Well, I thought my daughter was ready to potty train this past December. She exhibited the signs: dryness when she woke up from her nap, telling me when she went in her diaper and then wanting it changed, and she was showing interest. One Saturday morning we decided that we would just dive right in. The first week went well; better than I had expected. She even pooped on the potty which is something my son struggled with when we were training him. Then the busyness of the holidays happened and little by little she became more careless. After a few weeks we started to just let her walk around the house pantless. Man, I got tired of looking at her naked little bottom half! So, I thought that perhaps we just needed to be persistent and have her wear underwear around the house so she got used to the idea that even though she was wearing something she still had to actually use the toilet to relieve herself. We had a few mishaps but for a week things were looking up. Then a change happened and everything went downhill; it's unexplainable really. I think the problem started because of our busy schedule. Three days a week my son has preschool and, naturally, his little sister is along for the ride. When we're out and about I have been using disposable trainers so basically, there's nothing uncomfortable about having an accident in a Pull-Up. It was a few accidents here and there when we were away from home and then she was consistently having accidents at home. I took away the underwear and went back to her being pantless when we were at home. No such luck, suddenly she was peeing all over the floor like she did when she was 18 months old (she's 32 months now). So, I've gone back to using diapers on her and you know what? She's completely fine with that. She hated being told what to do and the battle of wills has just been too much for this pregnant mama to bear! For some reason, it was a hard pill to swallow. I felt like it was my fault; did I push her too soon? The more I think about it, the more I begin to believe that she really was showing me that she was ready. Now, for whatever reason, she just doesn't care. It's not my fault and eventually she'll be interested again. She's been back in cloth diapers for four days now and she isn't bothered by it at all. One day she'll be out of diapers today just isn't that day.
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Potty training has been really hard for us. My son is 38 months and can have anywhere from 1-7 accidents a day. I had no idea how much work or laundry it would be! One month down! Hopefully he will get better at it soon!
I’m thinking about potty training my 18-month-old daughter. My husband has some crazy idea that she’ll be out of diapers by 2 years, but I don’t want to push her & make it a big fight. We’ll probably start with lots of naked time when the weather warms up & we can do it outside for easier clean up
I’ll just let my baby lead.
I am hoping my little one will be like I was and potty train easy.
So glad to hear we’re not the only one having this happen! My daughter is pretty much the same age, and while she’s mostly potty-trained during the day, she still has accidents and wears a diaper at night. Plus, she refuses to poop in the potty. (In fact, she’ll actually ask for a diaper when she wants to go #2.) I’m wondering if I should approach it like you did and let her be back in diapers for a while!
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