PT help PLEASE

Travis&Jen

My DD is 2.10 and we are having a really difficult time w/ pt.  We tried going cold turkey to big girl underwear 2 weeks ago (let her pick them out).  She understands that she needs to keep them dry but here's where the problem come in.  She drinks plenty of fluid but can seriously hold her pee all day.  She'll wake up wet and then won't pee until somewhere b/t 4-6 PM and then not go again the rest of the day until sleeping (she usually will have a BM at the same time).  So DH picks her up from daycare tues and they tell him that she hasn't gone all day, he gets home and puts her on the potty and she still doesn't go until right before bath at like 730.  We've tried bribing w/ treats, stickers, etc.  She has only gone 1x on the potty in the 2 weeks and we went to the candy store for her to pick out a treat.  I think that we should hold off for awhile and try again in a few weeks, MH thinks that we should keep going and that she'll get the hang of it.  Any advice or tips would be appreciated. (I've talked w/ her pedi about the lack of going and worrying about a bladder inf and she wasn't too worried-said that some kids will hold it when PT)

KellyMichelle

Have you tried juice to get her to go more often?  DS never gets juice, but we used if for potty training and it makes him have to go more often, especially apple juice. 

HisBetterHalf

When DD first started PTing she would hold it as well.  Sometimes for 5-6 hours.  Then she'd either have an accident or wait until she was in a diaper for nap or bedtime.  I think she just wasn't comfortable with going on the potty.  We totally backed off with everything.  We kept the potty out and underwear available but never put them on her unless she asked.  One morning she woke up and asked for underwear and hasn't looked back snice.  She is now fully PT'd day and night and doesn't wear diapers at all.  The entire process took about 2 months.  My advice would be to back off with it.  The bribes are not going to work.  She has to be comfortable and ready.