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[quote=Anonymous]I’m sorry but just take the pull ups away entirely. No pull ups at night time or nap time or out in public or in the car. Don’t buy another pull up for this child. He’s physically capable of using the bathroom and way too old to be wearing pull ups diapers even at night.

Put waterproof mattress pads on the bed, prepare for a few weeks of getting up in the night to change sheets but don’t say anything else about it. No judgment, no recommendations/advice, nothing. Don’t remind him to go, don’t force him to go, don’t mention anything about going to the bathroom to him or in front of him. When he does successfully go potty don’t say anything about it. When he has an accident, he cleans it up, he washes himself off, he changes clothes, he puts dirty clothes in the laundry. Just don’t give anything potty related any attention whatsoever—positive or negative. It’s on him to decide if he wants to continue having accidents or not. It may take awhile but eventually he’ll get tired of having accidents and since you know he’s capable of controlling it at school, he’ll eventually do it at home too.

Losing your temper or making a big deal of it at home certainly slows down/prevents any progress. [/quote]

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