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This is not working. We've had false start after false start for 6 months. Being insanely busy and working doesn't help, but I just don't think the kid gets it. Over and over we sit on the potty and she will pee/poop 10 minutes after getting off. Or less. Often on the floor.
We talk about it all the time, we've tried pull ups, real underwear, bribes, treats, books, potty themed TV shows. She's not necessarily against it, but she doesn't seem all that excited about it either. She is more than happy to walk around in pee or poop filled diapers and is even resisting us changing them. Yet she will often wake up from overnight or naps dry. She's dry a lot of the day.
She's almost in 5T clothes and size 6 diapers really aren't cutting it anymore. She has leaks all the time.
This is an articulate child. She gets the concept. She either just doesn't want to do it or truly cannot figure out when she is peeing/pooping until it happens.
We took her out to lunch and gave her lemonade today--always a guaranteed pee bomb. Then we came home and sat on the potty with the kindle for 40 minutes. Twice she said she was doing it, but it was a false alarm. Then she got tired of sitting there and said she was done as I was nursing the baby in her room (right across from the bathroom open door). She walked over to her bookshelf and immediately peed. I admit I lost it a little.
What the hell do I try next?
We talk about it all the time, we've tried pull ups, real underwear, bribes, treats, books, potty themed TV shows. She's not necessarily against it, but she doesn't seem all that excited about it either. She is more than happy to walk around in pee or poop filled diapers and is even resisting us changing them. Yet she will often wake up from overnight or naps dry. She's dry a lot of the day.
She's almost in 5T clothes and size 6 diapers really aren't cutting it anymore. She has leaks all the time.
This is an articulate child. She gets the concept. She either just doesn't want to do it or truly cannot figure out when she is peeing/pooping until it happens.
We took her out to lunch and gave her lemonade today--always a guaranteed pee bomb. Then we came home and sat on the potty with the kindle for 40 minutes. Twice she said she was doing it, but it was a false alarm. Then she got tired of sitting there and said she was done as I was nursing the baby in her room (right across from the bathroom open door). She walked over to her bookshelf and immediately peed. I admit I lost it a little.
What the hell do I try next?
Give her more time. You'll get there.
so true!
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