3 year old prviously toilet trained now regressing- HELP!

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amother

Sun, Apr 26 2009, 5:42 pm

My daughter who was just 3 has been toilet trained for the day for about 8 weeks. Since Pesach she keeps on having accidents #1-. It's as if she totaly forgot what to do. If I put her on the toilet, every 1-2 hours she will go- but I cant remember, she keeps on having accidents, and besides why has she forgotten to go?- ? No life changing events occured here, I tried prizes, and Im ready to put her back in a diaper-even though I really wont - but I feel like it as I am sick of doing laundry. By the way, shes doing the same thing in playgroup. Why would a kid regress for no apparent reason? My other kids never did this. Help!!!

NotInNJMommy

Sun, Apr 26 2009, 6:22 pm

My son regressed...I thought it was bc of some transition going on, but regardless, I found that a)if I reminded him on time and b)emphasized that he's a big boy and he has self control and I'm so proud that he can stop his playing and go do what he needs to do yadda yadda....it really worked.

oh, and don't yell or get mad...in my experience, even if it was only bc for the umpteenth time being woken up at night to clean up pish....and we really tried to hide it but some frustration would leak out....well, it just made it worse.

anonymom

Mon, Apr 27 2009, 11:08 pm

I have the same thing. My son was trained about 4 weeks ago. The last 3 weeks he had maybe one or two accidents in all, and then suddenly today, he had 4 in 1 day. I don't know what to think. (He's two and eight months.)

mummy-bh

Tue, Apr 28 2009, 5:47 am

I had this with a couple of my kids. Basically, what happens is the novelty of going to the potty wears off and they aren't getting praised any more (or to the same extent) as they were when they first started going, so they get bored of the whole toilet thing. Also, they become absorbed with a task they are dioing and 'forget' to go, even though their body is telling them they need.

You need to keep reminding/asking them every half hour or so, and get them to sit on the potty every hour or two. And keep up the praise!

Wed, Apr 29 2009, 7:51 pm

My response got deleted, so I will try to reconstruct:

Dd lost interest in toileting once the novelty wore off. We got organized with behavior modification: she got a sticker on her chart at lunch, snacktime, dinner and bedtime if her panties were dry at those times. As her performance improved (over a period of many months, I may add), we reduced the number of stickers to two, then one daily. We continued the sticker chart for a while after she was consistently successful to reinforce the correct behaviors. The stickers seemed to be adequate reward; although once she was dry for a whole month, she got a prize (cute new panties). Even years later, her doctor had to instruct her to use the toilet regularly during school hours. It seems some kids either don't feel the urge as much, or are able to ignore it. Hope that helps!

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