potty training question

[Guest guest]

Hi everybody,

I have a question about potty training and wasn't sure where to post it--

then saw the ad for the potty training class-- how timely!

Here is our situation:

My son (who turns 5 next week) has been completely potty trained since

September and is doing really well with it. But just this past week he has

not wanted to stand up to pee (which he has been doing all along) and when

he sits down, he wants to " play " not pee. This happens even when I *know*

he has to go-- like first thing in the morning, or after we've been out all

day.

At first I thought maybe he was doing this just to get my attention, since

the potty stuff has become so routine and he's not getting any major

" yippee! " when he goes these days. Then I thought maybe he wasn't feeling

well (upset tummy) and wanted to sit because he wasn't sure if he had to pee

or poop. Now I'm not so sure what's going on. I'm concerned he's going to

cause an accident simply by holding it too long. Is this stuff normal for

newly trained kids?

Any suggestions or ideas? (Sorry to be graphic, but I don't know how else

to explain!)

Thanks in advance,

[Guest guest]

When taking a sociology class years ago, we read a study done on white,

middle class kids who were rigouressly potty-trained and inner city kids who

were not potty-trained at all. The difference between each group being going

to the bathroom on their own was three months. I did not potty-train mine

and all four, including (34/DS) were right on schedule. took a

bit longer. Kids want to imitate adults. I think if you just show your child

what's expected by taking him/her to the bathroom with you when you go,

he/her will catch on a imitate you.

granny

On Sat, Aug 9, 2008 at 8:28 PM, billieissymom <billieissymom@...>wrote:

> Issy is four years old and attends prek half the day. The school is

> really good about helping keep her on a time schedual but it still isnt

> happing. How old are most children before they are potty trained? Issy

> has good bladder control- she will take her pull ups off and can run

> around the house and not have accidents, I will take her to the potty

> about every 35 minutes and she refuses to go, but if I put another pull

> up on her she goes right away. I have tried reg. panties and she will

> use them just like pull ups. I have seen a little watch that beeps

> every 30, 60, 90 minutes to remind the child to use the bathroom and

> was wondering if anyone tried anything like this, or have any

> suggestions I could try? She only has BM at night at about the same

> time so most nights I can sit her on the potty and she will have a bm

> there, but going pee is the problem.

> Thank you.

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