Potty Training Regression - Minneapolis,MN

I am not sure if this information will help but...my daughter has been potty trained for nearly a year. (She was super easy to train and was pretty much accident free by 24 months) BUT whenever she hears me or someone else talk about accidents - she inevitably will have one sometime soon. It is a pretty predictable pattern so I know they aren't really 'accidents'. I don't show any emotion about it (which can be tricky) and I make it extremely inconvenient for her - change your clothes, take them to the laundry, rinse off in the bathtub, etc. Best wishes!

My son went through the same thing, but the accidents only happened at daycare. My daycare provider wanted him to go back to wearing pullups and I disagreed. I would just always remind her and watch for her cues as to when she has to go potty.

Hi A.! We had the same thing happen with our son and I've heard similar stories from other Moms. Since we had used a chart with stickers for the original potty training, I decided to try another one. Every day that Joey was dry, he got to add a sticker to the chart and once he had filled all of the spots, we got to visit IKEA's playground. (one must be potty trained to play there) I refused to go back to the diapers - and there were some accidents for about a week but now we are done. It was totally worth it. It was challenging for me to hide my frustration but it only got worse when I gave him too much of a reaction to the accident. I hope this helps - good luck and stick with it. You'll get through it!
M.

My daughter was potty trained at 23 months and about 3 months later started having accidents. It's normal. Another little girl I watch everyday was potty trained at 26 months and in the last couple of weeks started accidents again. My advice, don't put her back in diapers she needs to continue to recognize the signals. I would continue taking every 2 hrs and having her sit so that she starts to pay attention again. She's just getting distracted again with play or whatever but this is totally normal.

Sorry to hear that you are having a hard time after things were going so well. Having been a preschool teacher I have had a variety of experiances like yours. Even though it is less messy I would not go back to dipars or pull ups (unless you find yourself getting emotional during accident times) It helps to try to understand why she started having pooping accidents. Attention span is a very common reason, 3 year olds just don't have the time it takes to sit still and get it all out. Try sitting with her or providing a poopy time activity to get her to spend a greater length of time. If stool is hard and chunky she could be constipated. This could cause pain and make using the toilet an unpleasant experiance that she wishes to avoid. Fruit juice is safe to try but sometimes you will need help from her Dr. if she quite constipated. The other reason that is very common is less parental praise. When they first start using the potty we are excited so we reinforce the good habits with plenty of praise, later on it's not so exciting for us so we get relaxed on positive reinforcement and the child doesn't feel there is any reason to work so hard any more. I hope this is helpful to you. Remember you are not the only mother having a hard time and your little girl will learn. Try to keep your calm when there is an accident, and praise every time the potty is used. You Can Do IT!!