Potty Training Regression Due to New Baby
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My two year old was using the potty very well until her new baby brother came home. Now she wants us to change her diaper like the baby. We know she wants more attention. Nothing appears to motivate her anymore. She will only use the potty on her own maybee once a day instead of every time. Help! Does anyone know how we can get her back on track?
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Permalink Reply by Andrea on -
My daughter did the same thing - and honestly I think that she was really just too young (23/24 months) to be using the potty all the time. We just gave her a break for a few months (I know it's hard after you've made progress) let the fact of the new baby settle in and tried again.
When we tried again she was ready.
What we did to solidify the progress was to simply put away the diapers and tell her that she was a big girl and we knew she could do it. We "over-praised" her when she was dry and didn't make a big deal when she wasn't. We also got her new underpants with Hello Kitty on them and told her that Hello Kitty doesn't like to get wet - so if she wanted Hello Kitty to be happy she had to keep her dry. It worked like a charm. She would come home and tell me how happy Hello Kitty was because she was dry and not dirty.
Every kid is different, but that's what worked for us.
Good luck!
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Permalink Reply by Kathy Moores on -
My son did the same thing when our daughter was born. He wanted to be changed and started having accidents again. We gave him a bit of time and really tried to push that he was extra special because he was a big boy and a big brother. He eventually got back into the routine after we started again with the rewards for being dry.
We've used the new underwear trick with both kids and it's worked really well. We kept a few extra ones on hand in the characters / patterns that they liked and if they had a dry day or made a leap forward in training we would let them pick their new pair. It really helped to remotivate our son after our daughter was born.
It's frustrating but just a bit of time for them to get used their new situation seemed to be the best fix.
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Permalink Reply by Cara Zimmerman on -
I tried potty training shortly after we brought the baby home in April and at that time my daughter just turned 2. She wanted nothing to do with it and still doesn't. She wants everything the baby wants. I tried buying her Princess underwear but she cries for her Elmo diaper. So I gave up for awhile and just this week she is starting to take the diaper off and go here and there, but nothing consistent. I am just letting her show me the signs of interest because forcing it was stressful for me. I reinenforce everyday how diapers are for babies and in order to do "big girl" things she has to go on the potty like other big girls and use friends/cousins etc. as examples. So she is getting into now but I think we still have a long road ahead and I do hope it is sooner than later because two in diapers is killing me.
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Permalink Reply by katie on -
Oh no! This is my fear. Although, my son is not yet potty trained and we're expecting our second child. I'm hoping my 2.5 yo son will "get into the groove" before baby comes, or soon after baby comes by realizing the diapers are for the baby!
I'm sorry I can't offer any advice, really, except to say that you've probably got to let go a bit and let her come back around. Make a big big deal the one time a day that she does use the potty... maybe talk to her about how she'll have to teach the new baby how to use the potty someday... also, something my pediatrician told me: when you do start potty training save the fun stuff for the potty and make diaper changes very straightforward, routine, and all-business. Do the singing and talking and laughing at the potty. I thought that seemed like a good additional approach to the whole transition.
Good luck! You should post again once she's back in the swing of things and let us all know what worked!!
Katie
http://www.dundeewriter.blogspot.com
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Permalink Reply by Karla Butler on -
Thank you all for the advice. We will definitely be trying all your suggestions. I'll let you all know how it went. Thanks!
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Permalink Reply by Forum 4 Women on -
Another trick that works is giving her something that the baby can't have. For example, everytime she goes potty, she gets a sticker or something small. That was really the only thing that worked for my son. He liked the undies we bought him, but not enough to stop using the diaper.
She's still young yet though, so it just depends how eager you are for her to be out of diapers.
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