Potty Training... - Honolulu, HI

I have potty trained many many children over the years of teaching preschool & I would absolutely NOT recommend putting her back in diapers. This kind of regression is perfectly normal when a new stress come up. My own son went through the same thing when he started preschool for the first time at 2 & a half after having been potty trained for months. What you need to do is stay positive with her. Don't get upset, just be very matter-of-fact and have her go to into the bathroom with you and help you empty her poop out of her undies & into the toilet. Then go through all of the clean up with her & explain to her the whole time that poop belongs in the potty & she is a big girl now & can use the potty to go poop just like mom & dad. Don't let her see you getting frustrated or angry about it. I recommend two books to help you- For her "Everybody Poops". It's a very funny children's book. I paid attention to what time of day my son was having accidents & then started having him sit on the potty right before that time to try & go poop while I read him the story. It worked very well. I also made up a song to go with it. For you- "Potty Training for Dummies" Everyone laughs when I recommend this book, but it employs the same principles I've been using in preschool for years & it's very easy to follow.

Good luck!
C.

it seems to me, that for what ever reason, she is not ready any more.
i would stop pushing her
put her back in diapers
look, she is not gunna be wearing diapers to the prom

DS,

She has regressed. You don't mention what she went through going through the virus. Possibly she received extra attention when she was sick and now the extra attention occurs when she "poops" her pants. My daughter was almost potty trained when I gave birth to twins. The stress that followed caused her to regress back to diapers. We had to just take a deep breath and started over in her training a few months later.

Relax and let her start over in this area.

Evelyn

Oh, I so feel for you. I am going through the potty training too. My 2 1/2 year old son was doing great than started having diahrria
because of teething. What I have been doing is let him play around the house completely naked so he could feel his body and it's easier for him to go potty. When he masters that, I will start with the underwear and then eventually his pants. But it sounds like your child just needs to mentally recover from her virus and hopefully be back on the wagon by next week. Just keep praising her for every baby step she takes toward potty training.
I hope I helped some.

The most important thing is not to make her feel ashamed because this could make her fight it even more causing bigger problems. Take it as a new endeavor that hasn't been done before. Remind her that you can't go to special places if she has accidents such as amusement parks, friends houses, chuck e. cheese, etc. SHe has gotten used to the convenience of you cleaning it up and has to realize this is her responsibility again.

D S,
I started training my son at two and a half and it was very frustrating, he wouldn't even try the potty chair. As we got closer to his third birthday i found this dvd in amazon.com "potty power" it is in my opinion very annoying for grown ups but right after he watched it the first time, he run to the big toilet and poop, he was very proud and so was i. From that point on he kept going by himself but only on the big toilet because he said he was now a big kid, and now that he is 4 he stays dry during the night and he even goes to the bathroom during the night without telling me, he is doing great. Now, i attributed the success to the dvd but later on i met a lady who told me that as a mother of 3 kids she noticed that 3 is the perfect age to start potty training....Good luck.