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Our daughter will be three in February and she has been potty trained for about three months now. I used the potty train in a day method and it worked great for us. I took her from diapers one day, to panties the next with little or no problems. By day three she was going in the potty everytime. You have a different situation. Your daughter knows what is expected, does it at school, but not at home. I say, take away the pull ups, and the diapers completely. Only use the pull ups at night- call them night time panties. Have her wear panties with her clothes and make her clean up the messes on the floor and down her legs. After she has the "accident" take her straight to the potty to sit and try and go some more if she needs to. This means you take several changes of clothes with you when you leave the house and keep a box of plastic trash bags and towels in the car to line her carseat. Put a plastic bag down and then a towel over it to soak up any messes. You say she knows when she has to go, so don't bother asking her unless you know she hasn't gone in awhile. She WILL get tired of being wet and having to clean up the mess herself (obviously you have to go back over the area to make sure it is all cleaned up), that she WILL give in and start to see things your way. This is a battle of the wills and you have got to win. When she does go on the potty, make sure you have some small reward, two or three M&M's each time works really well. Let me know how it goes.

If you want the complete potty train in a day instructions, I have them. I typed them up and emailed them to another mommy. You can email me your address at amandavenable at msn dot com

I never had many potty training issues with my boys. Heres what I did, I just took them to the potty every 30 mins. for about a week and I swear they were trained afer that week. No diapers or pull ups during this time at all. Diapers and pull ups only hinder training. This means you must take her to the potty at stores, resturants, ect. They must know they can use the potty anywhere they go. I guess my suggestion would be consistency!!!