potty training/regression/RDI

June 13, 2006

Hi. I am and I am not new to the group. First let me say

that I always read and learn, (lurk I guess) but rarely post.

Second, thanks for all the useful information I have gotten but to

which I have never responded. Now, I need help.

My daughter is 8 1/2 years old. She has been potty trained during

the day for about a year. She would occasionally have an accident

but I truly believe they have been accidents. Things changed about

a month before school was out which was at the end of May. Now we

are getting " accidents " about 4-5 times per week, BM more than

urinating. It happens mainly during down times when she is watching

a video and out of our line of sight. It is almost like she can't

be bothered to go. When she is done she will either take off her

pants/underpants or just try to get it out of her pants. Neither

one is pleasant. She is not smearing, playing in it, etc., just not

going to the bathroom. Like I said, it is not 100% of the time.

Sometimes it's like nothing has changed and she runs to the

bathroom. Othertimes, forget it. This is just frustrating because

she was doing GREAT!

My husband and I are at a loss as to why this is happening. I have

tried to think back to what may have been going on during the time

this started but have been unable to come up with anything. I

can't think of a single trigger.

Any one have any thoughts? Has this happened to you? We are going

to try some positive behavioral supports/reward system to see if we

can't get things back in the right direction Any suggestions would

be appreciated.

I am going to the RDI 2-day in Denver at the end of July. I know I

will learn so much but am wondering if it will help with the above

issue. For those of you that use RDI, do you think it will help

with this?

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