I have been potty training my daughter for two weeks. She has done well and averaged about one accident every couple days. Today I used pull-ups all day because I was really busy packing and we left the house a lot. Well she wet her pull-ups ALOT today and had two bm. I am frustrated and feel like all the hard work has not gotten us anywhere! Is this going to confuse her? I know I shouldn't use pullups anymore. Just wondering if anyone else has experienced this?
Nothing wrong with pullups. So don't worry about that. No, she is not confused and when she is ready to go on potty 100%, she will. It's a matter of her body and not the type of underwear you put on her.
This is one of the most common requests about potty training – three times today, in fact.
Two weeks is really not a long time for training to become fully successful, but it's essential for the child to be ready first, and readiness can seem a bit slippery. Kids might start of with a great deal of enthusiasm, only to get overwhelmed by the size of the obligation they have taken on, and the weight of their parents' expectations.
The answer that seems to work best in most families is to lower the expectations, go back to diapers, and give the child time to regroup emotionally. Contrary to common belief, the diapers don't confuse them or give them license to slack off – it's not slacking off.
Kids surprise their parents often by showing renewed interest, or even announcing a few weeks or months later that they are ready. And then they are. Children WANT to train when they are ready, just as they WANT to walk and talk when they are ready.
You don't say how old your daughter is. For most little girls, they don't train for keeps before about 2 1/2.
One accident every couple days is great actually! You can see from just one day with pull-ups why they are a complete waste of money....throw the rest away and never use them again. If you get busy and she has an accident here and there--so be it. The sooner she learns that she will have accidents and get pee and poop all over the less she will have. You might as well just put a diaper back on if you want to use pull-ups---they are the same thing to a kid.
One of the skills you have to teach her is how to ask to go potty, especially when you're out in public.
If you don't want to use pull-ups, which I personally think are fine especially when you need to go out and do things, then part of what you have to teach her is how to tell you she needs to use the potty. I would just teach her a simple word/code word she can say that lets you know what she needs (depending on how old and verbal she is). She may not even completely realize that there is a bathroom that she can use when she's out. So you should also be telling her that she needs to say whatever words you've chosen and you'll take her to the potty in the store.
She may also be scared of using potties in different places. Showing her the bathroom may help with that fear although she may not get over it right away and it may take some time before she's willing to use the potty in public.
Hope that helps some! And don't get frustrated with the setbacks! They will happen!
Good luck!
do not use pul ups.. they do not train the child and they cost a lot of money
when you are potty training.. the child shoudl be in cotton panties.. either the big girl panties with a cute character..say " dont pee on dora" or the thick cotton germber training pants.
when a child pees in these panties they feel wet and yucky.. they quickly get the message peee in pants= yucky feeling..
pull ups confuse teh chilld..
