Um, yeah, another potty related question...

BabyHatch

Feel free to ignore this or dissociate if you are totally over talking about peeing/pooping. Unfortunately, this is a major focus in my life right now.

We had a pretty successful time with potty training last week; she now tells us every time she has to go potty at home and even when we're out. Yay! Today she went back to preschool and since she'd been doing so well we sent her in big girl underwear.

When we picked her up, they said she had an explosive poo in her underwear and then peed on herself during lunch.  They then put her in a pullup (she had run through the 2 extra pairs of underwear I sent) and when I picked her up she had developed a raging rash, some of it just from the rubbing of the pullup. Argh. Since getting her home this afternoon, she's gone back to telling me she has to go potty, no accidents, etc. She also tells me "my rash hurts." Heartbreaker.

I anticipated this today since she's in a new classroom, new teachers, etc. It's hard to tell someone you have to go potty when you don't know who to tell, right?! I'm thinking that this is just an adjustment period and I should continue to send her in with underwear. Can someone validate (or dispute) this choice?  DH was just sent away on a work trip for an undetermined amount of time and I guess I'm missing my sounding board/voice of reason.

rubride

My DD had similar issues at school, and still continues to have some accidents if I've had her out of school for a while (e.g. vacation). We don't revert back to diapers/pull ups - I keep sending her in underwear. At every drop off I remind her to tell Ms. <insert teacher name> when she needs to go to the bathroom. I look forward to the day when I don't need to worry about constantly reminding DD!

Good luck and hang in there!

Artslvr

BabyHatch:

I anticipated this today since she's in a new classroom, new teachers, etc. It's hard to tell someone you have to go potty when you don't know who to tell, right?! I'm thinking that this is just an adjustment period and I should continue to send her in with underwear. Can someone validate (or dispute) this choice? 

Totally!!  It's very likely that you're right.  Mainly because I need the same validation - my DD #2 went through her first day of preschool yesterday with no accidents, and today?  Two accidents.  She never ever has accidents at home, though she did have them at her in-home DCP's house over the past few weeks, so we are chalking it up to the fact that this is a HUGE change for her and it may take weeks to adjust.  I just hope her school is understanding - they kids are supposed to be 100% potty trained.  When DD #1 started at the school at the same age, she had zero accidents. 

Kids are resilent, but then again, small changes can affect them deeply and throw them for a loop. 

Hang in there!

BabyHatch

Thanks, ladies. I appreciate the support! I'll let you know how today goes...fingers crossed! :-)