Still Having Accidents

6 year olds are so busy with the world that sometimes going into the bathroom just isn't important--until it is too late!

Maybe try to remind her to go use the bathroom at specific intervals so that she doesn't get to that point of not being able to make it to the bathroom. Use positive reinforcement--stickers or something small--to celebrate establishing that routine.
Good luck!

(LOL--be glad you don't have a 6 year old boy who just goes on a nearby tree if he doesn't make it to the house-even if the neighbors see him!)

Have you tried chiropractic care? I was just told by my kinesiologist last night that many times a child had accidents because their c7 vertabrae are out. It is worth a try?

My daughter went threw this also. I had to put her on medication for the bed wetting at night. Which after 2 months of medication...she didnt need it anymore and was doing fine. But she was still wetting her pants during the day. Too busy playing etc. I tried everything I could think of. Reminding her constantly. Finally I had enough of it and I told her that from now on when she wets her pants during the day, she will be punished. I either made her go to bed half hour early, or took her night time snack away. Nothing too drastic. This worked really fast too!! After the second time of being punished she knew I wasnt playing and she stopped wetting her pants.

J.
Do not fear, all children go through this. Both of my daughters went through phases of this and at different ages. They get too busy playing outside with friends or they get too busy watching a movie or something and the next thing you know, they've had an accident. Children do this and it's nothing you have to worry about. What it usually takes is for your child to really start feeling uncomfortable with either the soiled or wet underpants on. When they finally get to this point, they will begin making it to the restroom on time and the accidents will stop. I thought mine were done with the accidents, nothing happened for months and then, out of no where, they'd be outside with the neighbor kids, playing and when they finally came in, the pants would be wet. I was beside myself, asking them every five minutes, "do you need to go to the rest room" it got me no place, then out of no where again, it stopped. It became obvious to me that it was the fear of someone their own age seeing them with wet pants or just the fact that they feel awful wearing them. It sounds crazy but this was the case with my children, neighbors children, neices and nephews....the list runs on an on. Don't worry, it will end.

My son did that when he first started school. He would get so involved that he'd forget to go until he couldn't hold it any more. It may be that she needs more reminders to go like every hour or so until she remembers to go on her own. The accidents at night will stop on thier own. Good luck!!!

You said you've tried some different things, so it's hard to give advice when I don't know specifically what you have tried, but I'll tell you what worked for me. I've been going through the exact same thing with my five-year-old daughter. She too will get so involved in playing that she'll neglect going to the bathroom and have the occasional accident. It's been a chore, but I've had to do quite a bit of coaching to get her to go sooner than later. If I see her really engaged in something, I will remind her that she needs to go before she's ready to pee in her pants. The accidents at night were cured by not allowing drinks at bedtime, coupled with the manditory potty before getting into bed, but I'm afraid it might take some hard work on your part to get her to go during the day. My daughter hasn't had an accident now for about two months, but I know how you feel. It's more frustrating the older they get, but don't be discouraged. Every kid is different, not better or worse.