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Is this normal for potty training?

I have a little girl who is almost 3 and we have been potty training for what feels like FOREVER! We started around Christmas with just putting her on the potty and getting her used to everything but not really pushing. At the beginning of February since she was doing well we started giving her a smiley face on a calendar every day she went all day without an accident. She went for 16 straight days with no accidents!!! We thought we had her trained. We even went out of town and she went the whole weekend with no accidents. We have praised her and given her rewards for those things. However, now it is almost once a day that she hides and poops in her panties. I can only think of 2 or 3 pee accidents- it is always poop!

Why has she reverted back to this. She KNOWS when it is happening! I am so frustrated I want to scream. We even let her go to the store and pick out prizes and told her 10 smiles will let her pick a prize and she doesn't care. She wants to get out of her booster seat so we said if she can get smiles she can get out of the booster. Still hasn't changed anything. I was hoping to have her trained before her sister arrived in April but it looks like I am doomed.

Has anyone else ever had this happen? What do you do?

I don't understand how she was completely trained and now she is going backwards.

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  • 8 years ago

    Maybe she wasn't completely trained and she has defiantly not gone backwards: she only poops. I know it's a hard situation, but try to keep calm and maybe tone down on the prizes, as they do not seem to be working anymore. I know she is only 3, but try asking her why she doesn't go to the bathroom when she needs to.

    Also, when you were potty training her, I think you were also always asking her when she needed to go to the bathroom. Once you thought the training was over, you might have been asking less. Try asking once every hour or so and keep pushing it "are you sure?". Personally, I even had a potty time: right after dinner, I had to go poop, and I wasn't allowed to come out until I had pooped (sounds harsh but it really wasn't- it was in my routine, just like my bedtime).

    Maybe she is also frustrated after her parents, children can act out in different ways. You mentioned that she was going to have a sister in April, maybe it dawned onto her that she won't be the only child anymore and that maybe mom and dad won't love her as much. This is a possibility. You could ask her if she is ok with a new sister, and tell her again that mom and dad loves her and will always love her.

    Anyways, this might be a phase that will pass.

    I wish you the best of luck

  • 5 years ago

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  • 5 years ago

    Does your kid tell you by means of phrases, facial expressions or posture when he or she wants to go?

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    8 years ago

    Pooping in the toilet or potty is harder for a toddler than squatting somewhere to poop is. So she probably doesn't like pooping on the potty and the newness of potty training has worn off. Or maybe she's doing it for attention.

    Either way, stay calm, don't make a huge deal of it. Only make a huge deal when she does the right way. You don't want her to think you are more invested in the smiles than she is. You want her to realize this is her job and she needs to work towards it. It may help her if you have her take a boring bath (no toys) everytime she has a poop accident. Just do it matter-of-factly, not like a punishment. She may decide pooping on herself is just not worth it!

    Good luck! More tips on helping toddlers poop on the potty at: http://www.toddler-tips-and-tricks.com/poop-in-pot...

    I know you are frustrated, but honestly she is really close to being fully potty trained. She may make it by April!

    Potty training success steps: http://www.toddler-tips-and-tricks.com/potty-train...

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