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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think your child is probably not ready yet. 3 year old is still pretty young for potting training. Yeah you probably have seen lots of other kids are potty trained at this age but there are also many kids who are not.

My DD started to show potty interest at 2.5 but then she refused to use potty for about a year.  Later on she would tell me that the flush was too loud or bathroom at school too cold or scary, or she was afraid she would fall into it. There would be lots of little things that we don’t even think about but are huge big deals for them. I think we just need to give them time and try to figure out what bothers them. 
My DD is 4.5 now and she still occasionally has accidents. By age 5, everybody is able to go potty. I have never seen any adults who don’t know how to use potty. And when we grow up, it doesn’t matter if we were potty trained at age 3 or 5. [/quote]

This is bad advice. Kids who are scared of flushing will still be scared at 3. And not being potty trained at school will affect them a lot.

OP you have to just keep pushing through. [/quote]

I would also push through because of the school thing, but you're wrong about the flushing thing. Kids outgrow that and there's not be easily anything you do to make it happen. Kids acquire fears at these ages and then the fears disappear.

I would just focus on training with a training potty for now and ignore the flushing issue for the moment. Take it out of the equation and just focus on using the potty when he feels the need to go.[/quote]

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