Tips and tricks for pulling down undies and...

ChelsiAnn13

My DD is doing really well with PTing. We officially started this morning (she stayed dry for her nap even) but we have let her run around naked a few other times and she even went at daycare twice.

She has problems pulling down her undies. Any tips and tricks to help her learn?
She is gettin better at dressing herself. She only need a little bit of help getting her shirt on and she is able to pull up her underwear okay as long as we remind her to pull up the back.

She also doesn't really telling me when she has to go. Any advice for this?
She has mentioned, "oh I have to go potty" once or twice when she passed by her potty chair but that's about it. It's also hard to remind her because If I ask her to try she starts to get upset.

I posted about being nervous to go out, especially anywhere she finds fun, and with her not telling me I don't see how it will ever happen. I also fear she will tell me right as she can't hold it anymore but at least that's a start.

poebride

Try phrasing it as "push down your undies," since that's really what they are doing.  I read that in a potty training book when I was PT my LO, and it really helped it click for her. 

As for the telling you when she has to go, you'll either need to remind her and just let her get upset about it (explain to her that until she's ready to tell you when she needs to go, you'll have to tell her so she won't have an accident), or you'll have to let her have a few accidents and see if she figures it out on her own. 

Good luck!

Spin313

DD had a hard time pulling down her underpants at first. She eventually learned to hook her thumbs in the sides and push down.

ChelsiAnn13

I may try the over sized undies. I also think saying push down your undies may get through to her more, thank you.

She had three accidents today (family came over and kids started to play plus my mom put her in underwear) and I learned she is a little shy and prefers not to be watched especially doing a number 2. This underwear thing has me kinda stressing out. >< I am the kind if person who doesn't like to stay home and I feel like I will be trapped in my house for the rest of the summer lol.

kimmyberly26

I was going to start working on this with DD this weekend since we'll be PTing next weekend. I'm going to try having her do it with me. We'll work on pulling our undids up and down together. We'll see if it works.

belladonna11307

I have no advice on the undies - but as far as getting her to go, if you want her to go at certain intervals or times can you try setting an alarm?  That way it's not you telling her it's time to go, but the alarm  Good luck!

lululolo

How often are you asking her to go? I figured out with my DS that I had been asking him so often that I was not even really giving him a chance for him to tell ME. So I gradually spaced out the timing, from every 45 minutes to longer. It didn't take long for him to start telling me once I wasn't asking him so often. Obviously if you are going out, LO needs to try before you leave, etc. I know it is tough and you feel very stuck in the house. I would just remind myself that an accident was theworst that could happen and was always prepared with supplies to clean up if need be.

Five Months to Plan

I do not know if this helps, but with DD it helped if she was wearing dresses. We found pulling down pants/shorts and underwear was to much. She has been wearing mostly dresses (day) and nightgowns(night) for most of the summer. This has really helped her have less to pull down. 

ThatWasAHoot

With our little guy we did it for him for a long while.  We figured we would get the potty part down first.  We trained him in March and now he goes by himself.  He does take his pants and undies completely off, though, since pee sprays everywhere if he doesn't.

ChelsiAnn13

Thanks everyone. We made a tiny bit of progress today but she still doesn't realize she has to pull them down before going. She told me, as she was running to the potty, that she had to go so I rushed and got them down for her.

And I do ask probably to often but she has only agreed to go a hand full of times when I ask. Typically she does just go on her own. She's very stubborn and independent.

We are averaging 3 accidents a day max but most of those are when guests were over or she had undies on so I shouldn't be so stressed, I think she is doing so well.