At my end with this potty training business!

the_future_Mrs.Loggie · June 2013

So, DD has been trained for a few months now (think it was end of jan, early feb or so). It was a rough go at first but she got the hang of it and was a complete pro. She didn't have accidents for the longest time and she was waking up dry in the morning more often than not. Everything was great. the past 2-3 weeks have been hell! Some days are pretty good but other days are horrible. Her accidents range from just a little bit damp while she's running to the potty to her standing in the living room in a massive puddle of pee without a care in the world. This morning so far she's had 2 great big pees (within a half hour of each other) on my couch cushions!!! Both times I caught her sitting there with a big smile on her face when she realized what she did. I don't know what to do with her. I told her many times that if she keeps it up she's going back to diapers and she'll bawl and scream saying she doesn't want diapers she wants panties. When I ask her why she peed she'll say "because I didn't want to go pee". I even took her little potty and put it in the living room so she didn't have to go far but that lost it's appeal after a few hours. I don't know what to do anymore, all I know is I'm tired of cleaning up pee. Any help would be HUGELY appreciated! :-(

sbevmc09 · June 2013

I think in a situation like this I would make her clean herself and the accident up. Not as punishment, not to shame her, and don't treat it negatively, but just to show her cause and effect. You have an accident, whoops! We'll have to stop what we're doing and clean it all up. Help lead her through the clean up process and tell her that next time she'll make it to the potty.

Of course assuming that this is essentially a choice and that there isn't some underlying issue that needs to be addressed, but sounds like it's just a random regression from what you've said.

the_future_Mrs.Loggie · June 2013

Thanks Ladies! I'm having a real bad day with it and hearing from you really helped. Think I might take DD to the store after her nap to pick out stickers for a chart. We tried that when we started but she wasn't interested. Now that she knows what she's doing maybe she'll like it more. Thanks again :-)

lollitots · June 2013

DD #1 regressed at one time, so I feel for you. It sucks. She isn't a people pleaser kid, at all. Stickers and m&ms never work with her (although DD#2 will do anything for an M&M) What worked for us was negative reinforcement. She had to help clean it up (no scolding or yelling, just oops, now we have to clean it up). She wasn't keen on stopping play to clean her messes so the accidents ended pretty quick.

the_future_Mrs.Loggie · February 2014

vlagrl29 · February 2014

cjcouple said:

sbevmc09 said:

I think in a situation like this I would make her clean herself and the accident up. Not as punishment, not to shame her, and don't treat it negatively, but just to show her cause and effect. You have an accident, whoops! We'll have to stop what we're doing and clean it all up. Help lead her through the clean up process and tell her that next time she'll make it to the potty.
Of course assuming that this is essentially a choice and that there isn't some underlying issue that needs to be addressed, but sounds like it's just a random regression from what you've said.

This!!! She is 3.5 according to your siggy. I did this when my oldest was pooping in his undies at that age...it worked so fast. I wasn't angry or upset, I just said "Ok B, I understand there are accidents, and you are learning but you are also old enough to clean yourself up." it worked like a charm.

My mom told me when I was 3 I would pee all over the floor when I was mad. She made me clean it up and I never did it again. Though that situation is a bit different that yours. The only time DD has regressed was when we went on vacation and used a lot of pull ups whereas before it was just panties.

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