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Potty-Trained DD wetting/pooing herself again - at my wits end with what to try next

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FrazzledFairyFay · 26/03/2009 13:16

My DD is 3.6. She has been potty trained for about a year. At first it all went very well and she was very quickly clean and dry, day and night, and asked to go to the toilet. Over the past 6 months she has seriously regressed for periods of time. The main problem is not getting to the loo wuickly enough. She'll deny needing teh loo and then wee or poo herslef. Sometimes on the way to the toilet and sometimes wherever she is at the time.

She is completely dry at night so there is no issue with bladder control, as such. She's been tested and doesn't have a UTI. Basically she just can't be bothered to go as it interrupts her play/tv/whatever she's doing. So she either has an accident where she is or leaves it so late that she has an accident on the way to the loo. I'm at my wits end with it. How do I persude her to go to the toilet sooner?

If I ask her if she needs to go, she denies it even when she's squirming or groaning and clearly does. If I take her to the loo at regular intervals she gets upset when she can't 'perform'. I just don't know what to do. I've tried reward charts, smarties each time she goes, talking to her about how uncomfortable it is to wee/poo herself, talking to her about going to loo as soon as she feels the first sensations of needing to go, and taking away tv for the rest of the day if she has an accident. Nothing works. Does anyone have any other suggestions of what I can try? I'm at my wits end with this.

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HaventSleptForAYear · 26/03/2009 13:18

Would like to know this, sorry no answers from me!

FrazzledFairyFay · 26/03/2009 17:41

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BriocheDoree · 26/03/2009 18:46

Erm...the only thing that works with mine (she has occasional "phases" of this - think it's a control thing!) is to COMPLETELY ignore it. Don't mention it, don't make an issue of it. After a couple of days of NOT being told to go to the loo she's back at going properly.
Don't know if this helps...

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FrazzledFairyFay · 26/03/2009 19:11

Thanks, I'm willing to try anything. I'll give it a go

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RedFraggle · 26/03/2009 19:15

My DD did this recently. We encouraged her with stickers. I felt that she thought that there was no real gain to going to the toilet so I bought lots of beautiful stickers (butterflies, fairies etc) and everytime she went to the toilet she got to pick a sticker. worked a charm on her...

FrazzledFairyFay · 26/03/2009 19:24

Thanks. I hadn't thought of that but maybe my 'bribes' are just not good enough. I might need to invest in some superior stickers or similar to try and tempt her. Another good idea, thanks

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