I trained my daughter like this…I gave her a play phone and told her to call me when she needed to go. That worked, it finally got her to the potty. I told her that if she goes in the potty I would call Dora the Explorer (you should use whoever your daughters are into). She DID go and we called Dora (played by one of my friends). It worked like a charm, she started going in the potty every time. She also wanted to call Dora every time but I told her Dora was too busy on TV. She still kept going on the potty though. My second daughter was a lot harder then that though, she didn’t fall for any of that stuff.

just be consistant. use the regular underpants. ask them every 20 minutes if they need to go. they will get it, it just takes a while.

don’t leave them wet because that doesn’t really teach anything. my neice peed the bed until she was 9. people told my brother it was because she slept with the pull ups so she thought it was okay to pee the bed. wrong, even after she stopped using the pull ups she was still peeing the bed. so basically being wet does not teach anything.

What did you do (besides freak out probably) when the one peed her pants? Did you go back to diapers? Keep putting them in big girl pants and expect MANY MANY MANY accidents. Sounds like they have good control. Be consistent. I have twins and started just one first, the other was trying by the next day especially after the HUGE deal I made when the first had her first successful potty event (pee). We pretty much had a song fest, called grandmas and whoever else we could think of, jumped and danced around for a long while. I used pull ups for naps, trips, nighttime until they wanted to use the potty and ask to go. Have her sit on the potty every 2 hours. Find which potty she likes to use (something about the big potty is either enticing or scary) have some books/special toy for her to look at while ON the pot. Potty dolls work well for "little mommies", they can see a successful potty pee and be responsible for helping baby use potty, give praise etc. Have everyone in the household committed to this (you, dad, siblings, caregivers) to help keep it consistent and stay with the plan. My kids were not that easy, my son was SO hard, the girls still get busy and don’t potty like they should. Some kids are a snap but most need a few days to get the gist and will have accidents for months. I am not one of those lucky moms who’s kid(s) just started using the potty and never went back…Good luck!! It will happen!! Plan on cleaning carpets and LOADS of laundry for months to keep up with all the accidents! Sounds like they need to know you INSIST they need to use the potty and WILL keep them in underpants, expect them to change their pants when wet/dirty, use the potty. Be consistent and reward YOURSELF when you are able to get through ONE day of wet panties!!

I gave this advise to another person who asked about potty training. I know its a bit of a pain and a bit more laundry but this really works and it does go in stages like I explain below. I am assuming they are currently in disposable diapers since they are not trained. I would change and put them in cloth diapers and plastic pants. The child feels the wetness more with cloth diapers than regular disposable diapers. I potty trained two of my children when they hit 4 yrs old which both were wearing disposable diapers full time at that age. I changed him to ye ol cloth diapers with diaper pins and plastic pants (and yes they wore cloth diapers 24/7 for a little over 2 weeks). Either one did not like the feeling of the wet diapers and within a little over two weeks both were dry and using the potty. At first let them use the diapers, soon they will not like the wet feeling and will tell you when the diaper is wet. When you change their diaper, tell them that big girls use underwear and when they stay dry and use the potty they can wear big girl underwear. Give that about a week. I swear after the first week, they will tell you they have to go potty before using the diaper. For a couple days I told my son to use the diaper so he knows how nasty it feels. Then a couple days later when he had to go potty I would take off his cloth diaper and he would go in the potty. I would re-diaper him just in case of accidents which we had a couple which is to be expected so keep them diapered. Then a few more days later, I told him lets change from wearing diapers to big boy underwear and I put him in the thick cloth training pants with the plastic pants for protection and he was able to go himself. When he was going on his own with out any accidents we did away with the plastic pants. Since he was dry most of the time we went to the store and I let him pick out his own underwear. All in just over two weeks. I know usually boys take longer than girls, but it sounds like you are on the same path as my two boys I potty trained. Like I said above my boys were still in diapers at 4 because I refuse to push the issue of potty training because each child is different but you still have to take steps to get them ready and it sounds like your girls are ready, try the cloth diaper method it works.