My 26 month old son has been fully potty trained for a couple of months now. It was great. He always used the potty and always woke up from sleep with a dry pullup. He would wake up an go right to the potty and empty his bladder. However, the last 2 weeks have been a nightmare. All of the sudden, hes not using the potty at all. He just pees and poops where ever he wants to. Im so tired of it. He will take off his pullup and just go where ever. I dont know what to do. Nothing has happened out of the ordinary in our lives and I dont understand why this relapse. He went from a pro to having accidents everywhere. He hasnt used his potty in at least a week. I need adviceon what to do!
For that age I think it was great. But you may need to start over again. He is still young. Maybe something has him out of sorts. Did something change in his schedule or his routine? Its happen to me with my daughter. By the age of 4 is when I was confident that she can go long without having an accident. Good Luck! :)
He is so young.
He has not been toilet trained very long.
He is normal.
Keep in mind, that day time pottying/dryness is a whole different thing from Nighttime dryness. Night time dryness is a different timeline.
Nighttime/nap time dryness, is something that is NOT fully biologically attained, until even 7 years old.
And this is normal.
It has to do with the body's organ maturity.
it is not the child being "naughty."
My daughter was in nighttime diapers, even at 5 years old.
My son is 4.5 years old, and still wears a diaper for naps and bedtime.
Even if they were potty trained already.
Your son, is not bad.
He is still learning.
Children have accidents. It is childhood.
My daughter, at even 7 years old, had nighttime accidents while sleeping. No biggie.
Even ALL of her Teachers, from Preschool, Kindergarten, and 1st Grade, ALL said, kids these ages have accidents. But the parents won't admit it.
Normal.
Your son is real young.
I don't know of any child that age, who was error free with pottying nor do they have complete 100% control over their bladder or bowels, yet.
It is a biological and physiological, attainment.
Each child is different.
My son did the same thing and honestly we just had to wait it out. He potty trained at 27 months on his own accord then at 30 months just regressed (his sister started crawling and we went on a two week vacation at the same time so I attribute it to that but sometimes it's just a battle of wills things). His teachers at school said to not push it and eventually he'll just decide he wants to use the potty again. We put him back in Pull Ups (we never used them for training we did underwear) in December and in just about the past month he decided he's done with pull ups and is now back in underwear and has maybe one accident a week. We would ask every morning since December - do you want to wear pull up or underwear? So it was in his control the whole time. Don't take it personally and don't push it - it just stresses every one out! My son went through a power struggle with us during this time so it must be developmental or something.
Edit to add- we also make him change his own pants when he has an accident. We'll assist with buttons etc. but if he has an accident he has to take everything off himself, put it in the washer (not run it that's just where we keep dirty clothes thru out the week) and put on clean underwear and pants.
Hi D., I have seen this happen when there is a new baby at home... for attention. Have you taken him to the Doctor to make sure everything is all right? He is only 26 months old which is young to be trained.... although some are. Have you asked him why? I guess I'm not much help... I did raise 5 and now have 3 grandchildren..... only my second son reverted when his sister was born...I hope some of the other moms have some suggestions... You may have to wait a while and start over.... Grandma Mary
make him carry his own diaper bag and dont let him go off to play after one of his "accidents". this is not an accident, he is doing this to see if he can get away with it
K. h.
He is 2. At this age, they test EVERYTHING. He is trying to find out if it's okay that he pees wherever he wants. And, of course, you have to make sure he knows that it is not okay, and that the rule about using the potty still stands. He has no choice but to use the potty, period. Don't make a really big deal of it or get mad at him, but do correct him so he knows. He's still little and just doesn't really know all the rules related to the potty yet - keep teaching him! Also, I'd take him out of pull-ups. Toddlers do not see them in any different light than they would a diaper. Put him in "big boy" underwear. Yes, you may have to clean up a little more at first, but he will get the message that this potty thing is for real!
Hang in there, it's not at all unusual:
http://www.thelaboroflove.com/articles/how-should-we-hand...
Keep expecting relapses until he's at least 4! Great that he trained at 2 but that's unusual for boys and he's really little. Start the training over again like you did from the very beginning, or else just let him go back to a diaper until he feels ready again, with your encouragement. No sense pushing it because it's just going to become a battle and in the end will take longer to accomplish.
Good luck!
B.
I had this same problem with my son. Things went great for several months then all of a sudden "WHAM" back to the same old stuff. I removed the pull ups from the situation. The pull ups are meant to hold their pee and poop. While regular underwear will make them feel uncomfortable. After I put my son in regular underwear he wet it once and I haven't had an issue in the two years since. As a little advice to all my friends who are potty training now. I say after they have a full week of no accidents it is time for the pull ups to go. The underwear makes them feel more grown up as well. I put my daughter in underwear a week after no accidents and she has NEVER had an accident.
