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Post by fawnmarie on Jan 17, 2004 12:38:41 GMT -5
Kell,
I HONESTLY and sincerely think you should put the potty chair away for a couple of weeks and give her a break. Obviously there is something else going on and she's just not ready to do this yet. It's okay - she WILL learn when she's ready.
Just take the pressure off, put the potty chair away for a couple of weeks and bring it out in a month or two.
I had to do that with my oldest and quite honestly, when we went back to try it again, it was a much less anxious process.
Fawn
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Post by princess26 on Jan 17, 2004 13:08:50 GMT -5
Fawn, Thanks for the help. I am gonna let her try again today, and if she still resists, I am gonna stop for about 2 weeks and then try again. I just can't figure out how she manages to hold it for so long and no go to the potty, ya know??? Anyways, I think that over the last few days, I have relaxed a bit and let her try to go at her own pace...just to see if maybe that would help....but where I have seen some inprovement on her part, I have also seen resistance. So, I guess that she will just take longer and be more difficult than my son was at that age! I should have known that this wasn't gonna be easy...she IS my daughter...lol....she's got my attitude and just as hard headed! Thanks again, Kelly  |
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Post by fawnmarie on Jan 18, 2004 0:04:33 GMT -5
Well, Conor gave me nothing but a fight until I disappeared that chair for a while, and then waited a month. And I was working at the time, and we had a younger one in diapers so there was some pressure to get him potty trained soon. We couldn't afford all those diapers!!
After that nice long break, we "bootcamped" and it was done in three days.
Hope it works
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Post by princess26 on Jan 25, 2004 0:45:36 GMT -5
Okay so here's the update...I decided that maybe Fawn was right and I should put the potty away for a while. So I put it back where it has always been and decided that if she wanted to use it, she would let me know...and if not, we just start over in a month or so and see what happens. The worst part of this experience for me was the fact that the first few days she would still go poo in her underwear...that wasn't the problem I had though...She decided to, after a few days to hold it in and got constipated. Then every 5 seconds she told me she had to go, but when she sat there, she was so uncomfortable and probably scared, she just kept holding it in. I called her pediatrician and let him know and he said to give her some prune juice and make sure she was getting enough fiber in her diet...which wasn't the problem, but I got the juice and the funny part was that she actually likes prune juice...yuck!!! That night she went poo after I had put her to bed and of course it was painful, so I had to hold her for about an hour until she calmed down enough to go back to bed. And just when we thought things were gonna be better...she started holding it in again! I even tried to give her a diaper just to poo in, since she likes wearing the underwear. She refused the diaper...I heard about mineral oil and thought that if she didn't do anything with the prune juice again, that maybe I would give it a shot. Now all the while she was telling me when she had to potty and was getting pretty good at it too!!! But still no poo.  Today I gave her a little mineral oil to see if she would be able to relax enough to just go and get it over with. I even tried to tell her that if she went in her pants it would be okay...atleast she would go, right??? Well sometime after lunch she told me she had to go potty, so she went and sat down...I could tell she needed to poo, so I made her go into the bathroom with me and try there. (She is used to sitting in the living room) Within about 10 minutes she went. Thank goodness!!! And u could tell she was relieved...lol....She was so proud of herself too. Wonder if she will be able to go again on the potty. It looks like she decided that she wanted to go to school after all...lol...She has only had one accident during the day in the last 3 days...which is good, cuz instead of having to make her sit on the potty...she will now tell me when she needs to go. My house is starting to get clean again...lol... I wanna say thanks for all the help with this. I think that it does need to be left up to the child...they will learn at their own pace...  , Kelly |
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Post by fawnmarie on Apr 15, 2004 11:59:38 GMT -5
Bumping.
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