Potty Trained 2 Year Old

Updated on December 20, 2007
B.M. asks from Meridian, ID
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My 2 1/2 year old son has been potty trained since August. He has rarely had any accidents and has absolutely no interest of ever wearing a diaper again. My problem is out of nowhere he has been having a lot of accidents. As in 1-2 a day!! I have talked to him about it. He understands that it is not ok to go in your pants and that if he needs to go he needs to tell me. Today he had an accident before his nap and I told him if it happened again he would have to put a diaper on. Well, after his nap he had ANOTHER accident!!!! I told him he had to put a diaper on and he FLIPPED out. I have never seen him throw such a tantrum. I made him wear it for a couple hours and explained to him again why he was wearing it. My question is: Is this a normal thing for him to be having accidents after he hasn't had them hardly at all? What could be causing this? Could something be wrong? HELP!!!! :)

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H.

answers from Provo on

My daughter is recently potty trained as well and we do have days where she has an accident or even two and it seems to be for no apparent reason. I think reenforcing that he is a big boy and to keep reminding him that he needs to go on the potty are necessary but the diaper may be too tramatic from the sounds of it...
Has anything big or trasitioning happened recently? a move, reletives in town, changes in routine, new baby... sometimes these little ones regress with major life events a little. Also my daughter just had a Urinary tract infection and I think it affected her ability to control her little bladder somewhat... so you could also have the dr. check him just to make sure there are no illnesses causing it.
Good luck

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L.N.

answers from Benton Harbor on

That happened to my son as well, and I put up a post about it. If you are sure there are no bladder/kidney issues, it may just be a growth spurt that his body hasn't caught up with yet. That turned out to be our culprit and after a couple of weeks of wet sheets now and then he's back to usual. I tried not to make a big deal about it and just see what happened; it just resolved itself.
~L.

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K.D.

answers from Salt Lake City on

My son has been potty trained for nearly 2 years and he still has an occasional accident. Yes, it's completely normal. Just clean it up and send him on his way. I think the other mom's mentioned maybe spending some more quality time is a good idea. He might be doing it for the attention/your reaction. Even a "bad" reaction means you're paying attention to him.

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S.W.

answers from Iowa City on

My son & daughter are spaced in age just the same as your 2. My daughter started doing the same thing as well since she was trained at the same age too. Just make him clean himself & his messes up. Do not over react to it just make it matter of fact. Spend extra time alone with him & give him extra attention. That is all he is wanting, it passed pretty quickly with my daughter.
Brekka

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A.I.

answers from Lansing on

hello if he keep wetting his self i would take him to the doc maybe he has a bladder infection or a uti

J.A.

answers from Grand Rapids on

I agree with Heather. You have a new baby. A lot of focus has gone from your 2 year old to the baby. You may need to have "dates" with your 2.5 year old, where he gets some "one on one" time with you or daddy. Get a sitter, and give personal, eye contact and physical time with him. Has some of his routine been elimiated due to the changes in the family? Keep reading him books before bedtime, etc. He may be just expressing his anxiety over the situiation, by regressing. Even upset responses from you, may turn out to be a good value in his mind if he feels like he doesn't exist anymore. I'm sure you love him, and are doing as much as you can to show that. In fact, you are exactly what your child needs. It's just very hard to juggle two childen when one is so tiny. Good luck to you.
J.

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