Accidents After Potty Training in Children
Your little one is finally out of diapers, you are feeling comfortable with this new development in both of your lives, and then accidents happen. Many parents feel frustrated when a child has accidents after potty training. There are various reasons why children backslide after graduating to underpants. You can help by partnering with your child, having a positive attitude and modeling body signal awareness to meet your child's stage of development and handle accidents after he is potty trained.
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Partnership
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Potty training is a partnership. View potty training and dealing with accidents as a partnership with your child. It's easy to think you need to fix this for everyone's convenience, but it's more about growing together. Your child may have a few backslides. Work with your child instead of seeing this as a problem you are dealing with by yourself. She wants to learn to use the toilet consistently also.
Attitude
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Cultivate a positive attitude towards the process of learning to use the toilet. Share the journey of becoming more consistent with the toilet as an adventure in your relationship to help both of you weather the accidents after potty training. Make a list of what you can appreciate about the process to help have a positive attitude. Developing mutual trust, learning the normalcy of elimination, spending time together, teaching him the difference between wet and dry, listening to your child, and watching your child grow, are some aspects you can appreciate as you deal with accidents after potty training.
Awareness
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Teach body awareness through modeling. Help your child develop awareness of body signals. The muscles used in learning to use the potty must be strengthened over time after not being used consciously since birth. Talk to your child about his body signals like a full feeling in the bladder, or tingling in the belly, and ask him what he needs to do when he feels those sensations. Allow him to become aware of his body and the next step of getting to the toilet. Encourage him to stop activities to use the toilet through gentle suggestion and modeling. When you get up from the computer to use the bathroom, mention it. Go with him to the toilet every hour or to promote the habit.
Focus
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Focus on what you want for your child. It is easy to get upset when a child has accidents after potty training. You get to clean up wet clothes and deal with any embarrassment or inconvenience when what you most want is for your child to just use the potty. She will develop the skill to use the potty regularly and you can help by focusing on the desired outcome. When you feel upset, bring your focus back to the fact that one day she will use the potty consistently and this accident phase will pass.
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