Potty Training - Pierceton,IN

I went through the exact same thing with my daughter. My husband and I were seriously giving up becuase we had tried everything. What finally worked was when the time came and we would see her sneak around the corner to go poop, we would go get her (even if she was in the middle of it) and put her on the potty and hope that she could finish, or at least get a little bit in there. When she did we would praise her like you don't even know. I know that you might have heard this before but we would seriously praise her and show her what was in there and tell her it was going to go home with all the rest..But the praising is what worked for us, and believe me it wasn't like it was a go the first time, it took a few times but then she realized how much she like to be praised..She has been wonderful ever since, she will be 5 in July and she has never had an accident..Hope it works for you.
C.

T.,
I am in the same boat with my son, he turned 3 a month ago and we are so far from being potty trained. I feel that we have tried everything as well. We have done the rewards, and the clapping and dancing around like idiots to his amusment...you name it we have tried it! Sorry I don't have any advice to help you but it always makes me feel better to know that I'm not the only one! Good Luck!
Jess

i agree with the last mom. sounds to me like she is trying to get your attention. she is probably jealous of the new baby and sees that you cater to him/her when doing these things and thinks that if she does it too you will pay more attention to her. tell her she is a big girl and big girls go potty in the the potty chair and only babies are supposed to pee and poop in a diaper. tell her if she wants to be treated like a big girl then she has to act like one. until then...treat like you would the baby. when she is ready to act like a big girl and go in the potty, give her back her big girl toys, her big girl panties, and maybe even let her help with some of the baby chores. let her hand yout the soap and wash cloth at bath time, or hand you the diaper and wipes at changing time, let her pat the baies back while you hold it for burping...stuff only a big girl could handle. when she sees how much more fun it is to be a big girl, she will get the picture.

It sounds like she's reverting to get attention. I suggest actually treating her like a baby. Take her big girl toys away, telling her that they are dangerous for babies. Try giveing her baby food and even formula. Tell her that only big girls get to eat..whatever her favorite food is. You an also try takeing her to preschool and letting her see how much fun it is. That she can go if she's a big girl and big girls use the potty.

my advice is to go ahead with preschool, my daughter is three and goes to SJS, she loves it and they are working with her. She was potty trained at two and had surgery and completly stopped. It takes time for them to adjust to such an upset or change in their live. Id say just positive reinforcement. My daughter is finally almoat there again minus the ocasional accidents so I know you will get back there again,just tak to her and explain. I think the preschool will help. good luck!

has she ever had trouble pooping? my little girl was potty trained by the time she was a year old, and she started having trouble pooping, it would come out really really hard, and she would not use the potty anymore because she associated that with the pain, does your daughter have a favorite type of candy or a special movie? because if so, I'm not a big fan of bribing my little girl to do something but sometimes you have to, dont let her have any candy or watch the movie until she goes to the potty, and after she goes eiter give her one piece of candy, or let her watch her movie, its a special treat for going potty, But In my opinion, she might be a little jelous of the baby, and alot of kids when they are potty training and the parents get pregnant, they resort back to being like babies to get even more attention(I worked in a daycare for almost 4 years) I seen alot of that, but I wish you the best of luck with potty training her, oh and if she has any bigger cousins or friends that are potty trained just keep reminding her of what big girls or boys they are!

This is very common for a toddler to regress when they are no longer the center of your universe. When I was pregnant, I started telling my older girl, (3 at the time) that she needed to be my helper. When the baby would cry, I would ask her to give him the binky, pat his head or anything that made her feel like she was an important part of raising the baby. When I changed my son I would ask her to go get a diaper for 'her' baby. Or put his favorite toy into the crib, anything that keeps her involved and not jealous. Toddlers need all the love they can get and they don't stop finding ways to get a little more.
My son, on the other hand, was just like yours and would hide in the closet to poop. It was a search and find mission when he would go missing, you would always find him doing his business. Having him around slightly older boys helped because they would all pee in the pot and everyone could see who the big boys were by what they were wearing. It was a mini version of peer pressure but then I alwaYS have had lots of kids around. I also had to wake him up at 1 am to go and the kid never woke up!!
If you find one really special doll or thing that would just rock her world you can buy it, keep it in the box and up high but make a point to look at it with her. When she wants it bad enough and doesn't feel like she's being left out, she will come around. Also, reminding her that she doesn't want to wear a diaper like the baby?

I know this seems a little harsh but I had to do it to my son. We had to take everything away from him and give him regular underwear. He only pooped his pants one time after that because I made him stand in the tub and clean himself up. After that he had no problems going to the bathroom.

I went through the same thing with my daughter. My mom kept telling me to put her in panties, but I just knew that wouldn't work! But, guess what...It did!! She peed in her panties once and felt how yucky it was and cried for me to clean her up. She never again wet her pants! Sometimes just them feeling them soil themselves is just what they need to realize that they are big girls and need to go in the potty. With pull-ups they don't get that, its just like wearing a diaper!

Anyway, I hope this helps and I will soon be going through it again with our second child! Wish me luck as well!!

~S.

My son is only 14 months so I don't personally have experience with potty training. But I remember seeing a method Dr. Phil uses a couple of years ago. Here is a link: http://www.eztrain.biz/drphil.html
They had a couple of celebrity families use it on the show and it worked for them...yeah I know it was TV but its worth a shot.

The oldest girl I was a nanny for did the same thing. The only thing that worked was taking the diapers and pull ups away. Of course she needs to be night trained. We (I say we because I was with the girls 7 days a week) prepared her by having the last of the pull ups visible to her and told her when they were gone there would be no more. It wasn't easy but when she wanted a pull up to go, the were not any to give her. Everytime she cried for a pull up we put her on the potty. She was mad and held it for four days! but eventually she had to go so finally the morning of the fifth day she went!