Any Advice on Potty Training?

I gave mine 18 months. I knew there'd be set backs. There were. I kept them in pull ups while out and got them to go before we left once we got to where we were going and kept asking while out. I told them the pull ups were going and took them away. There were accidents but not loads. 3 is younger. It's harder if they are at nursery then at home just because nursery is great but there's loads of kids so trying to get them trained is hard. Just take the pressure off yourself and your child. I say thus as someone who works with kids. It will happen

My son is 5. It took a while for him to get the hang of it. My son had developmental issues so was behind for along time but has since caught up. He had delays in his speech, was late to walk too etc but I was never worried because kids develop at their own pace. I just gave him plenty of time. If he had an accident I reassured him that it was OK. When he managed to go to the potty he got stickers and praise. I made him sit on the potty every hour, even if he didn't go it didn't matter, it was getting him used to being on there. I let him pick his own pants too. We have a sign in the bathroom with the steps too, which helped him.

She is still young. My son wasn't ready till he was 4. Loads of my friends kids, who didn't have delays etc weren't potty trained by 3 either. It also takes longer than you think for them to be potty trained. Also she will get the hang of peeing in the potty a lot quicker than pooping in the potty. She needs to recognise that she needs to pee/poop and that age by the time they have realised they have already gone. It takes a while for that recognition to develop.

Don't push it or leave in wet pants - it's a physical development and every one has their pace

The best time of the year for potty training is the summer. Now this may sound old school but it works. Let them run around in the garden on a nice warm summer's day wearing old clothing and no nappy. They will not like having wet undies and this is when the potty is introduced as an alternative. It worked for my daughter and many of my friends children too.

Every child is different but I’d advise you to keep at it. Just keep introducing them to the potty every hour, reward them with a sticker chart and when they receive so many stickers they get a treat. My daughter kept a treat box full of small treasures, bouncy balls, little collectibles, small bags of art stuff like few squilly eyes, small pom-poms, stickers etc. My granddaughter loved anything art related so she enjoyed picking out art things for her pics etc. She’d another treat jar with small chocolates and sweets and my granddaughter loved counting off her stickers to get her next treat. It worked wonders for her. Now would be great time to slowly introduce her to potty as weather starts to slowly warm up. It takes time but ul both get there