OT potty training

[bear74]

About 2 months ago DD was going to the potty almost all the time when we were home. she especially would tell me when she had to go pop. then all of a sudden she stopped. refuses to go near her potty seat and will not tell me anymore.
Is this normal? she is 2years and almost 4 months

 

[mrsminniemouse]

Exactly the same thing happened to me a few weeks ago. DD (29 months)just stopped telling me. The strange thing was, she wouldn't usually wet (well just twice she did) but hold it for hours. I was constantly asking her and she would get angry with me. I was frustrated because I knew she had control and could tell me as she had been doing so before. We were in a stalemate situation. Part of the problem was we had spent 3 previous weeks at WDW and I had been taking her to the bathroom very often to pre-empt an accident. I think she forget to listen to her body's signals as I had taken control (to avoid a puddle in a ride or theater!) I was a nervous wreck waiting for her to wee at any time. I put her in pull ups for my own peace of mind but she never, ever peed on them. I told her they were panties and she believed me.

I put her in real panties, princess ones. I told her not to wet Cinderella. I got the potty back out of the bathroom so it was prominent, to act as a reminder. My DD hates mess (she asks for a tissue if she cries) so I knew she would not like wet underwear or wet legs and I hoped this would motivate her. It did.

I told her to tell me when she needs to go and she does, or she takes her own trousers and panties off and then calls me once she is on the potty. One day there was a dribble in her underwear and she ran to the potty asking to be cleaned. We read books, she gets praise and I must admit (blush) a chocolate coin as reward. Yesterday she was so funny, she said 'I want 2 choc coins, one for the wee and one for the poo'

I think she was sick of me telling her what to do. So now I encourage her to go when we are leaving the house or we are out. Otherwise I leave it to her with a few gentle reminders.

Don't know if any of that helps. I do sympathise, potty training is frustrating because when you think it is sorted it all goes wrong! I think it is totally normally to have such set backs. Even friends with older children who have been trained for a while say they have accidents sometimes.

Mandy

 

[2diamonds&a~gem]

My DD, 27mos, has been using her potty since June here and there, but still wearing diapers, it was more for fun.
Two weeks before WDW in October we told her that we would not be wearing diapers when we came home and so far we haven't. Since we have been home she has been in panties or pull-ups (aka to-go panties) and has done a great job. She is also not a fan of mess of any kind, and if she does have a tiny dribble she will demand new panties. She has been "dent" (accident) free for the past 2 weeks and 3 days. She has never gotten any rewards, but we do sing the "pee pee/poopy in the potty" song and there is a dance that goes with it. Now the trouble is over the past three nights she has been waking up to go potty, (this would not be a problem if she were a sleeping kind of kid... she has on 2 occasions slept more than 5 hours a night, other than those 2 times it's 5 hours and no more, no naps, "some kids just dont need alot of sleep" so said the pedi. *this momma needs more than 5 hours sleep*) so being the bad mom that I am she also sleeps with us (was breastfed for 18 mos & was easier to nurse & sleep with her in our bed. yes I have read and know the dangers and I know that I need to sleep to keep me sane and therefor, she sleeps with us) so she sits stright up in the bed and says "Dad, potty. BAD!" off they go... and now she doesnt want him she wants momma & now I am not getting even the 5 hours anymore.....
I was really thinking it was going to be diapers another couple of months at night and I would have time to try to transition to the BG bed before she would be going potty in the middle of the night...

So not to steal the OP thread, but any ideas for night time would also be great!

 

[bear74]

my DD still sleeps with usmost of the night. we lay down with her in her big girl bed we fall asleep mommy wakes up around midnight gets in mommys bed about an hour or 2 later here comes DD. She was brestfed till 20 months so I now what you mean about easier to speel that way