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How do you potty train a little girl that takes off her diaper after wetting in it one time?

My daughter still uses a diaper, but if she wets in it one time in the evening she takes it off. We have tried to get her to go potty on a potty chair, but she refuses. Now if my husband or I are in the bathroom using it she will go in with us and sit on her potty chair. But if we try to just put her on the chair by herself she refuses to use it. Now I would like to start to get her in the process of potty training before my unborn son is due next month. Do you have any suggestions to help me get her going with her potty training. Any suggestions would be helpful.

Question applies to ages: 2

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Top 5 in: Discipline, Transitions and Readiness, Motivating StudentsTop 5 in 3 Topics		 As you're finding out, potty training can be a long process. And what works for one child doesn't necessarily work for another! Some kids train at age 2, some are well into their 3s. It's one of those issues that, years from now, you will look back on and laugh about how much you worried (I promise)!

I'd like to caution you that with a baby due in a month, now might not be the best time to drive this lesson home. I tried to potty train my 2.5 year old the summer after her brother was born, and it was miserable juggling a newborn and constant emergency trips to the potty. Looking back, I REALLY wish I'd just let my daughter stay in diapers until the major upheaval of a new baby in the house was over. I think she saw the extra attention her brother got during diaper changes and didn't want to miss out. Even though it seems like a lot to have to buy and change two kids' diapers, it won't last forever and I PROMISE you that it's easier for now.

When it's time to get serious, one fun tip that finally worked for my daughter (who was 100% trained by age 3) was to buy colored sugar sprinkles (like you use on cookies) to keep in the bathroom. We let her choose a color and shake sprinkles into the potty before she went. She was always eager to "go" on top of the sprinkles to see if there would be a color change (blue sprinkles become green!).

Regarding your daughter's habit of taking off her wet diaper: Are you using pull-ups? If so, you might teach her to change herself. After she takes off and throws away the wet one, she can pull on a dry one. That will make things easier for you in a month—one less thing to do when the baby comes!

Good luck!

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