I am looking for some kind of training pants that are not made of diaper material. I want my toddler to feel uncomfortably wet, but not mess up the carpet or furniture. I really can't take any chances of much leaking because we are currently staying with realtives until we can find our own place. The pull-ups don't seem to be working at all. Here is what has been happening:
My almost 3 year old could be potty trained if she chose to be. She does great with going pee and poo on the toilet - BUT ONLY IF WE TELL HER TO. We usually have to fight her a bit to get her to go to the toilet, but once she does, she usually performs. The problem is that she really seems to prefer a diaper or training pants. It does not bother her at all to pee in her pull-ups. She could care less. She will never tell us when she has to pee, and denies that she has to go when we ask her. She will sometimes tell us when she has to poo, but could be just as likely to hide out and poo in her pull-ups. She wants to be changed immediately if she has a poo diaper, but the icky feeling is not deterring her much. When I let her wear big girl panties, that doesn't really stp her from pooing either. She gets lots of praise when she goes on the toilet, but she still fights us when we ask her to go. She does not want to be bothered or dtop what she is doing to go to the bathrrom. So I need some underpants designed to keep her "aware" of her potty and poo. Those wet strips in pull-ups don't help at all.
Please help!
Thanks for everyone's advice and encouragement. I checked out some of your suggestions on-line and i found a product to order that i think will hopefully help her feel it when she is wet, but prevent her from making a mess in our relative's home. Thanks!
Hannah Andersson makes great training underwear that is more absorbent and also a company called Little Beetles.
Try 3daypottytraining.com. I swear it works. It costs $25 and you need 3 consecutive days at home with your little one. I have friends that have also tried this and it worked for them as well. Good Luck :)
You can try putting training cloth underpants next to his skin, then top it off with a pull-up. This should work ok. Good luck, and remember, kids will potty train eventually no matter what! It seems like foreve while it is happening though!
M.
I am not sure where you live. You can check out Tiny Tots in Campbell or www.tinytots.com. They are a cloth diaper service with a boutique. I used to purchase all my cloth training pants from them. You can check out their options on line. The associates give out great advice as well.
Good luck.
Broken keyboard - bear with me pleaze! The "$" came off.
You will have to tell her to go for about a year. My kid (boy) at 4 forgetz to pee a few timez a month, u$ually when he iz completely involved with a "project" like building a lego city or a puzzle - al$o if he iz ill - I think the cold medicine or Motrin reduced the feeling of urgency....maybe.
Anyway - patience - thi$ kid i$ different than your olde$t, don't expect her to do thing$ the $ame way or at the $ame pace!
Oh, 1 more thing - I've noticed my $on will hold hiz pee if we are away from home - he HATEZ public bathroomz - unle$$ they are really clean and fancy like Nord$trom - AND they have to $mell like potpourri. I think he getz it from my OCD crazy family.
Try the "Feel 'N Learn" pull-upz - they feel cold & icky when pee'd in but catch the "accident", they make them with di$appearing picturez on the front - if the kiddo peez the picture goez away - even if it'z ju$t a dribble - the pull-up tattlez better than your 6 year old! :)
We celebrated whenever Ian kept the $piderman from fading for an entire day. Made him feel like he accompli$hed $omething.
You can alzo appeal to her vanity - let her pick out "really pretty Big Girl Pantie$" and let her wear them whenever $he ha$ a dry day in her pull-up$. It worked well for all 3 of my niece$ - not quite az well for boyz - until I told my $on that $piderman waz mad at him for pooping on him - he apologized to the offended underpantz. Tee Hee!
Hey, he needz $omething to tell hiz p$ychiatri$t!
Good luck!
I found with my 2 children (boy age 7, girl age 6) that when we potty trained we pretty much did nothing else. We were relegated to the house, for a straight 2-3 week period. There is nothing wrong with having to tell/ask/convince your daughter to go potty on the toilet. If she is unable to ask you, or do it herself, it is up to you to do it for her - to remind her, and to bring her into the bathroom. When we decided to potty train, it was all underwear from then on out, except at night. You have to resign yourself to a mess, or constant attendance to the issue. Consistency is the most important!! Good luck!
In our house, my daughter, who was 3- 3 1/2 at the time, showed lots of interest in potty training but wasn't interested in initiating going to the potty by herself. We had to ask her if she had to go etc. She wasn't bothered by wet or dirty pull ups either. Then, She had started to fight the process...she wanted to be in control. So we gave her the job! We basically told her that it seemed like Mommy and Daddy were telling her or reminding her to use the potty instead of her paying attention to her body so we annouced to the whole family that she was in "charge" of her potty...in the beginning we would make comments like "it's so nice that Mommy doesn't have to remind you to use the potty anymore" and " wow, I like how you are doing your job!" and it worked! We did use pull ups at night "just in case" until just recently (she's 4 now). Also, I do ask her to give the potty a try before we go in the car but other that that she is in charge and now completely potty trained. Good luck!
I'm about to start potty training my daughter. After looking in many places, I decided to buy a few reusable cotton training pants from One Step Ahead. They are called Dri Days Training Pants. They also have one for night time. The pants have cotton and terry lining inside and waterproof shell outside. When a child goes in it, they still feel the wetness but the leak won't be too messy because the lining will absorb some. Good luck.
http://www.onestepahead.com/catalog/product.jsp?productId....
How about old-fashioned cloth training pants and plastic pants? Wetting those a few times might be sufficient inspiration, & the plastic pants will keep furniture, etc. dry.
Hi M.,
I used to put training underpants under a pull up. That way you can "feel" when you go and it is uncomfortable but I didn't worry about the carpets.
Good Luck,
K.
M.,
When our daughter was that age she did the same thing. I finally told her we weren't going to buy pull ups anymore, and she had to do all her business in the toilet. From that day on she did. No accidents either. She was fully trained except for wanting to poop in pull ups instead of the toilet. Once she had no recourse any more, she had to use the potty.
W.
JC Penney Wee Essentials... cloth, absorbent, and affordable. If you cloth diapered before you can put a waterproof cover over this... if not then put the pull-up over it or go pick up a pair of plastic pants to put on top of the undies. Using a pullup on top will wick away some of the moisture and might defeat the purpose of the undies... plus you'll be using just as many pullups and they're not cheap :< Make sure you're taking her to the bathroom to clean her up and she's spending some time on the toilet... no quick changes where she is so she can get back to playing. Have a book or two in the bathroom and read to her when she's sitting... many times they'll pee just enough to be comfortable and will have more for the toilet. Oh... and don't ask if she needs to go... tell her it's time to go. Make it a Potty Party... tell her you're both going to the bathroom and when you get there ask her if she wants to pee first or if it's your turn to go first. That way she understands she WILL be taking a turn on the toilet. Have enough undies to ensure you won't send the mixed message of reverting back to something she can comfortably relieve herself in.
Check out the training pants at betterforbabies.com - great stuff!
