https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 01 May 2026 10:12:10 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/refusing-to-pee-on-potty#post-2846962 Sun, 23 Sep 2018 21:25:05 +0000 gentlelunette 2846962@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Oh man. This sounds so much like my daughter. Potty training with her was very unconventional. She could hold it forever, and then when it got to be unbearable she would go ballistic. I started putting the diaper on her nd making her sit on the potty with the diaper on to pee/poo. Once she went, the diaper came off and undies back on. We did this for 6 weeks. After a few weeks I would just put it on really loosely with only one tab done up so she could start to feel less secure. No pressure, no shame over the 6 weeks, but just a gentle reminder every so often that if she can do this, she can go without a diaper too. Then when we reached the end of the diapers I told her I wasn’t going to buy anymore. I made a reward chart with 5 boxes and let her pick which reward went in each box and told her we were going to stay home until we filled the box. Box #5 was going to the park. It took 36 hours for her to get to the park, and we haven’t looked back since. She was 3y 4m by the time she was finally trained. Good luck! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/refusing-to-pee-on-potty#post-2846869 Sat, 22 Sep 2018 11:39:14 +0000 Ms. RV 2846869@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Foodnerd81: Oh yeah. All the bribes. I think even a puppy :shocked: </p> <p>@KT326: I wanted to try this but couldn't figure out how. </p> <p>@caitcat: Thank you for sharing! It gives me hope. It is crazy how long they can hold their pee. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/refusing-to-pee-on-potty#post-2846848 Sat, 22 Sep 2018 07:04:25 +0000 caitcat 2846848@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My daughter could hold it waaay too well when we were attempting to potty train too. Her longest stretch was from overnight until 4pm the next day, all while drinking plenty of water. It was crazy. And she was clearly uncomfortable, which was unsettling for me too. She was that fixed on having control over it though, and just would not pee on the potty. We backed off of potty training for a while (went back to pull ups) and once it clicked for her and she came to the idea of using the bathroom more on her own, she took to it SO quickly and we’ve had maybe just one or two accidents. </p> <p>She’s all through potty training now (hallelujah!) but we still have some times where she’ll insist she doesn’t need to pee at bedtime or before leaving the house. Hearing running water in the sink often does the trick for her now, until she figured out that we turn it on to get her to go (and heaven forbid I have any role in this!!). So I stuck a cat water bowl fountain thing we have in the bathroom so there’s just water running in general, and that seems to help her without her totally realizing it. </p> <p>Good luck!! I hope your daughter comes around soon. It’s so tough when you know they CAN use the bathroom, and yet it’s still not clicking yet. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/refusing-to-pee-on-potty#post-2846828 Fri, 21 Sep 2018 20:06:45 +0000 KT326 2846828@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>So I don’t know if it works for girls but our pediatrician told us to try pouring warm water over DS’s privates. It gets them to pee. @Ms. RV: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/refusing-to-pee-on-potty#post-2846827 Fri, 21 Sep 2018 20:01:00 +0000 Foodnerd81 2846827@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Ms. RV: poor kid- it must be so freaky I guess. You’ve tried bribing her with candy or something, I assume? </p> <p>I would think that if she can hold it so long, once she gets over the hurdle of actually peeing in the potty, she will be fully potty trained really quickly. It’s just getting her to see that it’s ok. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/refusing-to-pee-on-potty#post-2846824 Fri, 21 Sep 2018 19:35:10 +0000 Ms. RV 2846824@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Foodnerd81: We've tried TV and books. TV worked a couple of times. Maybe we should try her little V-tech tablet. She will sit for 5 minutes willingly, sometimes 10. </p> <p>@Sams Mom: We tried turning on the sink last night.. she just started screaming that she needed a diaper. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/refusing-to-pee-on-potty#post-2846823 Fri, 21 Sep 2018 19:20:10 +0000 Sams Mom 2846823@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I haven't successfully potty trained yet, but my mom said she always had to turn the sink on and let my sister bring a book to get distracted enough to pee? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/refusing-to-pee-on-potty#post-2846820 Fri, 21 Sep 2018 19:09:35 +0000 Foodnerd81 2846820@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Have you tried letting her watch a video or something on the potty? Something that will keep her sitting there not trying to get up but distracted enough to forget and pee without thinking about it? </p> <p>My LOs issue was more that she wouldn’t sit long enough to let the pee come out so the video a couple of times helped. Then I had to convince her she didn’t need a video every time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/refusing-to-pee-on-potty#post-2846817 Fri, 21 Sep 2018 18:08:09 +0000 Dahlia 2846817@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>One option is just to wait! DD turned 3 two months ago as well, and it was finally on her third birthday that she was willing to go on the potty (she could hold it literally all day before). She had one day of accidents. Day 2 she was totally potty trained and has only had 1 accident since then. I was so worried she'd never do it, and feeling really stressed, but it was the easiest potty training ever once she decided it was time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/refusing-to-pee-on-potty#post-2846816 Fri, 21 Sep 2018 17:31:03 +0000 Ms. RV 2846816@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DD turned 3 two months ago. If we put her in panties she will hold her pee just great. Too great. To the point where she will be in pain from holding it. The second she gets a diaper on, she pees. And even tells us she just peed.</p> <p>We've tried tickling, blowing bubbles, etc no luck.</p> <p>How do I get her to go pee on the potty? </p>