Potty Training Problems - Aurora, CO

Wow, quads! I'm going to stop complaining. I'm having the same problem with my one 3 year. He was potty training for peeing around Thanksgiving. Pooping came a few months later around his 3rd birthday. As soon as I started getting excited about him being fully trained except for nighttime he started peeing his pants! It's like he just doesn't feel like going to the bathroom. So for the last two days I've completely cut him off from watching any TV/Movies and remind him evertime he wets his pants/underwear, he's not going to be able to watch tv for the next whole day. We'll see how it goes, but right now I'm afraid he's just adjusting to life without tv. I think I'll try the washing the underwear in the bathtub thing, someone else suggested.
Good luck!

Life changes like moving to a new home or the birth of a new sibling will often cause children to regress in potty training or other behaviors,(they may get more clingy, fussy, not use their words, etc). You should have regular talks with them about the move and transitioning to a new environment, focus on the positive aspects of your new home but also acknowlege the loss that they feel and tell them it is OK to miss the old house. YOu might also try a rewards system for going potty like a sticker or a small candy (an M&M or two each time they use the potty works wonders), you can do a sticker chart for "dry days" and as soon as they have 7 dry days they get to go to the dollar store and pick a prize (or you can go by yourself and buy a bunch of prizes to choose from). They will get back into a good potty routine soon, good luck!

How long do they hold their pee? I had nearly the same thing happen to me. My 2nd son was 2 1/2 when we started, and he understood the process from the get-go. But he'd pee 2 tablespoons every 10 minutes, and if he was wearing undies, he'd wet them. He peed and pooped in the potty, so I thought we were doing great, but couldn't figure out how to get him to save it up a bit.
I talked to the pediatrician, and he said to stop for a while and let his body catch up with his mind. My son now holds his pee a bit longer, but we haven't tried again for real. If he is naked after a bath, he'll run and go on the potty, and he pees considerably more now, so I need to stop being lazy and start potty training again.

I also talked to the pediatrician about him doing great except when wearing underwear. He suggested that I quarantine him to the kitchen for a day (or other room with hard floors), with his potty seat, wearing only underwear. If he has an accident, make him clean it up and don't change his wet underwear! He'll get uncomfortable in his cold wet underoos and it should click. We've been going on lots of vacations lately, with a big long one soon, so I haven't tried the kitchen thing yet.

That's the only advice I have for you. Good luck!

That is tough. Be calm about it, but have them do the work of putting their pants & underwear in the bathtub. That's what I say when my 4 year old wets himself, just "go put it in the bathtub". He's not in trouble, but eventually he does learn that it's not a fun process. He basically had to clean up his own messes. Just be calm and realize it will probably be over in a year, even though it seems like forever now.

First off Congratulations to you. I thought potty training twins was hard, I can't imagine 4. Here is what I did. I tried to potty train them together and it didn't work. So I started with one and let the other one be casual about it. I also turned it into a competition of sorts with my son. My daughter was the one I potty trained first and then my son, and I would tell him to go potty, he wouldn't go so I told my daughter to go potty, once she started into the potty he would get up and run in and go potty before she could get there.

Anyway, I took 1 day and spent the entire time with the potty. Every 15 minutes we would sit on the potty for about 5-15 minutes. Then they would pull their panties up and every 5 minutes I would ask them if they were dry. They had to feel their underwear and tell me if they were dry. Then if they pottied their pants before we went and sat on the potty I would make them take their panties off, then I would stick it in their hands and say "oh gross, this is kaka, we don't kaka our panties" etc. They had to feel it wet and feel gross in their hands. Then they would get another pair of panties and wash their hands.

Once that day was over then I would have them get up in the morning, and sit on the potty. Then they could get their cool panties and start with them. Every hour they would have to go and sit on the potty. Every few minutes I would ask them if they were dry. Then if they pottied their panties they got the gross spiel and had to clean up, but they couldn't wear pretty panties anymore they had to wear plan jane white panties.

Once they started going potty more than wetting I would start by making them go potty first thing in the morning, and then putting on their cool underwear, making sure they knew that they had the cool ones on. Then I would tell them to keep them dry. I would still ask if they were dry, but not as much. Then If they went potty I would wait 2 hours and tell them to go potty, if they didn't go potty then I would wait 1 hour and make them go in and go potty. Pretty soon, in about 2 weeks they both were going potty by themselves without reminders.

I still have them wearing diapers at night, because they are not night potty trained, but they are also just 2. But if they wake up dry it's a big deal we get all excited and tell them what a big girl or big boy they are.

(oh, If they went potty during potty training they got a special treat, for my son it was little ice cream bites, I used dibs.)

Good luck and know that one of these days you'll hear the toilet flush and be surprised that you didn't have to tell you kiddo to go potty.

Have you tried to reward them for not wetting their pants?

Put pants on them, and tell them if they stay dry for 5 minuets, they will get a reward of some kind. Start increasing the time as much at a time as possible. Start off small so they can do it, and get their reward. If they have an accident, tell them that is too bad...try again, and start the timer again when they have dry pants on. Also tell them how they are so grown up to not wet their pants, etc. Later on, if they stay dry for a day at a time, maybe they can get something more substantial. Some kind of inexpensive toy they are excited about.

Also tell them, if they need to use the bathroom, that if they tell you, you will also give them a treat....again, if they don't wet their pants, but DO use the toilet when they do need to go. You want to encourage them to keep using the toilet and not think they need to "hold" it.

Their minds and bodies are not 100% ready. Potty-training's a process, and it almost always includes regression.

Hi, I have 26month old triplets and a 30month old (a fertility story) so I have pseudo quads. I am going thru the same thing right now. I just added transition toilets to the house and told them they can use Mommy's potty and I taped a bag of M&M's to the wall above the toilet so they could see them. Wow..was that a motivator for them. 2 of them are going all the time and 1 most of the time and 1 has absolutely no interest. I am not pushing her. I figure she will eventually do it when she is ready. She is independent so I hope it is soon. I am also vry anxious to get rid of those diapers and the expense that goes along with it. Let us know how it goes.
Our's get 1 M&M for peepee and 2 for poo poo