Potty Trained 3 Yr Old Daughter Wetting Pants Constantly!

Hi,
I know exactly what you are going through. My daughter will be 4 in January and for the past 5 mo. or so has been doing the same thing.
She has been potty trained since 2 and 1/2.
Like you said, sometimes she's just to busy with playing etc... and doesn't want to go. We think some of it has to do with getting attention because she has a new little brother who just turned one.

We even ended up at the doctor to give a urine sample to make sure she didn't have an infection.
The doctor said some kids just do this.

We started a potty training chart and each time she goes on the potty she gets a sticker. After so many stickers she gets to open a present. (You can get several at the dollar store so you don't spend an arm and a leg) or maybe give her a couple of m&m's or some other snack she likes
after she goes

We tried sending her to her room when it happens but it seems to make her very mad. I read in a magazine that you should never punish your child for a potty accident. You should have them change themselves.

We started setting a timer for every 30 min. and this helps a-lot. Sometimes she says she doesn't need to go but I still insist she goes. And she does.
Since setting the timer, she is doing better:)and will go several days withhout an accident.

Good luck!
I H. this helps:)

Have you checked out if she's got a urine infection?

Have there been any big changes in her life recently? Or even small ones? My son started with potty problems when he started back to school, actually weeks before he started preschool...the thought of preschool started it. When you see her jumping tell her to go in and go to the bathroom vs. asking her if she has to go. Just say its potty break time, no more playing with toys until you take a potty break. We also did time outs on the potty. When he peed his pants, he had to sit on the potty for 4 mintues (his age) and think about what he could have done differently in order to avoid having an accident in his pants. It wasn't really I'm mad at you punishment, I didn't call it a punishment, I called it refection time. He thought about it for 4 minutes, and then we spent time discussing what he could have done to avoid the accident, and what those around him (either I or teachers at school) could do to help him out. Discussing responsibility in the issue, and who was responsible for what helped out a lot. (Just beware, we started responsibility here and he has picked it up EVERYWHERE..."mommy I forgot my lunch, and I know it was by my bag and it's my job it grab it, but If you could have not rushed me so much this morning or maybe checked to make sure I had it I wouldn't have forgotten it. Maybe tomorrow we should get up 10 minutes earlier.")

My daughter use to do this and my son started to do this. I would tell her and him that it will be there when they get back. The big thing with my kids is that they are so close in age that they were afraid that each other would take over whatever they were doing.

I told them that they could ask me to watch it until they got back to make sure it was they way they left it.

M.

My daughter will be three in december and potty trained and several months ago she wet her pants all day long. I didn't understand since she always goes on the potty. The next day she said it hurt to pee. It ended up she had a urinary tract infection. After several days and some antibiotics she was back to herself.

If your noticeing her cues for having to go to the bathroom, just take her. When she gets back to what she was doing before just say something along the lines of nothing moved, it all waited for you to go potty (since I am sure your 16 and 15 y/o wont play with her toys!) Eventually she should just start going. If it becomes to bad try putting a pull up or something back on her. I know that seems like a step a backwards but she may view it as that too and decide on her own to go by herself. My son does this mostly when he is playing out side. He will just continue to play and pull down his pants and pee whereever! Its somewhat embarrassing but we have a tree lined back yard and nobody can really see him (except when he does it in the front yard!!!!!)
Good luck
S.

the fact that she has been potty trained for a while makes me think she may have some pain when going potty, maybe a bladder infection...and that's why she's resisting. Try increasing her water intake and give her cranberry juice to clean her out...if it doesn't get better in a couple days then take her in to see her doc and get antibiotics. I H. it gets better fast : )

My son did the same thing- I thought we were done with the potty training and then all of a sudden we were going through 3-4 pairs of undies a day. I found the best thing to do with him was to take his underware off. I found that if he peed and it didn't have anywhere to absorb he wouldn't do it. I do think its that they just get too busy- he would head to the bathroom after a little came out. After a week or 2 of no underpants thought he stopped. Good luck- I know its frustrating!!