Hello, hello…
We are *trying* to start potty training with the little girl because she:
a) comes to me after she’s done a poo. Before that, she will run to a corner and yell at me, “No, no, noooooo!” if I glance at her. I have to tell the nanny to leave her alone coz she keeps asking, “Are you pooing, mei-mei?”
b) tell me when she has gone pee-pee. The nanny lets her go nappy-free sometimes but forgets to tell me that. A few times, the little girl is happily bouncing around the bed and then she tells me, “Pee…” and I find a wet bed. Aaarghhh…
Her brother started potty training at around this age too but he had seen the boys at his daycare and his cousins go on the potty.
In our case, she cannot see any other kid go potty and I don’t have either the Potty Training Girls the Easy Way: A Stress-Free Guide to Helping Your Daughter Learn Quickly
or The Potty Book – For Girls
All I have are:
a) a simple GREEN plastic potty – it ain’t PINK, which is probably why she refuses to sit on it. I’ve tried sitting on it myself to show her what it’s for but she shakes her head. Thank God the potty didn’t break under my weight hahaha.
She’ll fill it up with Lego though and play with it (slaps head).
Then again, her big brother never used a potty either and went straight to the big toilet (on a toilet ring).
b) a bagful of cloth diapers 
and
c) a nanny who is happy to help toilet train her to help me save money on disposable diapers – CLAPS HANDS!!!
For now, the little “princess” asks to be changed each time she pees and seems to like being nappy-free.
She’s also taken a liking to cloth diapers although she’s particular about the colour of the cloth diapers i.e. PINK or PURPLE and definitely no blue. Seriously!!!
Do you know how she tells me she hates blue?
She takes the blue cloth diaper (or blue shorts or t-shirt) out of my hands and FLINGS it across the room!
Ugh, these Terrible Twos. I can’t wait for it to be over…
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I heard girls are usually faster in the potty training department. She probably just need a little routine to get the hang of it.
Oh she dislikes blue? Blue is nice.
etceteramommy – Yeah, I hear that too. I think she wants ME to help her go poo-poo and pee-pee, not the helper. She screams bloody murder when the helper tries to bring her to the toilet to pee O_O
Ugh, my girl is SUPER girly – it’s PINK, PINK, PINK or purple. Strangely though she doesn’t like Hello Kitty, which I am thankful coz I don’t like Hello Kitty either hahaha
Haha *hi five* this auntie here likes pink too !
etceteramommy – Hahaha, looks like the both of you will get along well in the fashion department. She’s got a terrible tantrum, though!!!
Just read the whole series of your potty training adventure. Planning to start officially potty training my son soon. He’s done a few deposits here and there… mostly accidental and just perfect timing on my part, but no formal process involved as yet. Things should get exciting then… hope it won’t be as drama as your experience but I shall mentally prepare myself.
How old was your girl when you started and how old was she when she finally “got it”?
Serenely – Hi! Both of them started at about 2.5 years old although potty training with my son was quite different from potty training with my daughter. Have you read this post of “potty training with my son“?
He learnt to poo in the potty faster than my daughter though he took about a month plus to hold on to his pee. He would be too engrossed in his building blocks or trains that he doesn’t realize he’s peed. That’s why he was in fitted cloth diapers longer.
My daughter can hold her pee longer e.g. she could nap without diapers these few days. She will also refrain from peeing in her diapers when we are outdoors. However, she still prefers to poo in the diapers although she pooed in the potty one day. We’re still working on that…
Yup, be mentally and physically prepared to do some running, mopping and changing
Most important of all, DO NOT SCREAM when accidents happen. It startles them and makes them think they’ve done something bad. The kids will be able to tell an accident has happened – it’s best to reassure them,
“It’s OK, let’s go clean up. Remember to pee in the potty next time, ok? Good…all clean now.” Hug, hug, kiss, kiss and back to play
All the best!