Potty training - almost done ...
By ebsharer
@ebsharer (5515)
United States
October 16, 2008 10:53am CST
My daughter is 22 months she has been using the potty faithfully for about a month now. We had NO issues teaching her about the potty. Now here we are about 6 weeks into it and she is having accients.
So my question is what do I do when she has an accident?
For example last night I put her on the potty she didn't go. She got off the potty walked in the living room and peed! What do I do with that?
Second She was watching TV and peed her paints. What do I do with that??
So HELPPPP PLEASE!!!
6 responses
@sedel1027 (17846)
• Cupertino, California
16 Oct 08
First off, you are doing super good. To have a kid that will even try to potty train at the age of 2 is a miracle! Most kids don't bother until they are closer to 3, or older.
As far as peeing while watching the TV, she is just distracted and doesn't realize she has to go. That is up to you to keep track of.
Accidents are going to happen and you don't want to punish her for it. When it happens don't make a big fuss, but make her help you clean up the mess.
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@ebsharer (5515)
• United States
5 Nov 08
I know she is young to be potty trained but she was ALL for it so we went with it. She is doing okay now. I know not to punish her for having an accident when distracted. My issue is when I put her on the potty at say 12:00 she doesn't go then at 12:05 she goes in her pants ... What do I do then??
@McKenziesMommy (1)
• United States
15 Nov 08
I am having the same issue with my 2 year old daughter. She has been potty trained for about a month with very few accidents. Yesterday she was playing in her room and yelled out to me that she was yet. This morning she was at the table eating breakfast and peed. Later on she was playing and did it again. I have been asking her if she has to go potty and she says no and then 5-10 min later pees her pants. Before this we never even had to ask her if she had to go potty. She would just tell us everytime. Please let me know what we should do when she does pee her pants.
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@ronaldinu (12422)
• Malta
5 Nov 08
I would make her go on the potty as soon after she eats or first thing in the mornings when she wakes up. Or else bring the potty in the room where she is watching tv. This could save her any accidents :)
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@ebsharer (5515)
• United States
5 Nov 08
We put her on the potty all the time. For a month she was going just fine and most of the time telling us she had to go before we even asked. Now she stopped going on the potty. The other day I put her on the potty she didn't go. 5 minutes later she peeded her pants - what do I do with that?
@SydneyHazelton (4586)
• Singapore
16 Oct 08
I'm still trying to train my daughter to use the potty. In the beginning, she did not want to even sit on it. We never forced her. Nowadays she sits on it but still nothing comes out. And she will only sit on it for like 5 seconds. Maybe I need more help here. About accidents, I think you need to ask yourself whether there was any changes in her life lately. I'm guessing since I have not fully trained my daughter. Is she having some anxiety or somethign that lead to teh lapses? BUt whatever it is, you need to be patient and not scold her or it will make her more anxious about it.
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@ebsharer (5515)
• United States
16 Oct 08
See my daughter was excited to use the potty! She started using it before we were ready! We put the small potty out about 6 months before we started her on it that way she would get used to it. When we first put her on the potty she was more then excited to go! She was trained in a few days. After the first week she was in underwear 90% of the time. She even gets up at night to go potty! So I don't understand her change. I KNOW not to scold her I don't scold her over any thing there is NO need for that! She is a wonderful, very well behaivded child. I just don't know what to do with the accients.
@jmischke (6)
• United States
16 Oct 08
Some kids can progress really fast and if something changes they can go through a degress stage. both my daughters went through it. They lose interest. You are doing very good for getting her potty trained so early. Just be patient with, try and give rewards if she remembers to go. Start the process all over and put her on the toilet every hour until she remember to do it by herself. I did that with my little boy and he had it figured out in 2 days and was doing it by himself after that.
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@ebsharer (5515)
• United States
16 Oct 08
Yes we have talked about putting her on every hour again. I guess we are going to have to. We had another accident this morning. I just don't know what to do when she has an accident. When she did last night I just said to her "Lu you pee pee in the potty not in your pants" and we changed her and she went about her way. Is that enough?? I mean should I do some thing else? We do give rewards every time she does go on the potty and she doesn't get one if she has an accident. I guess I am wondering how you explain to a 22 month old not to go in there pants.
Worse part was she spent all day yesterday in her underwear. Even went to the grocery store in them! Then we get home I put her on the potty and nothing. Not 5 mins later she peed in the living room!
