! Someone else take over for a while !
Potty training is not always easy. While I'm not an expert on the subject. I have 5 children of my own. Ages 12, 11, 9, 8, and 7. So, I can well understand the frustration of diapering a duo. In my case it was my oldest daughter who point blank refused to use the potty chair. After begging, bribing, yelling and pulling my hair didn't help I was ready to give up. What we ended up doing though was simply this. We would watch for the "signs" the she had to go. Yeah know?lol, the peepee dance or the funny walking or red face. Then ask her if she had to go potty. She of course would always say NO! NO POTTY! I would tell her well, it doesn't hurt to try and put her on the potty. And I would stay in there with her and we'd sing or just talk. A lot of times turning on the water in the sink or the tub also would help her go. The reason for doing this was simply this. When you have to go to the bathroom and you hear running water you need to go right away, right? Well, surprisingly it worked for her. Also, maybe skipping the training toilet and going right to the regular toilet might help. My kids felt like big kids when they got to use the big people potty. But keep in mind, all kids train at different ages. It really does help when they are " ready " in their own mind. Potty training is a new thing for them and it may scare them a little. One of my kids trained at 18 months old... He would not let me put a diaper on him and when I would set him on the toilet he would go.. I was told I was very lucky with him. My youngest however was almost 4 before he was completely potty trained. He would refuse to poo in the toilet. For some reason that scared him. After a lot of messes and frustration we ( and this sounds completely insane ;D ? ) He didn't mind as long as he could wave bye bye to it as it went down the toilet. But, lol, it worked for us.
I wish you luck and much patience...
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