Hi there! I'm new to the forum and thought I could ask some of you that have or are going thru this. I have twins, but I'm only in the process of training my daughter at the moment as she seems to be the one that's showing the signs. She knows where the pee & poop is supposed to go, she can hold it for quite a period of time, she hates being in a wet & poopy diaper and even tells me when she pees to change her immediately. She can pull her pants on and off, she stays dry for naps (tho not overnights yet), she doesn't mind sitting on the potty and yet just won't DO anything on it!

I feel like I've tried everything. I've let her sit for as long as she wants, had running water going, let her play in a little pan of warm water, kept her in undies only (minus overnights) for a full week, used the little potty, the big potty, bribing... Nothing seems to make her go on the potty. I swear my house smells like Febreeze scented urine. This week, I finally just switched to her wearing training pants (like cloth diapers with the plastic liner) and pull-ups. I swore I wouldn't do that, but the accidents were getting too much and even tho she knew she was making such a mess, it didn't seem to prompt her to want to GO in the potty.

So I guess after my book now, my question is do you think she's even ready? I don't know if she's scared of going on the potty or if that sensation hasn't come to her to know she's gonna pee and just can't adjust it yet. Should I just wait a little longer and let her go at her own pace? That's what I'm doing at the moment. I'm just hoping one of these days it will just click. But I'm thinking I might be waiting a long time.

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