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So frustrated!!

marhar7106marhar7106 member
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Dd initiated potty training about 2 months ago. She had been showing an interest in the potty for a while and then she started telling me when she needed to go. She was doing great! We bought pull-ups, which I know a lot of people say aren't useful, but she really felt like a big girl wearing them and was even keeping them dry. She did great for a little while, having minimal accidents. Now she uses pull-ups like diapers, so we decided to move onto underwear. We let her pick her favorite characters and made a big deal about her big girl underwear. She doesn't tell us anymore when she needs to go potty and even when I ask her all throughout the day, she almost always says no and she's already on her 3rd pair of underwear today and she's only been up for an hour and a half. I don't know if I just keep doing what I'm doing and hope she picks it back up or if you ladies have some helpful suggestions for me. She just turned 2 in January and I don't want to show her that I'm frustrated, but I am. We wouldn't be pushing her to potty train except that she was showing an interest and she knows when she needs to go, so we figured we should keep up with it. Any help is greatly appreciated!! TIA:)
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Re: So frustrated!!

  • WiggleBabyWiggleBaby

    for us, underwear is still a huge fail - she's been PT for 5 months and still goes commando!!!!  anyway the 3 day PT method we followed (and worked great for us) mentions to avoid underwear, that it feels like a diaper and they will still go in it.  i think that is why my DD hates it, she thinks she's a big girl now and doesnt need anything on that feels like a diaper.

    anyway maybe that will help you?  try keeping her pants off for a couple of days at home, every time she starts to go, rush her to the potty.  eventually she'll get the hang of it!   i know some methods say to just keep changing the underwear until it 'clicks' but i wonder if that just doesnt work for some kids.

    also, we never can ask her if she needs to go.  if we ASK, she will always say no.  we read to phrase it instead like this: "remember to tell mommy if you need to go potty".  not a question.  so it's in her hands, and sometimes just 30 seconds after i say that , she's say "mommy, potty!!"  - she wants to be in control.

    good luck!

     

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