2006-10-15 14:53:46 · 9 answers · asked by tessalove03 2 in Family & Relationships ➔ Family
you may want to try to point out school and the fact only big kids get to go not sure where your at but there are 3yo programs for school the reword in the end for you is no more changing two kids for him school like all big kids it worked for me
2006-10-15 14:57:15 · answer #1 · answered by Pen 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your 3 year old might not be ready to potty train at this time.
If she was being potty trained before the baby was born, but now refuses to be potty trained, it might be a case of regression. Children often regress when a new sibling comes into the picture. This is very normal. In case you don't know what regression is, it is behaving as she used to behave in an earlier period of her life. As a matter of fact, adults regress also. Just think about when you get sick. Don't you want your mommy?
A child might feel displaced by the addition of a new sibling in the family. Give her/him time. Make sure she still knows she is loved, and important in your life. Whatever you do, don't humiliate her/him by calling her/him a baby. Believe it or not, this hurts self esteem. And a hurt self esteem is very bad especially for a child.
Patience, love, and understanding is very crucial at this time. So what if she/he gets toilet trained at 4? Is that so terrible?
You might also try rewards. For instance, my daughter loved pretty panties. I told her that as soon as she was toilet trained, she would be able to get them. I don't know if I made a mistake. To this day that's all she thinks about: pretty panties.
But hey, there are worst things to worry about. Don't you think?
2006-10-15 15:24:08 · answer #2 · answered by Hopeful 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Highly reinforce her when ever she goes potty like a big girl. Give her some ice cream, cookie, something that she really likes. Let her know that when she goes potty like a big girl she gets special mommy time. Sounds like she's jealous of her new sister... maybe 'special mommy and daddy time' would encourage her to go potty like a big girl.
I work with children with autism and sometimes have to work on potty training. We put them on a 'potty schedule' and increase the time when the number of successes increases. We start out with sitting them on the potty until they go. After they go we heavily reinforce them with praise and a reward. They also get to get off the potty after they go. Then wait about 20 to 30 minutes and try again. Again we wait until they go potty...then they can get off. I know this takes a lot of time away from the baby but honestly they'll be potty trained after 2 or 3 days. We'll keep them on a schedule until they initiate going to the potty but we don't make them sit on the potty until they go after the initial 2 or 3 days. Your daughter may learn faster because she is not battling autism. If you're truely having trouble I suggest taking a weekend and trying it out.
2006-10-15 15:04:14 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Give him time to get use to sister. The doctors recommend that you not try to potty train children when new baby comes, they also say to expect a setback when new baby comes.
Give him a couple of months & try again.
2006-10-15 15:06:46 · answer #4 · answered by Wolfpacker 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
She is use to being your baby. Try to be patient. Ask her to help with the baby, and tell her throughout the day how proud you are of her. Tell her that you are so happy to have a big girl to help you with the baby. When the baby sleeps, make sure the three year old, gets Mommy time.
Praise her efforts, don't scold her when she has an accident.
2006-10-15 16:11:25 · answer #5 · answered by kayboff 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
mom make it special, tell her what a big girl she is. take her to the store show her the lace panty or her favorite cartoon person on it. my daughters little girl got to pick from a treat dish. this sure worked for the number 2 problem,and made every body happy.
by the way the lace panty worked fine for my daughter when she was little. an elderly lady told me to go ahead and by them than and she was right . she told me that the cotton was to hard for her to get down needless to say it worked. she never missed again after that day.
2006-10-15 15:49:37 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Keep reinforcing the Big Girl deal . Big Girls get to have cookies babies can't because they don't have teeth . Big Girls Can go potty but baby's have stinky butts , etc !
2006-10-15 15:21:14 · answer #7 · answered by Geedebb 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the 3 yr old is being a spoiled little brat....let her pisss herself and sit in in....she'll learn.
2006-10-15 15:33:44 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
the school thing is a good idea just what ever you do do not push her or it will make it worst
2006-10-15 15:01:25 · answer #9 · answered by ashley l 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋