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On the topic of the potty - Power struggle and stalling!

TinyPinkBugTinyPinkBug member
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I seriously would have been happy to have lived a few more months with a kid in diapers, but B PTed herself!  She uses the potty as a method of stalling, when dropping Ty off at school, bedtime, middle of the night...  Today she topped it by winning a power struggle with pee!  Now, Tyler has been known to do something like this in the past, but I never expected it from B.  We were trying to get out the door to take Ty to school.  She was dressed, as I tried to get Ty to put his clothes on, she had stripped and proclaimed she needed to use the potty.  Not a big deal.  Until 5 minutes later I checked on her and she had not used to potty but was just hiding under the sink in the bathroom.  I get her out, ask if she still has to go, of course she says yes and that she wants to use her Dora seat.  She quickly runs to the other upstars bathroom and slams the door.  I go in, she runs out to the other bathroom!  Repeat.  I try to put her on the toilet, she refuses and puts her feet together in such a way that they would go into the toilet if I kept trying.  I ask her one more time to go on her own and she runs off.  So, I picked her up kicking and screaming to bring her down stairs and shut the gate.  We have another bathroom plus a little potty down here, so she has options still.  Nope, she wants to go back upstairs, screams potty and swings on the gate!  Next thing I know, she has peed all over the floor and is sitting in it crying!  Ugh!  At some point I had tried to put a pull up on her too, so it was all about winning!  And she won.  But it still didn't end there, she went into the other room screaming as I cleaned the mess and started kicking and throwing around her little potty!  Did I mention we were trying to get out the door to be somewhere?  These kids are going to send me to the looney bin afterall!

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Re: On the topic of the potty - Power struggle and stalling!

  • wendyjwendyj member
    I'm sorry you're having a tough time. Definitely sounds like you're dealing with a lot. Did you happen to talk with her pedi about the other concerns you had about her? Maybe you'll want to mention this as well? She definitely sounds like she has a very strong personality, but maybe there are some strategies you could use with her to make things a little better for you.
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    There is!!!  It's a sub-board of Toddlers 24+.  It's at the top of the board.
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    imageRead2Me:
    There is!!!  It's a sub-board of Toddlers 24+.  It's at the top of the board.

    Doh!  This is supposed to be in the post above. 

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