bathroom issues

[scorpiowoman27]

my daughter is 2 and a half and she use to use the potty when she was 1 and  a half and even go in it then she stopped and now that shes older and I am tring it again she won't go she will tell me when she has went to the bathroom with a diper and even goes and gets me a diper sometimes, Now when I take her to the potty she will sit on it but won't go I don't know how to get her to go on it or even when to get her to tell me when she needs to go any suggestions

[AnnieBrooke]

Don't press the issue.  A friend of mine told me that the one thing she would change about how she raised her children is that she would not spend any time worrying about potty training.  No matter what she did or didn't do, they potty trained pretty quickly when they were ready and did not when they weren't ready.  It can get to be so distressing for the child that the whole thing gets bound up in anxiety.  (Especially if it is associated with other changes that can make a child anxious.)  I'd encourage her when she brings you a dipe and asks for a change, and every now and then drop a hint, but otherwise let her take the lead.  There are a lot of methods that work when a child is ready (stickers, toys, "reward toilets," etc.) but they only work when the child is ready.  

[sstaceyy]

when you figure it out please let me now cause my 5 yr old still wont potty train.

[kellym]

I agree w/Annie. I pushed and pushed and it drove me nuts. Once my daughter was ready, it was sooo much easier and faster!

[Me2mommy2b]

DD turns 3 in a month and refuses to potty train.  She tells me when she wants to pee but refuses to poo in the potty.  I don't stress over it b/c it's stressing her out and me as well.  It's really  not worth the nerves for me.  I know my DD, she's stubborn and does EVERYTHING when SHE'S ready.