My daughter potty trained successfully using the 3 day method when she was 2. She was fully potty trained with no day or night accidents. 6 months later we moved, and she relapsed. I wasn't totally shocked, but now we have been in our new house for over a year, and she still isn't potty trained again. I work out of the home, and my husband works from home, so we both direct her equally and try to stay on the same page with our potty training methods, although I believe that I am more attentive to the issue than he is. She knows how to use the potty, but won't admit that she has to go until she is already wet. She will go through about 6 pairs of underwear a day. We have tried taking things away from her, we have tried time outs if she gets we, we have tried rewarding her with stickers, candy, and even presents if she stays dry. We have tried letting her be in control (where she tells us when she needs to go, or leaving it up to her to go to the potty by herself). We even had her medically examined and tests run to make sure that her kidneys were functioning okay. I am totally out of ideas. She will turn four in just a few months, and I am so frustrated and embarrassed that she won't use the potty. We can't even send her to preschool yet because of this problem. I can tell that my daughter is sick of hearing us talk about the potty, and everything has lost meaning and urgency with her. PLEASE HELP!!! I am at my wits end! I'm ready to put her back in pull-ups and dropping the issue all together.
Put her into a cold/lukewarm shower every time she wets/poops herself. Let her know it will happen every time. Make it as miserable as possible- get her in, get her clean and get her out- no fun, no games, just get her cleaned up.
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- mommydaron
on Nov. 11, 2009 at 9:46 PM