Toddler Moms-restarting PT WWS12D

BeebopandBuddy

So I'm sure that some of you remember we started PT when DD turned 2 and, after an epic battle where I threw out everything I could think of, it just didn't work.  She just flat stopped trying, fought us if we tried to take her to the potty and peed EVERYWHERE.  She has continued pooping on the potty sometimes, so that has been ok, and she actually requests to go sometimes when we are out too. We have left her in Pull-Ups the whole time for that reason, so we can at least do it when we can get her to cooperate.

So my question is:  Should we try again at 2.5, which is in September, or should I wait for some kind of sign that she is ready?  She does request to wear her underpants every now and then, but she just pees in them, no matter what we do.  I know she is physically able to do it, but I do not want to go through all of the frustration again.  I'm not sure what to do at this point.  Any advice is appreciated.

PepperStick

I would say, give it another shot soon and see how she responds. For DD, she peed in her underwear a few times but the first time she made it to the potty it clicked and she rarely had an accident after that. This was in Feb/March. So she was just a couple months short of 2.5.

I say, give it a try again and if/when she makes it make a HUGE deal out of it. I never gave DD treats or anything but I clapped and told her how proud I was that she was trying so hard. Then, if it still doesn't click for your DD or she continues to fight, just hold off and keep doing what you're doing for the a month or two and give it another shot. 

 

melody921

I think there's no harm in trying again. You'll know quickly if she's ready or not.

enjoylife

Can't hurt to try again. We struggled a lot of ds1 going back and forth between sometimes diapers/pull ups and sometimes underwear. He also would pee in his underwear so he could change to a different Mickey or Thomas pair kinda like how we'd change diapers. Soooo we did a pants free and underwear free weekend. It made it click more for him. We only had 2 accidents the first 2 days and then none after that. We only put him in cotton shorts when we left the house otherwise he was pantless at home if he got them wet. We told him gma and gpa took his diapers because he was a big boy now. We put disposables on him for night and naptime for a few weeks but now only at nighttime. He does much better when I don't nag or ask him to go, but that may just be his character. Good luck!! PTing can be so frustrating.

damabo80

I'd wait until she is showing more signs of readiness. Everything I've heard or read is that if you wait until then, it's almost instantaneous. If you don't, then it's a long drawn out with lots of accidents process.

msm261

Buy Oh Crap. Potty Training. It's an ebook. I had spiritrd DS1 trained over hurricane Sandy when he was two years three months. I owe DS's success and my calm mental state to that e book. 

bosha711

I would just keep encouraging it, but not force it.

We're in the throws of it now & that has been our approach. He's making good progress, so we're just following his lead. We're also doing stickers as reward.

amandad715

I would let it go for a while, take a break and then pick it back up in the fall. We first tried last summer when DS1 showed signs of being interested,like he said something along the lines of....I want to go on the potty like the big kids (at his day care). He had just turned 2. We let him pick out the seat, he peed a few times and then nothing. So that stint lasted a week. We tried again in the fall when he was not quite 2 1/2 in conjunction with our baby-sitter. Stickers, M&Ms, pull-ups the whole nine yards. Didn't work. Tried again right before Xmas and he would go at the sitter's but it was a battle to even get him to try to go here. So we shelved it.  Again. 

Over my Spring Break in March, we did the Potty Training Boot Camp(ebook). It sucked for that week, but it worked.  DS was 2y10m. 

isacdimi10

Honestly I have no clue. Just want to say I'm in the same boat.

Neither of my older kids are potty trained. We tried with DD a few times but she wasn't ready/is stubborn like me.

We're going to try again but I'm trying to clear up this rash, it would be hard to do cream with underwear. 

As for DS1. The pedi's are telling us we should be starting to potty train him, and apparently some kids on his birth board are potty trained, but I have no idea if cognitively he knows what's going on enough with his bladder/bowels to actually train him.