I need potty training help please

CRAZY-IN-LOVE06

Aric started potty training at the end of september. we did the technique where you do it in one weekend, filling them with liquids and having them run around in under wear. it worked great for him and by the end of the weekend he was pretty trained (except #2).

he did very well for the next month. even got down #2. we bought him a toy that he loves and gets to play with when he goes poop in the potty. if he poops in his pants it goes up on the shelf until he poops in the potty again. this also worked really well for us.

I have stopped working for 2 weeks now, so I dont know if he is trying to adjust to me being home and not going to day care or what. but he just wont go anymore. If I ask him it almost takes a time out to get him to go. and it shouldnt be that way. he is now in pull ups (which I hate) but he was soaking clothes multiple times during the day on the couch.. wherever. its like he is going backwards.

any ideas on how to remotivate him? maybe this weekend I should get him back into underwear?

btw, he is turning 3 on sunday so I think he is of a good age.

WBs_Bride

We are going through a similar thing with DD--she had been pretty well trained for 2 months now, and in the past week she's had several accidents--3 in one day last Saturday. But you know, DH was away on business last week, and although she didn't seem off, I'm guessing that's what it was, just like I'm guessing the change is what's going on with your son. It might be because you're home with him all day now and the adjustment is throwing him for a bit of a loop. I would not go back to the pull-ups, because I think that might make him go backwards even further. Just force him to keep getting on the potty every hour or 2, especially after he drinks. I know you know this already, and I know it's a battle with DD, too--but I just remind her that "today we'll have no accidents, right?" And that makes her go--reluctantly, but she goes. Then I make a big deal about how easy it was, and how great she's doing, and you just get right back to playing...blah blah. We've been accident-free 2 days in a row now, after about 5 straight days of accidents. Good luck!

CRAZY-IN-LOVE06

thanks... maybe I was the one that needed encouragement! I know he can do this... and I really wanted him trained wellbefore the baby comes to avoid problems then but I think if he gets thrown for a loop with me being home, it will definitely happen when a new baby comes home.