Should I try to restart potty training or wait for a while?

Question

My daughter is almost 2 and a half and was nearly potty trained up until a month or so ago. Im 38 weeks pregnant with my second child and she started rebelling against potty training when we started putting stuff together for the new baby.
Should i press the issue or wait for a while after the baby is born. I would love for her to be trained by the time she is 3.
THanks !

Answer 1

If she is totally rebelling against it there is no need to push. You will actually delay the process by doing this. I understand why you dont want two in diapers. What a pain and an expense (been there) but there is no need to push when she is already feeling some pressure and jealousy here. She may be well over 3 by the time she is potty trained but in the long run it really wont matter.

Answer 2

I had the same problem I have a new born (3 months now) and a 2 1/2 yr old. She was potty trained not even wetting the bed at night or anything a month before I had the baby she was starting to have accidents every night and sometimes even during the day. I am happy to say after an adjustment period (about 6 weeks after the birth) she is back to normal. I would say not to push it and to involve her in everything with the baby be careful though my daughter like to pick up the baby all the time nearly give me heart attack. . . Best of luck and hope that helps.

Answer 3

Learning the potty is as simple as copying mom or dad and being praised when they perform on their own . Nothing else needs to be done ,except spending some time with them in the bathroom , helping when they ask and asking occasionally if they need to go .Make it relaxed , not an issue ,and it will happen .This is the way my boys were trained and they were both trained at around 2 1/2 . Many of my friends put their children on the pot and made them stay there a long some . Some of my friends spanked their children if they had an accident .Their children were also trained about 21/2 or 3.The point being ,when they are advanced enough , they will embrace this new freedom .

Answer 4

I know this may sound crazy but it worked for me. My son will be three in august and it is known that boys are much more difficult than girls. about 3 months ago i started putting "big boy pants" on him (regular underwear) and i would tell him very firmly not to teetee in them. it never seened to have an affect on him. My cousin has a little girl the same age as my son and they got the "elmo potty time" dvd and they let her watch it for about a month and she started wanting to use the potty. After they told me i went and got it for my son, he has been watching it for about 3 weeks (in the 3 weeks i didnt even try to get him to put on the b b pants) well two weeks ago i put them on and it wasnt 20 min later he told me he had to potty. He has only had a few accidents since then mostly when he is busy doing something fun or when i cant get him to the restroom fast enough. He still wears a diaper at night but most of the time he doesnt need it. Ive always been told not to use pull ups they just prolong the process. She knows how to so she is ready. Good luck, i hope this helps.

Answer 5

still try to go with the potty training. as your daughter grows older she will most likely become more fussy when trying to potty train. the reason she may be rebelling is because she still wants to be "the baby" and is jealous of her new unborn sibling. i dont know if that is too heavy of thinking for a 2 year old lol but maybe that's the case. remind her that shes a big girl and will be a big sister and tell her its fun to be a big girl, that may make her want to be potty trained more. good luck

Answer 6

you need to make it fun. When my daughter was 1 i bought a small potty chair and put it in the living room and made a game out of it i made it fun to go potty. but keep it out of sight when people come over. I washed it out right away so no odor and withen 2 weeks she was trained. And she never went in her pants. But night time in bed i would still put a diaper on her just in case because there still babies and cant help them self's. so be patient. It will happen soon enough.

Answer 7

OMG!!! You are 38 weeks preg and trying to potty train? Forget about it. Put it off. Your daughter has enough stress in her life (getting ready to become a big sister) that she certainly does not need any additional stress.

My son was 2 yr 10 mth when I potty trained him and it took 1 day...We changed daycare and the other kids were wearing underwear so on the 2nd day I asked him if he wanted a pull-up or underwear and he wanted underwear.

My daughter got potty trained on her 3rd birthday. I told her she was 3, she was a big girl now, and big girls wear underpants. And that was it.

Wait. You have enough stuff to deal with.

Good luck.

Answer 8

STILL KEEP POTTY TRAING!!!!
it is very important to keep your daughter on the same schedule. She may try to make you feel bad that another baby is coming, but that is a part of life. If you give up or let her slide, then your daughter knows,that she can and will play other games with you later. Just tell her what a big girl she is and how proud you are of her,and what a big sister she will make.

Answer 9

I would take a break for awhile. Because I have seen so many times newly potty trained kids revert back after baby came. Let her help with baby. Include her like crazy. She can help diaper, bathe, get clothes, sing baby lullabies etc. Let her know that his is her baby to and no jealousy should occur.

Answer 10

I'd continue reinforcing potty training with her. Don't punish or threaten of course...but let her know it's still an important thing. There's no sense in having to start from square one again...but make her feel very special during this event. Tell her things like "I need you to help carry my purse, because you're a big girl and the baby isn't big like you." Make sure she knows her role is changing, but that it's a very important role. That can help when she starts thinking she needs to revert back to her baby stage in order to feel special.