Struggling to transition to underwear

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Can you set a timer when she wears underwear to help her time bathroom breaks better? Somewhere she can see it, like the oven or microwave, to help her see that it’s not time to try to potty yet? Try it when she’ll be home a few days in a row (like Friday evening to Monday morning), and then hopefully by Sunday afternoon she’s more comfortable?

Thanks I might try to be more strict on using the timer and getting her to go then to get some success, instead of her letting her take herself too often and at the wrong times

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can you set a timer when she wears underwear to help her time bathroom breaks better? Somewhere she can see it, like the oven or microwave, to help her see that it’s not time to try to potty yet? Try it when she’ll be home a few days in a row (like Friday evening to Monday morning), and then hopefully by Sunday afternoon she’s more comfortable?

Thanks I might try to be more strict on using the timer and getting her to go then to get some success, instead of her letting her take herself too often and at the wrong times

I saw in a different post that you’ve tried timers. If she goes earlier than the timer says, can you then have her try every 10 minutes after she tries/doesn’t go? So, if you set the timer for an hour - and she goes when it’s been 40 minutes, then have her try again at 50 minutes, and then 60 minutes? Hopefully that would stop the trying too early and then having an accident within 30minutes after trying?

[Anonymous]

Waited too long. Train before 2.5 and you don't have to talk them into it.

[Anonymous]

She needs to keep trying underwear. Don’t know why you allowed pull ups when she’s already not having accidents in them. She’s ready to move on to the next level and be done with it.

By giving her pull ups back you’re now sitting in a comfort zone where she’s “potty trained in pull ups.” You should be encouraging her and pushing her towards the finish line, not allow her to go put on pull ups again when she’s already mastered that part of the process.

Yes she may get frustrated, so what? That should help her be more motivated to do better every time she has an accident. Every accident is an opportunity to learn. Right now by being put in a pull up to prevent accidents, she’s actually not learning anything. It’s an easy choice because you don’t have to do anything (since she’s already mastered “potty training in pull ups”) but it’s not the right choice if your goal is to get her to actually get potty trained.