S.B. asks from Lowell, MI on April 08, 2008
Daughter Peeing on Floor
Hello!Our daughter recently turned 2 (1-31-06) and has shown interest in potty training. She freaks out if she can't wear her underwear. She does really well with pooping in the potty , however, she will take off her underwear and pee on her floor in her room! Any advice would behelpful in breaking this habit!
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Thanks everyone! I will try out some of the ideas and keep you posted!
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S.C. answers from Norfolk on April 09, 2008
I like using the Once Upon a Potty video for potty training. I think it does a good job of explaining where everything should go. They have a girl video and a boy one. They are available from Netflix. I let them watch it with their little potty in the living room until they get the hang of it
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H.D. answers from Washington DC on April 09, 2008
Hi, S.. That's great that you can get her to poop on the potty!!! Our twin daughters just turned 2 as well (1-26-06). They're doing pretty well with the peeing, but will not poop. When we first started and they wanted to wear the underwear but kept going in their panties, we told them that they would have to go back to their baby pants and that seemed to help a lot. You might try putting on pants (i.e., overalls) that she can't pull down so that she has to come to you when she has to potty. Or, maybe, putting a potty chair in her bedroom so that she can get to it right away. Good luck!!
N.R. answers from Richmond on April 09, 2008
Hi S., my little man turned 2 yrs old Feb 24th and was just doing the same thing! When he would get up from a nap, he would take off his underware and pee on the floor! It's like he didn't want to pee in his pants. He would even take them off and pee in the bed. That was a long 2 weeks I tell you! I started running and talking to him as soon as I heard him up. I would say I'm on my way ! let's go to the potty! Hold on I'm coming! All of this as I ran up the stairs to get him before he even took off his pants.
We talked about going potty constantly all day long. I would ask him every few minutes if he had to go pee-pee. Then I started taking him to the bathroom every 30 minutes to try. This helped me to get to know his bladder better. Then we went every hour. Now he tells us when he needs to go. We have had only 1 floor peeing incident and no more on the bed since then.
It wasn't an easy time but it's now worth it all!
Take Care...N. =)
PS...I always made him help clean it up. He had to step on the towel to soak it up. He had to spray the Solumel (toxin free cleaner that takes the smell out too)and clean it all up. I would make the yuky face and say things like sheeew that is so nasty! Yuky! You don't pee in the floor. You pee in the potty. My face must have looked pretty bad cause I remember the look on his as he stuck out his tounge and said yuk. LOL
D.S. answers from Allentown on April 09, 2008
Hi S.,
There is a web site for potty training.
www.parentingtoddlers.com/pottytraining.html
There is a family resource center that may be able to help you as well.
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Hampton Roads Parenting Education Network ###-###-####
Old Dominion Child Study Center ###-###-####
Hope this helps. good luck. D.
T.B. answers from Norfolk on April 09, 2008
Just a thought...have you tried purchasing an extra potty for her room...put it near the "scene of the crime" and tell her it's special for pee pee! ?
best of luck...
M.C. answers from Washington DC on April 09, 2008
Have you tried putting a potty seat in there? Maybe that would be more comfortable for her than the bathroom--and keep your floors clean. Then you can gradually move the seat.
M.C. answers from Washington DC on April 08, 2008
Hi S.,
When she pees in her room, is it always in the same general location? If yes, try putting a lil potty there.
M.
M.M. answers from Roanoke on April 08, 2008
Hello, Well I bet this is really aggravating. My daughter is 16mths and ve've introduced her to the potty chair and take her to the rest room with us evertime we go and encourage her to pee in the potty and poo sometimes she does one or the other or both and we do the "pee poo dance" So I guess I'm saying make everytime a fun and encouraging time that she will want to do it over and over. Even have some stickers for her or reward calander for the stickers on the bathroom door. She can recieve a bigger prize after a certain amount of time. You can get stickers anywhere and just make up a chart to fill with possibly the days of the week she could get a sucker at the end of the week for all of her hard work. Hope this idea helps I will be using it myself. Supernanny has great advice. M. M
C.W. answers from Washington DC on April 09, 2008
try putting a portable potty in her room so she will have a place to go and won't have accidents.
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