Potty Training... Sort Of???

Hi Robyn-
I went through a similar situation with my daughter. She was fine when we were in our home but seemed to have accidents each time we went out. I wanted to give up the whole potty training because it was much more inconvenient to have the accidents nor did I want to be home bound all day.

For us, it seemed that she needed almost to mark her new territory. Even now, we almost always have to visit the bathroom when we are in a less then familiar location. It seems to give her some comfort.

What we did was: get a travel potty, encourage her to use the public ones when in the community and stay positive and encouraging. I would ask her if she wanted the pull up or the panties before we went out. We did not have the rule that you mention, I would let her try to let me know what she needed. I do also recall scaling back on activities in the community if the potty was going to be an issue (shorter trips out, etc)

Hope this helps! You are doing a great job!

My daughter did the exact same thing. I read somewhere, that it is a control issue. Dont know if its true or not, but they said to ask everyday "do you want to wear a diaper or big girl panties today?" So I tried it and it worked. Maybe in your case, only do it when you're about to go somewhere. I also thought my daughter's bladder was really small or something cuz she would have just gone and then pee her pants like 10 minutes later! My MIL was pressuring me to pottytrain her since she was watching her and so I think I just started pressuring her too early.

My son didn't like useing public "big"" pottys so he did the same thing as your daughter, so we got this portable potty seat and used it home for a while and then he didn't have a problem useing it out of the house, but we used pullups as bye bye pants too. I would also suggest getting a piddle pad I think that's what it's called by kiddapodamus it will save you the hassel of taking apart your car seat if there is an accident in the car. I stopped useing pullups at one point and started useing store brand diapers so his choice was be a big boy or wear a diaper and he didn't like that a bit because then he was no different then his baby brother and what fun is that. He'd say "no baby diaper!" and I'd tell him I didn't have any pullups but he could wear underwear and go in the potty if he wanted and it worked well.

Hi Robyn! :)

I used the doll method, "Potty Scotty" with my son. It worked really well!! They learn by teaching the doll. It comes with a manual and it's fast and fun! :)

Good luck!
M.

Hi Robyn,
My opinion is to keep up the good work. Keep encouraging her when she goes to the bathroom. Maybe give her some kind of reward when you are out if she goes in the toliet. I used the mini m&m's, I would just give them a couple not the whole tube. And so what if you have to take an extra change of clothes. I know it's a hassel sometimes but just think, hopefully within a few short weeks, no more diapers!
J.

I went to the doctor last month about this same thing with my two and a hlaf year old daughter. He said that sometimes an infection can cause them to not feel the urge to pee properly and that they can't tell that they have to go until it is too late. He was right! We checked her urine and she did have a small infection. He treated her with antibiotcs(i can't spell) for five days and then we waited another week(drinking lots of cranberry juice just to make sure) and things were much better! I am not saying that your child is sick but if you keep having this problem or if she starts complaining about her potty or tummy, you might want to have this checked out.