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Emily - posted on 08/17/2009 ( 4 moms have responded )

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My daughter is almost 2 1/2 and she's been potty trained since February with only an occasional accident here and there. She recently has started peeing in her pants again and doesn't tell me when she needs to go to the bathroom unless she has to go poo poo. I don't know what to do or why she is doing this. There is nothing new going on that I can think of that would make her act this way. This has been going on for about a month now and I'm getting really frustrated. Any insights, suggestions, etc.?

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Joanna - posted on 08/18/2009

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Every child is different. It may be a physological thing or "medical" condition. Medical being, that she doesn't realize she has to go until just before she has to go.

My lil one had a similar problem and nothing seemed to work, so I went back to pullups & even said I'd put him back in diapers if he continued it.

Accidents are bound to happen but it worked pretty well for him. After being pottied trained and out of the thick padded "underwear" (pullups), the thought of going back to those he wasn't so thrilled. So he started making a little bit more effort to vocalize when he needed to go. Now it's every 5 minutes... lol.. & that really isn't a joke.

Joyce - posted on 08/18/2009

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my daughter was the same way. she would tell me she had to go after she already went, so I started a reward chart. it worked. I made a chart and everytime she went in the potty I would give her a star and depending on how many stars she had at the end of the week is how big her prize was. it took my daughter 3 weeks and she didn't want diapers anymore. she had accidents but they stopped after a couple of days. now she is compleatly potty trained. all i have to do now is to get her to wipe her own butt.

Georgina - posted on 08/18/2009

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Hello! Am at a similar stage with my daughter except she is doing poos in her pants and using the loo for pees. I find that she tends to forget to ask for the potty / loo when she is distracted by other kids or something happening. What I do now is just ask her every 20 mins or so whether she needs a wee. I'm trying not to worry too much as I find that if get worried, she picks up on this, gets stressy about it and the problem gets worse. If she has an accident, I try not to make an issue of it and just change her without commenting too much. It'll all click in to place at some point when she's ready!

Paige - posted on 08/17/2009

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if she is able to vocalize, ask her why she is going in her pants. Try going down the toy isle the next time you are shopping and when she asks for a toy, tell her she will get it when she does potty all the time. That might work as an incentive. Or use a potty chart and she gets the prize after a set amount of stars for dry days.

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