Potty Training & Reverting?

Oh yes, I remember this. Two steps forward and one step back. Just leave her in the pull ups for now and don't make a big deal about any of it. My guess is she will decide to start using the potty again within a month or so.

E.,
It is normal and will pass. Talk to her about only babies pee in there pants and keep her in regular underwear. It will be a pain for a while but she will stop evenually.
She what she is thinking. Talk to her she might just need some one on one time without brother along. Reward her for going in the potty and take her to a movie and lunch when she has reached her goal.
Good Luck,
C. B

Hi E.:

Have you had any major changes in your household over the last week, such as being away more than usual, friends or relatives visiting? Changes in the day-to-day routine can cause set backs. You might try having her sit on the potty on a schedule (like every two hours). If she doesn't want to do it, gently coax her but don't fight about it, that will just make the situation worse. Also, she may be dealing with a low grade urinary tract infection, so you may want to check with her pediatrician to rule this out.

Hi E.,maybe your daughter is drinking alot more liquids and then having to go more.It could be a bladder infection,which the doctor could test her for,or it could be a result of nervousness.Does she feel anxious or afraid of anything.Adults often have the urge to go often when those things appear.Sometimes,kids are distracted by playing and forget they have to go until it's too late.Hope some of these suggestions help.Also,does she drink a large amount of juice or do you give her soft drinks? I know coca cola,pepsi etc. can be hard on both kids & adults bladders.Good Luck.JK

Hi E.,

Although I agree with this being normal sometimes. I also think a trip to the Pediatrician to rule out a bladder infection would be a good idea. Since it happens suddenly and she has the urge but then doesn't want to sit and go, it may be because it is hurting or burning her. Or she has a constant urge, and can't tell when she really is about to go. She may not be able to express that in words. Does she have a low grade fever? She may not until an infection gets really bad.

I hope this gets better really fast!
Take Care,
J. at www.everymotherandchild.com

My daughter is the same age as yours and she has been potty trained for about 4 months now. She still has days like that. When she starts playing with other kids, she gets so busy playing that she forgets, or she decides to wait until she doesn't have time to get there. It's normal. Also, when we change her rotten dramatically she starts having accidents again. (Like when we went to visit my parents for a week) good luck! and don't worry too much, though I know it's a pain! :)

I think this is fairly typical, especially with a younger sibling around.

Have you asked her about it? Kids are usually very honest at this age. Just a simple, "Why do you think you haven't been able to make it to the potty lately?"

I would also suggest having her help you clean up the mess, and staying as matter of fact about the accidents.

"Well, that's a bummer. Now we have to clean it up." Afterwards, I would make him stand in the bathtub to wait to get rinsed off as I finished up. I wasn't mean about it, just asked him to wait. It wasn't very fun for him, and he got the consequences.

I agree with the previous poster, I would put her back in underwear or you might have months of reverting, instead of a week or two.

Actually reverting back is very normal. She is very young and doing GREAT! I have a 3 and 4 yr old both potty trained. My oldest is my son and he was so hard and he reverted back and my daughter was super easy and she was actually 2 1/2 when all the sudden she had accidents of #1 and #2. I was so shocked because she pretty much potty trained herself.

My suggestion though is do not give the pull ups back. She needs to be feeling when she goes and I am not saying yell at her but when she has an accident take her to the potty and have her sit there while you get her changed and tell her we use the big potty now. More than likly its just a stage and if anything abnormal is going on this can cause her to regres back to having accidents.

Good luck I have found potty training to be such a challenge and my two are close in age so it was like back to back for me!

I think it is normal. At least that has been my experience. My son was 2.5 plus and was potty trained even at night. Doing great. Turned 3, still great. Then a few months after turning three, he just started having accidents mostly during the day. Some weeks were accident free, others every day. We have found when we are vigilant about reminding him, he willingly goes. I think he gets so busy that he forgets and then has an accident. We try not to make a big deal about, just keep reminding him and insisting that he at least try to go. His teacher says it is normal and that going to the bathroom is the one thing children have complete control of - so they may use that control. Or they just forget to go. We also carry an emergency change of clothes in the car, stroller, etc. just in case so if there is an accident it doesn't ruin our day. We find the accidents happen more at school where he is busy or on the 2 days he naps there may be missing his mom and dad? Anyway - I think it just takes time. She is still young and try not to get upset about it. Just talk to her about it calmly - clean her up and be prepared! Good luck.