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avatarDenise
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potty training

I am totally stessing over this. My daughter is 3 and this is our third attempt. This last time it's now 4 months and it still isnt working. Today I decided to just - whatever. Put her back in just pull ups and let it go. Figuring if I don't ask her she'll have to tell me. I have left her in just underwear and it didn't seem to make a difference. Last night she peep her pants and her whole leg and all was wet and she didn't say a word t me. Last night I told her if she wanted to be a baby then she would go back to wearing diapers again. She told me no diapers. This morning she did say she had to go on her own and she did. Do you think this is a good idea? leave it to her to tell me and just let it go all day. As a matter she just went back in there and did pee pee while I was typing this.

Question applies to ages: 3

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avatarJenny.eduguide
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Top 5 in: Discipline, Families and Relationships, Family Activities, Financial Aid for College, Growth and Development, Health and Wellness, Parenting Support, Parents and Schools, School Policy and Education Issues, Study Skills and Academics, Transitions and Readiness, Study Skills and Academic StrategiesTop 5 in 12 Topics		 I've potty trained three children now (with the help of my husband of course) and they all went about it differently. One thing they all had in common though was that they did it at their own pace. It did not matter that I was ready for them to be potty trained. It did not matter that I rewarded them for using the potty. And it certainly NEVER helped when they were punished for not using it.

When I took my nearly 4-year-old son in for a check-up and I mentioned that he still wasn't completely potty trained and that I was stressed out about it, the doctor said something that really stuck with me. He said, "How many Kindergarteners have you seen go to school in diapers?" And I knew he was right.

Of course, I didn't stop telling my child he as doing a great job, I just ignored the setbacks. I also reminded him to use the potty, but didn't freak out or force him when he didn't want to. And he was potty trained within the month.

So try not to worry too much. It will happen, just not necessarily when we want it to.
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