Any suggestions welcomed. My 4 year old has had a potty training set back initially triggered by a diarrhea accident in her school classroom. She loves school and being sent home added to her upset. She returned to school to substitute teachers and this futher upset her. Now,though her schecdule has now returned to normal, my daughter is having accidents at school everyday. Understandably so, for sanitary reasons, the school has requested that she attend in pull-ups for now on. This has incressed the frequency of the accidents at school. The school is being very supportive, and doing what they can from there end to help my daughter feel secure. She is still having the accidents. At home and everywhere else she is fine and having no accidents. It is only at school that she has the accidents. I am hoping some of you, that may have had simular potty training set backs, might have some suggestions on how to help my daughter get through this and back on track. I am worried that the way things are going, her setbacks at school are going to make her feel so pressured that she may be setback further, and start to have accidents everywhere else too.
I would try rewarding her if she doesnt have an accident at school, but also try to ease her way out of pull ups. You might consider saying that big girls wear diapers at night but that big girls dont need them when their awake and reward her if she doesnt have an accident with a personal chart or a surprise.
I had a daycare for 7 years in my home and not once did I have a child that repeatedly had set backs such as this. The only thing that concerns me is in all my training they say when a child is "stressed" potty training seems to be the first thing to go. Not to alarm you, but are you sure things are good at school? Are you sure they are taking her to the potty regularly? The only reason I ask is because if things are back to normal at school then she should be going to the potty. Maybe since she's in a pull up she's not a priority to take to the potty for the school staff? If's she's not having set backs at night or at home I'm convinced things are not right. Maybe nothing to worry about per say, but it's definitely worth checking into it.
In my day care I would have set backs all the time. But within a few days (if all was well at home) kiddos would get right back on track. Most of my set backs were actually at nap time which is never their fault. In fact, if a child showed up in a pull up I would immediately take them to the bathroom and put underwear on them. It's almost impossible for children to potty train in pull ups.
I understand the point of the school but it's not serving to her to make her wear a pull up, it's just too easy to forget!
Sounds like you daughter is a little leary of getting to the bathroom on her own at school. I just recently potted trained my 4 year old and found that using a "treasure box" did the trick. I took my daughter to Target and let her pick out a few things she really like. There were small things like candy and a bigger treat like a stuffed animal. She was rewarded each time she complete a phase of potting train (pee-pee, pooh-pooh, with mommies help, w/o mommies help. Anyway it worked great. She felt in control of her training and reward system plus opening the large box and getting to choose a treat was fun for her!!
Best of luck!!
Hello,
I am really interested in hearing any suggestions that you were given by other Moms. My son is only 16 months but I am always interesting in learning on how to be a better Mom.
Thanks Good Luck with Potty Training C.
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