My daughter is potty trained...or at least she was. She has been out of diapers since spring. She was doing fine and now she pees everywhere, somedays she will pee on the potty a few times and then around the house for the rest of the day. She does poop on the potty though. I sometimes go through at least 4-5 pairs of pants and underwear a day. At first I thought maybe she was just too focused on whatever she was doing/ playing with and would go in her pants but now i'm not so sure. And it's not like I don't ask her if she has to go I ask all the time and take her into the bathroom, I monitor everything she drinks and make sure not to give her a huge glass. I do not punish her for peeing on the floor. My husband and I explain she is a big girl and knows to pee on the potty. We have tried a potty chart with a special treat at the end of the week, an M&M, stickers...nothing works. I am at my witts end please some advice would be nice since I do have another baby on the way!....She was potty trained before I found out I was prego just in case if some might think thats why it's not. I don't mean for that to sound mean and if it does I apoloigze in advance :-)
Thank you everyone!! Its good to know this isn't just happening to me! We are just going to start back at square one, continue heavy monitoring and she will do it at her own pace and I am just going to have to try and stay sane :-). Thank again everyone!
N. I haven't had this "problem" (my almost 3 year old boy isn't even interested in going on the potty). However, I know that a friend of mine's child use to have accidents like this and like you they thought maybe she just was too busy playing... but there was a real medical problem going on. I'm not sure of the specifics, I would check with your doctor.
My daughter also went through a period of accidents. The first few days it was once or twice a day, but then got to be more frequent. I finally realized that she had a UTI. Antibiotics for the UTI and we were back on track.
However, my second daughter went through a stage of not wanting to go on the potty when I wanted her to. She wanted to control it. I kept her in panties, even though it was a pain for me, and she learned she didn't like being wet. She started using the potty again after a few weeks.
I hope she decides to use the potty soon...I remember it being so frustrating since you thought you were done with this stage!
You may want to see your pediatrician to consider the possibility of a urinary tract infection (UTI). Our oldest son started having accidents in kindergarten and due to an infection did not realize he had to go until it was too late. We changed soap and switched to showers more often than a bath and everything is back on track. Good luck.
Regression is normal, my daughter did this too. There could be stress in her life, she might be stressed about the new baby coming. Knowing that doesn't necessarily help you "fix" it, but might help with understanding and patience.
About the best thing that you can do is to monitor her very very closely and watch for signs that she has to go, and pick her up and take her to the potty so that she can make it there on time. Go back to when she was first trained and monitor her that much again for a couple of weeks until she is back to business.
Like someone else said, I would definitely get her checked for a uti. It might be painful when she pees so she is holding, or she might not get enough notice.
This is a phase I promise! MOST kids will regress in potty training at some point...sometimes several times over the course of the first 2 years of being potty trained. It's NORMAL.
If it continues or if she complains of pain you might want to consider the possibility of a UTI.
HUGS sent yourway for Sanity :-D
Some children just arent' ready even if they are physically capable of doing it. The system falls apart while they are 3 sometimes. She'll get it together one of these days when she decideds she wants to. Meantime, best to lay off and let her feel in control of it. If that means pull-ups to make clean-up easier, then so be it. The sooner she feels this is her business and not a tug-of-war with you, the sooner she'll take charge of it. Don't know why some kids do this and others don't, but my daughter who's a doctor had many false starts and was close to 4 when she finally quit this nonsense. I didn't own a dryer so I had panties drying everywhere, sometimes 20 pairs or more on the line! Drove me nuts! Hang in there!
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