Need Advice on Potty Training

Hi S.,
I was having the same problem. My two year old was almost potty trained when she just stopped. It's been about6 months and she's almost fully potty trained now! She might have an accident every other day or less. So, what you're doing is right, just stay calm. Ever child is different, and I think you're right, she knows how to do it. You might want to try that when she starts school or when her baby brother gets bigger she's going to have to help him learn. Or get a doll or book that she can keep in the potty. My daughter had a barbie that she kept in the bathroom and would put her in the bathtub when she went so her barbie could go as well.

GOOD LUCK!
CJR

Rest assured, she will be potty trained by the time she goes to school. :) If she doesn't like the feeling of being wet, put her in big girl panties (that she chooses) and then put a pull-up on over them. She will get the ful wet feeling but without the mess for you to clean up. Just be consistent with whatever you choose and she will get back on track. Good Luck with her and the new baby.

All excellent advice so far. in addition to all of is so far...

She will start back up when she is ready. If you stress she will stress.

With my 3 kids we did not use pull ups. Pull ups still catch everything, the kids knows it, and it will only take longer to train. My kids were all trained faster then my friends b/c they used pull ups. Of course pull ups are a wonderful lifesaver for the car, naps etc... I used thick Gerber training panties plus shorts or pants and it catches most of it without any mess on the floor.

The "potty fairy" would leave little presents in a special place in the house as a reward. We phased it out when there were no more accidents. SMALL gifts such dollar store trinkets at first and then scale down to very small like 5 m&m's, 3 starbursts, fruit roll up etc...

I had the same problem with my three year old son. I started potty training him when he turned three in July and he wouldn't catch on and would say that he didn't have to go and then go in his pullups. I tried everything, I would put him in underwear and then in just loose shorts and he would still go all over hisself. I thought that he was never going to catch on. It is now April and he will be four in July, I finally just let him run around with nothing on but a long t-shirt for the easter break, which was about 3-4 days. He would go to the bathroom when he was naked but when he had something on he wouldn't go. After about 2 days I put him in loose shorts and he still would tell me that he had to go potty. Then the next day he went to his school, which is a half a day, and wore underwear and he kept them dry the entire time at school and at home. He now only wears pullups at nighttime and naptime. He has had about 2 accidents but he has finally caught on. So if nothing else works then I would try to let her run around with a long shirt on for a few days and see if that works. It worked for him and I didn't think anything was going to work.

I had the same problem with both my children. I did come to the realization that they will start back up when they are ready. My son went through the same regression. But over time he came around and decided he was going to control his bladder. Your daughter is 2 so she's still at a young age where she's going through a lot of changes (new potty, new panties and a new brother). That's a lot for a small child to take in. Encourage her to help with the baby and reward her with your words (can you get Mommy the bottle; you are such a big girl and a wonderful big sister). I did this with my oldest son when the baby was born and I really think it helped with his self esteem and the feeling that he wasn't left out of the family. Kids can internalize a lot and rebel in the oddest ways (e.g. going potty on themselves). Be patient (your daughter will go back to using the potty) and I wish you the best of luck.

Hi S. -

I have a two year old little girl and I am expecting in August. I hope this doesnt happen with me. I think if you talk to her about being a big girl and talk her up she might go for it, or if she has some type of peer pressure that might work too. Do you know anyone with children her age. I just potty trained my two year old, but I have an in home daycare and she like that she is a big girl like her other older friends! Good luck

A.

hey i know exactly what you are going threw but i personally went thru this exact same thing with my daughter and i just kept her in pull ups till she was ready n kept on tellin her "big girls" go potty in the toilet so she wouldnt get to go do wut big girls do and finally when she turned 3 she started goin like a big girl and we went n got her new princess panties and big girl stuff and she is bout to be 4 in july n doing very well.. so i think she just might need more time.. hope this helps.. trust me i know its hard.. chrissy

Hi S.,
Have you tried toys that are only for potty time? Can only have while sitting on potty. Worked for us. Good luck

Hello,
I have a friend that has a daughter,2 1/2, and she was doing good and then just stopped. It is a long process sometimes.
Just stay patient! I have a son who will be turning 2 in June and he sits on the potty chair but doesn't go. He goes in his diaper and then takes it off and tries to throw it away. Do you have any advice?

You have a lot of good advice already and it is right on.

Things that worked for me and my neighbor- (between us we have 7 kids)

1. Let 'em run around half naked (they have a hard time with the whole pull 'em down and get on the potty in time thing).

2. Special bthrm things (for me it was books)

3. Staying in the bthrm with them the entire time no matter what (ignore phones, and take the baby with you even if it means feeding him in there or delaying feeding for 5 minutes)

4. Taking her every hour whether she wants to go or not, but only sit there for about 2 minutes--it is not an upleasant experience.

5. Taking them outside (only works in warm weather) in panties and letting them pee on themselves and leaving them like that. ugh. Sounds gross but they get the idea after awhile because they start itching and are uncomfortable. ;-)

6. Final straw- with my 3 1/2 yr old I just swatted his bottom one time if he had wet pants. He just could not be bothered to stop playing and go potty. So I made it become important to him. I swatted him and changed him and made a big deal of the times he went when I took him.

7. Buy special underoos, make a big deal out of it and then throw them away if they go poopoo in them. One kid was devasted about this and quit pooping in his special big boy pants.

8. Most important say 20x a day,,,tell mommy when you need to potty. LOL Sounds silly but it helps a ton!!

9. Limit drinks. Obviously a kid that drinks a ton is going to be needing to potty a lot too! That can work the opposite too--give her a ton of drink and then go potty every 30 minutes. LOL

Good luck,
ts