My DD is 2 1/2 for the last 2-3 weeks she has been doing great with going to the potty. The only problem is she will not have any accidents at all if you keep her bottom bare. If you put on a diaper, pull-up, or real undies she will pee in them. She also doesnt even have to be reminded, if she is bare bottomed. I just keep letting her go (at home) with a bare bottom and then if we go out we do a pull up and she will do fine for a while then she will pee in them, have any of you had this with your little ones? I hate to put diapers back on her but I dont want to rush this process.
Thank you for any mom advice you have for me.
Yes, you have to put her in undies and give her time to learn how to read the signals with clothing on.
Do not put her in diapers. Put her in Gerber trainers and let her have accidents. Be super supportive, and she will get it in a few weeks.
My guy will be 3 in April, but at 26 months we were in undies at home and when we went somewhere, (diapers only at night) and if he wet them we changed them and he learned. I took a change of clothes and undies in case of accidents, used waterproof pads in the car seat, and after the first couple of them away from home he began to tell me he needed to go potty before he had an accident, he didn't want anyone seeing him in wet bottoms ; ) I just expected him to "get it" and he did and I don't feel he felt "rushed."
Put the little girl underwear on her and if she has an accident then start over and remind her gently. No diapers, No pull ups. They are a signal to them that it's okay to go in them. If you go out somewhere you could use the pull ups until you can trust her for a longer time. Praise her when she goes awhile dry in the underwear and keep at it. It won't take long.
Apparently this is pretty common. You could try letting her go commando for a while.
Put the panties on her. Explain that we don't poop and pee in panties. Then expect to do a lot of laundry for a short time. You may still want a pull up or diaper cover for going out for a while, and I'd put the protection over the panties so she still feels wet when it happens. When she can do short trips without a pull up, then take a portable potty in the car for longer trips.
Also, even if she doesn't think she needs to go, have her "try" before you go out, before or after meals, etc. Normal times when it's good to see if something needs to happen. I tell DD, "We are all going to go potty one more time because you can't potty in the car." I do take spares but rarely need them. Remember spare SOCKS too.
I think she will be "panties only" in the next month, though nighttime may take longer.
For those with 3s - they'll get it. It just takes time. Everything suddenly clicked with DD shortly after turning 3 and now she is doing GREAT. Some kids need more time.
My son was the same way and it just took time. I still put a pull-up on him to go certain places if the car trip will be long, or if there won't be an easily accessible bathroom, but it's only been very recently that he will not just pee in the pull-up and will instead ask to find a bathroom. I'd say it was six months or so of being pretty much trained before he stopped peeing in pull-ups when we used them.
She will get it eventually. Good luck!
I dont have any advice but that is the exact same way my S. is. He will be 3 in April. He only wears pull ups now. I'll be interested in the other answers you get. Good luck.
