Re-potty Training...

Both my daughters regressed. In fact, we're still working with the second one right now. What I found helped with both is just to take away the diapers. It will be messy for the first few days but since they know what to do already they will pick it back up quickly. You may want to wait a few weeks since you have a newborn or do it now and take advantage of the baby taking a lot of naps still. I hope whatever you choose to do works out well and quickly! I know how fustrating it is.

I would let her go when she's ready. My daughter did the same thing. She was all excited about the "big girl potty" and went for the entire weekend we introdued it to her and for a few weeks following but soon she wanted to wear diapers (this was in Feb). This was all before she turned 3. My husband and I moved to Leander, TX from Tulsa, OK at the beginning of April & a few weeks for the move date, she all of a sudden stared to use the potty again. And, by her 3rd birtday (4/25) she was potty trained except for night time, which she still wears an overnight pull-up. Give it time and don't push her as she'll come around. She already knows about it and when she's ready she'll go. Of course give her little hints here and there and encourage her but don't push her too much! Good luck!

My middle child (also Hailey, spelt diff) did the same thing when baby came along. I didn't push it. It seemed forever. But, I finally put her in panties and had her help me clean up the mess. But what I think really did it was the direction her preschool took (she's in 3 days a week) They would let her visit the older class some, but would not let her move up till she stopped having accidents. It only took a few days once they started that. A friend of mine sort of took the same aproach. He was not allowed to go swimming until he went on the toilet. Again in only took a few times of that till he decided it was time to start going regularly again on his own. So maybe find something she really enjoys and tell her can't do it till she goes on the toilet.

A. - I wouldn't push it. It is so easy to get concerned about things that will most definitely take care of themselves. Nobody has ever gone to college in a diaper!

Dear A., your 2 y/o daughter is already telling you how this is going to run. With the arrival of baby, she naturally had to take a back seat. Because she sometimes takes herself or asks for help if she wants, she knows what she is doing and is trying to show you that she is in the drivers seat on this one. When the newness of baby sis winds down, she'll return to pottying consistently. When my son was born, my 2 yr old daughter was completely trained and in panties. She pottied without assistance. Then she started hiding and pooping Under baby's crib! LOL She outwardly loved him but inside she was ticked that he was taking her limelight. Spend more one on one time with Haylie and tell her things that are special about a big girl that a baby can't do. Don't scold her about the pottying. HTH C.

She's still young, I think it's OK to let her take the lead. You don't want her to have anxiety over the potty. MY 4 YO does and I feel like she'll NEVER be potty trained.

I had three by the time I was 26 also! My girls are 5,4,3,1 and I've been married 6 years!

I think you still have plenty of time to get this taken care of if she just turned two... but I swear by the book Potty-training In A Day. It worked for my kids, and other children (as a cooperative project w/ parents willing to be consistent) during my time as a full-time nanny. You may have to go to Amazon. It's an oldie, but a goodie.

This is what worked for us. My daughter turned 2 in January and in March (or February), I woke up one morning and said "this is the day". I got panties out of the drawer and never put another diaper on her. After about a week, she did really great about going in the potty as she didn't like the feeling of wet panties. We've had some accidents since then, but we are down to maybe one a week (usually less). We also had a baby born in December so it can definitely be done.

That happened to me too. One day my son decided that he "did not want to grow up anymore." I think is was missing the diaper time my daughter was now getting. I just put him in pull-ups and then one day (after a weekend around an older child), just started using the potty again. Pushing him only added stress on him and me so I just succumbed and the problem quickly corrected itself. At his timing.

Good luck.

You bring the consistancy. She is a big girl now and you know she knows how to do this on her own. Her regression is attention from you that is in my opinion negative. She needs to be the best she can be and if she already had this potty training down and is regressed then she is not living up to her full self. I know it seems much for such a little tike but she already proved she was higer developed than what she is acting. when she asks for help tell her to do it herself and you wont be helping. not in those words thats a little harsh for a bitty girl! good luck and God bless.

They're not truly ready (without regressing) until age 3. So, keep working with her. Don't force it and be patient.

I've potty trained a couple of girls in my toddler class. I also successfully potty trained my boy (which was a nightmare). What I found is if you put them in a diaper, they know what it is and they know what they're for. And they'll use it for just that. Although there are exceptions such as long car rides and naptime and nighttime..keep the child in undies...and as SOON as she wets or poops change her into clean undies. That alone is discipline enough because you're pulling her away from her play (which is probably what kept her from going to the potty in the first place) She will soon realize that either way she'll have to go away from her play but it takes a lot less time to potty..than to change clothes... Also keep taking her every 30-45 minutes or so just to check if she'll let some come out in the potty..And don't forget to praise, praise, praise if she does go!

Good luck!

Hi A. ,
ok baby is weeks now but Haylllie back on a potty training course aginn as you know being consist ,no one needs 2 kids in diapers its cost $8.00 in gas just to get to the store and back ,then buy 2sizes of diapers ,load an unload 3 kids in and out of the car 6 times

L.