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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My DD was like that. It made potty training really tough but she got there eventually. You’ll need lots of patience.

She did have accidents at school through kindergarten. Just couldn’t be bothered sometimes. By then I made her clean up after every accident, which she hated but it helped reinforce that she needed to be responsible for going to the bathroom or there are consequences.

Good luck. [/quote]

Mine was this way, too. Tried naked, tried underwear, tried all the different methods, but if she was involved in something, it just didn't bother her. She'd been dry at night for almost a year, so we knew she was physically ready, but during the day she'd ignore it when she was busy. It just wasn't a priority for her. Timers helped a bit at first, reminding her to at least try every hour or two, but if she needed to go in between, she wouldn't stop what she was doing.

The "it's your body, and you're responsible for it" approach eventually worked for us, too. We didn't frame the cleanup as a punishment, but a natural consequence, and tried to stay neutral and keep parental frustration out of it. We did do a LOT of reminding her that we wouldn't be reminding her to go, though, just to keep it somewhat on her radar screen as she played. [/quote]

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