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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here. Honestly, we have tried all of these things. Naked time. No pull-ups (well, we never took them away at night). Sit on the potty at regular intervals. He doesn't seem to care. He'll have a few good days, then he'll revert to his pattern of refusing to go. It's a fight to get him to sit on the potty. Sometimes he'll sit on the potty for 10 minutes, and pee after he stands up. DH has been losing his temper, which obviously also isn't helping...but we're so frustrated. After changing wet pants multiple times a day for weeks, we do get exhausted and give him the pull-ups back.

It's been like this for, I don't know, feels like forever. Definitely before the pandemic. I was a little more relaxed about it early in the pandemic, because it was such chaos (not to mention I was sick for two months and trying to juggle two kids and work). Since then, we've tried a new strategy every month and have utterly failed by the end of the month. He's crying about the potty. DH is fuming. I just want to cry. We started pre-school again in November, partially hoping that would help.

Yes, I know this is abnormal. I wouldn't be posting about it otherwise. That's also why I asked about sensory issues, because we can't figure out why he's doing this. He just doesn't seem to care at all if his pants are wet.

Maybe we need to talk to his pediatrician. There were other issues, so this didn't come up at his 4 y.o. check up (also, he was actually doing pretty good at that time).[/quote]

I would make a big declaration that he is too old for pull-ups and no longer needs them. Switch brands and tell him they are “nighttime pull-ups only.” From the moment he wakes up until the moment he goes to bed, naked from the waist down. If he leaves the house, sweatpants or lose pants but no underwear. Do this for as long as it takes and don’t give in. It may take a while because you have already proven he can outlast you. You have to somehow convince him you mean it this time. At kindergarten they don’t prompt kids to go.[/quote]

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