I am with you Jenn. I just had it with her and decided, when she decides, she decides. The pediatrician told us to use the sticker-charts again, and then after every lets say 5 stickers, she gets something bigger like a small toy or something. So I tried it and it is working for Rehema. she gets a sticker for coming home from daycare without an accident and she gets a sticker everytime she goes number 2 in the potty. After 5 stickers, she gets a prize. When she has an accident, a sticker comes off. I really hope she decides to catch on because it is really really frustrating. BTW, they are potty training camps, I heard of them on TV one day. and in fact one day, I told myself, that when all my kids are potty trained, I am starting a potty training boot camp.

I think someone needs to create a camp where you can ship your child for potty training, just for like a week. I think I'd be the first to sign up!

I saw this on cnn.com earlier this week.

Abbie turned 3 in November, and is still having accidents. We started training her when she was 18 months. Like Julia, Abbie simply doesn't much care. Once she knew what to do, we simply backed off and let her do her thing. We encouraged, but didn't do anything negative other than firmly talk to her every single time she had an accident. About a month after Daniel was born, it seemed like she had it down. She was going through the day with one accident, if any. We thought we had it beat. We were wrong. The last couple of days, she's been lazy about it again and having lots of accidents. I did take a toy away from her yesterday. Obviously now she knows what to do and she recognizes the urges. She's proven that. I wish I could give you some sage words of wisdom, but I'm pretty much in the same boat. If you find something that clicks, let me know!

I found your blog through the chattablogs network and I understand your frustrations with potty-training! I feel like we've been at this business for WAY too long and it's been quite a trip. My daughter will be four in May and I think we starting training around two. Her ability to use the potty changed after she turned three, and now her ability to use it on her own is increasing daily. I'm convinced that we mamas feel too much pressure about potty training and that it'll happen when it happens--every kid is different. I've been playing this comparison/jealousy game and it's gotten me nowhere! Blessings to you in the challenges that lay ahead. Just think, someday soon this will be a faded memory. : )

I like the camp idea! That made me laugh.