HELP! PT related

peekaboo716

DD has been in underwear since before Christmas. This week she has had an accident every day and yesterday and today she's had 3! DH is at the end of his rope. I am nearing mine. His suggestion is to put her back on diapers. I disagree. I don't think she is sick. The accidents seem to be when she is preoccupied with something. For example, three days this week at daycare, she had the accidents while they were outside. Any suggestions? Do I need to go back to timing her? She is already nap and night trained too. Gah!

Cbidt's girl

I would just work designated potty times into the schedule for a bit. Get in the habit oc always going before snack and meals in addition to before nap & bed etc.

jettagurl

Have her help clean up the accidents.  Keep it positive.  "We don't want to have to clean up messes, so you should try to go potty now."  Or after she has an accident, "this is so yucky.  I don't like cleaning up accidents, do you?"  I had Nat (when I was PT her even) clean up the pee, wipe the floor, rinse her clothes out, take the clothes to the laundry, get new clothes, and take the trash out to the garage trash.....so it was a lot of work, and I reminded her that by using the potty would keep us from doing all that - and I stressed all the playtimes she was missing, "Ben is playing Legos while we clean up.  He must be having more fun than us." 

I wouldn't go back to diapers - she is obviously on to the clues, she's probably just getting lazy about it.

 

shopgirl78

I wouldn't go back to diapers.   Keep it positive.  Let her help clean up, change her own clothes, and perhaps you can remind her a little more...and praise when she does go! 

ridesbuttons

Stay the course.  Keep her in underwear.  Tell her to go potty before you go outside/get in the car/watch a favourite show...whatever.  Ask the daycare to potty her the same way before heading out.

The novelty of using the potty may have worn off for her, but too bad.  Diapers are for babies and she is a big girl.  Big girls use the potty.

Good luck.

jlw2505

Have specific potty times and also do some sort of reward - did you do this when she was first trained?  When my older DD would have regressions, which by the way are totally normal, we would bring her potty chart back.  Each day she stayed clean and dry, she got a sticker and at the end of the week (or after a few days, whatever you feel will work with your DD) she got a big prize.  We used things like going out for ice cream, a new toy that we had pre-picked out but she didn't get until she reached her goal.  I stuck to bigger prizes for regression vs the Skittle each time she went type of thing and it worked.  My DD typically got past the regression within a week.  My younger DD is wearing undies for the 1st time today and I am hoping it goes well.  Good luck