This potty training business is a lot harder...

carolyn02

I'm about at my wits end with potty training.  DD is 2 yrs, 7 mos old.  We've been actively potty training since the fall of 2012, and we're still not there.  DH and I both work full-time, however DH has a rotating schedule, so DD's schedule of being at home/daycare is never the same.  She has never had any problems going pee or poo on the potty- does it almost every time she sits down.  The problem comes in where she cannot hold her pee for longer than about 30 minutes, and does not mind being wet. We do a lot of potty training boot camp weekends where she wears regular underwear with those plastic covers over top of the underwear.  I'll put her on the potty every 20-30 minutes, and she will pee almost every time.  As long as she doesn't have anything to drink, she's able to hold it for about 30-60 minutes, but as soon as she drinks something, she pees almost instantly, and then repeatedly for the next hour or so.  Other problem is that she never tells us when she pees, so she'll be in wet pants (regular underwear), and we'll never know until we go to the bathroom next.  I plan to mentionthis to her pedi at the next visit, but is it possible that there could be a biological problem here, or is she just being stubborn/not ready? She was very advanced in everything she's done.. crawling at 5 months, fully walking at 8 months, and all of our transitions have been flawless (boob-bottle, taking away pacifier, sleep routine, crib-bed), so we just assumed that this would be easy as well.  Definitely not!

ilba2011

I would try ditching the diaper cover, or even going bare bottom. She may need to feel the sensation of pee running down her leg in order to learn.  

mrsmac08

I would take a break for a month or two.

cpmich

Take a break until she asks to learn or turns 3, whichever comes first. She just isn't ready.