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Potty Training Question

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DD will be 2 at the end of November. She has shown interest in the potty both at home and at daycare.  Her teacher suggested bringing in some underwear to daycare.  They  put them on her and take her to the bathroom every 30 minutes.  She's peed through them at least once a day for the past 2 weeks.  Aside from the enormous amounts of laundry I have do to, DD currenlty isn't asking to go potty when she gets home.

Today I decided she isn't ready if she's peeing once/day at daycare.  I didn't send in any underwear but did send in pull-ups to make it easier since I know DD uses the bathroom at school for the majority of the day.

Did I do the right thing?  She's still so young, I don't want to force her and it breaks my heart to know she pees her pants once a day.

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  • Erika6504Erika6504

    Having an accident once a day isn't a big deal.  I wouldn't have stopped sending underwear.  If she's successful the majority of the time then it's a great start.

    We just recently potty trained DD (she'll be 2 mid-Nov) so I don't think your DD is too young.  She needed to go every 30-45 minutes at first and now she is able to hold it and needs to go every hour and a half to two hours.  She'll occasionally tell me but I have to remind her that it's time to go potty.

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  • kada626kada626 member

    I think she is doing amazing if she is only having one accident a day & has only been pt'ing for two weeks. Potty training for us took about a month(or so) and we did it around 20 months(before the new baby). It didn't happen overnight or over one weekend. I think pull ups are too much like diapers so I used either the thick training underwear or regular underwear for dd during the day. I do use the pull ups for nightime sleeping though.

    Only you can say if it's too early but it sounds like she is doing great at it. My dd never asked to go potty in the beginning either. I usually had to act over excited to get her in the bathroom. 

    I would keep it going especially since your daycare seems to be very good about it.

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  • mrshutchmrshutch
    Don't stop sending in the underwear- she just needs practice. I'd still send in the pull-ups as well, but give her more time with the underwear. DD peed right through hers for a little while and then I stayed home for a few days and used the commando method- day 1 was taking off pants and underwear- she was just in a t-shirt. She had a couple of accidents but got used to the idea. By Day 2 she was just in pants but no underwear. I continued to sit her on the toilet every 45 min or so. By Day 4 she was in underwear and pants with no accidents. It's a process, but she'll get the hang of it. BTW, my DD was 2 1/2 by the time she was fully ready to be potty trained. GL to you!
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  • howleyshellhowleyshell member

    Ditto the previous posters - only 1 accident a day is AWESOME at this stage.

    Putting her in pull ups may back slider her into feeling comfortable peeing in her pants again.

    Don't think about her peeing her pants as heart breaking... think of it as LEARNING!!  She needs to learn the difference between wet and dry.  She needs to feel the accident in order to identify the feeling that happens right BEFORE she has the accident so she can learn to tell you that she needs to go. 

    And FWIW - I don't know that I'd expect her to tell you when she needs to go yet.  Just keep putting her on at regular intervals at home.

     

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  • omurrayomurray
    I'd say it all depends on how SHE is feeling about it.  Is she upset by the accidents, just mildly disappointed or not care at all?  I'd say that if she is really upset by them, I'd pull back and wait awhile longer.  If she's just a little disappointed but wants to keep trying, I'd stick with it.  If she is resisting or upset when you take her to the potty, I'd wait awhile longer.  As long as she is interested and not upset by it, I'd keep going.  And, I think one accident a day is fantastic. 
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