Potty Training Going Backwards
Hello,
I'm hoping someone can help me as I feel in real need of advice. We started potty training our son at 15 months (now 18 months) as we are expecting our second just before he turns 2 and thought it would be easier to handle when we have just the one. Things were going really well, he could hold his wee and more often than not told us when he needed to wee and he didn't have accidents so he only wears (washable) nappies for sleeping. If he did have an accident it would be a small leak which he'd hold until we could get him on his potty. He would try to tell us when he needed a poo but never in time but that didn't bother us as that was always contained by his pants and generally he didn't have a full bladder. Over recent days, I suppose over a couple of weeks, he has been having more and more accidents sometimes even puddles on the floor again which has been unheard of for ages which means I am now washing all the time as I'm worried we'll run out of clothes. I am really not sure how to improve matters again. I think putting him back into nappies would cause confusion. He loves his pants. Someone suggested getting some boring pants for if he has accidents as all of his have fun pictures on and are brightly coloured. Is he too young for reward charts? I think so, as these are generally used for older potty training children aren't they? Should we start cheering for England again whenever he performs? Maybe he feels he gets more attention when he has an accident, but I do deal with it as calmly and efficiently as possible. Oh I don't know.... please help me!
Thanks in advance.
Samantha ?
I'm hoping someone can help me as I feel in real need of advice. We started potty training our son at 15 months (now 18 months) as we are expecting our second just before he turns 2 and thought it would be easier to handle when we have just the one. Things were going really well, he could hold his wee and more often than not told us when he needed to wee and he didn't have accidents so he only wears (washable) nappies for sleeping. If he did have an accident it would be a small leak which he'd hold until we could get him on his potty. He would try to tell us when he needed a poo but never in time but that didn't bother us as that was always contained by his pants and generally he didn't have a full bladder. Over recent days, I suppose over a couple of weeks, he has been having more and more accidents sometimes even puddles on the floor again which has been unheard of for ages which means I am now washing all the time as I'm worried we'll run out of clothes. I am really not sure how to improve matters again. I think putting him back into nappies would cause confusion. He loves his pants. Someone suggested getting some boring pants for if he has accidents as all of his have fun pictures on and are brightly coloured. Is he too young for reward charts? I think so, as these are generally used for older potty training children aren't they? Should we start cheering for England again whenever he performs? Maybe he feels he gets more attention when he has an accident, but I do deal with it as calmly and efficiently as possible. Oh I don't know.... please help me!
Thanks in advance.
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