Potty Training Set Back - Lockport,IL

My daughter is 4 1/2 now and we went through the same thing when she was 3. Just when we thought we could toss the pull ups she began to have accidents every day, sometimes twice a day. She was in daycare at the time and it seemed to come out of nowhere. I was obsessed at first, trying to ask her a million questions as to why and that seemed to do nothing but put more pressure on her. In retrospect and through the help of Parents.com (magazine and website) I was able to find that this is normal and does not always mean that there is something wrong, medically or emotionally. If you have a chance log on to Parents.com and you can do a search which will give you some links to articles on whatever subject you need. With my daughter, she eventually got over it and we tried to not make a big deal out of it and handled it calmly and just let her know that she would have to wear a pull up until she had a better handle on it. It was terrible for a while because it seemed that every five seconds I was asking her if she had to go potty which probably made her more nervous. It is a hard age because we were worried something was medically wrong but how can you ask a 3 year old if they have a bladder infection. There are signs of course, if she says it hurts when she pees or the pee has a very strong odor, etc.... Good luck.

Hello Erica

Has there been any new changes in your life? A lot of time, children will regress with potty training if they feel the need to take control of some part in their life. Try not to make it too big of a deal and have her help with clean ups. She is too young for punishments, so be matter of fact with the issue. Try the book "Touchpoints." Good luck. I would also talk to your pediatrician because she could have a UTI or be experiencing bladder spasms.

E.
Ihave done daycare for 24 years.Last year I had a 32 month old who was doing the same thing.First we had her see her DR> to make sure there was nothing medically wrong.DR> suggested limiting the ammount of fluid.It was a very stressful 2 months.We finally decided betweenpreschool and spending alot of time outside and some changes at home she was doing it to get attention.We started a little chart with starswhen she had so many stars she would get a special reward.Nothing major.It helps if you remind her that you would like to see alot of stars today.Hope this helps D...

my name is J.. my daughter turned 4 in january. she has been potty trained for some time now. she too started to have "accidences" a few months after being trained. the thing that worked for was to pretend that we had just started and basically start for scratch. it only lasted 2-3 weeks and then after that it was smoothe sailing. i hope this helps.

You should probably take her to the doctor. She may have a UTI.