ready, then they will show interest.

 

I had books.
I had stickers.
I had treats.

But it really all came down to them being
ready to do it. Reading the books let them
learn more about what "using the potty"
was all about.....

They will let you know when they are interested.

 

QUOTE(Babies4Susan @ Apr 3 2009, 03:14 PM) [snapback]1257870[/snapback]
Wait until they are ready, then they will show interest.

I agree

 

If you read the Potty Training success thread at the top of this forum, you will notice that the people who decided it was time to train, had a long time in which it took to train the kids--I am talkign battling it for 9-12 months or more. For those that waited on the kids to tell them, it was practically overnight for some, and a few weeks for others.

I also want to add, my neice had major pooping issues, which carried up until she was a teen. The doctor told my SIL that a big contributer was pushing her to be potty trained early, because, she would start witholding her poop to the point where it hurt. She was too young to understand that if she went more often, it wouldn't hurt as much, so the problem was compounded--she was "trained" early in the year she turned 2.

 

We started potty training about 3 months before the kids turned two and had no problems and I considered them fully potty trained shortly after their 2nd birthday. My daycare lady has this 3-4 month program she does with her kids and it worked great for us. My kids definitely did not express an interest in potty training, but it just became a part of their routine and our routine. We never had to fight them or force them to do anything. Every child and every parent is different on how they address potty training. This way worked for us, but might not for others.